April 2, 2008
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -
Four Maryland women's basketball players received national honors from the Associated Press, the AP recently announced. Senior Crystal Langhorne and junior Kristi Toliver were selected second team All-Americans, the second time in school history the Terps have had more than one honoree in a season. Marissa Coleman and Laura Harper were honorable mention picks.
Currently leading the nation in field goal percentage and potentially the first player in NCAA history to do so in three times, Crystal Langhorne (Willingboro, N.J./Willingboro) becomes the only three-time All-American in school history, garnering AP honors three-consecutive years. She ends her career as the most decorated player in Maryland women's basketball history. This season, she was the ACC's Player of the Year and was an All-ACC honoree for the fourth time in her career, the only player in school history to achieve the feat. She is also one of only 10 players in league history to be named to the first team three times. Langhorne led the team in scoring (17.3) and rebounding (9.4), ranking third in the ACC in both categories.
Langhorne's leaves College Park as the program's all-time leading scorer and rebounder, tallying 2,247 points and 1,229 rebounds. The only player in Maryland men's or women's basketball history with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, Langhorne has started the most women's basketball games in school history, breaking the record by one game. She also owns the school marks for field goal percentage (.652), field goals made (469) and free throw attempts (747). The ACC's all-time field goal shooting leader, she ranks sixth all-time in scoring and is tied for fourth in rebounding.
Langhorne's jersey was honored by the University earlier this season on Feb. 24 at the conclusion of the Terps' final regular-season home game vs. Florida State. She is one of just five players to have her number hanging from the rafters.
Kristi Toliver (Harrisonburg, Va./Harrisonburg) becomes the sixth player in Maryland women's basketball history to be named an All-American and only the second selected by the AP. Toliver was named to the NCAA Spokane Regional All-Tournament team and ranks fifth in the nation in assists per game (7.4), while leading the ACC in the category. She was second behind Langhorne in scoring, recording a career-high 17.1 ppg. Toliver broke the ACC'S single-season assists mark (275), a 30-year old record held by former Terrapin and Hall of Famer Tara Heiss. Toliver also broke school records this season for three-pointers made (78), career threes made (209) and passed the 1,000-point career mark. She scored 631 points this season the fourth-most points by a Terrapin in program history.
Marissa Coleman (Cheltenham, Md./St. John's College [D.C.]) is an honorable mention for the second-straight year. She was named to the second team All-ACC squad for the second-straight year, averaging a career-high 16.1 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game. She scored her 1,500th point this season, also breaking the program's single-season free throw record, sinking 166 while shooting 81.0 from the charity stripe.
Laura Harper (Elkins Park, Pa./Cheltenham) also had a career season, breaking the school record for career blocks (198). She averaged career highs of 14.1 ppg and 8.5 rpg, while also shooting a career-best .603 from the floor. She scored over 1,400 points in her career and was named third team All-ACC team, her first-career conference postseason honor.
This year, Maryland became the first team in NCAA history with four active players with 1,400 career points. The Terps advanced to the Elite Eight for the second time in three years, posting a 33-4 record, the second 30-win campaign in three seasons.
AP All-America List
FIRST TEAM
Candace Parker, Tennessee
Courtney Paris, Oklahoma
Candice Wiggins, Stanford
Sylvia Fowles, LSU
Maya Moore, Connecticut
SECOND TEAM
Crystal Langhorne, Maryland
Erlana Larkins, North Carolina
Angel McCoughtry, Louisville
Kristi Toliver, Maryland
Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State
THIRD TEAM
Amber Holt, Middle Tennessee State
Renee Montgomery, Connecticut
Leilani Mitchell, Utah
Epiphanny Prince, Rutgers
Tina Charles, Connecticut,br>
HONORABLE MENTION
(In alphabetical order)
Charel Allen, Notre Dame; Rachel Allison, Baylor; Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin; Matee Ajavon, Rutgers; Jayne Appel, Stanford; Kimberly Beck, George Washington; Chante Black, Duke; Shannon Bobbitt, Tennessee; DeWanna Bonner, Auburn; Essence Carson, Rutgers; Kristi Cirone, Illinois State; Marissa Coleman, Maryland; Kimberly Dietz, Kansas State; Janelle Dodds, SMU; Natalie Doma, Idaho State; Robyn Fairbanks, Utah Valley State; Claire Faucher, Portland State; A'Quonesia Franklin, Texas A&M; Devanei Hampton, California; Laura Harper, Maryland; Tasha Humphrey, Georgia; Charde Houston, Connecticut; Briann January, Arizona State; Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky; Natasha Lacy, UTEP; Jantel Lavender, Ohio State; Jeomi Maduka, Cornell; Jackie McFarland, Colorado; Lindsey Pluimer, UCLA; LaToya Pringle, North Carolina; Allie Quigley, DePaul; Adrianne Ross, TCU; Olayinka Sanni, West Virginia; Jenna Smith, Illinois; Takia Starks, Texas A&M; Angela Tisdale, Baylor; Ashley Walker, California; Marcedes Walker, Pittsburgh; Abby Waner, Duke; Morgan Warburton, Utah; Khadijah Whittington, N.C. State; Tierre Wilson, Fresno State; Monica Wright; Virginia; Tamera Young, James Madison; Hannah Zavecz, Wyoming.
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