WOMEN’S BASKETBALL’S The NCAA salutes the more than FINEST 380,000 student-athletes participating in 23 sports at more than 1,000 member institutions WOMEN’S BASKETBALL’S BASKETBALL’S FINEST NCAA 54080-3/07 WBF 06 Cover-WBFinest 3/5/07 11:29 AM Page 1 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL’S FINEST THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 www.ncaa.org March 2007 Photo from Anderson (Ind.) sports Anderson from (Ind.) Photo information Researched and Compiled By: Jenn Blomenberg, Assistant Director of Statistics; Bonnie Senappe, Assistant Director of Statistics; Amber Feldman, Statistics Intern; Erin Myers, Statistics Intern; Bob Prescott, Statistics Intern. Distributed to sports information departments of all NCAA schools that spon- sor women’s basketball, conference media relations directors, and selected media. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are regis- tered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association. Copyright, 2007, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Printed in the United States of America. NCAA 54080-03/07 On the Cover Top row (left to right): Jessica (Beachy) Rahman, Concordia- M’head; Jenny Crouse, North Dakota; Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee; Michelle Cottrell, Northern Ky. Second row (left to right): Carla Eades, Central Mo.; Cheryl Miller, Southern California; Laurie Trow, St. Thomas (Minn.); Alia Fischer, Washington-St. Louis. Third row (left to right): Nancy Fahey, Washington-St. Louis; Page Lutz, Elizabethtown; Kasey Morlock, North Dakota St.; Amy Ruley, North Dakota St. Bottom row (left to right): Lynette Woodard, Kansas; Pat Summitt, Tennessee; Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech; Diana Taurasi, Connecticut. – – Contents Foreword ................................. 4 Players .................................... 7 Player Index By School ........... 79 Awards .................................... 81 Coaches ................................... 99 NDSU sports from Photo information Coach Index By School ........... 165 – – Foreword In conjunction with the NCAA’s 25th Anniversary celebration of women’s athletics, this book was created to highlight the accomplishments of both play- ers and coaches among all three divisions of NCAA women’s basketball. To create this book, we researched statistical achievements, career and season records, and honors of student-athletes from all three divisions begin- ning in 1981-82, when the NCAA first sponsored women’s basketball, through the 2005-06 season. There are also several pre-NCAA players included, who qualified by receiving national honors. Official weekly statistical rankings for all three divisions of women’s basket- ball were started in the 1981-82 season. For Division I, assists were added in 1985-86, and three-point field goals, blocked shots and steals were added in 1987-88. For Divisions II and III, three-point field goals were added in 1987- 88, assists were added in 1988-89, and blocked shots and steals were added in 1992-93. Photo from Elizabeth Olivier, UTLadyVols.com Elizabeth Olivier, from Photo In the players’ section, if a statistical category has a dash in it, that means either that the particular statistic was not kept during that year, or that it was not available for that student-athlete. If a career total is left blank, it indicates that career statistics could not be accurately compiled due to missing statis- tics. The years listed in the career statistics are the second year of the basketball season; for example, the 1981-82 season is listed as 1982. The middle section of this book is comprised of the various awards pre- sented to women’s basketball student-athletes and coaches. The players included in this book have met at least one of the criteria for national honors won or are a career or season record-holder by division, or they qualify by meeting at least two of the national statistical achievements. PLAYER National honors won: • NCAA player elected to Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame • Named Player of the Year by AP, USBWA or WBCA • Naismith Trophy Winner • Wade Trophy Winner • Three- and Four-Time First-Team all-American • Represented the United States on at least two Olympic basketball teams Career and Season Record (Holds or Shares) by Division: • Points • Scoring Average • Field-Goal Percentage • 3-Point