SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist women's basketball players
Sierra Copeland and
Jill Leslie were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team that was announced on Tuesday.
Both players garnered First Team honors and in doing so, advanced on to the CSC Academic All-America ballot that will be announced in a few weeks.
To qualify, a student-athlete had to have possessed at least a 3.50 grade point average, been of sophomore standing and have legitimate playing credentials.
Both Copeland and Leslie are sophomore forwards for the Bison. For Copeland, a double major in Management and Marketing, she has played in 25 of 26 games this year for OBU. She scored a season-high eight points against Southern Nazarene on Jan. 23 and grabbed a career-best nine rebounds versus Northwestern on Dec. 3, 2022. Additionally, Copeland, a native of Howe, Texas, blocked a career-high three shots against Henderson State on Jan. 5.
As for Leslie, a native of Wichita Falls, Texas, she has played in all 26 contests with 23 starts. The Computer Science major has reached double figures six times including a career-high 21 points versus Southern Arkansas on Jan. 23. Plus, she has blocked as many as four shots in three different games while also notching a season-best 12 rebounds against Southern Arkansas on Feb. 18.
