Mathies named to Young All-America team

Add yet another award to freshman guard A’dia Mathies’ resume.

On Sunday, Mathies was named to the seventh annual Gballmag.com Young All-America team for her significant contributions to her team’s success during her rookie campaign. Nine other players joined Mathies on the list, including Southeastern Conference opponent Jasmine James, a guard for Georgia.

Mathies averaged 13.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.6 steals for the season. She also set the school record for steals by a freshman with 93.

Mathies has already picked up UK’s first SEC Freshman of the Year award, in addition to being named to the Full-Court Press Freshman All-America team, All-SEC second team, All-SEC Freshman Team and SEC All-Tournament Team.