South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso, Te-Hina Paopao pick up AP All-American honors

Payton Titus

March 20, 2024 at 12:05 p.m.·1 min read

South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso and Te-Hina Paopao earned All-American honors Wednesday by The Associated Press.

The 6-foot-7 Cardoso was selected to the second team for the first time in her career. Paopao earned an honorable mention from The AP.

Cardoso heads into the NCAA Tournament averaging a team-high 14 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. In the final second of the SEC Tournament semifinal game, Cardoso banked in her first career 3-pointer to lift USC over Tennessee and advance to the title game.

South Carolina’s March Madness for 2024 journey begins Friday versus the winner of Presbyterian and Sacred Heart at 2 p.m. in Colonial Life Arena. Cardoso will miss the first-round game and return for the second round Sunday as she serves a suspension for fighting in the SEC Championship game against LSU on March 10.

AP All-America teams:

1st Team: Caitlin Clark, JuJu Watkins, Cameron Brink, Hannah Hidalgo, Paige Bueckers

2nd Team: Liz Kitley, Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso, Madison Booker, Jacy Sheldon

3rd Team: Alissa Pili, Mackenzie Holmes, Georgia Amoore, Dyaisha Fair, Raegan Beers

Honorable Mention: Lauren Betts, UCLA; Audi Crooks, Iowa State; Aaliyah Edwards, UConn; Yvonne Ejim Gonzaga; Lauren Gustin, BYU; McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State; Abbey Hsu, Columbia; Kiki Iriafen, Stanford; Rickea Jackson, Tennessee; Ta’Niya Latson, Florida State; Ayoka Lee, Kansas State; Cotie McMahon, Ohio State; Aneesah Morrow, LSU; Nika Muhl, UConn; Lucy Olsen, Villanova; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina; JJ Quinerly, West Virginia; Saniya Rivers, North Carolina State; Kiki Rice, UCLA; Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado; Skylar Vann, Oklahoma.

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