Titus Earns Academic All-American Honors

Senior forward becomes first in program's NCAA era to collect the distinction

3/16/2022 12:00:00 PM

By: CONTACT: Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for Communications/Operations | 716-839-8385 | mmiranto@daemen.edu

AMHERST, N.Y. - Senior forward Katie Titus (Penfield, N.Y.) of Daemen College has been named to the 2021-22 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Academic All-America Second Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Titus becomes the first women's basketball student-athlete of Daemen's NCAA era (2015-present) to earn Academic All-American recognition which takes both academic and athletic achievement into consideration.

Titus is one of 16 Division II women's basketball student-athletes named to the Academic All-America teams today and her selection comes after she was named to the Academic All-District Team last month. Set to graduate this spring with a degree in Childhood/Special Education, Titus carries a 3.90 grade point average.

On the court, Titus put together the strongest season of an already stellar career. She averaged 20.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game and recorded a team-high 10 double-doubles while leading the Wildcats to a 22-5 record, East Coast Conference regular season and tournament championships and a run to the NCAA Division II East Regional finals. She was named to the All-ECC First Team for the third time in her career while also garnering ECC and East Region Player of the Year honors. Titus is one of 14 Division II players to average at 20.0 points per game this season (she ranks ninth among the national leaders), and the first Daemen player to do so Sarah Soroka (23.6 ppg) during the 2010-11 season.

It has also been a milestone-filled season for Titus who became the 27th member of Daemen's 1,000 point club during a November victory over Angelo State. She has appeared in all 100 games since the start of the 2018-19 season, helping Daemen to a 77-23 record. In that time, she made 92 starts (73 consecutive) and totaled 1,512 points, 799 rebounds, 196 three-point field goals and 160 blocked shots - ranking in the top 10 in program history for each. Titus is the first player in program history with at least 1,400 points, 750 rebounds, 150 blocks and 150 three-point field goals. She also is the program's all-time leader in free throw percentage (85.5).

The CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team for this season includes Bryanna Brown of Lincoln University, Maighan Hedge of Cameron University, Sierra Kotchman of Fairmont State University, Denali Pinto of Colorado School of Mines and Audrey Tingle of West Liberty University. Tingle was additionally named the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.

Titus was joined on the Academic All-America Second Team by Makaila Cangé of Lander University, Kelsey Johnson of the University of Central Oklahoma, Whitney Randall of Fort Hays State University and Nikki Tucker of Embry-Riddle University (Fla.).

Academic All-America Third Team selections are Kylie Hammer of Wayne State College, Kassidy Malcolm of Central Washington University, Annie Roshak of Ashland University, Kelsey Siemons of Colorado Mesa University, Amber Stevahn of Minot State University and Tennae Voliva of the University of Alaska Anchorage.

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