Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association

For Immediate Release
March 24, 2008

Contact: Summer McKesson
Director of Communications
770.279.8027 ext. 112
smckesson@wbca.org

Rich Pingeton
State Farm
309.766.8866
rich.pingeton.sqvi@statefarm.com
WBCA Announces Finalists for NCAA Division I 
State Farm Coaches' All-America Team

ATLANTA - The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with State Farm, announced the finalists today for the 2008 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.  The 40 finalists, who were chosen from the 52 regional finalists by the State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team committee, are now in the running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team.

The finalists are: 

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Kate Achter

Bowling Green State University

Sr.

G

5’7

Matee Ajavon

Rutgers University

Sr.

G

5’8

Jolene Anderson

University of Wisconsin

Sr.

G

5’8

Jayne Appel

Stanford University

So.

C

6’4

Kimberly Beck

George Washington University

Sr.

G

5’8

Chante Black

Duke University

Jr.

C

6’5

DeWanna Bonner

Auburn University

Jr.

G/F

6’4

Essence Carson

Rutgers University

Sr.

G

6’0

Tina Charles

University of Connecticut

So.

C

6’3

Kristi Cirone

Illinois State University

Jr.

G

5’8

Sylvia Fowles

Louisiana State University

Sr.

C

6’6

Devanei Hampton

University of California, Berkeley

Jr.

F

6’3

Amber Holt

Middle Tennessee State University

Sr.

F

6’0

Alexis Hornbuckle

University of Tennessee

Sr.

G

5’11

Tasha Humphrey

University of Georgia

Sr.

F

6’3

Amanda Jackson

Miami University (Ohio)

Sr.

G

5’9

Crystal Kelly

Western Kentucky University

Sr.

F

6’3

Crystal Langhorne

University of Maryland

Sr.

C

6’2

Erlana Larkins

University of North Carolina

Sr.

F

6’1

Jantel Lavender

Ohio State University

Fr.

C

6’4

Angel McCoughtry

University of Louisville

Jr.

F

6’1

Leilani Mitchell

University of Utah

Sr.

G

5’5

Renee Montgomery

University of Connecticut

Jr.

G

5’7

Maya Moore

University of Connecticut

Fr.

F

6’0

Courtney Paris

University of Oklahoma

Jr.

C

6’4

Candace Parker

University of Tennessee

Sr.

G/F/C

6’4

Epiphanny Prince

Rutgers University

So.

G

5’9

LaToya Pringle

University of North Carolina

Sr.

F/C

6’3

Andrea Riley

Oklahoma State University

So.

G

5’5

Diamond Rogers

University of Alabama, Birmingham

Sr.

G/F

5’11

Olayinka Sanni

West Virginia University

Sr.

C

6’2

Takia Starks

Texas A&M University

Jr.

G

5’8

Angela Tisdale

Baylor University

Sr.

G

5’7

Kristi Toliver

University of Maryland

Jr.

G

5’7

Ashley Walker

University of California, Berkeley

Jr.

F

6’1

Marcedes Walker

University of Pittsburgh

Sr.

C

6’3

Khadijah Whittington

North Carolina State University

Sr.

F

6’1

Candice Wiggins

Stanford University

Sr.

G

5’11

Christina Wirth

Vanderbilt University

Jr.

G/F

6’1

Monica Wright

University of Virginia

So.

G

5’11

The State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for NCAA Division I will be announced at the State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team Press Conference at the Tampa Hyatt Regency on April 5, at 9:45 a.m. (ET) in Tampa, Fla.

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About the WBCA
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