April 30, 2003

WACO, Texas - Baylor freshman forward Sophia Young was named a second-team Freshman All-American by WomensCollegeHoops.com.

The teams are composed of those players that performed the best at their positions and also had a major positive impact on their team on both ends of the court.

By averaging 14.2 points and 10.0 rebounds a game, Young, a 6-2 native of St. Vincent, West Indies, was the only Big 12 player to average a double-double. In addition, she became the first freshman in the history of the Big 12 and former Southwest and Big Eight Conferences to lead the league in rebounding. Young ranked No. 1 among Big 12 freshmen in scoring, rebounding and steals and was No. 2 in blocked shots. Among all league players, Young was No. 1 in rebounding, No. 3 in field goals, No. 4 in steals and No. 14 in scoring. She was named All-Big 12 honorable mention and was the media's consensus freshman of the year. In addition. she set a Big 12 and Baylor record for most rebounds in a game when she hauled down 25 against Auburn in the championship of the WNIT.

The first, second, third and honorable mention teams are listed below:
FIRST TEAM
G- Seimone Augustus- LSU (Freshman of the Year)
G- Alexis Kendrick- Georgia
F- Kim Smith- Utah
F- Ann Strother- Connecticut
C- Shawntinice Polk- Arizona

SECOND TEAM
G- Lindsay Bowen- Michigan State
G- Tamara James- Miami
G- Shanna Zolman- Tennessee
F- Tara Boothe- Xavier
F- Sophia Young- Baylor

THIRD TEAM
G- Nikki Blue-UCLA
G/F- La'Tangela Atkinson- North Carolina
G/F- Barbara Turner- Connecticut
F- Liz Shimek- Michigan State
C- Courtney LaVere- Notre Dame

HONORABLE MENTION
C- Mistie Bass- Duke
G- Chrissy Fisher- Maryland
C- Carolyn Ganes- Oregon
G- Erin Grant- Texas Tech
G- Joy Hollingsworth- San Francisco
G- Carrie Mason- Virginia Tech
G/F- Bernice Mosby- Florida
G- Jill Noe- Arizona State
G- Tiffany Porter-Talbert- Western Kentucky
G- Sikeetha Shepard- Marshall
F- Ofa Tulikihihifo- Cal State Northridge
G- Chelsi Welch- Oklahoma