Field Goals Made • 3-Point Field Goal Percentage • Free-Throw Percentage • Rebounds • Rebound Average • Assists • Blocked Shots • Steals National Statistical Achievements: • Led nation in division’s season scoring average • Scored 875 points or more in a season • Averaged at least 29.0 points per game in a season • Scored at least 2,650 points during career • Averaged at least 23.0 points per game in multi-year career • Scored more than 2,500 points and collected 1,000 rebounds during career • Recorded at least 1,375 rebounds in a career • Averaged at least 12.0 rebounds per game in multi-year career – – The coaches who are included in this book have attained at least one of the following criteria: COACH • NCAA coach elected to Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame • Coached an NCAA national championship team • Coached three NCAA teams to semifinal appearance in the national cham- pionship tournament • Has at least 500 wins and a.600 winning percentage • Has a winning percentage of at least .700 and 150 wins, plus has coached for at least 10 years in the NCAA. Legend - Tournament Finish for Coaching Section The following abbreviations were used in the coaching section to note how far into the tournament the team advanced. SR – Sectional Runner-Up QR – Quarterfinal Runner-Up RR – Regional Runner-Up 4th – 4th place T3d – Tied for 3rd place 3d – 3rd place 2d – 2nd place CH – Champion Finally... We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this book, especially the sports information directors and conference media relations directors. If you have any of the statistical data that is not included in a career stats line and can provide substantiated proof (a team’s statistics or full box scores), sports information Tech Texas from Photo we encourage you to submit those with a note detailing what you are submit- ting. Our mailing address is: NCAA Statistics P.O. Box 6222 Indianapolis, IN 46206 – – PLAYERS-WBFinest 3/6/07 2:03 PM Page 1 THE PLAYERS SVETLANA ABROSIMOVA Connecticut • 6-1 • St. Petersburg, Russia • Div. I Division I first-team all-American in 1999, 2000 and 2001…Played on the NCAA Division I championship team in 2000…Russian Olympic team member in 2000. Team –– 3-Point –– Year W-L G FG FGA FG% FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% Reb. Avg. Ast. Bk St. Pts. Avg. 1998 34-3 37 191 372 51.3 34 80 42.5 122 184 66.3 235 6.4 114 7 90 538 14.5 1999 29-5 34 204 425 48.0 38 101 37.6 118 186 63.4 226 6.6 127 6 91 564 16.6 2000 36-1 37 181 369 49.1 43 108 39.8 91 122 74.6 229 6.2 154 8 64 496 13.4 2001 32-3 19 100 186 53.8 26 58 44.8 41 58 70.7 124 6.5 78 0 54 267 14.1 4 yrs. 131-12 127 676 1,352 50.0 141 347 40.6 372 550 67.6 814 6.4 473 21 299 1,865 14.7 NCAA Tournament Team –– 3-Point –– Year W-L G FG FGA FG% FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% Reb. Avg. Ast. Bk St. Pts. Avg. 1998 3-1 4 18 39 46.2 3 12 25.0 12 20 60.0 32 8.0 22 1 6 51 12.8 1999 2-1 3 14 39 35.9 4 15 26.7 4 7 57.1 25 8.3 9 0 7 36 12.0 2000 6-0 6 26 58 44.8 9 22 40.9 15 18 83.3 31 5.2 26 0 11 76 12.7 2001 4-1 0 4 yrs. 15-3 13 58 136 42.6 16 49 32.7 31 45 68.9 88 6.8 57 1 24 163 12.5 Photos from Connecticut sports Connecticut from Photos information candice allen Arizona, 2001-03; Cal Poly Pomona 2004-05 • 5-10 • Ontario, Canada • Div. I, II Named Division II player of the year by the WBCA and Daktronics in 2005…Division II first-team all-American in 2004 and 2005…Led Division II in scoring in 2004 and 2005. Team –– 3-Point –– Year W-L G FG FGA FG% FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% Reb. Avg. Ast. Bk St. Pts. Avg. 2001 20-12 32 68 174 39.1 15 52 28.8 43 57 75.4 87 2.7 39 3 38 194 6.1 2002 14-14 21 76 177 42.9 15 42 35.7 44 67 65.7 68 3.2 51 11 44 211 10.0 2003 22-9 2 1 7 14.3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 1 2 1.0 2004 23-7 30 254 529 48.0 29 58 50.0 197 248 79.4 182 6.1 86 5 77 734 24.5 2005 20-8 26 247 515 48.0 47 102 46.1 186 224 83.0 166 6.4 72 12 78 727 28.0 5 yrs. 99-50 111 646 1,402 46.1 106 255 41.6 470 596 78.9 503 4.5 249 31 238 1,868 16.8 NCAA Tournament Team –– 3-Point –– Year W-L G FG FGA FG% FG FGA FG% FT FTA FT% Reb. Avg. Ast. Bk St. Pts. Avg. 2003 0-1 0 2004 2-1 3 21 55 38.2 7 13 53.8 23 32 71.9 12 4.0 12 0 6 72 24.0 Photos from Cal Poly Pomona sports Pomona information Poly Cal from Photos 2005 0-1 1 9 21 42.9 1 6 16.7 0 0 0.0 5 5.0 4 3 3 19 19.0 3 yrs.