ATLANTA – The tremendous honors continue for Millsaps College senior center Elyse Warren as she was named a 2026 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III Coaches' All-America Honorable Mention on Thursday, March 19.

She becomes the fourth All-American of any kind in program history, joining Haley Franklin (2024, 2025), Erin Clark (1989, 1990) and Carla Webb (1996).

Across NCAA Division III, 10 student-athletes were selected 2026 WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches' All-Americans, while 40 earned honorable mention status.

The WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Coaches' All-America team are selected by the WBCA NCAA Division III Awards Committee from coaches and student-athletes who are nominated by WBCA member coaches.

Visit https://wbca.org/awards/coach-of-the-year/ to see a list of past recipients of the WBCA NCAA Division III Coach of the Year award. Visit https://wbca.org/player-awards/ to see lists of past WBCA NCAA Division III Player of the Year and WBCA NCAA Division III Coaches' All-America honorees.

Warren was recently named to the 2025-26 D3hoops.com All-Region 6 First Team, and a finalist for the 2025-26 Jostens Trophy Award. She was also selected the SAA Women's Basketball Defensive Athlete of the Year and made All-SAA First Team. She has set both the conference single-season and career rebounding records with 479 and 1,219 boards, respectively.

Across NCAA Division III, Warren ranks third in total boards and third in rebounds per game (17.1 rpg). Earlier this season, she grabbed 33 rebounds in a single game, which is also a conference record.
 
She is also second nationally with 24 double-doubles in just 28 games. Averaging 14.8 points per game, she ranks seventh in the conference. With her 1,236 career points, she is the first player in program history to record 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
 
The Rhodes Scholarship Finalist is also first in the league in field goal percentage at 53.9 percent (153-of-284 FG). Warren also has 33 steals, 13 blocks and nine assists. 
 
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association Division III National Player of the Week (Jan. 6) earned her fourth All-Conference accolade after an Honorable Mention nod her freshman season, and a pair of All-SAA Second Team appearances. Warren was also named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Jan. 5 and was named the SAA Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week three times this season.

About the WBCA 
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.


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Founded in Jackson, Mississippi in 1890, Millsaps College is a national liberal arts college dedicated to academic excellence, open inquiry and free expression, the exploration of faith to inform vocation and the innovative shaping of the social, economic and cultural progress of our region. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Forbes Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The John Templeton Foundation, and The Fiske Guide to Colleges.