Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association

For Immediate Release
March 19, 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
NCAA Division I State Farm Coaches' All-America Regional Finalists Announced

ATLANTA - The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with State Farm, announced the 52 regional finalists today for the 2008 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.  The State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team selection committee will review these 52 candidates and cut the list to 40 finalists on Thursday, March 20. The 40 finalists will all be in the running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team.

The regional finalists are: 

Region I    

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Matee Ajavon

Rutgers University

Sr.

G

5’8

Kimberly Beck

George Washington Univ.

Sr.

G

5’8

Essence Carson

Rutgers University

Sr.

G

6’0

Tina Charles

University of Connecticut

So.

C

6’3

Angel McCoughtry

University of Louisville

Jr.

F

6’1

Renee Montgomery

University of Connecticut

Jr.

G

5’7

Maya Moore

University of Connecticut

Fr.

F

6’0

Epiphanny Prince

Rutgers University

So.

G

5’9

Olayinka Sanni

West Virginia University

Sr.

C

6’2

Marcedes Walker

University of Pittsburgh

Sr.

C

6’3

Region 2

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Chante Black

Duke University

Jr.

C

6’5

Crystal Langhorne

University of Maryland

Sr.

C

6’2

Erlana Larkins

University of North Carolina

Sr.

F

6’1

LaToya Pringle

University of North Carolina

Sr.

F/C

6’3

Kristi Toliver

University of Maryland

Jr.

G

5’7

Khadijah Whittington

North Carolina State Univ.

Sr.

F

6’1

Monica Wright

University of Virginia

So.

G

5’11

Region 3

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Alex Anderson

UT-Chattanooga

Sr.

F

6’1

DeWanna Bonner

Auburn University

Jr.

G/F

6’4

Sylvia Fowles

Louisiana State University

Sr.

C

6’6

Alexis Hornbuckle

University of Tennessee

Sr.

G

5’11

Tasha Humphrey

University of Georgia

Sr.

F

6’3

Candace Parker

University of Tennessee

Sr.

G/F/C

6’4

Christina Wirth

Vanderbilt University

Jr.

G/F

6’1

Region 4

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Kate Achter

Bowling Green State Univ.

Sr.

G

5’7

Tiera DeLaHoussaye

Western Michigan Univ.

Jr.

G

5’6

Ashley Hayes          

Murray State University

Jr.

F

5’10

Amanda Jackson

Miami University (Ohio)

Sr.

G

5’9

Lauren Kohn

Ohio University

Sr.

G

5’11

Natasha Lacy

Univ. of Texas at El Paso

Sr.

G

5’11

Diamond Rogers

Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham

Sr.

G/F

5’11

Region 5

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Danielle Gant

Texas A&M University

Jr.

G/F

5’11

Amber Holt

Middle Tennessee State Univ.

Sr.

F

6’0

Crystal Kelly

Western Kentucky University

Sr.

F

6’3

Shalee Lehning

Kansas State University

Jr.

G

5’9

Courtney Paris

University of Oklahoma

Jr.

C

6’4

Andrea Riley

Oklahoma State University

So.

G

5’5

Takia Starks

Texas A&M University

Jr.

G

5’8

Angela Tisdale

Baylor University

Sr.

G

5’7

Region 6

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Jolene Anderson

University of Wisconsin

Sr.

G

5’8

Kristi Cirone

Illinois State University

Jr.

G

5’8

Jantel Lavender

Ohio State University

Fr.

C

6’4

Jenna Smith

University of Illinois

So.

C

6’3

Kristi Smith

University of Iowa

Jr.

G

5’6

Region 7

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Natalie Doma

Idaho State University

Sr.

C

6’3

Leilani Mitchell

University of Utah

Sr.

G

5’5

Mandy Morales

University of Montana

Jr.

G

5’9

Hanna Zavecz

University of Wyoming

Sr.

F

6’0

Region 8

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Jayne Appel

Stanford University

So.

C

6’4

Devanei Hampton

Univ. of California, Berkeley

Jr.

F/C

6’3

Ashley Walker

Univ. of California, Berkeley

Jr.

F

6’1

Candice Wiggins

Stanford University

Sr.

G

5’10

In an effort to establish a fair number of candidates from each region, an equation to determine the number of regional nominees was formulated. The total number of Division I institutions in each region is divided by the total number of Division I institutions to get a percentage for each region.  Multiply 52 (the total number of desired finalists) by the percentage to get a total number of finalists for each region. The 52 regional finalists then go before the selection committee where the list is reduced to 40 finalists. These 40 finalists can come from any region.

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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