University of Houston Athletics
Jones Receives AP All-America Honorable Mention
3/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 13, 2002
University of Houston Lady Cougar sophomore guard Chandi Jones, the 2002 Conference USA Player of the Year, received an Honorable Mention on the 2001-02 AP Women's All-America basketball team, it was announced today by the Associated Press.
Jones was named a Second Team All-American by the Women's Basketball News Service earlier this month, and earlier this week was named among the 48 honorees eligible to be selected to the 10-member 2002 Division I Kodak All-America team, which will be announced in San Antonio at the Women's Final Four on March 28.
The 2001-02 AP women's All-America basketball team with school, height, class and key statistics, followed in parentheses by points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis by a national media panel:
First Team
Sue Bird, Connecticut, 5-9, senior, 13.7 ppg, 5.9 apg, 54 3-pointers, .929 ft pct. (41 first-team votes, 214 total points)
Alana Beard, Duke, 5-11, sophomore, 19.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 4.6 apg, 3.2 steals. (36, 204)
Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt, 6-6, junior, 20.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg, .659 fg pct. (37, 200)
Stacey Dales, Oklahoma, 6-0, senior, 17.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 4.9 apg. (28, 177)
LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State, 6-2, junior, 24.9 ppg, 9.7 rpg, .577 fg pct (19, 140).
Second Team
Swin Cash, Connecticut, 6-2, senior, 15.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, .550 fg pct. (14, 133)
Angie Welle, Iowa State, 6-4, senior, 20.5 ppg, 11.1 rpg, .666 fg pct. (9, 133)
Nicole Powell, Stanford, 6-2, sophomore, 16.6 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 6.1 apg, 62 3-pointers (7, 118)
Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 5-11, sophomore, 14.4 ppg, 5.2 apg, 79 3-pointers, .514 fg pct. (7, 97)
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, 6-0, sophomore, 25.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 92 3-pointers. (7, 92)
Third Team
Sheila Lambert, Baylor, 5-7, senior, 20.0 ppg, 6.3 apg, 3.2 steals. (3, 87)
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, 5-8, sophomore, 21.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.3 apg, .556 fg pct. (2, 58)
Kara Lawson, Tennessee, 5-9, junior, 16.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, .497 fg pct. (49)
Linda Frohlich, UNLV, 6-2, senior, 20.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.3 steals. (1, 32)
Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 6-2, senior, 13.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, .546 fg pct. (3, 25)
Shereka Wright, Purdue, 5-10, sophomore, 19.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg, .498 fg pct. (25)
Honorable Mention
LaNeishea Caufield, Oklahoma, Danielle Crockrom, Baylor, Shaun Gortman, South Carolina, Vanessa Hayden, Florida, Temeka Johnson, LSU, Chandi Jones, Houston, Zuzi Klimesova, Vanderbilt, Amanda Levens, Arizona State.
Susan Moran, Saint Joseph's, Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, Felicia Ragland, Oregon State, Alicia Ratay, Notre Dame, Michelle Snow, Tennessee, Jessie Stomski, Wisconsin, Nikki Teasley, North Carolina.
Iciss Tillis, Duke, Ayana Walker, Louisiana Tech, Lenae Williams, DePaul, Shaquala Williams, Oregon, Tamika Williams, Connecticut, Lindsey Yamasaki, Stanford.
