UCLA Women’s Basketball: Jordin Canada Is An AP All-American

After a successful season leading the UCLA Women’s Basketball program to the Sweet 16, sophomore guard Jordin Canada has been named as an AP All-American Honorable Mention.

Oh, Canada! UCLA Women’s Basketball superstar Jordin Canada has been named as an honorable mention in the Associated Press’ list of All-Americans for the 2015-16 season.

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Canada was part of dynamic back court with senior Nirra Fields that led the Bruins to a 26-9 record, a third place Pac-12 regular season finish, runners up in the Pac-12 Tournament and a Sweet 16 appearance.

All of this after a down season the previous year when the Bruins missed the NCAA tournament completely.

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The upside to the 2014-15 season was that UCLA was invited to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament and pulled off six straight victories to capture the NIT Championship.

In that game, we caught a glimpse of what Canada was capable of as she put the Bruins on her back and scored 31 points… as a freshman.

This past season as a sophomore, Canada led all Bruins with 16.1 points per game (7th in the Pac-12) and 5.7 assists per game (2nd in the Pac-12).

Because of her performance this season, Canada has earned a list of accolades to go with being named as an AP All-American. Canada was named to the All-Pac-12 Tournament team, to the Wade Trophy Watch List (given to the top female basketball player in the nation) and made the All-Pac-12 Team.

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With the Bruins returning the core of their roster for the 2016-17 season, expect Canada to not only continue leading the Bruins to success, but also be named to several preseason award watch lists. Go Bruins!