CANTON, Ga.—Oglethorpe senior forward Keimarya Rivera and Millsaps senior Elyse Warren have been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) all-America team, announced the WBCA Thursday.
Oglethorpe Release:
Rivera was named honorable mention and became just the seventh player in program history to be named an all-American, she was also invited to the All-Star game that took place on Sunday evening before the national championship.
The further accolades for the Canton, Georgia, native continued to provide a fitting finish to a season in which she became the SAA's all-time leading scorer; rose to fourth all-time in Oglethorpe scoring history (1,732 career points) and second all-time in Oglethorpe rebounding history (888 career rebounds); led the SAA in scoring average at 19.8 points per game, field goal percentage at 53.9 percent and blocked shots at 1.0 blocks per game; ranked second in the SAA in free throw percentage at 81.7 percent and fourth in the SAA in rebounding at 9.0 rebounds per game; tallied 11 double-doubles and won SAA athlete of the week an Oglethorpe record six times during the regular season. Rivera added another double-double in the Petrels' postseason game, bringing her final tally to 12 this season and 39 in her career.
Rivera broke the SAA all-time scoring record with a 23-point effort to help the Petrels win a pivotal game at Rhodes during the last week of the regular season. She passed the previous mark of 1,698 career points set by Sewanee's Bella Taylor in 2019, and Rivera has since increased her record to 1,744 to round out her career.
Rivera put up 15 20-point games and two 30-point games this season. Most notably, she had a six-game stretch of 20 points starting in late December and continuing through the middle of conference season. Rivera recorded her 30-point games back-to-back on January 30 and February 1, and they kickstarted an eight-game stretch to finish the regular season where Rivera has averaged 23.5 points per game.
Rivera's 12 double-doubles this year, five of which came in the last six games, are tied for fourth on Oglethorpe's single-season list. The 12 this season brought her career tally to 39, ranking second all-time for a career.
Rivera is one of only nine players in Oglethorpe history to reach 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. She also joined an elite group of Stormy Petrels who won conference athlete of the year honors: Heather Francoeur (2003/SCAC), Katie Kulavic (2008/SCAC), Savannah LeGate (2018/SAA) and Lauren Ransom (2019/SAA).
Rivera's selection to the all-SAA first team marked a career sweep of first team honors. She also four years ago was tabbed as the SAA newcomer of the year, becoming the fourth player in Oglethorpe history to earn that distinction.
Rivera is the first Stormy Petrel to be named all-American since LeGate earned third team honors in 2021.
Millsaps Release:
The tremendous honors continue for Millsaps College senior center Elyse Warren as she was named a 2026 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III Coaches' All-America Honorable Mention on Thursday, March 19.
She becomes the fourth All-American of any kind in program history, joining Haley Franklin (2024, 2025), Erin Clark (1989, 1990) and Carla Webb (1996).
Across NCAA Division III, 10 student-athletes were selected 2026 WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches' All-Americans, while 40 earned honorable mention status.
The WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Coaches' All-America team are selected by the WBCA NCAA Division III Awards Committee from coaches and student-athletes who are nominated by WBCA member coaches.
Visit https://wbca.org/awards/coach-of-the-year/ to see a list of past recipients of the WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year award. Visit https://wbca.org/player-awards/ to see lists of past WBCA NCAA Division III Player of the Year and WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches' All-America honorees.
Warren was recently named to the 2025-26 D3hoops.com All-Region 6 First Team, and a finalist for the 2025-26 Jostens Trophy Award. She was also selected the SAA Women's Basketball Defensive Athlete of the Year and made All-SAA First Team. She has set both the conference single-season and career rebounding records with 479 and 1,219 boards, respectively.
Across NCAA Division III, Warren ranks third in total boards and third in rebounds per game (17.1 rpg). Earlier this season, she grabbed 33 rebounds in a single game, which is also a conference record.
She is also second nationally with 24 double-doubles in just 28 games. Averaging 14.8 points per game, she ranks seventh in the conference. With her 1,236 career points, she is the first player in program history to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
The Rhodes Scholarship Finalist is also first in the league in field goal percentage at 53.9 percent (153-of-284 FG). Warren also has 33 steals, 13 blocks and nine assists.
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association Division III National Player of the Week (Jan. 6) earned her fourth All-Conference accolade after an Honorable Mention nod her freshman season, and a pair of All-SAA Second Team appearances. Warren was also named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Jan. 5 and was named the SAA Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week three times this season.
About the WBCA
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.