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University of Houston Athletics
Jones set for All Star Challenge
3/12/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 12, 2004
Atlanta, Ga - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has selected its all-star line-up for the 2004 WBCA All-Star Challenge. On Saturday, April 3, the top senior collegiate players in women's basketball will showcase their talent at Tulane University's Fogelman Arena.
This year's All-Star Challenge team will compete against the 2004 USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team. This will mark the third time that an All-Star Challenge Team and a USA Senior National Team will compete against one another.
A prelude to the NCAA Women's Final Four in New Orleans, this year's game will be the second of a doubleheader event featured during the "WBCA Night of All-Stars." Fans will have an opportunity to watch and collect autographs from the future WNBA stars, as well as see the WBCA High School All-America Game, presented by Nike, which tips-off at 4:30 p.m. (CST).
This year's WBCA All-Star Challenge features 18 of the top senior NCAA Division I players, voted on by Division I Head Coaches, and the NCAA Division II, III and NAIA top senior vote getters in The State Farm/WBCA Player of the Year ballots. The team is composed of six players from each position: point guard, perimeter and post.
The roster includes Duke's Alana Beard and Iciss Tillis, LSU's Doneeka Hodges and Temeka Johnson, Purdue's Erika Valek and Shereka Wright, Boston College's Amber Jacobs, UConn's Diana Taurasi, Minnesota's Lindsay Whalen, Arkansas' Shameka Christon and Houston's Chandi Jones.
Rounding out the roster are Kelly Mazzante of Penn State, Nicole Powell of Stanford, Colorado's Tera Bjorklund, Rebekkah Brunson of Georgetown, Nicole Ohlde of Kansas State, Texas' Stacy Stephens and Christi Thomas of Georgia.
The All-Star Challenge Roster could change if any of the aforementioned players' teams are participating in the NCAA Women's Final Four?. This year, alternates will not be chosen due to the USA Basketball Women's Senior National Team's involvement.
"The WBCA is excited about presenting the "WBCA Night of All-Stars" in New Orleans. The WBCA All-Star Challenge is always a lot of fun for both the players and the fans," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "It will be great to see future basketball stars competing with some of the best in the professional game."
Past stars of the All-Star Challenge include: Cheryl Ford (Detroit Shock); Chantelle Anderson (Sacramento Monarchs); Semeka Randall (San Antonio Silver Stars); Marie Ferdinand (Utah Starzz); Chamique Holdsclaw (Washington Mystics); Ticha Penicherio (Sacramento Monarchs); Kelly Miller (Indiana Fever); Coco Miller and Murriel Page (Washington Mystics), and many more stars of the WNBA.
Fans can order tickets by calling the Tulane University Ticket Office at 504-861-9283, calling Ticketmaster at 504-522-5555 or by visiting
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport of women's basketball and to foster and promote the development of the game of basketball as an amateur sport for women and girls. For more information on the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.
