Lady Bears Crockrom and Lambert Honored by Sportswriters
3/14/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 14, 2001
Baylor juniors Sheila Lambert and Danielle Crockrom became the first Baylor Lady Bears to be named to the Associated Press' All-America team. The duo was named honorable mention by a national media panel.
Crockrom and Lambert have combined to score 43.6 points a game for Baylor en route to leading the team to a 21-8 record and the program's first NCAA Tournament berth.
Lambert, a 5-7 guard from Seattle, Wash. (Chief Sealth HS), leads the Big 12 in scoring and is among the nation's leaders in scoring and assists ranking six th in scoring (22.3 ppg) and 17th in assists (6.1 apg). Crockrom, a 6-2 forward from Houston (North Shore HS), leads the Big 12 in rebounding at 11.6 a game which ranks her sixth in the nation. In addition her 21.3 points a game are 12th best nationally and third in the Big 12.
Lambert and Crockrom are the program's first AP All-Americans. Suzie Snider Eppers was a Kodak All-American in 1977 and Debbie Polk was an all-region selection in 1982.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ALL-AMERICA TEAM
First Team
Ruth Riley, Notre Dame, Jackie Stiles, Southwest Missouri State, Katie Douglas, Purdue, Kelly Miller, Georgia and Stacey Dales, Oklahoma.
Second Team
Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut, LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State, Tamika Catchings, Tennessee, Marie Ferdinand, Louisiana State, Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt.
Third Team
Deanna Jackson, Alabama-Birmingham, Angie Welle, Iowa State, Sue Bird, Connecticut, Georgia Schweitzer, Duke, Niele Ivey, Notre Dame.
Honorable Mention
LaQuanda Barksdale, North Carolina, Alana Beard, Duke, Swin Cash, Connecticut, Cara Consuegra, Iowa, Camille Cooper, Purdue, Danielle Crockrom, Baylor, Linda Frohlich, UNLV, Sheila Lambert, Baylor, Gwen Jackson, Tennessee, Kara Lawson, Tennessee, Brandi McCain, Florida, Coco Miller, Georgia, Carisse Moody, North Carolina State, Tamara Moore, Wisconsin, Deanna Nolan, Georgia, Michaela Pavlickova, Denver, Jennifer Phillips, Xavier, Tasha Pointer, Rutgers, Felicia Ragland, Oregon State, Shea Ralph, Connecticut, Semeka Randall, Tennessee, Michelle Snow, Tennessee, Taru Tuukkanen, xavier, Ayana Walker, Louisiana Tech.
