March 25, 2010
ATLANTA - Gonzaga University women's basketball junior point guard Courtney Vandersloot has been tabbed as a finalist for the State Farm Coaches' All-America team, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced Thursday.
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 State Farm Coaches' All-America Team.
Vandersloot, the back-to-back West Coast Conference Player of the Year, leads the nation in assists at 9.4 per game, sixth in steals per contest at 9.5 and 12th in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.23. The Kent, Wash., native has helped Gonzaga to a 29-4 overall mark, its sixth-straight West Coast Conference regular season title, its third WCC Tournament championship in four years and its first NCAA Touranmet Sweet Sixteen appearance in school history.
She became the West Coast Conference and Gonzaga career assists leader this season and the Bulldog career steals leader. Vandersloot has registered 10 double doubles this year (9 pts/asts, 1 pts/stls) and has scored double-figure points in 27 of 33 contests, including six 20-plus games. She has dished out double-figure assists 11 times, including a career-high against the University of North Dakota on Nov. 25, 2009.
Vandersloot is also a Wade Trophy Award finalist, a Nancy Lieberman Award finalist, and is on the John R. Wooden Award final ballot.
The State Farm Coaches All-America Team for NCAA Division I will be announced in the Alamodome on center court between open practices on Saturday, April 3, at 1:05 p.m. CT as a part of the NCAA's Super Saturday events in San Antonio, Texas.
The finalists are:
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Danielle Adams Texas A&M University Jr. C 6'1
Kachine Alexander University of Iowa Jr. G 5'9
Jayne Appel Stanford University Sr. C 6'4
Angie Bjorklund University of Tennessee Jr. G 6'0
Kelley Cain University of Tennessee Soph. C 6'6
Tina Charles University of Connecticut Sr. C 6'4
Alysha Clark Middle Tennessee State Sr. F 5'10
Elena Delle Donne University of Delaware Fr. F 6'5
Skylar Diggins University of Notre Dame Fr. G 5'9
Victoria Dunlap University of Kentucky Jr. F 6'1
Dawn Evans James Madison University Jr. G 5'7
Alexis Gray-Lawson Univ. of California, Berkeley Sr. G 5'8
Kalana Greene University of Connecticut Sr. G 5'10
Kelsey Griffin University of Nebraska Sr. G 6'2
Brittney Griner Baylor University Fr. C 6'8
Amber Harris Xavier University Jr. F 6'5
Allison Hightower Louisiana State University Sr. G 5'10
Alison Lacey Iowa State University Sr. G 6'0
Jantel Lavender Ohio State University Jr. C 6'4
Jacinta Monroe Florida State University Sr. F 6'5
Maya Moore University of Connecticut Jr. F 6'0
Jené Morris San Diego State University Sr. G 5'9
Nnemkadi Ogwumike Stanford University Soph. F 6'2
Ta'Shia Phillips Xavier University Jr. C 6'5
Samantha Prahalis Ohio State University Soph. G 5'7
Lauren Prochaska Bowling Green State Univ. Jr. G 5'11
Alexis Rack Mississippi State University Sr. G 5'7
Chastity Reed Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock Jr. F 6'1
Andrea Riley Oklahoma State University Sr. G 5'5
Danielle Robinson University of Oklahoma Jr. G 5'9
Jaleesa Ross Fresno State University Jr. G 5'8
Lindsay Schrader University of Notre Dame Sr. G/F 6'0
Jenna Smith University of Illinois Sr. F/C 6'3
Da'Shena Stevens Saint John's University Soph. F 6'1
Shekinna Stricklen University of Tennessee Soph. G 6'2
Helena Sverrisdottir Texas Christian University Jr. G/F 6'1
Jasmine Thomas Duke University Jr. G 5'8
Bianca Thomas University of Mississippi Sr. G 5'10
Courtney Vandersloot Gonzaga University Jr. G 5'8
Monica Wright University of Virginia Sr. G 5'11
The State Farm Coaches' All-America Team for NCAA Division I will be announced in the Alamodome on Center Court between open practices on Saturday, April 3, at 1:05 p.m. CT as a part of the NCAA's Super Saturday events in San Antonio, Texas.
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