ATLANTA - After guiding the Williams College women's basketball team to the fifth seed in the NESCAC Championship, a quarterfinal-round playoff victory and an appearance in the semifinals of the tournament, sophomore guard
Micah Walton and junior forward
Kathleen Smith earned Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III All-American Honorable Mention laurels Thursday for the first time in their collegiate careers.
Walton was also named to the NESCAC All-Conference First Team, D3hoops.com All-Region 1 Third Team and New England Women's Basketball Association (NEWBA) All-Region Fourth Team during the 2025-26 season. She scored 21 or more points eight times for the Ephs (13-13, 5-5 NESCAC). The Austin, Texas, native led Williams and ranked fourth in the NESCAC in points (15.0) assists (2.8) and steals (1.8) per game. She also shot a team-leading 72.7% from the free-throw line (72 for 99), which was the fourth-best mark in the conference.
Walton was honored on the NEWBA First and Second Team of the Week, respectively, on March 3 and Feb. 3. During a 59-44 victory at Amherst on Feb. 14, Walton recorded a game-high 24 points, shooting 10 of 18 from the field, while also securing eight rebounds. She dropped 19 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 75-55 triumph over fourth-seeded Trinity on Feb. 21 during the NESCAC Quarterfinals in Hartford, Connecticut. She scored a game-high 21 points, while shooting 9 of 10 from the free-throw line and 6 for 10 from the field, during the NESCAC Semifinals against top-seeded and No. 8-ranked Bowdoin on Feb. 28 in Brunswick, Maine.
Smith led the NESCAC in field-goal percentage (59.0%, 138 for 234) and ranked fourth in rebounds per game (8.6), as she led the Ephs in both categories. She also averaged 12.5 points per game, the 11th best mark in the conference and recorded eight double-doubles. The Plaistow, New Hampshire, native was named Most Outstanding Player and MVP during the Morin Memorial and Shooting Touch Tournaments, respectively, as Williams won both events in November and December at Chandler Gymnasium.
During a 74-47 win over Plattsburgh State in the championship game of the Morin Memorial Tournament, Smith recorded game-highs of 19 points and 19 rebounds, while shooting 7 of 11 from the field and 5 for 6 from the free-throw line. She scored a career-high 30 points and tied a personal-best 19 boards, while shooting 14 of 22 from the field, in a 73-63 win at Hamilton on Feb. 13 in Clinton, New York.
Smith was named U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division III National Player of the Week on Feb. 17. She was a three-time conference Player of the Week, a two-time member of the D3hoops.com Team of the Week and a two-time representative on the NEWBA First Team of the Week during the 2025-26 season.
