MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State’s Serena Sundell and Ayoka Lee added to their career trophy cases, as the tandem were named Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America top-50 finalists on Tuesday.
This is the fourth time Lee has collected WBCA All-Region 3 honors, while Sundell earned her first WBCA All-Region 3 citation.
Sundell, a 2025 All-Big 12 First Team and Associated Press (AP) All-America honorable mention selection, leads the nation with a career-high and school record for total assists (256) and paces the nation and leads the Big 12 with a career-high for assists per game (7.31 apg) and third in the Big 12 for assist-turnover ratio (2.46). She owns a league-best nine games with 10 or more assists.
The product of Maryville, Missouri, is second on the team in scoring average with 13.9 points per game and leads the Wildcats with 486 points, which is the second-highest total of her career on a .503 field goal percentage. Her 186 made field goals this season is a new career-high.
She has registered a career-high 30 blocked shots (0.86 bpg) and has pulled in 153 rebounds (4.4 rpg), which is the second-highest rebound total in her career.
Sundell is the only player in the nation to register 400 or more points, 200 or more assists, 150 or more rebounds and 30 or more blocks. She has registered a career-high eight double-doubles this season. She was the first Big 12 player since the 2022-23 season and the fifth player in program history to register a triple-double with 26 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds against USC Upstate on Dec. 5, 2024.
With her point (486) and assist (256) totals this season, Sundell is the first player in Big 12 history to record four seasons with 350 or more points and 150 or more assists.
In her career, Sundell holds the school records for career starts (138) and games played (138). She is holds the school record and ranks fourth in Big 12 history for career assists with 805 and is second in program history for career assists per game (5.83 apg). She ranks sixth on the K-State career scoring list with 1,749 points. She ranks eighth in school history for career blocks (103).
She is the only player in school history with 1,500 or more career points, 800 or more career assists and 100 or more career blocked shots.
This season, Lee, a 2025 All-Big 12 Second Team honoree and AP All-America honorable mention recipient, is averaging a team-high 15.6 points on a career-high .641 field goal percentage. She is also averaging team-highs with 6.4 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game.
In her career, Lee holds the school record and ranks sixth in Big 12 history for points scored with 2,521 and holds the school record for career scoring average at 18.7. She also owns the school records for career rebounds and ranks fifth in Big 12 history with 1,252 and career rebounding average at 9.3.
Lee is also the school record holder and ranks fourth in Big 12 history for career blocks with 353 and owns the school record and ranks third in Big 12 history for career double-doubles with 64. She is the first player in program history with 300 or more career blocks and 100 or more career steals.
(19/18) K-State (28-7), the five-seed in the Spokane 4 Region, will face top-seed USC (30-3) on Saturday at 7 p.m. (CT), in Spokane, Washington, in the regional semifinal of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.