NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana’s Taylor Dewitt was named Wednesday to the 2023-24 All-Louisiana women’s basketball third team.
A Louisiana Sports Writers Association panel of college publicists and sports media selected the team and major awards.
Dewitt — a 5-foot-11 fifth-year guard/forward from Mansfield, La., and a graduate of Mansfield High School — averaged 12.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.3 steals in 32 games for a 25-7 Gold Nuggets team that tied for second place in the Red River Athletic Conference regular season, finished second in the RRAC Tournament and earned an automatic bid to NAIA nationals.
Dewitt was first-team All-RRAC and a two-time RRAC Player of the Week this past season. She was the first player in 14 years to lead the Gold Nuggets in scoring and rebounding in the same season, and her 139 made free throws are No. 3 on the Gold Nuggets’ all-time season list.
Dewitt is enrolled in graduate school at XULA and will join head coach Bo Browder’s staff this fall as a graduate assistant. Including her four seasons (2019-23) at Dillard, Dewitt scored 1,132 points in her college career.
The LSWA’s All-Louisiana women’s basketball teams date to the late 1970s. Dewitt is the Gold Nuggets’ 11th to be chosen to the third team or higher.
2023-24 All-Louisiana Women’s Basketball Team
First Team
Daisha “Nunu” Bradford, Louisiana-Monroe
Flau’Jae Johnson, LSU
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Angel Reese, LSU
Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Second Team
Sandra Cannady, Loyola (N.O.)
Hailey Giarantano, Southeastern Louisiana
Princis Goff, Louisiana Christian
Anna Larr Roberson, Louisiana Tech
Dearica Pryor, New Orleans
Third Team
Taylor Dewitt, XULA
Jakayla Johnson, Louisiana-Monroe
Jalencia Pierre, Southeastern Louisiana
Destanee Roblow, LSU-Shreveport
Kahia Warmsley, Grambling
Kyren Whittington, Tulane
Player of the Year: Angel Reese, LSU
Newcomer of the Year: Aneesah Morrow, LSU
Freshman of the Year: Mikaylah Williams, LSU
Coach of the Year: Kyle Blankenship, LSU-Shreveport
Honorable Mention
Sharna Ayres, Northwestern State; Tamera Johnson, Louisiana-Lafayette; Jianna Morris, Louisiana Tech; Allison Owens, Southern-Shreveport; Taylor Thomas, Loyola (N.O.)
Taylor Dewitt photo by Yamlak Tsega
Source: Xavier Athletics