KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2025-26 Women's Basketball All-American Teams and individual award winners, where the No. 20-ranked Corban University Women's Basketball program was represented by their star point guard who turned heads once again across the Pacific Northwest and in turn, the national audience rewarded her season-long performance. Redshirt sophomore guard Jersey Huerta was named to the Second Team All-American list for 2025-26 to become the second unique Warrior to earn the distinguished honor from the NAIA and third overall award winner since the 2018-19 season.
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"I'm really excited that Jersey was able to receive this recognition from the NAIA for the work she has done for our program," expressed Huerta's head coach Kylie Frizell. "I've said this all season long, but she just plays the game the right way. Everyone knows that she's a prolific scorer for us, but she's so much more than that both as an athlete and a person. She's our go-to shooter anytime we need a bucket, but she's also incredibly selfless and gets her teammates open looks on almost every possession. I'm so excited for her and our program to continue growing towards the national caliber expectations we look for in our student-athletes."
In her first year donning the navy and gold threads, Huerta repeated the success she earned from her inaugural season of competition within the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) when she was a redshirt freshman competing at former Multnomah University where she was named the CCC Freshman of the Year. Relocating to the state capital to compete for Frizell and the Warriors, Huerta became a household name across the Pacific Northwest thanks to her ability to score against any defender while operating as the team's starting point guard.
Leading the Warriors to both a CCC regular season and tournament championship for the first time in 20 years, Huerta was an obvious candidate for Player of the Year honors by scoring 597 points at will while dishing the ball out 125 times for assists, both of which led the team and were top three in the conference individual rankings. Defensively, she led the program in steals with 45 pockets picked and despite her height differential against opposing guards, was second on the squad in rebounds at 4.6 per game.
From a program standpoint, Huerta propelled into the record books with numerous top ten marks in both the single game and single season categories, most notably finishing third all-time in single season points per game (18.7) and points scored (597), which trails Corban's only other NAIA All-American honoree in program history Jordan Woodvine from her legendary 2018-19 season. She also lands in the top ten for single game points (33 – 7th), field goals made (12 – T7th), and assists (10 – T5th) while appearing in two more prominent single season categories consisting of field goals made (214 – 3rd) and free throw percentage (85.2% - T7th).
Huerta will lead a remarkable returning core for the Corban women's basketball program this upcoming school year who is looking to defend their CCC regular season and tournament titles, as the team's starting point guard expects to make waves across the NAIA once again with her unguardable offensive playstyle and versatile defensive prowess.