Indiana Tech's Covington Named NAIA 2nd Team All-American
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - (NAIA Release) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2025-26 NAIA Women's Basketball All-America Teams along with the 2026 NAIA Player of the Year and the 2026 NAIA Coach of the Year.
Indiana Tech's Taylor Covington represented the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) on the All-American teams, earning a place on the second team.
Covington was sensational for the Warriors, earning her second-straight WHAC Player of the Year honor, becoming the fourth player in WHAC history to win back-to-back Player of the Year Honors. Covington averaged 18.8 points, 5.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals on the season.
Covington was named to the WHAC All-Conference First Team for the fourth consecutive season. Her efforts helped lead Indiana Tech to its fifth consecutive WHAC Regular Season Championship. Indiana Tech also won their second WHAC Conference Tournament in the last four years. The Warriors earned an 11 seed in the NAIA Tournament.
All of the All-America selections are made by the NAIA Women's Basketball All-America Committee and are comprised of first, second and third teams. For more Women's Basketball information, CLICK HERE.
2026 NAIA Women's Basketball All-America Teams
| FIRST TEAM | |||
| Micah Hart | Bethel (Tenn.) | So. | G |
| Whitney Hay | Campbellsville (Ky.) | Gr. | F |
| Tabor Teel | Dakota State (S.D.) | Sr. | F |
| Avery Broughton | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Jr. | G |
| Macy Sievers | Dordt (Iowa) | Sr. | G |
| Gracie Schoonhoven | Dordt (Iowa) | Jr. | G |
| Lily Key | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | So. | F |
| Jenna Satterly | Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) | So. | G |
| Meadow Tisdale | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | So. | F |
| Abbey McNally | Marian (Ind.) | Sr. | F |
| Paige Wasson | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | So. | G |
| Cali Gregory | Saint Francis (Ind.) | So. | F |
| SECOND TEAM | |||
| Kendall Locke | Bethel (Kan.) | Jr. | G |
| Mikee Buchanan | Bethel (Tenn.) | So. | F |
| Jersey Huerta | Corban (Ore.) | So. | G |
| Emma Yost | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | Jr. | F |
| Daisy Gale | Georgetown (Ky.) | So. | G |
| Taylor Covington | Indiana Tech | Sr. | G |
| Deniya Thornton | Loyola (La.) | Jr. | G/F |
| Selma Markisic | LSU Shreveport (La.) | Gr. | G |
| Kameron Green | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | Jr. | C |
| Tatum Schmerbach | Oregon Tech | Jr. | G |
| Kylie Diaz | Peru State (Neb.) | Jr. | C |
| Marlee Grinstead | Rio Grande (Ohio) | Sr. | F |
| THIRD TEAM | |||
| Emily Till | Arizona Christian | Sr. | F |
| Madison Hart | Bethel (Tenn.) | Sr. | F |
| Mallie McNair | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | Sr. | G |
| Dea Bradley | Campbellsville (Ky.) | So. | G |
| Willa Albrecht | Carroll (Mont.) | Sr. | F |
| Logan Jones | College of the Ozarks (Mo.) | Jr. | G |
| Ashtyn Klusmeyer | Columbia (Mo.) | So. | G |
| Joy Kendrick | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Sr. | G |
| Heaven Shockley | Evangel (Mo.) | Jr. | C |
| Rayland Garner | Friends (Kan.) | Sr. | F |
| Christen Collins | Georgia Gwinnett | Fr. | G |
| Sarah Snodgrass | John Brown (Ark.) | So. | G |
| Alissa O'Dell | Loyola (La.) | Jr. | F/C |
| Taylor Double | Marian (Ind.) | Jr. | G |
| Semaj Clark | Milligan (Tenn.) | Sr. | G |
| Hadley Humpherys | Montana Tech | Sr. | P |
| Patsy Johnson | Rust (Miss.) | Sr. | G |
| Anna Marshall | Simpson (Calif.) | Sr. | G |
| Grace Field | Southeastern (Fla.) | Gr. | F |
| Abby Wolter | St. Ambrose (Iowa) | Sr. | F |
| Kaycie Warfel | Taylor (Ind.) | Fr. | G |
| Cha'Myrean Ellis | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | Sr. | F |