Weisner Earns AP Second Team All-America
March 28, 2016 | Women's Basketball
CORVALLIS – Oregon State senior Jamie Weisner earned yet another piece of national recognition Monday, when she was named to the AP All-America Second Team. She was joined in the Associated Press' recognition by teammates Ruth Hamblin and Sydney Wiese, both of whom earned All-America Honorable Mention.
Weisner, who was honored as Pac-12 Player of the Year earlier this month, is the sixth player in program history to receive All-America status. She sits sixth in school history with 1,752 career points, second in in 3-pointers made (266) and leads Oregon State in career 3-point percentage (41.3). One of the best rebounding guards in the Pac-12 throughout her career, Weisner has tallied 15 career double-doubles and has pulled down 707 boards over the course of her four years, the eighth-best total for an Oregon State player.
The senior is averaging 17.6 points per game this season, the fourth-best total in the conference, and leads all Pac-12 guards in field goal percentage at 49.2 percent. The Kinesiology major is also shooting 45.1 percent from 3-point range and 86.0 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, going for a career-high 38 points in Saturday's Sweet 16 matchup with DePaul. She also scored 12 of her 18 points in the fourth-quarter of the Beavers' comeback at Stanford, and put up 25 points against both Arizona State and UCLA.
Hamblin, who was named the Pac-12's Defensive Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season earlier this month, set the Pac-12 record for career blocks during the Pac-12 Tournament. She has recorded a block in 33 straight games, and set the Oregon State record for career rebounds on Saturday.
The 6-foot-6 Canadian, who has earned All-Pac-12 honors two-straight seasons, is ninth in school history with 1,282 points. She is averaging 11.9 points and 9.9 rebounds per game this season. Her 23-point, 20-rebound performance in the Pac-12 title game was the third 20-20 game in school history, and the Beavers' first since 1990. The showing also matched the Oregon State single game record for rebounds.
Off the floor, Hamblin has been named an Academic All-America First Team honoree, as a mechanical engineering major with a 3.85 GPA. She has been named an Academic All-District selection three straight years, and is one of 10 finalists for this year's Senior CLASS Award.
Wiese is the 36th player in Pac-12 history to earn All-Conference honors three times in her career. The junior is one of the best 3-point shooters in conference history, sitting eighth in the league's record book with 366 career longballs. She also sits second in school history with a 3-point percentage of 40.7, good for 10th in the nation among active players.
Wiese, who was named to the Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team last week, is averaging 12.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game this season, and leads the team with 137 assists. She sits fourth in school history with 457 career helpers.
The Beavers will make their first ever Elite Eight appearance Monday evening, when they take on No. 4 Baylor at 6 p.m. PT. The game can be seen live on ESPN.
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