March 26, 2009
ATLANTA – The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with State Farm, announced the finalists for the 2009 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Thursday, and North Carolina's Rashanda McCants is among the finalists. 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.
The finalists are:
|
Name
|
Institution
|
Year
|
Pos.
|
Height
|
|
Jayne Appel
|
Stanford Univ.
|
Jr.
|
C
|
6’4
|
|
Chante Black
|
Duke Univ.
|
Sr.
|
C
|
6’5
|
|
Whitney Boddie
|
Auburn Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’9
|
|
DeWanna Bonner
|
Auburn Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G
|
6’4
|
|
Sha Brooks
|
Univ. of Florida
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’8
|
|
Tina Charles
|
Univ. of Connecticut
|
Jr.
|
C
|
6’4
|
|
Kristi Cirone
|
Illinois State Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’8
|
|
Alysha Clark
|
Middle Tennessee St. Univ.
|
Jr.
|
F
|
5’10
|
|
Marissa Coleman
|
Univ. of Maryland
|
Sr.
|
G/F
|
6’1
|
|
Siarre Evans
|
East Tennessee State Univ.
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’11
|
|
Danielle Gant
|
Texas A&M Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G/F
|
5’11
|
|
Allison Hightower
|
Louisiana State Univ.
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’11
|
|
Ashley Houts
|
Univ. of Georgia
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’6
|
|
Briann January
|
Arizona State Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’8
|
|
Jantel Lavender
|
Ohio State Univ.
|
Soph.
|
C
|
6’4
|
|
Shalee Lehning
|
Kansas State Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’9
|
|
Lyndra Littles
|
Univ. of Virginia
|
Sr.
|
G/F
|
6’1
|
|
Rashanda McCants
|
Univ. of North Carolina
|
Sr.
|
G/F
|
6’1
|
|
Angel McCoughtry
|
Univ. of Louisville
|
Sr.
|
F
|
6’1
|
|
Danielle McCray
|
Univ. of Kansas
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’11
|
|
Renee Montgomery
|
Univ. of Connecticut
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’7
|
|
Maya Moore
|
Univ. of Connecticut
|
Soph.
|
F
|
6’0
|
|
Jené Morris
|
San Diego State Univ.
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’9
|
|
Deirdre Naughton
|
DePaul Univ.
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’10
|
|
Courtney Paris
|
Univ. of Oklahoma
|
Sr.
|
C
|
6’4
|
|
Ta’Shia Phillips
|
Xavier Univ.
|
Soph.
|
C
|
6’6
|
|
Rachel Porath
|
Univ. of Wisconsin, Green Bay
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’10
|
|
Epiphanny Prince
|
Rutgers Univ.
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’9
|
|
Takia Starks
|
Texas A&M Univ.
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’8
|
|
Kristi Toliver
|
Univ. of Maryland
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’7
|
|
Courtney Vandersloot
|
Gonzaga Univ.
|
Soph.
|
G
|
5’8
|
|
Kia Vaughn
|
Rutgers Univ.
|
Sr.
|
C
|
6’4
|
|
Ashley Walker
|
Univ. of California, Berkeley
|
Sr.
|
F
|
6’0
|
|
Morgan Warburton
|
Univ. of Utah
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’11
|
|
Natasha Williams
|
DePaul Univ.
|
Sr.
|
F
|
6’3
|
|
Danielle Wilson
|
Baylor Univ.
|
Jr.
|
C
|
6’3
|
|
Christina Wirth
|
Vanderbilt Univ.
|
Sr.
|
F
|
6’1
|
|
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
|
Purdue Univ.
|
Sr.
|
F
|
6’2
|
|
Monica Wright
|
Univ. of Virginia
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5’11
|
|
Shavonte Zellous
|
Univ. of Pittsburgh
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5’11
|
The State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for NCAA Division I will be announced at the State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team Press Conference on April 4, at 9:45 a.m. CT in St. Louis, Mo.
