April 6, 2009
ATLANTA - Gonzaga University women's basketball sophomore Courtney Vandersloot garnered her second All-America honor of the season after being named WBCA/State Farm Coaches' All-America honorable mention. With this accolade, Vandersloot became the inaugural Bulldog in women's basketball history to be named both AP and State Farm Coaches' All-American.
Vandersloot, who early last week was the third overall Bulldog to be named AP honorable mention, was named West Coast Conference Player of the Year after helping Gonzaga to its fifth-straight regular-season title with a 12-2 mark. She also was named the WCC Tournament Most Valuable Player after guiding the Zags to their second tournament title in three years. Vandersloot became the first player to grab both WCC Player of the Year and Tournament MVP honors since Jerkisha Dosty from Saint Mary's in 2001.
Vandersloot finished the season third in the nation in assists per contest, dishing out 7.4, and 16th in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.0. She became only the sixth player in Zag history to score 500-plus points in a single-season, finishing with 524 and became the single-season assist leader, handing out 239. She currently is third in the career record book in assists (430) and 10th in three-pointers made (68).
The members of the 2009 NCAA Division I State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball Team are as follows:
Name -Institution - Year - Pos. - Height
Jayne Appel -Stanford Univ. - Jr.- C - 6'4
DeWanna Bonner - Auburn Univ. - Sr. - G -6'4
Tina Charles - Univ. of Connecticut - Jr. - C - 6'4
Marissa Coleman - Univ. of Maryland - Sr. - G/F - 6'1
Jantel Lavender - The Ohio State Univ. - Soph. - C - 6'4
Angel McCoughtry - Univ. of Louisville - Sr. - F - 6'1
Renee Montgomery - Univ. of Connecticut - Sr. - G - 5'7
Maya Moore - Univ. of Connecticut - Soph. - F - 6'0
Courtney Paris - Univ. of Oklahoma - Sr. - C - 6'4
Kristi Toliver - Univ. of Maryland - Sr. - G - 5'7
The following have been recognized as State Farm Coaches' All-America Team Honorable Mentions:
Name - Institution - Year - Pos. - Height
Chante Black - Duke Univ. - Sr. - C - 6'5
Whitney Boddie - Auburn Univ. - Sr. - G - 5'9
Sha Brooks - Univ. of Florida - Sr. - G - 5'8
Kristi Cirone - Illinois State Univ. - Sr. - G - 5'8
Alysha Clark - Middle Tennessee St. - Univ. - Jr. - F - 5'10
Siarre Evans - East Tennessee State Univ. - Jr. - G - 5'11
Danielle Gant - Texas A&M Univ. - Sr. - G/F - 5'11
Allison Hightower - Louisiana State Univ. - Jr. - G - 5'11
Ashley Houts - Univ. of Georgia - Jr. - G - 5'6
Briann January - Arizona State Univ. - Sr. - G - 5'8
Shalee Lehning - Kansas State Univ. - Sr. - G - 5'9
Lyndra Littles - Univ. of Virginia - Sr. - G/F - 6'1
Rashanda McCants - Univ. of North Carolina - Sr. - G/F - 6'1
Danielle McCray - Univ. of Kansas - Jr. - G - 5'11
Jené Morris - San Diego State Univ. - Jr. - G - 5'9
Deirdre Naughton - DePaul Univ. - Jr. - G - 5'10
Ta'Shia Phillips - Xavier Univ. - Soph. - C - 6'6
Rachel Porath - Univ. of Wisconsin, Green Bay - Sr. - G - 5'10
Epiphanny Prince - Rutgers Univ. - Jr. - G - 5'9
Takia Starks - Texas A&M Univ. - Sr. - G - 5'8
Courtney Vandersloot - Gonzaga Univ. - Soph. - G - 5'8
Kia Vaughn - Rutgers Univ. - Sr. - C - 6'4
Ashley Walker - Univ. of California, Berkeley - Sr. - F - 6'0
Morgan Warburton - Univ. of Utah - Sr. - G - 5'11
Natasha Williams - DePaul Univ. - Sr. - F - 6'3
Danielle Wilson - Baylor Univ. - Jr. - C - 6'3
Christina Wirth - Vanderbilt Univ. - Sr. - F - 6'1
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton - Purdue Univ. - Sr. - F - 6'2
Monica Wright - Univ. of Virginia - Jr. - G - 5'11
Shavonte Zellous - Univ. of Pittsburgh - Sr. - G - 5'11
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About the WBCA
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 a sport for women and girls. For additional information about the WBCA, please visit wbca.org.
