AUSTIN, Texas – The College Sports Communicators (CSC), formerly known as CoSIDA, released the Academic All-America basketball teams Wednesday morning. Montana Western forward Brynley Fitzgerald was named First Team Academic All-America.
 
Fitzgerald is the third athlete in Montana Western history to achieve a first team selection and her second time to earn Academic All-America honors as she earned second team Academic All-America honors during the 2020-21 season.

Fitzgerald, a senior from Dillon, Mont., currently boasts a 4.0 grade-point average while majoring in Elementary Education at Montana Western. This season, Fitzgerald has quickly rose to become the second all-time leading scoring in Montana Western women's basketball history. She has accumulated 1783 points thus far as a Bulldog, leading UMW this season with an average of 18.2 points per game, 6.9 rebounds per game, and shooting 43.5 percent from the field. Fitzgerald earned Frontier Conference Co-Player of the Year and First Team All-Conference honors.

CSC members vote on Academic All-District teams within their division and district. All-District selections advance to the national ballot where members vote for Academic All-America teams within their division.

The NAIA All-America program is financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 NAIA Academic All-America teams program.

For more information regarding the Academic All-America program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.
 
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