Felicia Ragland Named Finalist For Kodak Women's All-America Basketball Team
March 19, 2001
ATLANTA, GA - Oregon State University's Felicia Ragland is a finalist for the Kodak Women's All-America Basketball Team as was announced by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The Eastman Kodak Company.
Ragland, a 5-9 junior, is one of 48 NCAA Division I players vying for the 10-member Kodak All-America squad. Ragland received the most votes of the six finalists from District 8 to receive District All-America honors. District 8 includes all 26 schools from the Big West, West Coast and Pacific-10 Conference.
Ragland is the first Oregon State player to receive All-America recognition since Tanja Kostic earned honorable mention Kodak All-America honors in 1996. Just three OSU athletes have gained Kodak All-America honors, Carol Menken-Shaudt (1981), Judy Spoelstra (1983) and Kostic (1996).
Ragland, The Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year, ranks second in the conference in scoring with 19.7 points per game. The Tulare, CA ranks fifth in the conference in rebounding (7.5 rpg.), third in steals (2.61 spg.), first in 3-point field goal percentage (.466) and third in 3-pointers made (2.21 avg.).
Ragland is one of just eight OSU players to score 1,000 career points (1,165) and grab 500 career rebounds (527).
WBCA member coaches in each of the eight WBCA geographical districts vote for the Kodak All-America team which will be announced in St. Louis on March 29.
The finalists for the 2001 Division I Kodak Women's All-America Team are the following:
District 1 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Svetlana Abrosimova University of Connecticut 6-2 F SR Sue Bird University of Connecticut 5-9 F JR Tasha Pointer Rutgers University 5-6 G SR Shea Ralph University of Connecticut 6-0 G/F SR Ruth Riley Notre Dame University 6-5 C SR Taru Tuukkanen Xavier University 6-3 C SR
District 2 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. LaQuanda Barksdale University of North Carolina 5-11 F SR Alana Beard Duke University 5-11 G FR Chrissy Ford Clemson University 5-9 G SO Schuye LaRue University of Virginia 6-3 F/C SO Georgia Schweitzer Duke University 6-0 G SR Brooke Wychoff Florida State University 6-1 G/F SR
District 3 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Chantelle Anderson University of Vanderbilt 6-6 C SO Tamika Catchings University of Tennessee 6-1 F SR Marie Ferdinand Louisiana State University 5-9 G SR Brandi McCain University of Florida 5-3 G JR Kelly Miller University of Georgia 5-10 G SR LaToya Thomas Mississippi State University 6-2 F/G SO
District 4 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Tiffany Bell University of Buffalo 6-2 C/F JR Tamara Bowie Ball State University 5-11 F SO Kahli Carter University of Toledo 6-0 F SR Janet Holt Tennessee Tech University 6-0 F JR Julie Studer Kent State University 6-4 C SR Katie Wolfe Oakland University 5-9 F SO
District 5 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Janelle Burse Tulane University 6-5 C SR Stacey Dales University of Oklahoma 6-1 G JR Deanna Jackson University of Alabama-Birm. 6-2 F JR Sheila Lambert Baylor University 5-7 G JR Ayana Walker Louisiana Tech University 6-2 F JR Angie Welle Iowa State University 6-4 C JR
District 6 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Carla Bennett Drake University 6-3 C SO Camille Cooper Purdue University 6-4 C SR Katie Douglas Purdue University 6-1 G/F SR Jackie Stiles S.W. Missouri State University 5-8 G SR Jessie Stomski Wisconsin University 6-3 F JR Maren Walseth Penn State University 6-3 F SR
District 7 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Lauren Beckman University of Utah 6-2 F/G JR Amy Ewert University of Utah 6-0 F/G SR Linda Frohlich University of Nevada-Las Vegas 6-2 F JR D-dra Rucker Southern Methodist University 5-10 F SR Kate Smith University of Nevada, Reno 6-2 C/F SO Erin Thorn Brigham Young University 5-10 G SO
District 8 Name School Ht. Pos. Yr. Reshea Bristol University of Arizona 5-10 G SR Megan Franza University of Washington 5-11 G SR Annie Garrison Santa Clara University 6-3 F/C SR Jackie Moore Long Beach State University 6-2 C SR Nicole Powell Stanford University 6-2 G FR Felicia Ragland Oregon State University 5-9 G JR
