Nia Clouden Earns WBCA Honorable Mention All-American Honors
3/31/2022 6:54:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The senior guard also captured AP honorable mention honors.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball senior guard Nia Clouden added to her award list when she named to the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association (WBCA) honorable mention All-America team, as announced on Thursday.
Clouden's honor is the 11th All-America accolade in program history and the first since Tori Jankoska during the 2016-17 season. She also captured Associated Press All-American honors earlier this month.
She joins Lindsay Bowen (2004-05), Kristin Haynie (2004-05), Liz Shimek (2004-05, 2005-06), Allyssa DeHaan (2009-10), Kalisha Keane (2010-11), Aerial Powers (2014-15, 2015-16) and Jankoska (2016-17). Powers and Shimek are the only MSU players to earn All-America accolades in two different season. Overall, MSU has had eight different players named WBCA All-American.
Clouden, an Owings Mills, Maryland, native ended her storied Michigan State career second in career scoring with 1,882 points, behind all-time leading scorer Jankoska (2,212). Her 601 points scored this season were fourth all-time in MSU history. She is currently fifth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 20.0 points per game, which also stands 20th in the nation. Clouden is also fifth in the country in free throws, making 192 this season.
The resilient Clouden started every game during her four-year career. Her 117 career starts were seventh in MSU history. She also captured All-Big Ten honors four-straight seasons. On Dec. 20, Clouden broke the Michigan State single-game scoring record with 50 points against Florida Gulf Coast.
Michigan State ended an injury-plagued season 15-15 this season, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
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Clouden's honor is the 11th All-America accolade in program history and the first since Tori Jankoska during the 2016-17 season. She also captured Associated Press All-American honors earlier this month.
She joins Lindsay Bowen (2004-05), Kristin Haynie (2004-05), Liz Shimek (2004-05, 2005-06), Allyssa DeHaan (2009-10), Kalisha Keane (2010-11), Aerial Powers (2014-15, 2015-16) and Jankoska (2016-17). Powers and Shimek are the only MSU players to earn All-America accolades in two different season. Overall, MSU has had eight different players named WBCA All-American.
Clouden, an Owings Mills, Maryland, native ended her storied Michigan State career second in career scoring with 1,882 points, behind all-time leading scorer Jankoska (2,212). Her 601 points scored this season were fourth all-time in MSU history. She is currently fifth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 20.0 points per game, which also stands 20th in the nation. Clouden is also fifth in the country in free throws, making 192 this season.
The resilient Clouden started every game during her four-year career. Her 117 career starts were seventh in MSU history. She also captured All-Big Ten honors four-straight seasons. On Dec. 20, Clouden broke the Michigan State single-game scoring record with 50 points against Florida Gulf Coast.
Michigan State ended an injury-plagued season 15-15 this season, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
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