Hooper Earns WBCA All-Region Honor
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Nebraska senior Jordan Hooper earned first-team All-Region 6 honors from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Tuesday.
The 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., captured Big Ten Player-of-the-Year honors on her way to averaging 20.4 points and 9.1 rebounds per game for the Big Ten Tournament champion Huskers. Hooper finished her four-year Nebraska career by leading the Huskers to their third consecutive NCAA Tournament, while averaging 25 victories over her final three seasons.
Hooper, who made 131 consecutive starts to rank second in Husker history trailing only Lindsey Moore's 132, set a Nebraska record with 295 career three-pointers. She also tied 2010 WBCA first-team All-American Kelsey Griffin's school record with 40 career double-doubles. Hooper produced 14 double-doubles as a senior, while leading the Big Red to the second-most victories and the second-fewest losses (26-7) in school history.
Hooper finished No. 2 at Nebraska in career scoring and rebounding with 2,357 points and 1,110 rebounds as the only Husker in history with more than 2,300 points and 1,100 rebounds. She finished No. 6 in Big Ten history in career scoring and No. 9 in career rebounding as one of only two players in the history of the conference with 2,300 points and 1,100 boards.
Hooper scored more points (102), grabbed more rebounds (55) and hit more threes (13) in NCAA Tournament play than any other Husker in history.
As a first-team WBCA All-Region selection, Hooper will advance to the national ballot all with 51 other all-region honorees in contention for first-team All-America honors.
WBCA announces All-Region nominees for 2014 Division I Coaches' All-America Team
ATLANTA (March 25, 2014) – The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced today the All-Region nominees for the 2014 WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team. The selection committee will select the 10-member WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team from these 52 candidates.
The All-Region honorees are as follows:
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Region 1 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Breanna Stewart |
University of Connecticut |
Sophomore |
Forward |
6'4″ |
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Stefanie Dolson |
University of Connecticut |
Senior |
Center |
6'5″ |
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Bria Hartley |
University of Connecticut |
Senior |
Guard |
5'8″ |
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Marissa Janning |
Creighton University |
Sophomore |
Guard |
5'8″ |
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Brittany Hrynko |
DePaul University |
Junior |
Guard |
5'7″ |
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Jasmine Penny |
DePaul University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'1″ |
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Shoni Schimmel |
University of Louisville |
Senior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Sara Hammond |
University of Louisville |
Junior |
Forward |
6'2″ |
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Katherine Plouffe |
Marquette University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Keena Mays |
Southern Methodist University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'7″ |
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Courtney Williams |
University of South Florida |
Sophomore |
Guard |
5'8″ |
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Aliyyah Handford |
St. John's University |
Sophomore |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Region 2 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Tricia Liston |
Duke University |
Senior |
Guard |
6'1″ |
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Natasha Howard |
Florida State University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Alyssa Thomas |
University of Maryland |
Senior |
Forward |
6'2″ |
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Markeisha Gatling |
North Carolina State University |
Senior |
Center |
6'5″ |
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Kayla McBride |
University of Notre Dame |
Senior |
Guard |
5'11″ |
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Jewell Loyd |
University of Notre Dame |
Sophomore |
Guard |
5'10″ |
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Dearica Hamby |
Wake Forest University |
Junior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Region 3 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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DeNesha Stallworth |
University of Kentucky |
Senior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Tiffany Mitchell |
University of South Carolina |
Sophomore |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Aleighsa Welch |
University of South Carolina |
Junior |
Forward |
6'0″ |
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Meighan Simmons |
University of Tennessee |
Senior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Isabelle Harrison |
University of Tennessee |
Junior |
Center |
6'3″ |
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Christina Foggie |
Vanderbilt University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Jasmine Lister |
Vanderbilt University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'4″ |
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Region 4 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Rachel Tecca |
University of Akron |
Senior |
Forward |
6'1″ |
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Alexis Rogers |
Bowling Green State University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'1″ |
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Crystal Bradford |
Central Michigan University |
Junior |
Guard |
6'0″ |
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Jerica Coley |
Florida International University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'7″ |
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Ebony Rowe |
Middle Tennessee State University Senior |
Senior |
Forward |
6'1″ |
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Chastity Gooch |
Western Kentucky University |
Junior |
Forward |
6'0″ |
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Region 5 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Odyssey Sims |
Baylor University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'8″ |
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Nina Davis |
Baylor University |
Freshman |
Forward |
5'11″ |
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Hallie Christofferson |
Iowa State University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Chelsea Gardner |
University of Kansas |
Junior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Aaryn Ellenberg |
University of Oklahoma |
Senior |
Guard |
5'7″ |
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Tiffany Bias |
Oklahoma State University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'6″ |
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Asya Bussie |
West Virginia University |
Senior |
Center |
6'4″ |
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Region 6 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Samantha Logic |
University of Iowa |
Junior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Rachel Banham |
University of Minnesota |
Junior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Amanda Zahui B. |
University of Minnesota |
Freshman |
Center |
6'5″ |
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Jordan Hooper |
University of Nebraska |
Senior |
Forward |
6'2″ |
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Maggie Lucas |
Penn State University |
Senior |
Guard |
5'10″ |
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Region 7 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Tyonna Outland |
California State University, Bakersfield |
Junior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Madi Buck |
University of North Dakota |
Senior |
Forward |
6'0″ |
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Kacie Sowell |
Seattle University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'2″ |
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Kayla Woodward |
University of Wyoming |
Junior |
Forward |
5'11″ |
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Region 8 |
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Name |
Institution |
Year |
Position |
Height |
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Brittany Boyd |
University of California, Berkeley |
Junior |
Guard |
5'9″ |
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Cassie Harberts |
University of Southern California |
Senior |
Forward |
6'2″ |
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Chiney Ogwumike |
Stanford University |
Senior |
Forward |
6'3″ |
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Michelle Plouffe |
University of Utah |
Senior |
Forward |
6'4″ |
The selection committee uses an equation to determine a fair number of nominees from each region. The number of Division I institutions in each region is divided by the number of Division I institutions overall to determine a percentage for each region. This percentage is then multiplied by 52 (the total number of desired finalists) to get the number of finalists for each region.
The 2014 WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team will be announced at 1:10 p.m. CT Saturday April 5, during NCAA® Women's Final Four® Super Saturday festivities in Nashville's Bridgestone Arena.
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