University of Minnesota Athletics
Lindsay Whalen Earns AP Third-Team All-America Honors
3/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Whalen, the 2002 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, averages 21.7 points per game for the Golden Gophers. The Hutchinson, Minn., native is known not only for her scoring prowess but for her all-around game in which she also contributes 5.6 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.7 steals an outing.
A 5-8 point guard, Whalen is the first Gopher to garner All-America honors since former Minnesota great Carol Ann Shudlick captured first- team Kodak All-America and Wade Trophy honors in 1994. That was also the last and only season until 2001-02 that Minnesota earned an NCAA Tournament berth.
A total of four Big Ten players were accorded All-America acclaim. Joining Whalen were Penn State's Kelly Mazzante (second team), Purdue's Shereka Wright (third team) and Wisconsin's Jessie Stomski (honorable mention).
The No. 18 Golden Gophers travel to Chapel Hill, N.C. to play Nevada- Las Vegas in the first round of the 2002 NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Minnesota enters the NCAAs with a 21-7 record overall and as the Midwest Region's No. 5 seed.
2002 Associate Press All-America Teams First Team Sue Bird, Connecticut, 5-9, senior, 13.7 ppg, 5.9 apg, 54 3-pointers, .929 ft pct. Alana Beard, Duke, 5-11, sophomore, 19.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 4.6 apg, 3.2 steals. Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt, 6-6, junior, 20.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg, .659 fg pct. Stacey Dales, Oklahoma, 6-0, senior, 17.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 4.9 apg. LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State, 6-2, junior, 24.9 ppg, 9.7 rpg,.577 fg pct. Second Team Swin Cash, Connecticut, 6-2, senior, 15.2 ppg, 8.9 rpg, .550 fg pct. Angie Welle, Iowa State, 6-4, senior, 20.5 ppg, 11.1 rpg, .666 fg pct. Nicole Powell, Stanford, 6-2, sophomore, 16.6 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 3.3 apg, 58 3-pointers Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 5-11, sophomore, 14.4 ppg, 5.2 apg, 79 3- pointers Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, 6-0, sophomore, 25.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 92 3- pointers. Third Team Sheila Lambert, Baylor, 5-7, senior, 20.0 ppg, 6.3 apg, 3.2 steals. Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, 5-8, sophomore, 21.7 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.3 apg, .556 fg pct. Kara Lawson, Tennessee, 5-9, junior, 16.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, .497 fg pct. Linda Frohlich, UNLV, 6-2, senior, 20.9 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.3 steals. Asjha Jones, Connecticut, 6-2, senior, 13.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg, .546 fg pct. Shereka Wright, Purdue, 5-10, sophomore, 19.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg, .498 fg pct. Honorable Mention LaNeishea Caufield, Oklahoma; Danielle Crockrom, Baylor; Shaun Gortman, South Carolina; Vanessa Hayden, Florida; Temeka Johnson, LSU; Chandi Jones, Houston; Zuzi Klimesova, Vanderbilt; Amanda Levens, Arizona State. Susan Moran, Saint Joseph's; Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State; Felicia Ragland, Oregon State; Alicia Ratay, Notre Dame; Michelle Snow, Tennessee; Jessie Stomski, Wisconsin; Nikki Teasley, North Carolina. Iciss Tillis, Duke; Ayana Walker, Louisiana Tech; Lenae Williams, DePaul; Shaquala Williams, Oregon; Tamika Williams, Connecticut; Lindsey Yamasaki, Stanford.
