WACO, Texas - Baylor Lady Bear basketball post Brittney Griner was selected a second-team All-America by The Associated Press, Tuesday.

Griner, a 6-8 freshman, has set numerous NCAA Division I, Big 12 Conference and Baylor records this season with her shot-blocking prowess, establishing a new single-season block mark with 218. She recently broke the NCAA €ˆTournament blocked shot record, rejecting 35 through four tournament contests with at least one more game to go.

Griner has led the 27-9 Baylor squad to the NCAA Women's Final Four this season for the second time in school history. She is averaging 18.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and a nation's-leading 6.4 blocks per game.

The Houston native was recently named the Memphis Regional's Most Outstanding Player after leading Baylor to NCAA Tournament victories over top-seeded and No. 3 ranked Tennessee and second-seeded and sixth-ranked Duke. In four games of NCAA €ˆTournament play, she is averaging 16.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 8.8 blocks per game.

In addition, Griner has been named to the WBCA/State Farm All-Region 5 team and earned the Big 12 Conference's Freshman of the Year, Co-Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Big 12 first team, All-Defensive team and All-Freshman team.

Griner joins six other Lady Bears who previously were named AP All-America seven times: 2002 - Danielle Crockrom (HM), 2005 - Sophia Young (2nd team), Steffanie Blackmon (3rd team), 2006 - Sophia Young (1st team), 2007 - Bernice Mosby (HM), 2008 - Rachel Allison (HM), Angela Tisdale (HM).

A complete listing of The AP All-America awards follow:

FIRST TEAM
Maya Moore, Connecticut, 6-0, Junior
Tina Charles, Connecticut, 6-4, Senior
Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska, 6-2, Senior
Monica Wright, Virginia, 5-11, Senior
Jantel Lavender, Ohio State, 6-4, Junior

SECOND TEAM
Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State, 5-5, Senior
Nnemka Ogwumike, Stanford, 6-2, Sophomore
Jayne Appel, Stanford, 6-4, Senior
Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee State, 5-10, Senior
Brittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, Freshman

THIRD TEAM
Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma, 5-9, Junior
Jasmine Thomas, Duke, 5-9, Junior
Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky, 6-1, Junior
Elena Delle Donne, Delaware, 6-5, Freshman
Amber Harris, Xavier, 6-4, Junior

HONORABLE MENTION
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M; Kachine Alexander, Iowa; Angie Bjorklund, Tennessee; Alyssa DeHaan, Michigan State; Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame; Dawn Evans, James Madison; Rachele Fitz, Marist' Tyra Grant, Penn State; Alexis Gray-Lawson, California; Kalana Greene, Connecticut; Allison Hightower, LSU; Alison Lacey, Iowa State; Judie Lomax, Columbia; Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts; Gabriela Marginiean, Drexel; Nicole Michael, Syracuse; Jacinta Monroe, Florida State; Kayla Pedersen, Stanford; Ta'Shia Phillips, Xavier; Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State; Chastity Reed, Arkansas-Little Rock; Sugar Rodgers, Georgetown; Lindsey Schraeder, Notre Dame; Tanisha Smith, Texas A&M.