Mary Washington women's basketball's Jordan Carpenter was named to D3hoops.com's All-Region VI First Team, the outlet announced on Tuesday afternoon. The senior also earned an invited as a starter in the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Collegiate All-Star Game, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced on Tuesday.
In her senior season, the Chesterfield, Va. native averaged a double-double, scoring a career-best 15.1 points-per-game and averaging 10.6 rebounds-per-game, also a career-high. For the Eagles, Carpenter was among the nation's leaders in double-doubles with 17 in the 2023-24 season.
With her efforts, Carpenter was named a the Coast-to-Coast Conference Player of the Year, the conference's Defensive Player of the Year, and was made the C2C's All-First Team as well.
A 2023 All-American, Carpenter became the 21st player in school history to surpass 1,000 career points this year. Her career high of 31 points was achieved this season against Gallaudet, when she notched her 1000th point at the buzzer. She was named the league's player of the week three times this season.
Coming into the season, Carpenter was named a D3hoops.com All-American Honorable Mention. The All-American teams for the 2023-24 season will be released March 16, at the national championship game.
Players were nominated for these awards by the Sports Information Directors at the various schools, and schools and conferences were each contacted multiple times as the season wound down to remind them to make their players eligible. There were 812 players nominated nationwide. The ballot was then made available to SIDs, who voted for a predetermined number of players in their region.
It's the 23rd season D3hoops.com has named All-Region teams.
The regional Rookie of the Year award honors the top freshman in each region, while D3hoops.com also names a regional Coach of the Year.
Division III basketball is organized into 10 regions. A region with 40 teams or more has three All-Region teams honored, while a region with fewer than 40 teams has a first and second team. This reorganization results in approximately 10 additional players being recognized when compared to full seasons in the eight-region alignment.
Players from these lists are eligible for the D3hoops.com All-America teams.
The all-stars were chosen by a committee composed of head women's basketball coaches at NCAA Division III programs, all of whom are members of the WBCA. All players were nominated by WBCA member coaches.
The 20 all-stars will be divided into two 10-member teams for the game. Nancy Fahey, former head coach at the University of Illinois and Washington University in St. Louis, and Jerry Scheve, former head coach at Wilmington College, will coach the teams.
The game will be played ahead of the NCAA Division III National Championship Game at 4 p.m. ET, Saturday, March 16, at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. Click here to watch it live on the Capital Athletics' live video page.
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.