Oct. 13, 2003

WACO, Texas - Baylor Lady Bear basketball players Steffanie Blackmon and Sophia Young have been named All-America honorable mention by Street & Smith's magazine. The duo joins 28 other women's players named to the honorable mention list. In addition, Street & Smith's lists 10 players among their terrific 10 and 10 as high honorable mention.

Blackmon, a junior, and Young, a sophomore, combined to average 31.3 points, 17.8 rebounds and 2.9 blocks a game for Baylor last season. Blackmon, a 6-2 post, led the team in scoring and blocks with 17.6 points a game and 58 blocks on the season. She ranked second on the team in rebounds at 8.0. Young, in her rookie season, scored 14.2 points a game and averaged a team and Big 12-leading 10.0 rebounds a contest. Young became the first freshman to lead the Big 12 and former Southwest and Big Eight Conferences in rebounding. She was also the only Big 12 player to average a double-double last season. Young also led the team in steals with 87 and registered 43 blocks on the season.

2003 Street & Smith's Women's All-America Team
Terrific 10
Alana Beard, Duke
Chandi Jones, Houston
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
Guiliana Mendiola, Washington
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State
Shawntinice Polk, Arizona
Nicole Powell, Stanford
Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota
Shereka Wright, Purdue

High Honorable Mention
Jenni Benningfield, Vanderbilt
Shaneka Christon, Arkansas
Cathy Joens, George Washington
Temeka Johnson, LSU
Christy Neneman, Creighton
Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers
Heather Schreiber, Texas
Stacy Stephens, Texas
Kendra Wecker, Kansas State
Tan White, Mississippi State

Honorable Mention
Seimone Augustus, LSU
Jacqueline Batteast, Notre Dame
Tera Bjorklund, Colorado
Steffanie Blackmon, Baylor University
Monique Currie, Duke
Jessalyn Deveny, Boston College
Shyra Ely, Tennessee
Katie Feenstra, Liberty
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
Caton Hill, Oklahoma
Tamara James, Miami
Valerie King, Cincinnati
Irina Krasnoshick, Saint Joseph's
Ieva Kublina, Virginia Tech
Caity Matter, Ohio State
Debbie Merrill, Cincinnati
Loree Moore, Tennessee
Ugo Oha, George Washington
Hana Peljto, Harvard
Jia Perkins, Texas Tech
Kim Smith, Utah
Lindsay Taylor, UC Santa Barbara
Christi Thomas, Georgia
Iciss Tillis, Duke
Evan Unrau, Missouri
Erika Valek, Purdue
Maria Villarroel, Oklahoma
Dee-Dee Wheeler, Arizona
Tanisha Wright, Penn State
Sophia Young, Baylor