March 23, 2005

NEW YORK - Another in a season of firsts happened for the Gonzaga University women's basketball program on Wednesday as senior point guard Shannon Mathews became the first Bulldogs player to earn All-America honors from the Associated Press.Mathews was named an honorable mention selection after Gonzaga ended its season at 28-4 with a loss at Southwest Missouri State University in the second round of the Women's NIT.

Mathews was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year earlier this month after guiding the Bulldogs to a perfect 14-0 conference mark and the school's first national ranking in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll.Mathews finished her career first on the Gonzaga career assists list with 600 and seventh on the career scoring list with 1,318 points.A senior from Riverside, Calif., Mathews was a two-time first-team All-WCC selection.

LouisianaStatejunior forward Seimone Augustus was a unanimous choice on all 45 AP ballots to lead the first team.Joining her were Kendra Wecker of Kansas State University, Monique Currie of Duke University, Jessica Davenport of Ohio State University and Sandora Irvin of Texas Christian University.

ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAM

FIRST TEAM

Seimone Augustus - Louisiana State

Kendra Wecker - Kansas State

Monique Currie - Duke

Jessica Davenport - Ohio State

Sandora Irvin - Texas Christian

SECOND TEAM

Janel McCarville - Minnesota

Candice Wiggins - Stanford

Sophia Young - Baylor

Temeka Johnson - Louisiana State

Tan White - Mississippi State

THIRD TEAM

Jacqueline Batteast - Notre Dame

Ivory latta - North Carolina

Tiffany Jackson - Texas

Khara Smith - DePaul

Steffanie Blackmon - Baylor

Tanisha Wright - Penn State

HONORABLE MENTION

Nikita Bell - North Carolina

Nikki Blue - UCLA

Lindsay Bowen - Michigan State

Jessalyn Deveny - Boston College

Megan Duffy - Notre Dame

Candice Dupree - Temple

Ashley Earley - Vanderbily

ShyraEly - Tennessee

Katie Feenstra - Liberty

SylivaFowles - Louisiana State

Kristin Haynie - Michigan State

RoneekaHodges - Florida State

TashaHumphrey - Georgia

DionnahJackson - Oklahoma

Tamara James - Miami (FL)

SanchoLyttle - Houston

Kristen Mann - UC Santa Barbara

Shannon Mathews - GONZAGA

CaityMatter - Ohio State

Anne O'Neil - Iowa State

Yolanda Paige - West Virginia

CappiePondexter - Rutgers

Liz Shimek - Michigan State

Kim Smith - Utah

Ann Strother - Connecticut

Barbara Turner - Connecticut

Dee Dee Wheeler - Arizona