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Interview with Cat Whitehill after she presented Morgan Brian with the Gatorade POY Award
by anngaff
posted May 25, 2011 at 11:46am

Cat Whitehill, 29, is a defender for the Atlanta Beat that is also working her way into the sports broadcasting world. She is a veteran of the US National Team, playing in the 2003 and 2007 World Cups and on the 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning team. She ...more

Parade All-American team
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 16, 2011 at 4:52pm

Congrats to the Parade Magazine All-American team:Name, Position, Ht. High School College* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Promise Amukamara, G, 5'8" Apollo (Ariz.) Arizona State Kaneisha Atwater, G, 5'7" W...more

Global Big Wave Awards: The Girls
by Inspiring Sports Women
posted May 9, 2011 at 11:59am

It's a beautiful morning here in Ireland. A day for the beach, not the computer but unfortunately ... So have to make do with blogging about Irish surfer Easkey Britton instead. Nominated to the final five of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, she'...more

Seattle Storm unveils championship ring designed by Blue Nile
by HoopFeed.com
posted May 4, 2011 at 5:58pm

The reigning WNBA champions, the Seattle Storm, unveiled their championship rings Wednesday. Online jeweler Blue Nile designed the keepsake, named “The Arena.” It commemorates the team’s relationship to its loyal fans and the Storm’s record-sett...more

Baylor announces Melissa Jones jersey retirement during team banquet
by HoopFeed.com
posted April 15, 2011 at 10:07pm

Over 1,100 Baylor fans attended the team’s end of the season Lady Bear Appreciation Banquet, sponsored by the Tip Off Club Thursday night in Waco. School officials addressed the audience and players were honored. Among the accolades announced was the re...more

Capital One Cup updated standings
by Pretty Tough
posted April 13, 2011 at 11:03pm

The Capital One Cup, which will reward Division 1 athletics across multiple men’s and women’s sports for their on-field performance, is heating up with the end of the school year approaching meaning that the competition is also in its final stage. Fo...more

Tara VanDerveer: “You ARE On the Team”
by Mariah Burton Nelson: BEYOND WORKOUTS - Think of Yourself as an Athlete
posted April 13, 2011 at 1:30pm

A week before the WNBA draft I am at the Final Four. Tara VanDerveer has just been named Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. I tell her that I really appreciate the two receptions Stanford held for former players this year:...more

Congratulations Are in Order, Stanford
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted April 10, 2011 at 10:24am

Congratulations Stanford Head Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer for being named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2011. (Note, this is not the “Women’s” hall of fame, which Tara was elected to in 2002, but the “basketball�...more

Maya Moore wins her second Wooden Award
by HoopFeed.com
posted April 9, 2011 at 12:30pm

Connecticut’s Maya Moore won her second John R. Wooden Award Friday night in Los Angeles. The winner of the honor for the best women’s college player of the year was decided by the media who selected and ranked five players. Moore, who finished her c...more

Three-way tie for AP Coach of the Year
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 3, 2011 at 10:33am

It's never happened before, but we have a three-way tie for the honor this year: Stanford Coach Tara VanDerveer, Connecticut Coach Geno Auriemma and Miami Coach Katie Meier. ...more

Nation’s top players honored in Indianapolis
by HoopFeed.com
posted April 2, 2011 at 5:44pm

INDIANAPOLIS – The nation’s top women’s college basketball players received honors Saturday morning as festivities for the Final Four kicked off in Indianapolis. Ten players were selected for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Coaches Associ...more

UConn's Maya Moore 3-time Wade Trophy Honoree
by Swish Appeal
posted April 2, 2011 at 5:38pm

UConn's Maya Moore 3-time Wade Trophy Honoree Maya Moore becomes the first ever three-time recipient of the Wade Trophy after the announcement of her accomplishment at today's WBCA National Convention. The Wade Trophy, presented annually since 1978, rec...more

Wooden Award team announced
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 31, 2011 at 10:16am

