Jones, SWK Earn USBWA All-America Honors
3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball, Terrapin Athletics
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Seniors Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of the Maryland women's basketball team (32-3) are two of 10 of the nation's top players named All-Americans by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association this week.
Jones and Walker-Kimbrough are joined by Connecticut's Naphessa Collier, Gabby Williams and Katie Lou Samuelson, Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State), Kelsey Plum (Washington), Brianna Turner (Notre Dame), Sydney Wiese (Oregon State) and A'ja Wilson (South Carolina).
Both Jones and Walker-Kimbrough were named Associated Press All-Americans Monday. They were two of 14 players in the country named to the Wooden Award National Ballot and two of 10 ESPNW All-Americans. Jones is one of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith Trophy. They earned a record of 125-17 (.880) in their careers.
Jones led the Terrapins in scoring and rebounding with 19.9 points and 10.9 boards per game. Her 697 points this season set a school record for points in a season. She led the nation in field goal percentage at 69.0 percent for the second straight year.
Walker-Kimbrough averaged 18.8 points per game while shooting 45.0 percent. She also had 125 assists. Walker-Kimbrough is No. 4 on Maryland's all-time scoring list with 2,156 career points. Her career three-point percentage of 45.9 percent is the best in Maryland history, ahead of Toliver's 40.8 percent, and is a Big Ten record.
Jones' career field goal percentage of 65.0 percent is a Big Ten record as well. She is No. 3 on Maryland's rebounding list with 1,209 career boards and tied Vicky Bullet for No. 5 on Maryland's scoring list with 1,928 points.
They led the Terrapins to three Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, the 2014 and 2015 Final Fours and the 2017 Sweet Sixteen.
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