Miller & Taute Named WBCA All-Americans; Cooch & Ryncarz Earn Honorable Mention

LILBURN, GA -- On Thursday, March 19, Denison junior guard Ada Taute (Chicago, IL/St. Ignatius College Prep) and Ohio Wesleyan junior forward Macy Miller (Marysville, OH/Milford Center Fairbanks) were selected as 2026 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Americans. Additionally, Denison junior guard Abby Cooch (Clifton, VA/Bishop Ireton) and John Carroll senior guard/forward Ava Ryncarz (Aurora, OH/Aurora) were named All-America honorable mentions.

Miller, the 2026 NCAC Player of the Year and first-team All-NCAC and D3hoops.com All-Region selection, guided the Battling Bishops to an 11-3 mark in conference play, a 21-6 overall record and the program’s fourth-straight NCAA tournament appearance with hosting rights. OWU ended their season with a close second-round loss to a high-powered WashU squad. The D3hoops.com All-Region 7 Player of the Year started 24 of her 25 games played and currently leads the NCAC in rebounding with 11.7 per game and sits in second in scoring with 16.2 per game and blocks with 1.7 per game. Miller is also tied for third in steals (2.3/per game) and is fourth in field goal percentage (.503).

Taute, who earned a first-team nod to the D3hoops.com All-Region and All-NCAC squads, has averaged a team-high 14.0 points per game and 2.2 steals per game, to go along with 6.7 rebounds per game and 3.2 assists per game, which all currently rank in the top six of the NCAC. She is shooting .473 from the field, entering the national semifinals. The First Team All-NCAC selection has eclipsed 10 or more points 23 times this season and has started in all 30 of the Big Red’s contests.

Cooch, who collected a nod to the D3hoops.com All-Region second team and was an All-NCAC first teamer, has been a constant leader on the floor for the Big Red. She is second on the team in points, averaging 13.3 per game, has dished the NCAC’s second-most assists with 3.8 helpers per game, while also gathering 3.7 rebounds per game. Cooch leads the conference in free-throw percentage at .835 and is shooting .313 from behind the arc.
 
Ryncarz, a first-team D3hoops.com All-Region and All-NCAC selection, guided John Carroll to a remarkable 2025-26 campaign. The Blue Streaks earned a spot in the NCAA’s Round of 16 for the first time in program history and finished with a program-record 26 wins. Ryncarz’s 459 points currently leads the conference, while her team-high 7.6 rebounds per game is third and her 14.8 points per game and .358 shooting percentage from behind the arc are fourth in the NCAC. She finished the season with a new program record of 97 makes from three and is currently ranked third in Division III in three-pointers this season and fifth in three-pointers per game (3.13).

The WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Coaches’ All-America team are selected by the WBCA NCAA Division III Awards Committee from coaches and student-athletes who are nominated by WBCA member coaches.

About the WBCA
The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.
 

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