CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Boston University senior forward (Kansas City, Mo./Lincoln College Prep), the 2009 America East Women's Basketball Player of the Year, is a regional Division I All-America Team finalist as announced by the Women's Basketball Coaches' Association (WBCA) in cooperation with State Farm on Tuesday afternoon. Burks-Wiley was one of 12 finalists to come out of Region I, and one of 52 total finalists.
Burks-Wiley was a First-Team All-Conference selection with 18.5 points per game and 7.7 rebounds per game this season. She was named to the All-Championship Team for the third time in her career at the conclusion of the 2009 America East Women's Basketball Championship. Burks-Wiley averaged 22. points and 9.3 rebounds per game for top-seeded Boston U. in the tournament.
The State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team selection
committee will review these 52 candidates and cut the list to 40
finalists on Thursday, March 25. The 40 finalists will all be in the
running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches’ All-America
Team.
The regional finalists are:
Region I
Name |
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Jesyka Burks-Wiley |
Boston Univ. |
Sr. |
F |
6'0 |
Tina Charles |
Univ. of Connecticut |
Jr. |
C |
6'4 |
Judie Lomax |
Columbia Univ. |
Soph. |
F |
5'11 |
Angel McCoughtry |
Univ. of Louisville |
Sr. |
F |
6'1 |
Maya Moore |
Univ. of Connecticut |
Soph. |
F |
6'0 |
Renee Montgomery |
Univ. of Connecticut |
Sr. |
G |
5'7 |
Deirdre Naughton |
DePaul Univ. |
Jr. |
G |
5'10 |
Ta’Shia Phillips |
Xavier Univ. |
Soph. |
C |
6'6 |
Epiphanny Prince |
Rutgers Univ. |
Jr. |
G |
5'9 |
Kia Vaughn |
Rutgers Univ. |
Sr. |
C |
6'4 |
Natasha Williams |
DePaul Univ. |
Sr. |
F |
6'3 |
Shavonte Zellous |
Univ. of Pittsburgh |
Sr. |
G |
5'11 |
Region 2
Name
|
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Chante Black |
Duke Univ. |
Sr. |
C |
6'5 |
Marissa Coleman |
Univ. of Maryland |
Sr. |
G/F |
6'1 |
Lyndra Littles |
Univ. of Virginia |
Sr. |
G/F |
6'1 |
Rashanda McCants |
Univ. of North Carolina |
Sr. |
G/F |
6'1 |
Carolyn Swords |
Boston College |
Soph. |
C |
6'6 |
Kristi Toliver |
Univ. of Maryland |
Sr. |
G |
5'7 |
Monica Wright |
Univ. of Virginia |
Jr. |
G |
5'11 |
Region 3
Name
|
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Whitney Boddie |
Auburn Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
5'9 |
DeWanna Bonner |
Auburn Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
6'4 |
Sha Brooks |
Univ. of Florida |
Sr. |
G |
5'8 |
Siarre Evans |
East Tennessee State Univ. |
Jr. |
G |
5'11 |
Allison Hightower |
Louisiana State Univ. |
Jr. |
G |
5'11 |
Ashley Houts |
Univ. of Georgia |
Jr. |
G |
5'6 |
Christina Wirth |
Vanderbilt Univ. |
Sr. |
F |
6'1 |
Region 4
Name |
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Alysha Clark |
Middle Tennessee St. Univ. |
Jr. |
F |
5'10 |
Rachel Galligan |
Eastern Illinois Univ. |
Sr. |
F |
6'2 |
Ashley Hayes |
Murray State Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
5'10 |
Anna Kowalska |
Kent State Univ. |
Sr. |
C |
6'4 |
Lauren Prochaska |
Bowling Green State Univ. |
Soph. |
G |
5'11 |
Chastity Reed |
Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock |
Soph. |
F |
6'1 |
Region 5
Name
|
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Danielle Gant |
Texas A&M Univ. |
Sr. |
G/F |
5'11 |
Shalee Lehning |
Kansas State Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
5'9 |
Danielle McCray |
Univ. of Kansas |
Jr. |
G |
5'11 |
Courtney Paris |
Univ. of Oklahoma |
Sr. |
C |
6'4 |
Andrea Riley |
Oklahoma State Univ. |
Jr. |
G |
5'5 |
Takia Starks |
Texas A&M Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
5'8 |
Danielle Wilson |
Baylor Univ. |
Jr. |
C |
6'3 |
Region 6
Name
|
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Kristi Cirone |
Illinois state Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
5'8 |
Traci Edwards |
Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
Sr. |
C |
6'2 |
Jantel Lavender |
Ohio State Univ. |
Soph. |
C |
6'4 |
Rachel Porath |
Univ. of Wisconsin, Green Bay |
Sr. |
G |
5'10 |
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton |
Purdue Univ. |
Sr. |
F |
6'2 |
Region 7
Name |
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Dellena Criner |
Univ. of Nevada |
Sr. |
G |
5'7 |
Shanavia Dowdell |
Louisiana Tech Univ. |
Jr. |
F |
6'2 |
Jen? Morris |
San Diego State Univ. |
Jr. |
G |
5'9 |
Morgan Warburton |
Univ. of Utah |
Sr. |
G |
5'11 |
Region 8
Name
|
Institution |
Year |
Pos. |
Height |
Jayne Appel |
Stanford Univ. |
Jr. |
C |
6'4 |
Briann January |
Arizona State Univ. |
Sr. |
G |
5'8 |
Courtney Vandersloot |
Gonzaga Univ. |
Soph. |
G |
5'8 |
Ashley Walker |
Univ. of California, Berkeley |
Sr. |
F |
6'0 |
In
an effort to establish a fair number of candidates from each region, an
equation to determine the number of regional nominees was formulated.
The total number of Division I institutions in each region is divided
by the total number of Division I institutions to get a percentage for
each region. Multiply 52 (the total number of desired finalists) by
the percentage to get a total number of finalists for each region. The
52 regional finalists then go before the selection committee where the
list is reduced to 40 finalists. These 40 finalists can come from any
region. Per a motion passed by the WBCA Board of Directors in 2008,
Region 1 will now have 12 finalists and Region 4 will have six
finalists.
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 Renaissance Grand and Suites
Hotel on April 4, at 9:45 a.m. CT in St. Louis, Mo.