Warfel Collects Pair of All-American Awards

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Taylor University's Kaycie Warfel earned a pair of All-American honors following her record-breaking campaign on the hardwood. The freshman guard was named to the NAIA Women's Basketball All-America Third Team, and the WBCA Coaches' All-America Honorable Mention Team, as the organizations announced the NAIA award winners for the 2025-26 season.

Warfel is the 19th All-American in TU women's basketball program history, and the first Trojan to receive the NAIA All-American honor since the 2020-21 season (Lauren James). Recently named the CL Women's Basketball Newcomer of the Year, Warfel also garnered First-Team All-Crossroads League and All-Freshman Team honors.

The NAIA All-America selections are made by the NAIA Women's Basketball All-America Committee and are comprised of first, second and third teams. Warfel is among a group of 22 players across the nation selected to the NAIA All-America Third Team, and she is one of four players from the Crossroads League lauded by the NAIA.

Warfel started 28 games during her debut season as a Trojan, leading the entire NAIA in scoring at 24.3 points per game and in total points with 679, the fourth-highest single-season total in program history. Warfel shot 45.6 percent from the field, 36.7 percent from three-point range and 74.1 percent from the free throw line while adding 3.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and a league-leading 2.8 steals per game. The Pendleton, Indiana native also ranked second nationally in field goals made (242) and 32nd in steals (78) while setting the TU program's all-time scoring record for a freshman. She collected six Crossroads League Player of the Week awards — five offensive and one defensive — and earned NAIA National Player of the Week honors for the week of November 3–9.

Along the way, Warfel reached 30 or more points eight times, headlined by a 40-point outburst at Grace that tied for the second-highest single-game scoring output in TU history. In that game and in a 35-point effort at Mount Vernon Nazarene, Warfel connected on 15 field goals, the second-most in a single game in program history.