Hanover College senior and Holy Cross grad Grace Bezold has been named a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Division III All-American Honorable Mention.
Bezold, in her senior season averaged 23.3 points per game, putting her eighth nationally in the D-III ranks. She also posted career-highs of 9.3 rebounds per game, points in a season (606), double-doubles (11) and field goals made (237).
The accolade makes Bezold one of the top 50 student-athletes in Division III women’s basketball. On top of the All-American status, Bezold was named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and earned First Team HCAC honors.
She also became the first Hanover women’s basketball student-athlete to be selected to compete in the WBCA All-Star Game and just the second to be named a Jostens Trophy finalist.
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In her career at Hanover, she scored 1,631 points, grabbed 677 rebounds and dished out 103 assists. She also blocked 65 shots and recorded 102 steals. She was a career 46% shooter from the field and hit 73% of her free throw attempts.
Bezold is a 2021 grad of Holy Cross where she scored 1,107 points and pulled down 351 rebounds in her Indians career.