Sverrisdottir Receives AP All-America Honor
3/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 30, 2010
FORT WORTH—TCU junior guard/forward Helena Sverrisdottir earned honorable-mention All-America honors from the Associated Press Tuesday. She became only the third player in program history to receive some form of All-America accolade.
Sverrisdottir, who is also a finalist for the WBCA/State Farm All-America Team, was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year this past season while helping the Frogs win their first MWC regular-season championship. The squad advanced to play in the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons.
A native of Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, Sverrisdottir led TCU in assists (5.2 apg) and steals (2.2 spg) in 2009-10 while ranking second in scoring (13.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg). She was the only Mountain West Conference player listed among the league's top-15 individuals in each category. Her 161 assists marked the third-best individual total in school history, and she will enter her senior season as the only TCU player ever to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists in a career.
Former Frogs previously reaching All-America status include Sandora Irvin, a consensus first-team selection as a senior in 2005 and honorable-mention choice as a junior, and Adrianne Ross, an honorable-mention AP pick as a junior in 2004.
Sverrisdottir was joined on the honorable mention list by fellow Mountain West Conference player Kalee Whipple (Utah). The AP also honored three other players from programs in the state of Texas: Baylor center Britney Griner (second team) and Texas A&M forwards Danielle Adams and Tanisha Smith (honorable mention).
2009-10 Associated Press All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
Maya Moore, Connecticut, 6-0, Jr.
Tina Charles, Connecticut, 6-4, Sr.
Kelsey Griffin, Nebraska, 6-2, Sr.
Monica Wright, Virginia, 5-11, Sr.
Jantel Lavender, Ohio State, 6-4, Jr.
SECOND TEAM
Andrea Riley, Oklahoma State, 5-5, Sr.
Nnemka Ogwumike, Stanford, 6-2, So.
Jayne Appel, Stanford, 6-4, Sr.
Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee State, 5-10, Sr.
Brittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, Fr.
THIRD TEAM
Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma, 5-9, Jr.
Jasmine Thomas, Duke, 5-9, Jr.
Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky, 6-1, Jr.
Elena Delle Donne, Delaware, 6-5, Fr.
Amber Harris, Xavier, 6-4, Jr.
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
Da'shena Stevenson, St. John's
Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee
Helena Sverrisdottir, TCU
Bianca Thomas, Mississippi
Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
Courtney Ward, Florida State
Kaylee Whipple, Utah
