AP季前全美女篮阵容公布：UConn的Sarah Strong与USC的JuJu Watkins领衔 伤愈复出的Watkins入选
美联社10月22日公布新赛季季前全美女篮阵容：康涅狄格大学（UConn）前锋 Sarah Strong 与南加州大学（USC）后卫 JuJu Watkins 领衔入选——两人正是过去两个赛季美联社年度最佳球员得主。与她们一同入选的还有范德堡大学后卫 Mikayla Blakes、德克萨斯大学前锋 Madison Booker 与圣母大学后卫 Hannah Hidalgo。
投票由评选美联社每周前25名排名的31人全国媒体团投出：Strong 获30票，Hidalgo 与 Booker 各28票，Blakes 27票，Watkins 26票。Hidalgo 与 Booker 已是连续第三年入选季前阵容。
Strong 是上赛季美联社年度最佳球员，上赛季以二年级前锋身份场均得到18.4分、7.7个篮板，投篮命中率58.2%，带领 UConn 打进四强；此前一个赛季，UConn 刚夺得队史第12个全国冠军。UConn 主教练 Geno Auriemma 对美联社表示：「她是全国年度最佳球员，你会觉得她很难再进步多少。但在她自己想提升的方面，进步并不难。我们会看到一个更具侵略性、更主动、对比赛理解更深的她。」
Watkins 的入选是伤愈复出的节点：她在2025年 NCAA 锦标赛中右膝前十字韧带撕裂，缺席了整个上赛季；2024–25赛季她场均23.9分，并当选该赛季美联社年度最佳球员。USC 主教练 Lindsay Gottlieb 对美联社表示：「我们显然很高兴 JuJu 回到球场。她在场上场下都非常努力，她带来的快乐与天赋对我们球队、对任何篮球迷都是好事。」
其余三人上赛季数据同样突出：Blakes 上赛季场均得分27.0分居全国第一；Booker 场均18.9分、6.7个篮板、3.7次助攻；Hidalgo 场均25.3分，场均抢断5.6次居全国第一。Strong、Blakes、Booker 上赛季入选全美第一阵容，Hidalgo 入选第二阵容；上赛季另两名第一阵容成员是全国冠军 UCLA 的 Lauren Betts 与 UConn 的 Azzi Fudd。（GSM 据美联社报道）
Sarah Strong and JuJu Watkins Headline Preseason AP All-America Women's Team
The Associated Press released its preseason All-America women's college basketball team on October 22, headlined by UConn forward Sarah Strong and USC guard JuJu Watkins, the AP Players of the Year of the past two seasons. Joining them are Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes, Texas forward Madison Booker and Notre Dame guard Hannah Hidalgo.
Strong received 30 votes from the 31-member national media panel that selects the AP Top 25. Hidalgo and Booker received 28 votes each, Blakes 27 and Watkins 26. It is the third consecutive year Hidalgo and Booker have been preseason picks.
Strong, the reigning AP Player of the Year, averaged 18.4 points and 7.7 rebounds and shot 58.2% from the field as a sophomore, leading UConn to the Final Four a year after the Huskies won their 12th national championship. "She was national player of the year, you know, and it's pretty hard to get that much better," UConn coach Geno Auriemma told the AP. "But it's not that hard to get better at some things that she wants to get better at. And I think what we'll see is a much more aggressive Sarah, much more intentional, much more understanding."
Watkins returns after tearing the ACL in her right knee during the 2025 NCAA Tournament and missing all of last season. She averaged 23.9 points in 2024-25, when she was the AP Player of the Year. "We are obviously excited for JuJu to be back on the court," USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb told the AP. "She has worked so hard both on and off the court, and the joy and talent she brings to college basketball is a great thing not only for our team, but for anyone who is a fan of the game."
Blakes led the nation with a 27.0-point scoring average last season; Booker averaged 18.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists; Hidalgo averaged 25.3 points and a national-leading 5.6 steals per game. Strong, Blakes and Booker were first-team All-Americans last season and Hidalgo was a second-team pick; the other first-teamers were Lauren Betts of national champion UCLA and UConn's Azzi Fudd. (GSM, from Associated Press reports)
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图片来源：图：南加州大学（USC）后卫 JuJu Watkins 2025 年公开活动照。All-Pro Reels 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经维基共享资源。Photo: USC guard JuJu Watkins in 2025. Photo by All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