Here they are:Maya MooreBrittney GrinerJeannette PohlenNnemkadi OgwumikeCourtney VanderslootWhat an honor. Congrats to all. ...more

State Farm Wade Trophy finalists named
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 25, 2011 at 12:42pm

Who to pick?Player Name Institution Year Position Danielle Adams Texas A&M;University Sr. F-C Victoria Dunlap University of Kentucky Sr. F Brittney Griner Baylor University So. C Amber Harris Xavier University Sr. F Jantel Lavender Ohi...more

Kazmaier award and other hockey news
by The First Line
posted March 21, 2011 at 10:39pm

Meghan Duggan captured a much-deserved Kazmaier award. I had an inkling that whichever finalist made it farthest into the tournament was going to win, and Duggan’s leadership was certainly a large part of Wisconsin’s success. St. Mary’s Univers...more

The next Lisa Leslie
by Pretty Tough
posted March 18, 2011 at 4:57pm

She woke up and it was Thursday. Not just any Thursday but St. Patrick’s Day, so Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis sought something green to wear and headed to school. Mosqueda-Lewis, a senior, is a guard on the Monarchs girls basketball team, that will be heade...more

Sarah Dagg is Hurd Award Winner (Plus your Division III All-Americans)
by The First Line
posted March 18, 2011 at 4:56pm

The RIT senior has been honored with Division III’s version of the Kaz, the Laura Hurd Award, signifying that she is the best college hockey player in the nation. Dagg has been the RIT captain for three years and has scored 41 points in 28 games this ...more

Elizabeth Williams named Morgan Wootten player of the year
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 16, 2011 at 7:39pm

The Virginia prep star has claimed the honor:Elizabeth Williams, who has led Princess Anne (Virginia Beach, Va.) to a No. 3 ranking in the Powerade Fab 50 for girls basketball, was named Morgan Wootten Player of the Year. The other finalists included Cier...more

Wooden Award finalists announced
by They're Playing Basketball
posted March 15, 2011 at 12:29am

The list:Name Ht. Class Pos. University Conference Danielle Adams 6-1 Sr. F/C Texas A&M;Big 12 Skylar Diggins 5-9 So. G Notre Dame Big East Victoria Dunlap 6-1 Sr. F Kentucky SEC Dawn Evans* 5-7 Sr. G James Madison CAA Brittney Griner 6-8 So. C Bayl...more

UAE women win Excellence Shield
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted March 14, 2011 at 5:54pm

By Yasir Abbasher, Senior Reporter from Gulf News A UAE player (in green) attempts to spike the ball as a Bahraini player tries to block it during the volleyball final at the GCC Women’s Games in Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: Abdel-Krim Kallouche/Gulf News...more

Stanford, PAC-10 Champs, Again!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 14, 2011 at 2:43am

TONNNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!Okay, every so often, someone will say or write so-and-so was the hero of the game, but Toni Kokenis single-handily WON the PAC-10 tournament championship trophy for Stanford. The Stanford freshman scored 10 straight poin...more

Jennifer Azzi's recruit Jamie Katuna named Colorado Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year
by Swish Appeal
posted March 12, 2011 at 12:16pm

When I spoke with first-year USF Dons coach Jennifer Azzi back in November, she said that one her goals for this season was to be better than last season. If she keeps that as one of her goals, next season could be better than this one as well: incoming ...more

PAC-10 Honors II
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 11, 2011 at 6:01pm

Well, so the media gets there say on post season awards and they voted Jeanette Pohlen the PAC-10 player of the year, Chiney Ogwumike PAC-10 freshmen of the year and Stanford Women’s Basketball head coach Tara VanDerveer the PAC-10 coach of the year. ...more

Seniors rule in final Kazmaier cut
by The First Line
posted March 10, 2011 at 9:39pm

Well, I guess that answers that question. The committee wants to give this award to a woman in her last year of college, and they are sticking with the idea that it’s important to have balance among the conferences. Agosta, Duggan, and BC’s Kelli ...more

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