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Women's Basketball Grant Cohen

Jakoriah Long named to All-WAC Second Team

LAS VEGAS – Tarleton State senior guard Jakoriah Long has been named to the All-WAC Second Team, the conference announced Monday. 

Long is the second Texan in the Division I Era to earn an All-Conference First or Second Team honor. She is the first player under head coach Bill Brock to be named to the WAC's First or Second Team. 

The senior guard led Tarleton State in scoring in conference play with 13.3 points per game, helping the Texans to a second-place finish in the WAC. Under Long's leadership, the Texans won a Division I program record 19 games and clinched their highest seed in a Division I conference tournament with a No. 2 seed in the 2025 WAC Tournament. 

Long had scored at least 20 points in four different WAC games, most recently scoring a season-high 26 points with seven 3-pointers in the Texans' final game at Wisdom Gym on March 6 against California Baptist. She also had back-to-back 25-point outings Feb. 6-8, being named WAC Player of the Week in the process.  

The senior guard set a new Division I Era single game program record with seven made 3-pointers twice this season, most recently doing so against CBU (3/6). Long's 70% shooting from beyond the arc against CBU (3/6) is the second-highest 3-point percentage by a Texan in a single game in the Division I Era. She is just the second Texan in the Division I Era to hit 70% of her 3-pointers off a minimum of seven attempts. 

Long is the first Texan in the Division I Era to post two consecutive 25-point games. She is the first Texan since the 2013-14 season to post back-to-back games with at least 25 points (Kiara Wright, Feb. 5-8, 2014). She also became the first Texan in the Division I Era to have back-to-back games with six or more 3-pointers. She is the first Texan since the 2011-12 season to have two consecutive games with six or more 3-pointers (Peyton Adamson, Jan. 11-14, 2012). 

Leading Tarleton State in scoring with 348 points and 11.2 points per game last season, Long finished in the top 20 in the WAC in scoring. She scored in double figures 18 times and had two games with at least 20 points, including a 20-point performance in the WAC Tournament against ACU on March 13. 

Prior to her arrival in Stephenville, Long was an NJCAA honorable mention guard at Blinn College. The two-time NJCAA national tournament guard started all of Blinn College's 35 games in which the Buccaneers went 31-4 overall and 15-1 in conference play. Long led the Buccaneers to the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championships as the No. 5 seed in 2022-23. 

Long and the Texans begin postseason play in the 2025 WAC Tournament, taking on No. 7 seed Southern Utah at 4:30 p.m. at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. 

2024-25 WAC Women's Basketball Awards 
WAC Player of the Year
Trinity San Antonio, Sr., G, Grand Canyon

WAC Defensive Player of the Year
Tiarra Brown, Gr., G/F, Grand Canyon

WAC Co-Sixth Player of the Year
Aspen Thornton, Sr., G, UT Arlington
Kylee Mabry, Jr., G, Utah Valley

WAC Freshman of the Year
CeCe Legaspi, G, California Baptist

WAC Coach of the Year
Molly Miller, Grand Canyon

All-WAC First Team
Bella Earle, Sr., G, Abilene Christian
Trinity San Antonio, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
Tiarra Brown, Gr., G/F, Grand Canyon
Avery Brittingham, Fifth, F, UT Arlington
Koi Love, Fifth, F, UT Arlington

All-WAC Second Team
Meredith Mayes, So., C, Abilene Christian
Khloe Lemon, So., G, California Baptist
Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
Laura Erikstrup, Gr., F, Grand Canyon
Jakoriah Long, Sr., G, Tarleton State

WAC All-Defensive Team
Bella Earle, Sr., G, Abilene Christian
Callie Cooper, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
Trinity San Antonio, Sr., G, Grand Canyon
Tiarra Brown, Gr., G/F, Grand Canyon
Tahlia White, R-Sr., G/F, Utah Valley

WAC All-Freshman Team
CeCe Legaspi, G, California Baptist
Candy Edokpaigbe, G, Seattle U
Kendal Robinson, G, UT Arlington
Ellie Taylor, G, Utah Tech
Cambree Blackham, G, Utah Valley
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Players Mentioned

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