Pondexter Earns Another Preseason All-America Nod
Oct 19 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers fifth-year senior Cappie Pondexter (Chicago, IL) has been named to the Women’s Basketball News Service Preseason All-America First Team.
Pondexter also earned second-team All-America mentions from Lindy’s and Athlon Sports this preseason, and was named to the Street & Smith’s “Terrific 10” Preseason All-America Team. Already named a candidate for two 2005-2006 national player-of-the-year awards, the 5-9 guard was a candidate for all three national player-of-the-year awards (Naismith, State Farm Wade Trophy, Women’s Wooden Award), as well as the Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard) and Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award, last season. Pondexter also was named to the 2004-2005 Associated Press (honorable mention), Full Court Press (third team) and Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (honorable mention) All-America Teams, the Kodak/ WBCA All-Region 1 Team, the BIG EAST All-First Team and the BIG EAST All-Tournament Team, and was the NCAA Tournament Philadelphia Region’s Most Outstanding Player.
She averaged 14.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game last season, posting 19 double-digit scoring efforts (seven 20+ points) in 27 appearances.
Rutgers, which returns nine letterwinners and four starters from last season’s Elite Eight team, will officially begin the 2005-2006 campaign on Grand Bahama Island, competing at the Junkanoo Jam Nov. 25-26.
Women’s Basketball News Service Preseason All-America First Team Seimone Augustus, LSU Nikki Blue, UCLA Jessica Davenport, Ohio State Candice Dupree, Temple Megan Duffy, Notre Dame Erin Grant, Texas Tech Tiffany Jackson, Texas Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers Khara Smith, DePaul Candice Wiggins, Stanford
