2011-12 Division I WBB All-America Teams

By Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications & Sports Information

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2012 Division I Women’s Basketball All-America teams. Players were selected by the All-America committee with Lavanda Ross named as the NAIA National Player of the Year and Rob Edmisson of Oklahoma City tabbed as the Phyllis Holmes NAIA National Coach of the Year.

Ross, a senior guard from Jackson, Tenn., ranked amongst the top nationally in total scoring (672), field goal percentage (.572) and total steals (92). She averaged 18.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game, while leading the Lady Bulldogs to their fourth-straight NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball National Championship final – ninth overall.

Ross, who surpassed 2,000 career points in Union’s 62-50 win against Georgetown in the National Championship semifinals, is making her second-straight appearance on the first team. She is the third Lady Bulldog to receive National Player of the Year honors (Josephine Owino, 2008 – 09; Stephanie Clark, Co-2005) and is the sixth Union player to repeat as a first team All-American.

Edmisson earns the Coach of the Year after guiding the Stars to the programs sixth championship crown – first since 2002. Oklahoma City ended the season with a 35-1 overall record, including tying for the Sooner Athletic Conference regular-season championship and a SAC tournament title. Edmisson is in his sixth season with the Stars and owns a 212-31 (.872) overall record.

In addition to Ross, nine players earn their second-straight All-America accolades, including Lindsey Wilson’s Ashley Rainey, who joins Ross as the only repeat first teamers from a year ago. Rainey led the Blue Raiders with 24.1 points and 12.0 rebounds per contest and is the first player in program history to repeat as a first team All-American.

Other individuals earning their second-consecutive honor include: Regena Jackson of Belhaven (Miss.), Lauren Wombles of Cumberlands (Ky.), Natalie Shumpert of Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), Jasmine Stohr of Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), Abby Ballman of Shawnee State (Ohio), Vee Young of Martin Methodist (Tenn.), Logan Martin of Southern Nazarene (Okla.) and Lauren Gober of Oklahoma City.

2012 NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball All-Americans

National Player of the Year: Lavanda Ross, Union
Phyllis Holmes Coach of the Year: Rob Edmisson, Oklahoma City
First Team
Name	School	Pos.	Class	Hometown
Amber Williams	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	C	Sr.	Claremont, Calif.
Regena Jackson%	Belhaven (Miss.)	G	Sr.	Denham, La.
Lauren Wombles%	Cumberlands (Ky.)	F	Sr.	London, Ky.
Natalie Shumpert%	Freed-Hardeman (Ky.)	G	Jr.	Paducah, Ky.
Jasmine Stohr^	Lewis-Clark (Idaho)	G	Sr.	Yakima, Wash.
Ashley Rainey*	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	F	Jr.	Bowling Green, Ky.
Dietra Caldwell	Oklahoma City	G	Sr.	Missouri City, Texas
Abby Ballman%	Shawnee State (Ohio)	G	Sr.	Cincinnati, Ohio
Lavanda Ross*	Union (Tenn.)	G	Sr.	Jackson, Tenn.
Tugce Canitez	Westmont (Calif.)	F	Jr.	Izmir, Turkey
Second Team
Name	School	Pos.	Class	Hometown
Briana Hall	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	G	Sr.	Fontana, Calif.
Jana Roney	Bethel (Tenn.)	P/F	Sr.	Union City, Tenn.
Kimberly Jones	Langston (Okla.)	C	Sr.	Baxley, Ga.
Hollie German	Lee (Tenn.)	G	So.	Old Fort, Tenn.
Keiva Council	Loyola (La.)	G	Sr.	Houston, Texas
Kelsey Canavan	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	P	Jr.	El Paso, Texas
Vee Young%	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	F	Sr.	Pulaski, Tenn.
Marissa Young	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	G	Sr.	Monroe, Wis.
Logan Martin*	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	G	Sr.	Bethany, Okla.
Paige Halberg	Vanguard (Calif.)	G	Sr.	Oregon City, Ore.
Third Team
Name	School	Pos.	Class	Hometown
Victoria Murillo	Avila (Mo.)	G	Sr.	Lee's Summit, Mo.
Heather English	Columbia (Mo.)	G	So.	Boonville, Mo.
Maria Bagwell	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	F	Jr.	Nashville, Tenn.
Florida Siaosi	Graceland (Iowa)	F	Sr.	Apple Valley, Calif.
Hayley Pettit	Montana Western	C	Jr.	Dillon, Mont.
Lauren Gober^	Oklahoma City	F	Jr.	Newcastle, Okla.
Danielle Tolbert	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	G	Jr.	Pontiac, Mich.
Nyla Bailey	Point Loma (Calif.)	F	Jr.	Escondido, Calif.
Kelly Ellison	Shorter (Ga.)	G	Sr.	Columbus, Ga.
Nicole Yazzie	Westminster (Utah)	G	Jr.	West Valley City, Utah
Honorable Mention
Name	School
Charrise Reece	Biola (Calif.)
Mackenzie Lee	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Courtney Clifton	Campbellsville (Ky.)
Aneshia Starks	Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
Casie Cowan	Cumberland (Tenn.)
Jade Howard	Cumberlands (Ky.)
Jazzmine Smith	Dillard (La.)
Kaylyn Young	Emmanuel (Ga.)
Kara Blankenship	Evangel (Mo.)
Brittney Carter	Falkner (Ala.)
Jenay Herring	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)
Andrea Howard	Georgetown (Ky.)
Ashley Wilson	Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.)
Marsharae Brown	Jarvis Christian (Texas)
Shontice Simmons	Langston (Okla.)
Angela Spann	Lee (Tenn.)
Kirsi Voshell	Lewis-Clark (Idaho)
Jasmine Brewer	Loyola (La.)
Sharde Henry	LSU Shreveport (La.)
Emily Atkins	Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Nicole Hampton	Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Lauren Ramsey	Lyon (Ark.)
Phagen Altom	Lyon (Ark.)
Daria Sprew	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)
Stephanie Malone	Mid-Continent (Ky.)
Alice Honnery	Mobile (Ala.)
Laramie Schwenke	Montana State-Northern
Shanique Campbell	Morris (S.C.)
Audrey Richmond	Northwestern Oklahoma State
Tiffany Goldwire	Oklahoma City
Stacey Darnley	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
Sarah Rogers	Robert Morris (Ill.)
Allison Blake	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Sierra Cornwell	Rogers State (Okla.)
Morgan Stuut	Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Brittany Daniel	San Diego Christian (Calif.)
Alannah Sheets	Shawnee State (Ohio)
Kelly Stewart	Southern - New Orleans (La.)
Oumoul Thiam	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)
Janea Howard	St. Catharine (Ky.)
Katie Gonnering	St. Francis (Ill.)
Ebony Richardson	Talladega (Ala.)
Victoria Jones	Tougaloo (Miss.)
LaTesa McLaughlin	Union (Tenn.)
Esther Timmermans	Vanguard (Calif.)
Kierra Patterson	Voorhees (S.C.)
Cydney Tibbitts	Westminster (Utah)
Lisa Peterson	Westmont (Calif.)
Sharron Andrews	William Woods (Mo.)
Keldra Hall	Xavier (La.)
* 2011 First-Team All-American
^ 2011 Second-Team All-American
% 2011 Third-Team All-American