Mackenzie Smith and Talya Brugler Named to Women’s College All-Star Game Watch List presented by Herbalife

Saint Joseph's guard Mackenzie Smith and forward Talya Brugler were named to the Women's College All-Star Game Watch List presented by Herbalife, Intersport officials announced on Tuesday. Smith and Brugler were selected by a distinguished panel of national media experts to potentially compete in the national showcase event on April 5 in Tampa.
 
The 2025 Women's College All-Star Game will feature the top senior standouts who are on the precipice of hearing their names called in the WNBA Draft. Of the more than 60 student-athletes that appear on the watch list, 20 will ultimately be selected to participate in the event, which will be televised by ESPN2 at 3 p.m. ET on April 5.
 
A two-time All-Atlantic 10 and All-Big 5 selection, Smith recently entered the top-10 in scoring in program history. The Shelburne, Nova Scotia native is averaging a career-high 14.8 points per game this season, shooting 46.7 percent from the field and 43.4 percent from the three-point line. The senior has tallied at least 15 points on 12 occasions this season.
 
Brugler entered her senior season as a three-time All-Big 5 selection, twice earning Atlantic 10 All-Conference honors in her career. The Nazareth, Pennsylvania native sits just 25 points shy of entering the top-five in program history in scoring with 1,624 career points. Brugler is averaging 14.1 points per game on the season and a career-high 5.7 rebounds. The senior has scored at least 10 points in 88 of her 113 career appearances, shooting at a near 53.0 percent clip in her career.
 
The Women's College All-Star Game will provide the country's brightest college stars one final opportunity to represent their programs and be recognized against the backdrop of the sport's championship weekend, Smith and Brugler being two of many notable standouts to appear on the watch list. The complete watch list can be found on the event's website at www.womenscollegeallstar.com. The final event roster will be announced the week of the event. Participants in the Women's College All-Star Game will be players that have exhausted or will for forego their remaining eligibility.
 
Last April, 20 of college basketball's top senior standouts converged in Cleveland to rekindle the postseason event that Intersport helped originally launch in 1998. There, five All-Americans, more than a dozen All-Conference standouts and four future WNBA draft picks competed in front of nearly 5,000 fans on the eve of the sport's national championship game. 
 
Tickets for the 2025 event, which will take place at Tampa Prep, located one mile from Amalie Arena, the site of the women's college basketball national championship game, will go on sale starting March 6, with the presale taking place on March 5. To stay up to date on the latest ticket info and register for the exclusive presale visit www.womenscollegeallstar.com/tickets.
 
National brands have already signed on to be part of the 2025 event, including State Farm, Herbalife and Skechers. 
 
Intersport launched the inaugural Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Star Challenge in 1998, which the WBCA operated through 2006. The Chicago-based agency was also a longstanding partner with the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and ESPN to stage the prestigious Women's Tip-Off Classic that annually featured the sport's top programs in high-profile matchups as part of ESPN's early season programming. Today, Intersport continues to operate major men's and women's college basketball events throughout the season, including the CBS Sports Classic, the Elevance Health Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off, Arizona Tip-Off and other major showcase events
 
Final rosters, coaches and more details will be available at this site and by following @IntersportHoops on Instagram and X.

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