OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) recently announced its 2021 All-America team for two-year colleges, and Johnson County Community College sophomore guard Presley Barton was an honorable mention selection. She is the 15th player in team history to be honored as a WBCA All-American. She is the 12th player to be selected under head coach Ben Conrad.
Earlier this season, Barton was also selected second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk D-II Conference and second-team All-Region VI/Plain District A.
This season, Barton helped the Lady Cavaliers to a 22-2 record, an undefeated regular season, a Kansas Jayhawk D-II Conference championship and a runner-up finish at the NJCAA D-II National Tournament.
Barton was the team's second leading scorer, averaging 10.2 points per game. She led the conference and ranked second in the NJCAA with 67 made 3-point baskets, an average of nearly three per game. She shot 36.4 percent beyond the arc, fourth-best in the conference. She scored in double figures 10 times on the season, highlighted by a career high 24 point effort in a win over Fort Scott on March 6. Barton tied the third-best game In team history by making eight 3-point baskets.
Two of her double digit scoring effort came in the national tournament. In the opening 86-49 win over Grand Rapids, she hit three treys and finished with 11 points. In the national semifinal 69-56 win over Illinois Central, she made five 3-pointers and a free throw for a game-high 16 points. Her five made 3-point baskets tie the fourth-best game by a JCCC player in tournament play. She made nine overall in the tournament, which ties the sixth-most made by a Lady Cavalier.
About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. 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.