March 24, 2008

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), in cooperation with State Farm, announced the finalists today for the 2008 State Farm Coaches' All-America Basketball Team for NCAA Division I. 

 

Big 12 representatives are Angela Tisdale (Baylor), Courtney Paris (Oklahoma), Andrea Riley (Oklahoma State) and Takia Starks (Texas A&M).

 

The 40 finalists, who were chosen from the 52 regional finalists by the State Farm Coaches' All-America Team committee, are now in the running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches' All-America Team.

 

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 at the Tampa Hyatt Regency on April 5, at 9:45 a.m. (ET) in Tampa, Fla.

 

The finalists are: 

Kate Achter, Bowling Green State University       

Matee Ajavon, Rutgers University                                                          

Jolene Anderson, University of Wisconsin                                              

Jayne Appel, Stanford University                                                           

Kimberly Beck, George Washington University                                       

Chante Black, Duke University                                                              

DeWanna Bonner, Auburn University                                                     

Essence Carson, Rutgers University                                                     

Tina Charles, University of Connecticut                                                  

Kristi Cirone, Illinois State University                                                     

Sylvia Fowles, Louisiana State University                                              

Devanei Hampton, University of California, Berkeley                                

Amber Holt, Middle Tennessee State University                                     

Alexis Hornbuckle, University of Tennessee                                           

Tasha Humphrey, University of Georgia                                                 

Amanda Jackson, Miami University (Ohio)                                             

Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky University                                           

Crystal Langhorne, University of Maryland                                              

Erlana Larkins, University of North Carolina                                            

Jantel Lavender, Ohio State University                                                   

Angel McCoughtry, University of Louisville                                             

Leilani Mitchell, University of Utah                                                         

Renee Montgomery, University of Connecticut                                       

Maya Moore, University of Connecticut                                                  

Courtney Paris, University of Oklahoma                                           

Candace Parker, University of Tennessee                                              

Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers University                                                    

LaToya Pringle, University of North Carolina                                           

Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State University                                         

Diamond Rogers, University of Alabama, Birmingham                             

Olayinka Sanni, West Virginia University                                               

Takia Starks, Texas A&M University                                                  

Angela Tisdale, Baylor University                                                     

Kristi Toliver, University of Maryland                                                      

Ashley Walker, University of California, Berkeley                                    

Marcedes Walker, University of Pittsburgh                                             

Khadijah Whittington, North Carolina State University                             

Candice Wiggins, Stanford University                                                    

Christina Wirth, Vanderbilt University                                                    

Monica Wright, University of Virginia