Sarah Ashlee Barker, Aaliyah Nye Named WBCA Coaches’ All-America Honorable Mentions

Sarah Ashlee Barker, Aaliyah Nye Named WBCA Coaches’ All-America Honorable MentionsThe graduates received the honor after both being named finalist earlier in the season

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama’s Sarah Ashlee Barker and Aaliyah Nye have been named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America team, the league announced Thursday.

With the recognition, the two become the seventh and eighth players in program history to earn All-America accolades. Barker and Nye are the first Crimson Tide players to earn All-America honors in the same season, and the first to earn the recognition since Dominique Canty (1999).

Sarah Ashlee Barker Notes

Two-time First Team All-SEC honoree (2024, 2025)

Appeared and started in 27 games, after missing five games due to injury during the 2024-25 season

Led Alabama in scoring average with 18.2 points per game

Became the program’s leader for most points in a single game with 45 in the 2025 NCAA Second Round at Maryland (3/24/25)

Holds the school’s mark for most field goals made in a game after going 17-of-25 from the field vs. the Terrapins

Recorded back-to-back double-doubles in Alabama’s road wins over Florida (Feb. 6 – 18 pts, 10 rebs) and at Mississippi State (Feb. 9 – 19 pts, 12 rebs)

Accumulated 1,642 career points across her five seasons

Became the fifth player in Alabama history to surpass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 250 assists while at The Capstone (2024-25)

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Aaliyah Nye Notes

One of four UA players to average double digit scoring this season, with 15.2 points per game

Set the program single-game record with nine made three pointers at Florida (Feb. 6)

Surpassed 1,500 career points, behind a career-high 32-point performance, in the Crimson Tide’s win at Ole Miss (Jan. 12)

Became Alabama’s career leader in made three pointers during the Crimson Tide’s comeback win over Auburn (Feb. 23)

Led the SEC three-pointers made (111) and three pointers per game (3.4)

Ranked fourth in the NCAA for made three pointers (111)

Named the SEC Player of the Week during non-conference play (12/31/2024)

Collected 1,739 career points over her five seasons

Set the Alabama record for three-pointers made in a single season (111) during the 2024-25 season, after first breaking the initial record in 2023-24 (108)

Became the record leader for most made three-pointers with 293