Pondexter Named to Kodak/WBCA All-Region 1 Team

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers’ Cappie Pondexter (Chicago, IL) has been named to the Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Region 1 Team for the third time during her career (2003-2005).

Pondexter, a 5-9 senior guard, is a candidate for three national player-of-the-year awards (Naismith, State Farm Wade Trophy, Wooden Women’s Award) as well as the Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard) and Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award. She also was named to the 2004-2005 BIG EAST All-First Team and All-Tournament Team.

Pondexter, who is averaging 13.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, has played in 23 contests this season, making five starts. She has registered 15 double-digit scoring efforts (three 20+ points), and is shooting 41.5 (22-53) percent from three-point range this season. She was named the BIG EAST Co-Player of the Week and the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Player of the Week Jan. 31, and the BIG EAST Player of the Week Feb. 21. Last winter, she was named to the Associated Press and Full Court Press All-America Third Teams, and was an honorable mention Kodak All-American. A finalist for all three major national player-of-the-year awards (Naismith, State Farm Wade Trophy, Wooden Women’s Award), as well as the Nancy Lieberman Award, she earned her second first-team all-BIG EAST certificate in 2004.

Pondexter was one of six members of the All-Region 1 Team. The 48 total finalists are now in the running for selection to the 10-member Kodak/WBCA All-America Team.

The No. 9/10 Rutgers women’s basketball team (25-6, 14-2 BIG EAST) will begin the road to Indianapolis by taking on Hartford (22-8, 13-5 America East) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday, March 20, in Storrs, CT. The third-seeded Scarlet Knights will face the 14th-seeded Hawks at Gampel Pavilion (10,167) at approximately 2:30 p.m. The game will be shown on ESPN on a regional basis. It will be carried live on WCTC 1450 AM, WMTR 1250 AM and WRSU 88.7 FM. A live stream of the radio broadcast will be offered on www.scarletknights.com.

Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Finalists

Region 1
Name Institution Year Pos. Height
Jacqueline Batteast University of Notre Dame Senior Forward 6-2
Meg Bulger West Virginia University Sophomore Guard 6-0
Megan Duffy University of Notre Dame Junior Guard 5-7
Anna Montañana George Washington University Senior Forward 6-1
Cappie Pondexter Rutgers University Senior Guard 5-9
Ann Strother University Connecticut Junior Guard 6-2

Region 2
Monique Currie Duke University Junior G/F 6-0
Shay Doron University of Maryland Sophomore Guard 5-9
Shareese Grant Old Dominion University Senior Guard 5-8
Roneeka Hodges Florida State University Senior Guard 5-11
Tamara James University of Miami Junior Forward 5-10
Ivory Latta University of North Carolina Sophomore Guard 5-6

Region 3
Seimone Augustus Louisiana State University Junior Guard 6-1
Ashley Earley Vanderbilt University Senior Forward 5-10
Shyra Ely University of Tennessee Senior Forward 6-2
Tasha Humphrey University of Georgia Freshman Forward 6-3
Temeka Johnson Louisiana State University Senior Guard 5-3
Tan White Mississippi State University Senior Guard 5-7

Region 4
Ryan Coleman Eastern Michigan University Senior Guard 5-8
Jazz Covington University of Louisville Sophomore C/F 6-3
Jessica Dickson University of South Florida Sophomore Forward 5-11
Kate Endress Ball State University Senior G/F 6-0
Sandora Irvin Texas Christian University Senior Forward 6-3
Khara Smith DePaul University Junior Forward 6-2

Region 5
Steffanie Blackmon Baylor University Senior Forward 6-2
Dionnah Jackson University of Oklahoma Senior Guard 5-9
Tiffany Jackson University of Texas Sophomore Forward 6-3
Anne O’Neil Iowa State University Senior-RS Guard 5-11
Sophia Young Baylor University Junior Forward 6-1
Kendra Wecker Kansas State University Senior Forward 5-11

Region 6
Jessica Davenport Ohio State University Sophomore Center 6-5
Janel McCarville University of Minnesota Senior Center 6-2
Tiffany Mor University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Senior Forward 6-1
Liz Shimek Michigan State University Junior Forward 6-1
Jess Strom Penn State University Senior Guard 5-7
Tanisha Wright Penn State University Senior Guard 5-11

Region 7
Tasha Crain Louisiana Tech University Junior Guard 5-7
Janielle Dodds Southern Methodist University Freshman Forward 6-3
Ashley Elliott University of Wyoming Senior Guard 5-7
Julie Gjertsen Weber State University Senior Guard 5-10
Kim Smith University of Utah Junior Forward 6-1
Shona Thorburn University of Utah Guard 5-10

Region 8
Nikki Blue UCLA Junior Guard 5-8
Cathrine Kraayeveld University of Oregon Senior Forward 6-4
Kristen Mann University of California - Santa Barbara Senior Forward 6-2
Shawntinice Polk University of Arizona Junior Center 6-5
Dee-Dee Wheeler University of Arizona Senior Guard 5-6
Candice Wiggins Stanford University Freshman Guard 5-11

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