Pondexter Named Kodak All-American
Apr 03 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Rutgers’ Cappie Pondexter (Chicago, IL) has been named an honorable-mention selection to the Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Team, earning her third All-America certificate from the group.
A 5-9 senior guard, Pondexter was 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 Associated Press All-America Team (honorable mention), the Kodak/ WBCA All-Region 1 Team, the BIG EAST All-First Team and BIG EAST All-Tournament Team. She averaged 14.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game this season, posting 19 double-digit scoring efforts (seven 20+ points) in 27 appearances this season.
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. She was an honorable-mention All-America pick by the Associated Press in 2003.
No. 9/10 Rutgers (28-7, 14-2 BIG EAST), the BIG EAST regular-season champion and BIG EAST Tournament runner-up, advanced to the regional final of the 2005 NCAA Tournament.
2004-2005 Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-America Team
First Team:
Seimone Augustus (LSU); Jacqueline Batteast (Notre Dame); Monique Currie (Duke); Jessica Davenport (Ohio State); Sandora Irvin (TCU); Janel McCarville (Minnesota); Kendra Wecker (Kansas State); Tan White (Mississippi State); Candice Wiggins (Stanford); Sophia Young (Baylor).
Honorable Mention:
Stephanie Blackmon (Baylor); Nikki Blue (UCLA); Meg Bulger (West Virginia); Ryan Coleman (Eastern Michigan); Jazz Covington (Louisville); Tasha Crain (Louisiana Tech); Jessica Dickson (South Florida); Janielle Dodds (SMU); Shay Doron (Maryland); Megan Duffy (Notre Dame); Ashley Early (Vanderbilt); Ashley Elliott (Wyoming); Shyra Ely (Tennessee); Kate Endress (Ball State); Julie Gjertsen (Weber State); Shareese Grant (Old Dominion); Roneeka Hodges (Florida State); Tasha Humphrey (Georgia); Dionaah Jackson (Oklahoma); Tiffany Jackson (Texas); Tamara James (Miami); Temeka Johnson (LSU); Catherine Kraayeveld (Oregon); Ivory Latta (North Carolina); Kristin Mann (UCSB); Anna Montanana (George Washington); Tiffany Mor (Wisconsin-Green Bay); Anne O’Neil (Iowa State); Shawntinice Polk (Arizona); Cappie Pondexter (Rutgers); Liz Shimek (Michigan State); Khara Smith (DePaul); Kim Smith (Utah); Jess Strom (Penn State); Ann Strother (Connecticut); Shona Thorburn (Utah); Dee-Dee Wheeler (Arizona); Tanisha Wright (Penn State).
