K-State’s Lee Named to CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team
Mar 16, 2022 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State junior center Ayoka Lee has been recognized for her excellence in both the classroom and on the hardwood, as she was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team on Wednesday. This is the second straight season Lee has been named to a CoSIDA Academic All-America Team, as she was a second team member in 2020-21.
With her first team honor, Lee is the second player in K-State women's basketball history to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team, joining Laurie Koehn in 2004. Lee and Koehn are the only two-time recipients of CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in the history of the program.
Lee graduated in May of 2021 with her undergraduate degree in psychology and is currently pursuing her graduate degree in couples and family therapy. In addition to her CoSIDA Academic honors, she is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree and received the 2021 Big 12/Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award.
On the court, Lee was named a First Team All-American by The Athletic and Sports Illustrated and is a finalist for the 2022 Lisa Leslie Award. She is also a member of the 2022 Wooden Award national ballot and a candidate for the 2022 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year and the 2021-22 Wade Trophy.
In the 2021-22 season, Lee is second in the Big 12 and ranks seventh in the nation in scoring average (22.4 ppg). She is second in the Big 12 and is fifth in the nation in total points (695) and leads the nation in field goals made (286). Lee is the only player in the nation to average 20 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and 3 or more blocks.
Lee, a unanimous selection to the 2022 All-Big 12 First Team and the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, owns a 2021-22 resume that includes an NCAA Division I record of 61 points scored against Oklahoma on January 23 and a Big 12-high eight games with 30 or more points.
A two-time United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week recipient, Lee's 695 points and 286 made field goals are new career single-season highs. She is the first player in program history with 675 or more points, 300 or more rebounds and 90 or more blocks.
The product of Byron, Minnesota, tops the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.566) and is second in blocks (3.0 bpg). She also leads the Big 12 in 30-point games (8) and is second in the league for 20-point games (15) and second in the Big 12 and 11th in the nation in double-doubles (19).
Lee, a four-time Big 12 Player of the Week selection and a three-time ESPN.com National Player of the Week honoree, is second in the Big 12 in rebounding (10.2 rpg) and eighth in free throw percentage (.764).
In league play, Lee led the league in field goal percentage (.555), 30-point games in league play (4), games with 10 or more rebounds (11) and double-doubles (11). She finished second in the Big 12 in scoring (21.89 ppg) rebounding (9.78 rpg) and blocked shots (2.4 bpg).
In her career, Lee is the third player in program history with 1,600 or more points, 800 or more rebounds and 200 or more blocks. She ranks ninth in school history for career points (1,629), seventh in school history for career rebounds (864) and third for career blocks (233).
K-State (19-12, 9-9 Big 12) will make its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance, as the Wildcats were was chosen as a No. 9 seed in the Bridgeport, Connecticut regional of the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. K-State will be opposed by No. 8 seed Washington State (19-10, 11-6 Pac 12) on Saturday, March 19 at 10:30 a.m., (CDT) in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Reynolds Coliseum.
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and on ESPN Plus. The contest will also be available on the K-State Sports Network, free live audio on kstatesports.com and on the K-State Sports app.
The winner of the Kansas State-Washington State game will play the winner of the No. 1 NC State-No. 16 Longwood/Mt. St. Mary's matchup on Monday, March 21. The top four seeds in the Bridgeport region are: No. 1 NC State (29-3), No. 2 Connecticut (25-5), No. 3 Indiana (22-8) and No. 4 Oklahoma (24-8).
Tickets for K-State's first round matchup with Washington State will be available Monday morning at 8:30 a.m., by calling the K-State Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS. All ticket orders will be distributed as a mobile ticket.
With her first team honor, Lee is the second player in K-State women's basketball history to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team, joining Laurie Koehn in 2004. Lee and Koehn are the only two-time recipients of CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in the history of the program.
Lee graduated in May of 2021 with her undergraduate degree in psychology and is currently pursuing her graduate degree in couples and family therapy. In addition to her CoSIDA Academic honors, she is a two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team honoree and received the 2021 Big 12/Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award.
On the court, Lee was named a First Team All-American by The Athletic and Sports Illustrated and is a finalist for the 2022 Lisa Leslie Award. She is also a member of the 2022 Wooden Award national ballot and a candidate for the 2022 Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year and the 2021-22 Wade Trophy.
In the 2021-22 season, Lee is second in the Big 12 and ranks seventh in the nation in scoring average (22.4 ppg). She is second in the Big 12 and is fifth in the nation in total points (695) and leads the nation in field goals made (286). Lee is the only player in the nation to average 20 or more points, 10 or more rebounds and 3 or more blocks.
Lee, a unanimous selection to the 2022 All-Big 12 First Team and the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, owns a 2021-22 resume that includes an NCAA Division I record of 61 points scored against Oklahoma on January 23 and a Big 12-high eight games with 30 or more points.
A two-time United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week recipient, Lee's 695 points and 286 made field goals are new career single-season highs. She is the first player in program history with 675 or more points, 300 or more rebounds and 90 or more blocks.
The product of Byron, Minnesota, tops the Big 12 in field goal percentage (.566) and is second in blocks (3.0 bpg). She also leads the Big 12 in 30-point games (8) and is second in the league for 20-point games (15) and second in the Big 12 and 11th in the nation in double-doubles (19).
Lee, a four-time Big 12 Player of the Week selection and a three-time ESPN.com National Player of the Week honoree, is second in the Big 12 in rebounding (10.2 rpg) and eighth in free throw percentage (.764).
In league play, Lee led the league in field goal percentage (.555), 30-point games in league play (4), games with 10 or more rebounds (11) and double-doubles (11). She finished second in the Big 12 in scoring (21.89 ppg) rebounding (9.78 rpg) and blocked shots (2.4 bpg).
In her career, Lee is the third player in program history with 1,600 or more points, 800 or more rebounds and 200 or more blocks. She ranks ninth in school history for career points (1,629), seventh in school history for career rebounds (864) and third for career blocks (233).
K-State (19-12, 9-9 Big 12) will make its 17th NCAA Tournament appearance, as the Wildcats were was chosen as a No. 9 seed in the Bridgeport, Connecticut regional of the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. K-State will be opposed by No. 8 seed Washington State (19-10, 11-6 Pac 12) on Saturday, March 19 at 10:30 a.m., (CDT) in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Reynolds Coliseum.
The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2 and on ESPN Plus. The contest will also be available on the K-State Sports Network, free live audio on kstatesports.com and on the K-State Sports app.
The winner of the Kansas State-Washington State game will play the winner of the No. 1 NC State-No. 16 Longwood/Mt. St. Mary's matchup on Monday, March 21. The top four seeds in the Bridgeport region are: No. 1 NC State (29-3), No. 2 Connecticut (25-5), No. 3 Indiana (22-8) and No. 4 Oklahoma (24-8).
Tickets for K-State's first round matchup with Washington State will be available Monday morning at 8:30 a.m., by calling the K-State Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS. All ticket orders will be distributed as a mobile ticket.
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