MANCHESTER, N.H. – Senior
Tatum Forbes of the Saint Anselm College women's basketball team became the second Hawk in program history to be named an All-America Honorable Mention by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), which was announced on Wednesday.
For the second consecutive season, Saint Anselm has placed a Hawk on the All-America Honorable Mention list, as voted by the WBCA NCAA Division II Awards Committee from coaches and student-athletes who are nominated by WBCA member coaches. Forbes joins
Melanie Hoyt '25, who received the same honor a season ago, as the pair of former teammates closed out their collegiate careers being named the Northeast 10 Conference's Player of the Year and the Division II Conference Commissioners' Associate (D2 CCA) East Region Player of the Year as well.
Forbes also picked up Northeast 10 All-Conference First Team and D2CCA All-East Region First Team honors this season. Bentley's Niya Morgen and Southern Connecticut's Rheyna Steinauer were the other NE10 recipients to be named to the All-America Honorable Mention list.
Forbes led the Northeast 10 in scoring and assists, averaging 18.3 points and 5.1 assists per game. She also ranked fourth in minutes at 34.2 per game, seventh in rebounding at 7.1 per contest, and ninth in free throw percentage, shooting 71.3% from the line. Forbes earned Player of the Week honors three times from the NE10.
The senior from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, started all 23 games for Saint Anselm this season, scoring in double-figures in all but two games. Forbes posted three double-doubles and surpassed 20+ points in 13 games. She closed out the season with seven straight games of at least 20 points, tallying 30 points in two of those games.
Forbes was selected to the NE10's All-Conference First Team for the second year in a row, adding to her All-Conference Third Team selection from 2023-24. Forbes closed out her career on the Hilltop with 1,359 career points, ranking 11th all-time at Saint Anselm. Forbes' assist average of 5.1 per game this season is the 10th best mark in program history for a single season.
About the WBCA
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to the organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit
WBCA.org for more details about the association.
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