MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Hardin-Simmons' Cowgirl basketball standout Jaqueline Berry was named a preseason first-team All-American by D3hoops.com for 2026-27.
The junior from Texhoma, Okla. enters her third season with the Cowgirls after a season where she was named the American Southwest Conference Most Valuable Player, a WBCA All-American, and a D3hoops.com All-American.
Berry averaged 15.1 points a game as a sophomore and accounted for 6.7 rebounds a game. She totaled 84 assists, 76 steals, and 23 blocks as well for the team. The Cowgirls finished the year as the ASC champions with a record of 24-6, adding two NCAA tournament wins against Austin College and Whitman to advance to the NCAA Sweet 16 round.
She holds the record for most points scored by a freshman Cowgirl with 376, and has 829 points in her career of 57 games. Berry averages 14.5 points a game in her career, which currently ranks seventh all-time for Cowgirl basketball.
Berry was also named the ASC Distinguished Scholar Athlete for women's basketball in her second year. She was named a College Sports Communicators academic all-district team member as well, and has joined the academic all-conference team each of the last two seasons at Hardin-Simmons.
The full list of D3hoops.com preseason All-Americans can be found
here.
The Cowgirl basketball team will start the year on Saturday, Nov. 7 against George Fox at 6 p.m., with the game being played in Santa Cruz, Calif.
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