ATLANTA -- Bates junior center Elsa Daulerio was named an All-America honorable mention by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Wednesday, adding to her list of postseason accolades. 

Daulerio (Harpswell, Maine) joins Meg Coffin '08 as the only two Bobcats in program history to be honored twice by the WBCA, as Daulerio was also an honorable mention All-American last season.

The WBCA All-America honorable mention for Daulerio comes on the heels of being named D3hoops.com first team All-Region and first team All-NESCAC.

Daulerio led the Bobcats in scoring for the first time in her career, averaging 14.7 points per game as the Bobcats made a return trip to the NCAA Division III tournament. The team's leading rebounder as well at nine per game, Daulerio finished the 2024-25 campaign with eight double-doubles. Her 153 career blocked shots are the most in program history, and Daulerio averaged 1.7 blocks per game this season, good for third-most in the NESCAC. She also dished out a career-high 76 assists. 

Some of Daulerio's top performances this year included: a career-high 28 points on 10-17 shooting against Williams, 18 points and 12 rebounds against Bowdoin, and 21 points and 11 rebounds against Colby.

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.