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Four Buffs Receive CSC Academic All-District Honors
March 26, 2024 | Women's Basketball, Herbst Academic Center
BOULDER – Colorado women's basketball's Jaylyn Sherrod, Frida Formann, Aaronette Vonleh and Kindyll Wetta were named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District, the association announced on Tuesday.
The 2024 Academic All-District Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
Academic All-District honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced on April 16.
Sherrod, the 2024 Women's Basketball Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, leads the Buffaloes with 4.9 assists and has a career-high 12.9 points per game this season. She has started all 33 games this season, ranking second in the conference in assists per game and third in total assists (162). Sherrod has scored in double figures in 21 games this season, including a career-high 34-point performance against then-No. 12 Utah that earned her multiple national Player of the Week honors. She handed out a career-high 13 assists against UT Arlington and has had 15 games five or more assists this season. Sherrod is a three time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection and has been named AP All-America honorable mention, All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Defensive Team selections this season.
Formann, an All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection, leads the Pac-12 and ranks 18th in the nation in 3-point field goal % (min. 2 made per game), shooting a career-best 42.2%. She has a career-high 79 3-point field goals made this season, three shy of tying the single-season school record (82). Formann is also on the verge of setting the school record for career 3-pointers made (men & women) as she's currently tied with Blair Wilson and Bianca Smith at 257. She has twice tied the school record with seven 3s in a game this season and has twice posted a career-high 27 points. The sharpshooter from Denmark is a two time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection who has been lights-out from the free-throw line, hitting 91.3% (63-69) this season.
Vonleh, an All-Pac-12 selection this season, leads the Buffs with 14.0 points per game this season. She has scored in double figures in all but seven games this season. She started the year off with a 24-point performance against then-No. 1 LSU and has totaled six 20-point games on the year. Vonleh has shot 70% from the field or better in seven games, posting a career-best 88.9% (8-for-9) earlier this season against Boston U. She has three double-doubles this season and set the CU record for steals in a half with a career-high seven against Kansas State. The junior post player ranks fourth in the conference with a 54.6 field goal % and has a career-high 170 rebounds this season.
Wetta, an honorable mention All-Pac-12 Defensive Team selection, ranks 23rd in the nation and third in the Pac-12 with a 2.37 assist/turnover ratio. She's eighth in the conference with 1.67 steals per game and is second on the squad with 55 swipes this season. Offensively, she scored a career-high 16 points in CU's first-round tournament win over Drake. The Colorado native has seven double-digit scoring games this season and is averaging a career-high 5.9 points per game. Wetta has handed out a career-high 128 assists this season, averaging 3.9 per game. She has two starts this season and is averaging 23.6 minutes per game.
In order to be eligible for nomination, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's matches or must start in at least 66 percent of the matches. Additionally, each student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (GPA).
The 2024 Academic All-District Women's Basketball Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
Academic All-District honorees are considered for advancement to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced on April 16.
Sherrod, the 2024 Women's Basketball Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, leads the Buffaloes with 4.9 assists and has a career-high 12.9 points per game this season. She has started all 33 games this season, ranking second in the conference in assists per game and third in total assists (162). Sherrod has scored in double figures in 21 games this season, including a career-high 34-point performance against then-No. 12 Utah that earned her multiple national Player of the Week honors. She handed out a career-high 13 assists against UT Arlington and has had 15 games five or more assists this season. Sherrod is a three time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection and has been named AP All-America honorable mention, All-Pac-12 and All-Pac-12 Defensive Team selections this season.
Formann, an All-Pac-12 honorable mention selection, leads the Pac-12 and ranks 18th in the nation in 3-point field goal % (min. 2 made per game), shooting a career-best 42.2%. She has a career-high 79 3-point field goals made this season, three shy of tying the single-season school record (82). Formann is also on the verge of setting the school record for career 3-pointers made (men & women) as she's currently tied with Blair Wilson and Bianca Smith at 257. She has twice tied the school record with seven 3s in a game this season and has twice posted a career-high 27 points. The sharpshooter from Denmark is a two time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll selection who has been lights-out from the free-throw line, hitting 91.3% (63-69) this season.
Vonleh, an All-Pac-12 selection this season, leads the Buffs with 14.0 points per game this season. She has scored in double figures in all but seven games this season. She started the year off with a 24-point performance against then-No. 1 LSU and has totaled six 20-point games on the year. Vonleh has shot 70% from the field or better in seven games, posting a career-best 88.9% (8-for-9) earlier this season against Boston U. She has three double-doubles this season and set the CU record for steals in a half with a career-high seven against Kansas State. The junior post player ranks fourth in the conference with a 54.6 field goal % and has a career-high 170 rebounds this season.
Wetta, an honorable mention All-Pac-12 Defensive Team selection, ranks 23rd in the nation and third in the Pac-12 with a 2.37 assist/turnover ratio. She's eighth in the conference with 1.67 steals per game and is second on the squad with 55 swipes this season. Offensively, she scored a career-high 16 points in CU's first-round tournament win over Drake. The Colorado native has seven double-digit scoring games this season and is averaging a career-high 5.9 points per game. Wetta has handed out a career-high 128 assists this season, averaging 3.9 per game. She has two starts this season and is averaging 23.6 minutes per game.
In order to be eligible for nomination, student-athletes must compete in 90 percent of the institution's matches or must start in at least 66 percent of the matches. Additionally, each student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (GPA).
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