April 6, 2009
North Carolina senior guard/forward Rashanda McCants was named a State Farm Honorable Mention All-America Saturday by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) at the Women's Final Four in St. Louis, Mo. McCants, who averaged a team-best 14.4 points per game in leading the Tar Heels to a 28-7 record, is the 10th UNC player to earn honorable mention from the WBCA. The Asheville, N.C., product will attend Thursday's WNBA Draft in Secaucus, N.J.
The 10 members of the State Farm All-America team were Jayne Appel (Stanford), DeWanna Bonner (Auburn), Tina Charles (UConn), Marissa Coleman (Maryland), Jantel Lavender (Ohio State), Angel McCoughtry (Louisville), Renee Montgomery (UConn), Maya Moore (UConn), Courtney Paris (Oklahoma) and Kristi Toliver (Maryland).
