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Mar. 30—KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time in six seasons, the Dakota Wesleyan University women's basketball team boasted two All-America-caliber players, as junior standouts Avery Broughton and Emma Yost received recognition from the NAIA on Monday.
Broughton, a 6-foot-1 guard/forward from Corsica, was named to the NAIA women's basketball All-America first team, while Yost, a 6-foot forward from Wagner, was an All-America second-team selection.
Broughton led the Tigers in field goal percentage (52.1%), rebounds per game (8.4), and a school record 77 blocks, which ranked fifth in the nation. That defensive ability made Broughton the GPAC defensive player of the year. Offensively, she averaged 14.6 points per game and scored in double figures in 30 of her final 32 games this season.
Broughton has 865 career points in two seasons in a DWU uniform after transferring to the Tigers after one season at the University of South Dakota. It is the sixth first-team NAIA All-America season in DWU women's basketball history, joining Randi Morgan (2002 and 2004), Ashley Bray (2018) and Kynedi Cheeseman (2019 and 2020).
Yost led DWU in scoring at 15.1 points per game and was among DWU's most efficient scorers. She shot a career-best 50.8% from the field and 38% on 3-pointers in 2025-26, scoring in double-figures in 30 of 36 games. This season, she also added 160 rebounds and 114 assists to her total.
Yost is on the All-America second team after receiving honorable mention recognition in 2024-25. She enters her senior season ranked No. 9 in DWU women's basketball history with 1,553 career points, and has started all 101 games in her career for the Tigers.
DWU was 29-7 and reached the national semifinals at the NAIA tournament for the fifth time in school history. The 29-win season ranks as third-most in a DWU women's basketball season, and DWU won the GPAC tournament championship for the second time in school history.
Macy Sievers, of Dordt, was named the NAIA women's basketball player of the year for the second year in a row, while Suntana Anderson, coach of the national champions from Marian (Ind.), was the NAIA coach of the year. Sievers averaged 16.7 points per game with 8.1 rebounds, 9.4 assists, and 3.2 steals.
The GPAC claimed both national basketball players of the year, as Northwestern's Jesse Van Kalsbeek won the men's player of the year award. Van Kalsbeek led the NAIA in points per game (27.8).
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Broughton, a 6-foot-1 guard/forward from Corsica, was named to the NAIA women's basketball All-America first team, while Yost, a 6-foot forward from Wagner, was an All-America second-team selection.
Broughton led the Tigers in field goal percentage (52.1%), rebounds per game (8.4), and a school record 77 blocks, which ranked fifth in the nation. That defensive ability made Broughton the GPAC defensive player of the year. Offensively, she averaged 14.6 points per game and scored in double figures in 30 of her final 32 games this season.
Broughton has 865 career points in two seasons in a DWU uniform after transferring to the Tigers after one season at the University of South Dakota. It is the sixth first-team NAIA All-America season in DWU women's basketball history, joining Randi Morgan (2002 and 2004), Ashley Bray (2018) and Kynedi Cheeseman (2019 and 2020).
Yost led DWU in scoring at 15.1 points per game and was among DWU's most efficient scorers. She shot a career-best 50.8% from the field and 38% on 3-pointers in 2025-26, scoring in double-figures in 30 of 36 games. This season, she also added 160 rebounds and 114 assists to her total.
Yost is on the All-America second team after receiving honorable mention recognition in 2024-25. She enters her senior season ranked No. 9 in DWU women's basketball history with 1,553 career points, and has started all 101 games in her career for the Tigers.
DWU was 29-7 and reached the national semifinals at the NAIA tournament for the fifth time in school history. The 29-win season ranks as third-most in a DWU women's basketball season, and DWU won the GPAC tournament championship for the second time in school history.
Macy Sievers, of Dordt, was named the NAIA women's basketball player of the year for the second year in a row, while Suntana Anderson, coach of the national champions from Marian (Ind.), was the NAIA coach of the year. Sievers averaged 16.7 points per game with 8.1 rebounds, 9.4 assists, and 3.2 steals.
The GPAC claimed both national basketball players of the year, as Northwestern's Jesse Van Kalsbeek won the men's player of the year award. Van Kalsbeek led the NAIA in points per game (27.8).
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