KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2017 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball All-America Teams Thursday. Players were selected by the NAIA-Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-America Committee. Each team – first, second and third – consists of 10 individuals.  Montana State University-Northern had two student-athletes representing the Skylights basketball program: Natalee Faupel and Sierra Richards.

Senior guard Natalee Faupel was named an NAIA Division I First-Team All-American (her second straight season).  She is the first Skylight in program history to ever repeat as a First-Team All-American.  Faupel averaged 24 points per game at the 2017 National Tournament which ranked her fifth overall.

Senior forward Sierra Richards was named NAIA Honorable Mention All-American.  Her 4.5 offensive rebounds per game at Nationals ranked her tenth overall in the tournament, just behind NAIA's No.1 ranked offensive rebounding leader Claire Lamunu from Vanguard University.

2017 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball All-America Teams

First Team Taleeah Cross, Sr. Freed-Hardeman; Kim Mallory, Jr., Freed-Hardeman; Caelyn Orlandi, Sr., LC State; Kayla Styles, Jr., Lindsey-Wilson; Starla Daggan, Sr., Mobile; Natalee Faupel, SR., MSU-Northern; Daniella Wallen, Sr., Oklahoma City; Jonessa Moore, Sr., Shawnee State; Claire Lamunu, Sr., Vanguard; Aysia Shellmire, Sr., Westmont.

Second Team

Kelsey Larson, Sr., Baker; Kristen Murphy, Jr., Benedictine; DeMoria White, Jr., Biola; Emily Fox, Sr., Campbellsville; DaJonee Hale, Jr., Central Methodist; Brittany Tackett, Jr., LC State; Chanel Roberts, Sr., Lindsey-Wilson; Aneise Palmore, Sr., UM-Western; Madison Ridout, Jr., Shawnee State; Bianca Cubello, Sr., The Master's.

Third Team

Shamon Pearson, Jr., Bethel; Annie Park, Sr., Biola; Kelsey Ernst, Sr., Clarke; Nicole Bowers, Sr., Cumberland; Bailey Cameron, So., John Brown; Meghan Temple, Sr., Loyola; Kourtney Pennywell, Sr., LSU-Shreveport; Kiara Moore, Sr., Lyon; Kyoko Eade, Sr., Martin Methodist; Tajanee Wells, Sr., Talladega.
 

Honorable Mention

Courtney Christmas, Arizona Christian; Raven Bunn, Avila; Serena Parker, Benedictine; Brandi Goodman, Bethel; Joclyn Kirton, Biola; Cassidy Hashley, Carroll; Lexi Moe, Central Methodist; Ashlee Marlatt, Columbia; Morgan Brandt, Columbia; Faith LeGate, Faulkner; Lashae Brown, Fisk; Emilee Ziese, Georgetown; Sydney Vaughn, Graceland; Maddie Westergard, Grandview; Stephanie McDonagh, Great Falls; Brionna Taylor, Harris-Stowe; Brianna Mueller, Lindenwood-Belleville; Alison Webb, Lindenwood-Belleville; Zoie Miller, Lyola; Sarai Ridriguez, Mid America-Christian; Kali Koenig, Mobile; Sierra Richards, MSU-Northern; Martha Dembek, Montana Tech; Hattie Thatcher, Montana Tech; Kaye Bignell, UM-Western; Daniela Galindo, Oklahoma City; Alyssa Ward, Our Lady of the Lake; Kelah Eldridge, Pikeville; Devin Conley, Pikeville, Dierra Ely, Science and Arts; Brandie Snow, Shawnee State; Maghan Lormand, St. Thomas; Katelynn Threats, Texas Wesleyan; Megan Lindsay, The Master's; Jade Jones, Wayland Baptist; Shawna Monreal, Wayland Baptist; Aimee Brakken, Westmont; Lauren McCoy, Westmont; Alyssa Phillips, William Penn; Jasmine Brown, William Woods.