March 31, 2007
GALLERY
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Maryland junior Crystal Langhorne was named to the 10-member Kodak/WBCA All-America team, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio, site of the 2007 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Four. Langhorne becomes Maryland's first honoree of the prestigious honor since 1989.
Crystal Langhorne (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) has already been named to two other All-America teams earlier this week. She has also earned spots on the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's (USBWA) and the Associated Press' (AP) All-American teams, the second time she's garnered both honors. The Kodak All-American recognition is the first for the New Jersey native and the first for Maryland since Vicky Bullett and Deanna Tate, who were both selected in 1989.
For the second-straight year, Langhorne led the nation in field goal shooting, making a school- and ACC-record 70.7 percent of her attempts, just 1.7 percent off the NCAA record. A three-time All-ACC pick, she is the only player in school history to tally three 500-point seasons, leading the team in scoring (14.9 ppg) and also rebounding (8.1 rpg). Langhorne scored in double figures in all but two games this year and in 96 of 104 career contests. She posted 11 double-doubles and is the ACC's active leader in the category, recording 44 in her three seasons.
Leading Maryland to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-consecutive year after the Terps won the 2006 NCAA Championship title, Langhorne ended the season ranked third at Maryland in career scoring (1,711) and second in career rebounding (939).
Langhorne's national honors this year include being one of 12 finalists for the Wade Trophy, the WBCA's national player of the year honor. She was a Kodak/WBCA Region II All-American for the second time, en route to earning the national accolade. Langhorne was also a candidate for the John R. Wooden Award and Naismith Award, both presented to the sport's top collegiate player.
In the 33-year history of the Kodak/WBCA All-American team, Maryland has had four players named to the all-star team, including Langhorne. Jasmina Perazic was the first selected in 1983, while Bullett and Tate were selected six years later. Debbie Lytle was an AWSI All-American in 1982.
The other nine members of the Kodak/WBCA All-America squad Lindsey Harding of Duke, Jessica Davenport of Ohio State, North Carolina's Ivory Latta, , Candice Wiggins from Stanford, Candace Parker from Tennessee, Louisville's Angel McCoughtry, LSU's Sylvia Fowles, Oklahoma's Courtney Paris and Mississippi's Arminite Price. Langhorne was on of six non-seniors selected to the squad.
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