Courtesy UVA Media Relations
Virginia third-year guard Kymora Johnson has been named a finalist for the 2026 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Team, as announced by the WBCA on Wednesday.
Averaging 19.0 points per game, Johnson leads the Cavaliers and ranks second in the ACC. She has paced UVA in scoring in 20 games this season, including 12 against ACC opponents. Johnson set a single‑game program record with 10 three‑pointers against Winthrop and later broke the Cavaliers’ single‑season mark with 88 made threes. Her 216 career three‑pointers place her just four shy of Tora Suber’s program record (220).
Johnson leads the ACC and ranks No. 14 in NCAA Division I averaging 5.9 assists per game and is one of three players in Division I to average at least 19 points and 5.5 assists per game this season. She surpassed 1,600 career points in the final game of the regular season, the 93rd game of her career. Johnson is tied with Donna Holt for 10th in program history with 1,634 points and is just the fourth Division I player this century to reach at least 1,600 career points, and 500 career assists through 93 games joining Caitlin Clark (Iowa), Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon) and Dequesha McClanahan (Winthrop).
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Johnson was named an All-America honorable mention by the WBCA in 2025. She was named a first team All-ACC selection for the second consecutive season (March 3) and is the first UVA player to earn All‑ACC honors in three straight seasons since Monica Wright accomplished the feat from 2008–10. Johnson was a first‑team All-ACC selection in 2024–25 after earning second‑team and all‑freshman honors in 2023–24.
Up next, Johnson and the 10th-seeded Cavaliers (19-11) take on 10th-seeded Arizona State (24-10) in a First Four meeting in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. Tipoff from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa is set for 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
2026 WBCA ALL-AMERICA FINALISTS
Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Zoe Brooks, North Carolina State
Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma
Shay Ciezki, Indiana
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Jaliya Davis, Kansas
Maggie Doogan, Richmond
Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
Gabby Elliott, Arizona State
Toby Fournier, Duke
Azzi Fudd, Connecticut
Micah Gray, Oklahoma State
Rori Harmon, Texas
Jordan Harrison, West Virginia
Ava Heiden, Iowa
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Uche Izoje, Syracuse
Ashlon Jackson, Duke
Flau’jae Johnson, LSU
Raven Johnson, South Carolina
Kymora Johnson, Virginia
Ta’Niya Latson, South Carolina
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor
Taina Mair, Duke
Bailey Maupin, Texas Tech
Liv McGill, Florida
Cotie McMahon, Mississippi
Brooklyn Meyer, South Dakota State
Olivia Miles, Texas Christian
Mia Moore, Clemson
S’Mya Nichols, Kansas
Oluchi Okananwa, Maryland
Olivia Olson, Michigan
Khamil Pierre, North Carolina State
Kiki Rice, UCLA
Taliah Scott, Baylor
Sayvia Sellers, Washington
Sarah Strong, Connecticut
Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
Marta Suarez, Texas Christian
Syla Swords, Michigan
Riley Weiss, Columbia
Carleigh Wenzel, Virginia Tech
Jada Williams, Iowa State
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