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Fairbanks Garners Honorable Mention AP All-America Status Junior finished banner season with 23.8 points, 9.7 rebounds per game
FROM THE UTAH VALLEY SITE April 1, 2008 OREM, Utah - Robyn Fairbanks capped off an impressive junior season by earning honorable mention All-America status by the Associated Press on Tuesday. The Canadian center finished fourth in the nation in scoring with 23.8 points per game while also hitting a 12th best 57.9 percent from the field. Fairbanks was also just shy of averaging a double double with 9.7 rebounds, which ranks among the top 25 in the country. She was a unanimous selection for the 2007-08 Division I Independent Player of the Year, the second straight season she has won the award. Fairbanks' other list of accomplishments this season include: Five-time Independent Player of the Week, four-time honorable mention Women's Basketball Coaches Association National Player of the Month, First team All-Independent and ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VIII 2nd Team. Fairbanks, who was also a 2006-07 WBCA honorable mention All-America selection, will return for her senior season in 2008-09 to lead the Wolverines. Utah Valley will return all five starters from this season's school record setting 16-win squad. 2007-08 AP All-America Basketball Teams Associated Press Updated: April 1, 2008, 2:16 PM ET The 2007-08 AP women's All-America basketball team with school, height, class and key regular-season statistics, followed in parentheses by first-team votes and points awarded on a 5-3-1 basis by a 50-member national media panel: FIRST TEAM Candace Parker, Tennessee, 6-foot-5 junior, 21.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 2.6 apg, 2.3 blocks, 2.3 steals, .548 fg pct (50 first-place votes, 250 points). Courtney Paris, Oklahoma, 6-4, junior, 18.6 ppg, 15.0 rpg, 3.5 blocks, .561 fg pct (42, 234). Candice Wiggins, Stanford, 5-11, senior, 19.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.1 apg, 2.1 steals, 77 3-pointers (41, 232). Sylvia Fowles, LSU, 6-6, senior, 17.1 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 1.8 blocks, .597 fg pct (41, 232). Maya Moore, Connecticut, 6-0, freshman, 18.1 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.6 steals, .550 fg pct (37, 222). SECOND TEAM Crystal Langhorne, Maryland, 6-2, senior, 17.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.3 apg, .647 fg pct (5, 151). Erlana Larkins, North Carolina, 6-1, senior, 13.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 3.1 apg, .539 fg pct (11, 149). Angel McCoughtry, Louisville, 6-1, junior, 23.8 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 4.1 steals, .467 fg pct (6, 126). Kristi Toliver, Maryland, 5-7, junior, 16.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 7.5 apg, 1.5 steals, 75 3-pointers (13, 138) Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State, 5-11, sophomore, 23.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.1 apg, 3.0 steals, 70 3-pointers (2, 107). THIRD TEAM Amber Holt, Middle Tennessee State, 6-0, senior, 27.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 3.2 rpg, 2.4 steals, .513 fg pct (1, 43) Renee Montgomery, Connecticut, 5-7, junior, 14.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 4.0 apg, 68 3-pointers (1, 43) Leilani Mitchell, Utah, 5-5, senior, 16.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 7.5 apg, 1.8 steals, .472 fg pct (1, 37) Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers, 5-9, sophomore, 14.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.5 steals, 37 3-pointers (0, 34) Tina Charles, Connecticut, 6-4, sophomore, 14.5 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 1.7 blocks, .605 fg pct (0, 29) HONORABLE MENTION (In alphabetical order) Charel Allen, Notre Dame; Rachel Allison, Baylor; Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin; Matee Ajavon, Rutgers; Jayne Appel, Stanford; Kimberly Beck, George Washington; Chante Black, Duke; Shannon Bobbitt, Tennessee; DeWanna Bonner, Auburn; Essence Carson, Rutgers; Kristi Cirone, Illinois State; Marissa Coleman, Maryland; Kimberly Dietz, Kansas State; Janelle Dodds, SMU. Natalie Doma, Idaho State; Robyn Fairbanks, Utah Valley State; Claire Faucher, Portland State; A'Quonesia Franklin, Texas A&M; Devanei Hampton, California; Laura Harper, Maryland; Tasha Humphrey, Georgia. Charde Houston, Connecticut; Briann January, Arizona State; Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky; Natasha Lacy, UTEP; Jantel Lavender, Ohio State; Jeomi Maduka, Cornell; Jackie McFarland, Colorado; Lindsey Pluimer, UCLA; LaToya Pringle, North Carolina. Allie Quigley, DePaul; Adrianne Ross, TCU; Olayinka Sanni, West Virginia; Jenna Smith, Illinois; Takia Starks, Texas A&M; Angela Tisdale, Baylor; Ashley Walker, California. Marcedes Walker, Pittsburgh; Abby Waner, Duke; Morgan Warburton, Utah; Khadijah Whittington, N.C. State; Tierre Wilson, Fresno State; Monica Wright; Virginia; Tamera Young, James Madison; Hannah Zavecz, Wyoming. |