Bowling Green State University Athletics
Ali Mann Earns All-District Honors
March 08, 2007 | Women's Basketball
March 8, 2007
ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with Eastman Kodak Company, announced the finalists today (March 8) for the 2007 Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Bowling Green State University senior forward Ali Mann is one of those finalists. Mann, a native of Chelsea, Mich., is the first Falcon to earn the honor in nearly a decade.
Mann, who on Saturday was named the Mid-American Conference co-Player of the Year, is the first BGSU player to earn all-district accolades from the WBCA since both Charlotta Jones and Sara Puthoff were so honored in 1997-98.
The 52 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 Kodak/WBCA All-America Team.
The finalists are:
Region 1 Name Institution Year Pos. Height Charel Allen University of Notre Dame Jr. G 5-11 Essence Carson Rutgers University Jr. F 6-1 Tina Charles University of Connecticut Fr. C 6-4 Jessica Dickson University of South Florida Sr. F 5-11 Kamesha Hairston Temple University Sr. F 6-0 Angela McCoughtry University of Louisville So. F 6-1 Renee Montgomery University of Connecticut So. G 5-7 Kia Vaughn Rutgers University So. C 6-4 Marcedes Walker University of Pittsburgh Jr. C 6-3
Region 2 Alison Bales Duke University Sr. C 6-7 Lindsey Harding Duke University Sr. G 5-8 Crystal Langhorne University of Maryland Jr. C 6-2 Erlana Larkins Univ. of North Carolina Jr. F 6-1 Ivory Latta Univ. of North Carolina Sr. G 5-6 Tyresa Smith University of Delaware Sr. G 5-10
Region 3 Dee Davis Vanderbilt University Sr. G 5-7 Sylvia Fowles Louisiana State University Jr. C 6-6 Tasha Humphrey University of Georgia Jr. F 6-3 Candace Parker University of Tennessee So. G/F 6-4 Armintie Price University of Mississippi Sr. G 5-9 Carla Thomas Vanderbilt University Sr. F/C 6-3
Region 4 Carmen Guzman UAB Sr. G 5-9 Ali Mann Bowling Green State Univ. Sr. F 6-1 Carrie Moore Western Michigan Univ. Sr. G 5-9 Lauren Neaves Rice University Sr. F 6-2 Jillian Robbins University of Tulsa Sr. F 6-1 Joi Scott Murray State University Sr. F 6-0
Region 5 Chrissy Givens Middle Tennessee St. Univ. Sr. G 5-11 Kiera Hardy University of Nebraska Sr. G 5-6 Tiffany Jackson University of Texas Sr. F 6-3 Crystal Kelly Western Kentucky Univ. Jr. F 6-3 Lyndsey Medders Iowa State University Sr. G 5-9 Bernice Mosby Baylor University Sr. F 6-1 Courtney Paris University of Oklahoma So. C 6-4
Region 6
Jolene Anderson Univ. of Wisconsin Jr. G 5-8
Amanda Brown Penn State University Sr. F/C 6-4
Jessica Davenport Ohio State University Sr. C 6-5
Katie Gearlds Purdue University Sr. G 6-1
Nicole Soulis UW-Green Bay Sr. F 6-2
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Purdue University Jr. F 6-2
Region 7 Natalie Doma Idaho State University Jr. C 6-3 Robyn Fairbanks Utah Valley State College So. C 6-1 Andrea Lightfoot Idaho State University Jr. G 5-8 Mandy Morales University of Montana So. G 5-9 Adrianne Ross Texas Christian University Jr. G 5-8 Hanna Zavecz University of Wyoming Jr. F 6-0
Region 8 Devanei Hampton Univ. of Cal., Berkeley So. C 6-3 Eshaya Murphy Univ. of Southern Calif. Sr. G 5-11 Noelle Quinn UCLA Sr. G 6-0 Brooke Smith Stanford University Sr. C 6-3 Emily Westerberg Arizona State University Sr. F 6-0 Candice Wiggins Stanford University Jr. G 5-10
The Kodak/WBCA All-America Basketball Team for NCAA Division I will be announced at the Kodak/WBCA All-America Team Press Conference at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center on March 31, 2007 at 9:45 a.m. (ET) in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game in all of its aspects as a sport for women and girls. For more information about the WBCA, please visit WBCA.org.
(Some information in this release courtesy the WBCA)
