Pondexter Named Preseason Wade Trophy Candidate
Aug 18 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers rising senior Cappie Pondexter (Chicago, IL) has been named one of the 31 preseason candidates for the 2004-2005 State Farm Wade Trophy, given annually to the nation’s best female college basketball player.
Pondexter, a 5-9 guard, averaged 17.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 1.8 steals per game for the Scarlet Knights last season, earning All-America honors from the Associated Press (third team), Full Court Press (third team) and Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (honorable mention). A finalist for three national player-of-the-year awards (Women’s Wooden Award, State Farm Wade Trophy and Naismith) as well as the Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard), Pondexter also was named to the 2004 Kodak/WBCA All-Region 1 Team, was unanimously selected to the All-BIG EAST First Team, and earned a spot on the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team after averaging a tourney-best 23.3 points per game in leading RU to a runner-up finish. An honorable mention All-America selection by Kodak/WBCA in 2003, she twice was named the BIG EAST Conference Co-Player of the Week last winter, and she earned a spot on the Preseason WNIT All-Tournament Team.
In addition to the Wade Trophy list, Pondexter also has been named to the Women’s Wooden Award Preseason All-America Team, making her a candidate for that national player-of-the-year award as well.
The Scarlet Knights (21-12, 10-6 BIG EAST) advanced to their sixth NCAA Championship in the last seven years, and finished as the runners-up at the 2004 BIG EAST Championship.
State Farm Wade Trophy Preseason Candidates
Seimone Augustus, LSU, Junior
Jacqueline Batteast, Notre Dame, Senior
Steffanie Blackmon, Baylor, Senior
Nikki Blue, UCLA, Junior
Jamie Carey, Texas, Senior
Monique Currie, Duke, Junior
Shyra Ely, Tennessee, Senior
Katie Feenstra, Liberty, Senior
Sandora Irvin, TCU, Senior
Dionnah Jackson, Oklahoma, Senior
Tiffany Jackson, Texas, Sophomore
Temeka Johnson, LSU, Senior
Ivory Latta, North Carolina, Sophomore
Camille Little, North Carolina, Sophomore
Sancho Lyttle, Houston, Senior
Kristen Mann, UCSB, Senior
Janel McCarville, Minnesota, Senior
Jessica Moore, Connecticut, Senior
Shawntinice Polk, Arizona, Junior
Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, Senior
Noelle Quinn, UCLA, Sophomore
Heather Schreiber, Texas, Senior
Khara Smith, DePaul, Junior
Kim Smith, Utah, Junior
Ann Strother, Connecticut, Junior
Barbara Turner, Connecticut, Junior
Kendra Wecker, Kansas State, Senior
Dee-Dee Wheeler, Arizona, Senior
Tan White, Mississippi State, Senior
Tanisha Wright, Penn State, Senior
Sophia Young, Baylor, Junior
