Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association

For Immediate Release
March 9, 2006
Contact: Summer Thagard
WBCA Manager of Communications
770.279.8027 ext. 112
WBCA Announces Finalists for NCAA Division III
Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team

ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with Eastman Kodak Company, announced the finalists today for the 2006 Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The 40 finalists, who are voted upon by WBCA member coaches in each of the eight WBCA geographical regions, are now in the running for selection to the 10-member Kodak/WBCA All-America Team.

The finalists are:

Region I                
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Meg Coffin Bates College Jr. C 6-1        
Eileen Flaherty Bowdoin College Jr. C 5-11        
Estrella Kuilan Salem State College Sr. C 6-0        
Caitlin Malcolm Brandeis University Jr. C 6-0        
Ashley Marble University of Southern Maine Jr. F 5-9        
Region 2
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Emily Bango University of Rochester Jr. G 5-7        
Kathy Baum Saint John Fisher College Sr. G 5-6        
Erika Eisenhut Union College Sr. G 5-6        
Melissa Hartman Saint John Fisher College Sr. C 5-10        
Annie Verdino SUNY-Geneseo So. F 6-1        
Region 3
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Deborah Bruen University of Mary Washington Jr. F 5-10      
Elizabeth Hickey University of Mary Washington So. C 6-3      
Randi Jones Marymount University Sr. G 5-7      
Stephanie Machin Montclair State University Jr. F 5-10      
Chireese Paradise Bernard M. Baruch College So. G 5-8      
Region 4
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Kelly Applegate Moravian College Jr. C 6-0      
Eli Cook Messiah College Sr. G 6-1      
Elizabeth Jordan King’s College Sr. F 5-11      
Allison Matt University of Scranton Jr. G 5-7      
Taryn Mellody University of Scranton Jr. G 6-0      
Region 5
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Meia Daniels Howard Payne University So. G 5-8      
Staci Humphrey Greensboro College Jr. G 5-6      
Marsha Kinder Bridgewater College Sr. G 5-8        
Tarra Richardson McMurry University So. C 6-0        
Megan Silva Randolph-Macon College Sr. G 5-6        
Region 6
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Nikki Altenweg Baldwin-Wallace College Sr. G 5-6        
Liz Bondi DePauw University Sr. F 5-10        
Bria Ebels Hope College Sr. G 5-7        
Sara Heitkamp Capital University Sr. G 5-6        
Leigh Sulkowski Washington & Jefferson Sr. G 6-0        
Region 7
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Danielle Beehler Washington University Sr. F 6-0        
Karalyn Dehn Ripon College Sr. C 6-2        
Kelsey Duoss University of Wisconsin-Stout Jr. C 6-2        
Kelly Manning Washington University Sr. G/F 5-11        
Jill Trenz Wheaton College So. C 6-2      
Region 8
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Anna Heikenen College of St. Benedict Sr. F 5-11      
Katie Maguire Buena Vista University Sr. G 5-6      
Bri Monahan Gustavus Adolphus College Jr. C 6-0      
Lauren Stroot California Lutheran University Sr. F 6-0      
Megan Vig Carleton College Sr. F 5-10      

Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association 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 in all of its aspects as an amateur sport for women and girls. For more information about the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.




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