K-State’s Lee Collects Third Career CSC Academic All-America Honor
Apr 16, 2024 | Women's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kansas – K-State women's basketball student-athlete Ayoka Lee continued to receive recognition for her work in the classroom, as she has been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America First Team.
This was Lee's third career Academic All-America honor, as she garnered first team honors in 2021-22 and was a second team recipient in 2020-21. Lee is the first three-time Academic All-American in program history. She joins Jackie McFarland of Colorado (2007 and 2008) as the only women's basketball players in the history of the Big 12 to be named CSC Academic All-America First Team selections twice in their careers.
In addition to her third CSC Academic All-America selection, Lee has also earned the following academic honors in her career: the 2022 Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team recipient and received the 2021 Big 12/Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award.
Lee graduated in May of 2021 with her undergraduate degree in psychology and will graduate in May with her graduate degree in couples and family counseling.
On the court in 2023-24, Lee was a Second Team All-American by The Athletic, a Third Team All-American by The Sporting News and an honorable mention recipient by the Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection by the league's coaches, Big 12 All-Defensive Team and Big 12 All-Tournament Team.
Lee averaged 19.7 points on a .619 field goal percentage, 8.6 rebounds and 2.78 blocked shots. She was the only player in NCAA Division I to score 19 or more points per game on 60.0 percent or bettering shooting and block 2.5 or more shots per game.
She was the first player in program history with two or more seasons of 500 or more points, 200 or more rebounds and 75 or more blocks. Her 75 blocks were the sixth-most in program history and was her third career season with 75 or more blocked shots.
She ranked sixth in the nation and leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage. Lee was third in the Big 12 in scoring average, second in the league and ninth in the nation for blocks per game and third in the Big 12 for rebounding average.
In her seven games this season against Associated Press top-25 opponents, Lee averaged 20.6 points on a .637 field goal percentage, 10.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks.
Lee recorded 14 games this season with 20 or more points including her second career 20-20 double-double with 24 points, 21 rebounds and five blocked shots against Oral Roberts.
This season, Lee led the Big 12's top defense with 21 games of two or more blocked shots including a season-high seven at UCF on Jan. 6 and at Iowa State on Feb. 14.
In her career, Lee ranks third in school history for points scored with 2,194, holds the school record for career scoring average at 19.2, holds the school record for career rebounds with 1,118, holds the school record for career rebounding average at 9.8, the school record holder for career blocks with 310 and blocks per game at 2.72 and owns the school record for career double-doubles with 60. She is the first player in program history with 300 or more career blocks and 100 or more career steals.
K-State (26-8) completed the 56th season in program history, as the Wildcats achieved its 18th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and collected 26 wins for the first time since the 2002-03 season. The Wildcats were ranked among the Associated Press top-25 for 18 consecutive weeks, including a high of number two in the nation on January 29.
This was Lee's third career Academic All-America honor, as she garnered first team honors in 2021-22 and was a second team recipient in 2020-21. Lee is the first three-time Academic All-American in program history. She joins Jackie McFarland of Colorado (2007 and 2008) as the only women's basketball players in the history of the Big 12 to be named CSC Academic All-America First Team selections twice in their careers.
In addition to her third CSC Academic All-America selection, Lee has also earned the following academic honors in her career: the 2022 Big 12 Women's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team recipient and received the 2021 Big 12/Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award.
Lee graduated in May of 2021 with her undergraduate degree in psychology and will graduate in May with her graduate degree in couples and family counseling.
On the court in 2023-24, Lee was a Second Team All-American by The Athletic, a Third Team All-American by The Sporting News and an honorable mention recipient by the Associated Press and Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection by the league's coaches, Big 12 All-Defensive Team and Big 12 All-Tournament Team.
Lee averaged 19.7 points on a .619 field goal percentage, 8.6 rebounds and 2.78 blocked shots. She was the only player in NCAA Division I to score 19 or more points per game on 60.0 percent or bettering shooting and block 2.5 or more shots per game.
She was the first player in program history with two or more seasons of 500 or more points, 200 or more rebounds and 75 or more blocks. Her 75 blocks were the sixth-most in program history and was her third career season with 75 or more blocked shots.
She ranked sixth in the nation and leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage. Lee was third in the Big 12 in scoring average, second in the league and ninth in the nation for blocks per game and third in the Big 12 for rebounding average.
In her seven games this season against Associated Press top-25 opponents, Lee averaged 20.6 points on a .637 field goal percentage, 10.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks.
Lee recorded 14 games this season with 20 or more points including her second career 20-20 double-double with 24 points, 21 rebounds and five blocked shots against Oral Roberts.
This season, Lee led the Big 12's top defense with 21 games of two or more blocked shots including a season-high seven at UCF on Jan. 6 and at Iowa State on Feb. 14.
In her career, Lee ranks third in school history for points scored with 2,194, holds the school record for career scoring average at 19.2, holds the school record for career rebounds with 1,118, holds the school record for career rebounding average at 9.8, the school record holder for career blocks with 310 and blocks per game at 2.72 and owns the school record for career double-doubles with 60. She is the first player in program history with 300 or more career blocks and 100 or more career steals.
K-State (26-8) completed the 56th season in program history, as the Wildcats achieved its 18th NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and collected 26 wins for the first time since the 2002-03 season. The Wildcats were ranked among the Associated Press top-25 for 18 consecutive weeks, including a high of number two in the nation on January 29.
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