Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association

For Immediate Release
March 22, 2005
Contact: Tilea Coleman
WBCA Manager of Communications
770.279.8027 ext. 112
WBCA AND KODAK ANNOUNCE JUNIOR COLLEGE/COMMUNITY COLLEGE KODAK/WBCA ALL-AMERICA BASKETBALL TEAM

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and Eastman Kodak Company today announced the 2005 Junior College/Community College (JC/CC) Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team. Selection committee members in each of the nine WBCA geographical regions select the ten women's basketball players to be honored. The members of the 2005 JC/CC Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team are as follows:

Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Inga Buzoka Central Florida Community College Sophomore F/C 6-3
Jessica Fisiikava Umpqua College Sophomore Guard 5-10
Amanda Foster Seward County Community College Sophomore F/C 6-2
Gillian Goring Uniersity of Arkansas-Fort Smith Sophomore Center 6-7
Helen Johnson Gulf Coast Community College Sophomore Guard 5-10
Cherie Mills Louisburg College Sophomore Center 6-3
Shaquina Mosley Central Arizona College Sophomore Guard 5-6
Whitney Pegram Seward County Community College Sophomore F/C 6-4
Dionne Pounds Pasadena City College Sophomore Guard 5-9
Danielle Wilhelm South Plains College Sophomore Forward 5-10

"Kodak recognizes the accomplishments of these student-athletes and the positive recognition they bring to their schools, their communities and the game," said Bud Denker, Director and Vice President, Brand and Market Development at Kodak. "Kodak is proud to partner with the WBCA in honoring the best women's collegiate players as Kodak/WBCA All-Americans."

"This is once again a proven and accomplished group of talented student-athletes at the JC/CC level," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. We are always proud to join Kodak in honoring the best in women's collegiate athletics."

Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Stephanie Brown Kansas City Kansas Community College Sophomore Forward 6-1
Meredith Cook Jefferson Community College Freshman Forward 6-0
Monique Coquilla San Jose City College Sophomore Guard 5-3
Alisa Costin Northland Community and Technical College Freshman Guard 5-9
Alexis Crowder Illinois Central College Freshman Guard 5-6
Vivan Ewalefo Barton County Community College Sophomore Center 6-0
Audrey Graham Kellogg Community College Freshman Guard 5-9
Beth Halter Kirkwood Community College Sophomore Center 6-3
Danielle Hibbard John Wood Community College Sophomore G/F 5-10
Kirby Johnson Gloucester County Community College Sophomore Guard 5-4
Danica King San Jacinto College-North Sophomore Guard 5-7
Desirae Martinez Fullerton College Sophomore Guard 5-8
Lael McVea Salt Lake Community College Sophomore Guard 5-10
Chinata Nesbit Chipola College Freshman Guard 6-2
Daiane Packer Trinity Valley Comm. College Sophomore Guard 5-8
Charity Renfro Yavapai College Sophomore F/C 6-2
Katie Schrader Yavapai College Sophomore Forward 5-11
Corkey Stiger Trinity Valley Community College Freshman Guard 5-9
Welena Toki Solano College Freshman Forward 5-11
Farah Vasquez Arizona Western College Sophomore F/C 6-1
Ranisha White Gulf Coast Community College Freshman Forward 6-2
Vanessa Westcott Jefferson Community College Sophomore Guard 5-7
Tenise Williams Southwestern Illinois College Freshman F/C 6-1

About Eastman Kodak Company
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images - for memories, for information, for entertainment. With sales of $13.5 billion in 2004, the company is committed to a digitally oriented growth strategy focused on the following businesses: Health -- supplying the medical and dental industries with traditional and digital imaging-information products and services, as well healthcare IT solutions and services; Graphic Communications - offering on-demand color and black and white printing, wide-format inkjet printing, high-speed, high-volume continuous inkjet printing, as well as document scanning, archiving and multi-vendor IT services; Digital & Film Imaging Systems - providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services; and Display & Components - which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers. More information about Kodak (NYSE: EK) is available at www.kodak.com.

Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game as an amateur sport for women and girls. For additional information about the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.


 

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