ATLANTA, Ga. --- Tusculum University forward Jami Tham has earned honorable mention Division II All-America recognition from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, the WBCA announced Friday.
Tham becomes the fourth Pioneer to earn WBCA Division II All-America status, joining Jasmine Gunn (2009, 2010, 2011), Stephany Neptune (2008) and Maddie Sutton (2021). Gunn was a first-team selection in 2010, while the others were all honorable mention picks.
Tham averaged 17.6 points and 13.3 rebounds per game for the Pioneers during the 2021-22 season, earning first-team All-South Atlantic Conference and also first-team All-Southeast Region from the Division II College Commissioners Association. She led the conference and ranks third in Division II in rebounding, and also led the SAC in field goal percentage at 51.9 percent (202-for-416). Tham shares the Division II lead with a SAC-record 26 double-doubles in 29 games, including a streak of 22 straight to open the season.
Tham was third in the SAC in scoring average and scored in double figures in 28 of the Pioneers' 29 games, with eight games of 20 points or more. The graduate student from Arlington, Virginia scored a season-high 31 points against Mars Hill on Dec. 10 and grabbed a season-best 20 rebounds against Emory & Henry on Dec. 14.
Tham, a two-time SAC Player of the Week, ranked third in the conference in made field goals (202) and fifth in made free throws (102), and ranks second in Division II in total rebounds with 385. Her 13.3 rebounds per game average is the third-highest in a season in SAC history and second-best in program history behind the 14.6 rebounds per game of Sutton during the 2020-21 season.
Tham, who played four seasons at Barton before joining Tusculum as a graduate transfer, finished her career with 1,661 points and 1,210 rebounds in 129 games. She currently ranks fourth among active Division II players in career rebounds and second in career double-doubles with 59. Earlier this week, Tham became the first Division II Academic All-American in program history.
Brooke Olson of the University of Minnesota Duluth was honored as the WBCA NCAA Division II Player of the Year and was a member of the 10-player Coaches All-America team as selected by a committee of WBCA member coaches in Division II.
