Hooper Adds Another All-America AwardHooper Adds Another All-America Award
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Hooper Adds Another All-America Award

Lincoln - Nebraska junior Jordan Hooper captured honorable-mention All-America accolades from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association for the second straight year, when the teams officially were announced at the NCAA Women's Final Four on Saturday in New Orleans.

Hooper, a 6-2 forward from Alliance, Neb., led Nebraska to the 2013 NCAA Sweet 16 by averaging 17.9 points and 8.8 rebounds on the season. The three-year starter ranked fifth in the Big Ten Conference in scoring and fourth in rebounding, while also ranking fifth in the league in three-pointers made with 2.4 per game.

The WBCA All-America announcement was made as Hooper and the rest of the Huskers were being honored for their NCAA Sweet 16 appearance on the field in front of more than 60,000 Big Red fans at Memorial Stadium during Nebraska's annual Red-White Spring Football Game.

Hooper, a two-time All-American by both the WBCA and the Associated Press, heads into her senior season in position to challenge Nebraska's career records in scoring, rebounding and three-pointers made. She has produced 1,685 points, 811 rebounds and 215 threes in three seasons. In 2012-13, Hooper became the first Husker in history to produce back-to-back 600-point, 300-rebound seasons while also tying the junior single-season record with 81 three-pointers.

The two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection has also been a driving force in Nebraska producing two of the top three seasons in school history the past two years, with 25 wins in 2012-13 and 24 victories and an NCAA Tournament bid in 2012. Hooper also helped the Huskers to a Big Ten regular-season runner-up finish in 2013, while guiding NU to a Big Ten Tournament runner-up finish in 2012.

Baylor, Connecticut and Notre Dame each placed two players on the 2013 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team. The 10-member first team was decided from a group of 52 finalists by the selection committee at an in-person meeting held during the 2013 WBCA National Convention.

The 2012-13 season marks the 39thyear of the WBCA Coaches’ All-America program, which began in 1975.

2013 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Elena Delle Donne

University of Delaware

Sr.

G/F

6-5

Skylar Diggins

Notre Dame University

Sr.

G

5-9

Stefanie Dolson

University of Connecticut

Jr.

C

6-5

Chelsea Grey

Duke University

Jr.

G

5-11

Brittney Griner

Baylor University

Sr.

P

6-8

Kayla McBride

University of Notre Dame

Jr.

G

5-11

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis

University of Connecticut

So.

G

6-0

Chiney Ogwumike

Stanford University

Jr.

F

6-3

Odyssey Sims

Baylor University

Jr.

G

5-8

Alyssa Thomas

University of Maryland

Jr.

F

6-2

2013 WBCA Division I Coaches’ All-America Team Honorable Mentions

Name

Institution

Year

Pos.

Height

Natalie Achonwa

University of Notre Dame

Jr.

G

6-3

Katie Baker

University of Montana

Sr.

F

6-0

Rachel Banham

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

So.

G

5-9

Alex Bentley

Penn State University

Sr.

G

5-7

Kelsey Bone

Texas A&M University

Jr.

F/C

6-4

Crystal Bradford

Central Michigan University

So.

G/F

6-0

Gennifer Brandon

University of California – Berkeley

Jr.

F

6-2

Layshia Clarendon

University of California – Berkeley

Sr.

G

5-9

Tiffany Clarke

Vanderbilt University

Sr.

F

6-0

Brittany Chambers

Kansas State University

Sr.

G

5-8

Hallie Christofferson

Iowa State University

Jr.

F

6-3

Courtney Clements

San Diego State University

Sr.

G

6-0

Jerica Coley

Florida International University

Jr.

G

5-8

Aaryn Ellenberg

University of Oklahoma

Jr.

G

5-7

Angel Goodrich

University of Kansas

Sr.

G

5-4

Bashaara Graves

University of Tennessee

Fr.

F/C

6-2

Jasmine Hassell

University of Georgia

Sr.

F

6-2

Tianna Hawkins

University of Maryland

Sr.

F

6-3

Tayler Hill

Ohio State University

Sr.

G

5-10

Jordan Hooper

University of Nebraska

Jr.

F

6-2

Chelsea Hopkins

San Diego State University

Sr.

G

5-8

Chucky Jeffery

University of Colorado

Sr.

G

5-10

Maggie Lucas

Penn State University

Jr.

G

5-10

Tyaunna Marshall

Georgia Institute of Technology

Jr.

G

5-9

A’dia Mathies

University of Kentucky

Sr.

G

5-9

Anna Martin

DePaul University

Sr.

G

5-9

Keena Mays

Southern Methodist University

Jr.

G

5-7

Nadirah McKenith

St. John’s University

Sr.

G

5-7

Courtney Osborn

Miami University

Sr.

G

5-10

Theresa Plaisance

Louisiana State University

Jr.

F

6-5

Niveen Rasheed

Princeton University

Sr.

G

6-0

Sugar Rodgers

Georgetown University

Sr.

G

5-11

Ebony Rowe

Middle Tennessee State University

Jr.

F

6-1

Tierra Ruffin-Pratt

University of North Carolina

Sr.

G

5-10

Shoni Schimmel

University of Louisville

Jr.

G

5-10

Chaundra Sewell

University of Wyoming

Sr.

F

6-1

Naama Shafir

University of Toledo

Sr.

G

5-7

Meighan Simmons

University of Tennessee

Jr.

G

5-9

Andrea Smith

University of South Florida

Sr.

G

5-8

Shennika Smith

St. John’s University

Sr.

G

6-1

Elizabeth Williams

Duke University

So.

C

6-3

Toni Young

Oklahoma State University

Sr.

F

6-2