Fresno State Athletics
Wilson Earns AP Honorable Mention All-America Honors
4/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
April 2, 2008
FRESNO, Calif. - Tierre Wilson continues to bring in post season honors as she earned Honorable All-American honors by the Associated Press after helping lead Fresno State to the programs first ever conference championship. Wilson is the programs first AP All-American and the first All-American at Fresno State since Simone Srubek earned First Team All-American Honors by the American Women's Sports Federation.
Wilson will also participate in the WNBA Pre-Draft camp on April 4-5 in Tampa, Florida. Wilson is the first Bulldog to receive the invitation. Wilson earned WAC Player of the Year honors this season and leaves Fresno State as the Fifth All-Time Leading scorer in Fresno State history.
The initial list of accepted invitees for the 2008 WNBA Pre-Draft Camp follows:
Allen, Charel (Notre Dame) Anderson, Jolene (Wisconsin) Atunrase, Morenike (Texas A&M) Banks, Janese (Wisconsin) Beck, Kimberly (George Washington) Berezhynska, Valeriya (Rice) Bulger, Meg (West Virginia) Comfort, Lady (Temple) Doma, Natalie (Idaho State) Elliot, Sarah (Kentucky) Gissendanner, Kamela (Penn State) Green, Danielle (Oklahoma State) Holt, Amber (Middle Tennessee State) Hood, Danielle (Hartford) Humphrey, Tasha (Georgia) Kelly, Crystal (Western Kentucky) Lacy, Natasha (Texas-El Paso) Lawrence, Sarah-Jo (George Washington) Mahoney, Samantha (Kentucky) Marsh, Dionne (New Mexico) Mitchell, Leilani (Utah) Nnamaka, Chioma (Georgia Tech) Oakley, Shalamar (Coppin State) Packer, Marscilla (Ohio State) Pluimer, Lindsey (UCLA) Quigley, Allie (DePaul) Ross, Adrianne (Texas Christian) Sanni, Olayinka (West Virginia) Smith, Wanisha (Duke) Sneed, JoKeirra (Louisiana Tech) Suber, Rashida (Coppin State) Tisdale, Angela (Baylor) Vaughn, Krystal (Virginia Commonwealth) Wilson, Tierre (Fresno State) Walker, Marcedes (Pittsburgh) Wright, Kia (St. John's) Young, Tamera (James Madison) Zoll, Sharnee' (Virginia)
The 2007-08 AP women's All-America basketball team with school:
FIRST TEAM
Candace Parker, Tennessee
Courtney Paris, Oklahoma
Candice Wiggins, Stanford
Sylvia Fowles, LSU
Maya Moore, Connecticut
SECOND TEAM
Crystal Langhorne, Maryland
Erlana Larkins, North Carolina
Angel McCoughtry, Louisville
Kristi Toliver, Maryland
Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State
THIRD TEAM
Amber Holt, Middle Tennessee State
Renee Montgomery, Connecticut
Leilani Mitchell, Utah
Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers
Tina Charles, Connecticut
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.
