Two Husker Seniors Earn Big 12 Honors

Lincoln - Nebraska women’s basketball seniors Alexa Johnson and Keasha Cannon-Johnson both earned honorable-mention All-Big 12 Conference honors when the league’s top teams were announced on Friday, March 5.

Johnson, a 6-1 forward from Hacienda Heights, Calif., enters the Big 12 Tournament averaging a team-leading 12.4 points per game to go along with 4.7 rebounds per contest. She has produced double figures in points in the past 11 games and is averaging 16.7 points per contest during NU’s last seven contests.

It is the second straight honorable-mention all-conference selection for Johnson, who was also named to the team last season. Johnson needs just 13 more points to become the 21st player in Nebraska history to score 1,000 points in her career.

Cannon-Johnson, a 5-10 guard from Kansas City, Kan., also earned her second honorable-mention All-Big 12 award. The 2002 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Cannon-Johnson captured honorable-mention all-league honors as a junior in 2002, before redshirting last season.

Cannon-Johnson leads the Huskers with 8.3 rebounds per game, while ranking second on the team in scoring, assists and steals. She averages 11.3 points, 3.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Cannon-Johnson leads the Huskers with five double-doubles this season. She was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Dec. 15, after leading the Huskers to wins over then-No. 13 Ohio State and Louisiana-Lafayette.

Texas Coach Jody Conradt took the league’s coach-of-the-year honor, while Kansas State senior forward/center Nicole Ohlde earned Big 12 Player-of-the-Year honors. UT’s Tiffany Jackson claimed the conference’s newcomer-of-the-year award, while Oklahoma State junior guard Nina Stone was named the league’s newcomer of the year.

2003-04 All-Big 12 Conference Women’s Basketball Team
First Team
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, 6-4, Sr., F/C, Clay Center, Kan.
Kendra Wecker, Kansas State, 5-11, Jr., F, Marysville, Kan.
Stacy Stephens, Texas, 6-1, Sr., F, Winnsboro, Texas
Tera Bjorklund, Colorado, 6-5, Sr., C, St. Peter, Minn.
Evan Unrau, Missouri, 6-1, Sr., F, Fort Collins, Colo.
Heather Schreiber, Texas, 6-2, Jr., F, Windthorst, Texas
Toccara Williams, Texas A&M, 5-9, Sr., G, Hollywood, Fla.
Sophia Young, Baylor, 6-1, So., F, St. Vincent, West Indies
Steffanie Blackmon, Baylor, 6-2, Jr., F/C, Dallas, Texas
Jamie Carey, Texas, 5-6, Jr., G, Thornton, Colo.

Second Team
Erin Grant, Texas Tech, 5-8, So., G, Arlington, Texas
Dionnah Jackson, Oklahoma, 5-9, Jr., G, St. Louis, Mo.
Tiffany Jackson, Texas, 6-3, Fr., F, Dallas, Texas
Laurie Koehn, Kansas State, 5-8, Jr., G, Hesston, Kan.
Maria Villarroel, Oklahoma, 5-8, Sr., G, Margarita, Venezuela

Honorable Mention
Keasha Cannon-Johnson, Nebraska, 5-10, Sr., G, Kansas City, Kan.
Alexa Johnson, Nebraska, 6-1, Sr., F, Hacienda Heights, Calif.
Alesha Robertson, Texas Tech, 6-0, Fr., G, Plainview, Texas
Caton Hill, Oklahoma, 6-1, Sr., F, Ada, Okla.
Kate Fagan, Colorado, 5-9, Sr., G, Schenectady, N.Y.
Megan Mahoney, Kansas State, 6-0, Jr., F/G, Sturgis, S.D.
Stretch James, Missouri, 6-2, Sr., F, Columbus, Ohio
Randie Wirt, Colorado, 6-2, Sr., F, New Prague, Minn.
Anne O’Neil, Iowa State, 5-11, Jr., G, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Big 12 Coach of the Year: Jody Conradt, Texas
Big 12 Player of the Year: Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year: Nina Stone, Oklahoma State
Big 12 Freshman of the Year: Tiffany Jackson, Texas