Press Release :: Women's Basketball Coaches Association

For Immediate Release
March 8, 2007
Contact: Summer McKesson
Manager of Communications
770.279.8027 ext. 112
smckesson@wbca.org

WBCA Announces Finalists for NCAA Division II
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 2007 Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II.  The 35 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
Alexis Castro

American International College

Jr.

F

6-0

Ashley Hilton

University of New Haven

Sr.

F

6-0

Shamika Jackson

Southern Connecticut State University

Jr.

G

6-0

Johannah Leedham

Franklin Pierce College

Fr.

G

5-11

Kate Lynch

Southern Connecticut State University

Jr.

F

5-10

Region 2

Name Institution Year Pos. Height

Lena Kalvans

West Liberty State College

Sr.

F

6-1

Deidra Langston

Anderson University

Sr.

F

5-10

Rachel Redick

Glenville State College

Sr.

G

5-8

Jeannie Saunders

Salem International University

Jr.

G

5-8

Casey Taylor

Glenville State College

Sr.

C

6-2

Region 3

Name Institution Year Pos. Height

Mindy Allee

University of South Carolina Aiken

Sr.

G

5-4

Tiara Good

Lander University

Jr.

G

5-9

Kaneetha Gordon

Armstrong Atlantic State University

Jr.

F

5-10

Cassie King

North Carolina Central University

Sr.

F

6-0

Celeste Trahan

Elizabeth City State University

Jr.

C

6-2

Region 4

Name Institution Year Pos. Height

Rachel Folcik

Ferris State University

Jr.

F

6-1

Christina Jackson

Gannon University

Sr.

F

6-0

Mary Moskal

Lewis University

Sr.

F

5-9

Darcee Schmidt

Lewis University

Sr.

F

5-10

Amber Shelton

Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville

Jr.

F

5-10

Region 6

Name Institution Year Pos. Height

Emily Brister

West Texas A&M University

So.

G

5-8

Inga Buzoka

Missouri Western State

Sr.

C

6-3

Corkey Stiger

Washburn University

Jr.

G

5-9

Michelle Stueve

Emporia State University

Jr.

F

6-2

Brooke Ubelaker

Washburn University

Sr.

F

5-10

Region 7

Name Institution Year Pos. Height

Alison Adamson

Augustana College

Sr.

G

5-5

Amanda Behnke

Concordia University, St. Paul

Jr.

C

6-2

Diana Lopez

Regis University

Sr.

G

5-8

Erika Quigley

Saint Cloud State University

Sr.

F

6-2

Katie Winkelman

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Sr.

F/C

6-1

Region 8

Name Institution Year Pos. Height

Leada Berkey

Western Oregon University

Jr.

G

5-8

Leora Juster

University of California-San Diego

Sr.

G

5-8

Mollie Stelmack

Western Washington University

Sr.

G

5-11

Katie Wilder

Humboldt State University

Sr.

G

5-7

Vanessa Wilt

California State Univ., San Bernardino

Jr.

C

6-1

WBCA CEO Beth Bass will announce the Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team at the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Banquet on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at the Nebraskan Student Union in Kearney, Nebraska. 

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