March 23, 2005
NEW YORK - Another in a season of firsts happened for the Gonzaga University women's basketball program on Wednesday as senior point guard Shannon Mathews became the first Bulldogs player to earn All-America honors from the Associated Press. Mathews was named an honorable mention selection after Gonzaga ended its season at 28-4 with a loss at Southwest Missouri State University in the second round of the Women's NIT.
Mathews was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year earlier this month after guiding the Bulldogs to a perfect 14-0 conference mark and the school's first national ranking in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll. Mathews finished her career first on the Gonzaga career assists list with 600 and seventh on the career scoring list with 1,318 points. A senior from Riverside, Calif., Mathews was a two-time first-team All-WCC selection.
Louisiana State junior forward Seimone Augustus was a unanimous choice on all 45 AP ballots to lead the first team. Joining her were Kendra Wecker of Kansas State University, Monique Currie of Duke University, Jessica Davenport of Ohio State University and Sandora Irvin of Texas Christian University.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Seimone Augustus - Louisiana State, Kendra Wecker - Kansas State, Monique Currie - Duke, Jessica Davenport - Ohio State, Sandora Irvin - Texas Christian
SECOND TEAM
Janel McCarville - Minnesota, Candice Wiggins - Stanford, Sophia Young - Baylor, Temeka Johnson - Louisiana State, Tan White - Mississippi State
THIRD TEAM
Jacqueline Batteast - Notre Dame, Ivory latta - North Carolina, Tiffany Jackson - Texas, Khara Smith - DePaul, Steffanie Blackmon - Baylor, Tanisha Wright - Penn State
HONORABLE MENTION
Nikita Bell - North Carolina, Nikki Blue - UCLA, Lindsay Bowen - Michigan State, Jessalyn Deveny - Boston College, Megan Duffy - Notre Dame, Candice Dupree - Temple, Ashley Earley - Vanderbilt, Shyra Ely - Tennessee, Katie Feenstra - Liberty, Syliva Fowles - Louisiana State, Kristin Haynie - Michigan State, Roneeka Hodges - Florida State, Tasha Humphrey - Georgia, Dionnah Jackson - Oklahoma, Tamara James - Miami (FL), Sancho Lyttle - Houston, Kristen Mann - UC Santa Barbara, Shannon Mathews - GONZAGA, Caity Matter - Ohio State, Anne O'Neil - Iowa State, Yolanda Paige - West Virginia, Cappie Pondexter - Rutgers, Liz Shimek - Michigan State, Kim Smith - Utah, Ann Strother - Connecticut, Barbara Turner - Connecticut, Dee Dee Wheeler - Arizona,
