Weisner, Hamblin Honored By College Sports Madness
March 10, 2016 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS – Oregon State standout Jamie Weisner has been named a First Team All-American by CollegeSportsMadness.com, the website announced Thursday. Weisner was joined in the recognition by fellow senior Ruth Hamblin, who was named Fourth Team All-America.
Weisner, who was honored as Pac-12 Player of the Year earlier this month, will go down as one of the best players in Oregon State history. She sits sixth in school history with 1,689 career points, and is second in program history in both 3-pointers made (241) and 3-point percentage (41.1). One of the best rebounding guard in the Pac-12 throughout her career, Weisner has tallied 14 career double-doubles and has pulled down 688 boards over the course of her four years, the eighth-best total for an Oregon State player.
The senior is averaging 17.3 points per game this season, the fourth-best total in the conference, and leads all Pac-12 guards in field goal percentage at 48.6 percent. The Kinesiology major is also shooting 44.5 percent from 3-point range and 87.3 percent from the free-throw line, making her one of the most efficient players in the country.
Possibly most impressively, the guard from Clarkston Washington has played her best in the big games, scoring 12 of her 18 points in the fourth-quarter of the Beavers' comeback at Stanford, and putting up 25 points against both Arizona State and UCLA. She came up big yet again in last weekend's Pac-12 Tournament, scoring at least 19 points in all three games, on her way to Most Outstanding Player honors.
Hamblin, who was named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season earlier this month, and set the Pac-12 record for career blocks in the Pac-12 Tournament. The 6-foot-6 Canadian, who was named to the Naismith Trophy Early Season Watch List in December, is one of 20 players in Oregon State history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark. She is averaging 11.4 points and 9.0 rebounds per game this season.
The senior was also selected as a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award in February. To vote for Ruth or to read her full Senior CLASS Award bio, visit SeniorClassAward.com.
