March 10, 2008
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Air Force senior team co-captains Alecia Steele and Pamela Findlay have both been named to the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball All-Conference Team as chosen by the coaches, the MWC announced Monday. Steele was named third team all-conference and Findlay garnered honorable mention honors.
Steele leads the Falcons averaging 12.3 points per game and is second in the conference averaging 7.4 rebounds per game. The Oklahoma City, Okla., native is Air Force's all-time leading scorer in the Div. I era with 1,232 career points. She also ranks second all-time at the Academy with 765 rebounds. This is Steeles fourth All-MWC honor.
Findlay ranks second on the team in scoring, averaging 10.9 points per game. She is the conference's top free throw shooter, making 87.5 percent of her attempts and is fourth in three-point average, making 39.7 from downtown. Findlay is Air Force's all-time leader in three-point field goal percentage, making 37. This is Findlay's first All-MWC honor.
Utah's Leilani Mitchell was selected as the Mountain West Conference women's basketball Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year for 2007-08. Freshman of the Year honors went to TCU's Helena Sverrisdottir, while Wyoming's Hanna Zavecz was chosen as the Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career. Utah's Elaine Elliott, who guided the Utes to their sixth MWC title, earned her fourth Coach of the Year honor.
First Team All-Mountain West Conference
#Leilani Mitchell, Utah, Sr., 5-5, G
#*Morgan Warburton, Utah, Jr., 5-11, G
***Hanna Zavecz, Wyoming, Sr., 6-0, F
*Sequoia Holmes, UNLV, Sr., 6-1, F
***Dionne Marsh, New Mexico, Sr., 6-1, F
Second Team All-Mountain West Conference
*Kalee Whipple, Utah, So., 6-0, F
Jene Morris, San Diego State, So., 5-9, G
**Adrianne Ross, TCU, Sr., 5-8, G
*Mallary Gillespie-Carling, BYU, Sr., 5-10, G
*Justyna Podziemska, Wyoming, Sr., 6-2, F
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Third Team All-Mountain West Conference
Lorie Butler-Rayford, TCU, Sr., 5-11, F
**Alecia Steele, Air Force, Sr., 6-0, F
Brandi Kimble, New Mexico, Sr., 5-8, G
Aubrey Vandiver, Wyoming, So., 5-11, G
Amy Beggin, New Mexico, So., 5-6, G
*Shamela Hampton, UNLV, Jr., 6-3, C
Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference
Helena Sverrisdottir, TCU, Fr., 6-2, F
Sara Hunter, Colorado State, Sr., 5-6, G
Jodi Bolerjack, Wyoming, Sr., 5-9, G
Allison Duffy, San Diego State, Fr., 6-2, F
Paris Johnson, San Diego State, Fr., 6-4, C
Lauren Riley-Varley, BYU, Sr., 6-3, C
Pamela Findlay, Air Force, Sr., 5-11, G
* notes repeat all-conference selection
** notes three-time all-conference selection
*** notes four-time all-conference selection
# notes unanimous first-team selection
