Two more honors for Vandersloot
Gonzaga star Courtney Vandersloot picked up two more All-American Awards on Wednesday, giving her three in two days.
The first is the John R. Wooden Award All-American team. Only five players were picked by the almost 1,000 members. She is joined by Maya Moore of UConn, Brittney Griner of Baylor and Stanford’s Jeanette Pohlen and Nnemkadi Ogwumike. The men had 10 on their team but the top five vote getters along with the five women are invited to Los Angeles for an April 8 banquet, when the players of the year are announced. Moore won that last year.
The other list is the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. It’s a 10-member team and includes the above five plus Danielle Adams of Texas A&M, Amber Harris of Xavier, Shenis Johnson of Miami, Jantel Lavender of Ohio State and Shekina Strickland of Tennessee.
I think Vandersloot is in line for two other honors, the State Farm All-America team as voted on by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, will be announced Saturday at the Final Four. The Lieberman Award for the nation’s top point guard, also gets announced at the Final Four. Vandersloot was one of the three finalist last year. The winner of that gets a trip to Detroit.
One final note, Tennessee’s Angie Bjorklund (U-Hi) has declined an invitation to participate in the 3-point shooting contest at the men’s Final Four.
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