University of Minnesota Athletics
Whalen Named to Associated Press All-America Second Team
4/7/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Whalen, a junior from Hutchinson, Minn., is only one of four members on the All-America teams from the Big Ten Conference. Penn State's Kelly Mazzante was a first-team selection, while Tanisha Wright was an honorable mention. Purdue's Shereka Wright was a third-team selection.
Whalen averaged 20.6 points, 6.2 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game to lead the Golden Gophers to the women's Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. Whalen scored 639 points this season, 1,731 points in her career. Her career total ranks fourth-highest in school history. Whalen will enter her senior season 366 shy of the school record. Shudlick holds the record with 2,097 points.
Associated Press All-America Team
First Team:
Alana Beard, Duke, 5-11, Jr.
Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 6-0, Jr.
LaToya Thomas, Mississippi St., 6-2, Sr.
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, 6-4, Jr.
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, 6-0, Jr.
Second Team:
Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt, 6-6, Sr.
Jocelyn Penn, South Carolina, 6-0, Sr.
Kara Lawson, Tennessee, 5-8, Sr.
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, 5-8, Jr.
Nicole Powell, Stanford, 6-2, Jr.
Third Team:
Stacy Stephens, Texas, 6-1, Jr.
Shereka Wright, Purdue, 5-10, Jr.
Kendra Wecker, Kansas State, 5-11, So.
Plenette Pierson, Texas Tech, 6-2, Sr.
Seimone Augustus, LSU, 6-1, Fr.
Honorable Mention: Jenni Benningfield, Vanderbilt; Jennifer Butler, Massachusetts; Coretta Brown, North Carolina; Molly Creamer, Bucknell, Allison Curtin, Tulsa; Cheryl Ford, Louisiana Tech; Vanessa Hayden, Florida; Gwen Jackson, Tennessee; Tamara James, Miami, Fla.; Temeka Johnson, LSU; Chandi Jones, Houston; Trish Juhline, Villanova; Giuliana Mendiola, Washington, Jia Perkins, Texas Tech; Shawntinice Polk, Arizona; Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers; Lindsay Taylor, UC Santa Barbara; Iciss Tillis, Duke; Tan White, Mississippi State; Tanisha Wright, Penn State.
