O'Dell selected to WBCA NAIA All-America team

NEW ORLEANS — Alissa O'Dell of Loyola University New Orleans was named Thursday to the 2026 Women's Basketball Coaches Association All-America team.
 

Odell — a 6-foot junior forward/center from Zachary, La., and a graduate of Zachary High School — led a 25-5 Wolf Pack team in scoring and rebounding for the second consecutive season. Odell averaged 16 points and 8.2 rebounds in 30 games in 2025-26 to help Loyola win the Southern States Athletic Conference regular-season championship, rank 16th in the final NAIA coaches poll, set a school record with a 17-game winning streak and reach the second round of the NAIA national tournament.
 

In February, Odell was named SSAC Player of the Year.
 

This is the seventh time in the last 15 seasons, all under head coach Kellie Kennedy, that Loyola has produced a WBCA All-American. Louisiana's other six NAIA members produced a collective two WBCA All-Americans during that time.
 

2026 WBCA NAIA All-Americans

Alissa O'Dell, Loyola
Mikee Buchanan, Bethel (Tenn.)
Semaj Clark, Milligan
Taylor Covington, Indiana Tech
Marlee Grinstead, Rio Grande
Micah Hart, Bethel (Tenn.)
Abbey McNally, Marian (Ind.)
Tatum Schmerbach, Oregon Tech
Heaven Shockley, Evangel
Paige Wasson, Rocky Mountain
 

Loyola's WBCA NAIA All-Americans

2026: Alissa O'Dell
2024: Sandra Cannady 
2023: Sandra Cannady 
2020: Kaila Anthony
2018: Zoie Miller
2015: Janeicia Neely
2012: Keiva Council

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