Eastern Michigan Athletics
Coleman Receives Kodak/WBCA All-American Honorable Mention Honors
4/3/2006 2:24:57 PM | Women's Basketball
Coleman receives the honor for the second consecutive season
YPSILANTI, Mich.-- Eastern Michigan University women’s basketball standout Ryan Coleman (Detroit, Mich.-Comm. & Media Arts) has been recognized as a Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Team Honorable Mention selection for the 2005-06 season. The announcement was made Saturday, April 1, by a selection committee representing each of the eight WBCA geographical regions.
Coleman was one of 48 finalists from which the committee selected 10 of the top women’s basketball players in the nation to be honored as All-Americans, while the the rest of the finalists received honorable mention accolades.
The senior led the Eagles in points (16.9 per game), field goals made (165), three-pointers made (32), assists (4.1 per game), steals (2.1 per game), blocks (0.6 per game) and minutes (36.9 per game). The Detroit native finished among the conference leaders in scoring, field-goal percentage, rebounds, blocks, steals and assists.
A starter in 25 games this season, and in 115 since coming to Eastern Michigan in 2002, Coleman scored in double figures in every game this season, including six 20-point performances. The 2005-06 preseason All-MAC honoree has rewritten the EMU and Mid-American Conference record books in her four years at EMU. She became just the 12th player in school history to score 1,000 points last season. She ranks in the top 20 in the history of the MAC in scoring and became just the second player in MAC history to record 1,500 points, 600 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 steals in a career.
Last season Coleman became just the second player in school history to garner Kodak/WBCA Honorable Mention All-American honors. The Detroit native has been named MAC Player of the Week nine times, the third-most in conference history. She also is the second player in school history to record a triple-double in a single game, doing that during her junior season.
EMU posted a 22-7 overall record and 15-1 mark in MAC play. The Green and White’s 22 wins are tied for the second most in program history and marked EMU’s third consecutive 20-win season. The Eagles made their third consecutive national postseason tournament appearance, with a berth in the 2006 Postseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).
Kodak/WBCA All-American Team
Name Institution Year
Seimone Augustus Louisiana State Univ. Sr.
Monique Currie Duke University Sr.
Jessica Davenport Ohio State University Jr.
Tasha Humphrey University of Georgia So.
Ivory Latta Univ.of North Carolina Jr.
Courtney Paris University of Oklahoma Fr.
Candace Parker University of Tennessee Fr.
Cappie Pondexter Rutgers University Sr.
Candice Wiggins Stanford University So.
Sophia Young Baylor University Sr.
Kodak/WBCA Honorable Mention All-American Team
Name Institution Year
Ryan Coleman Eastern Michigan Sr.
Ambrosia Anderson Brigham Young University Sr.
Sherill Baker University of Georgia Sr.
Nikki Blue UCLA Sr.
Melanie Boeglin Indiana State University Sr.
LaToya Bond University of Missouri Sr.
Emily Christian Tennessee Tech Univ. Sr.
LaToya Davis Texas Tech University Sr.
Megan Duffy Univ. of Notre Dame Sr.
Candice Dupree Temple University Sr.
Sylvia Fowles Louisiana State Univ. So.
Katie Gearlds Purdue University Jr.
Erin Grant Texas Tech University Sr.
Lindsey Harding Duke University Jr.
Tiffany Jackson University of Texas Jr.
Tamara James University of Miami Sr.
Kari Koch Missouri State University Sr.
Crystal Langhorne University of Maryland So.
Erlana Larkins Univ. of North Carolina So.
Leilani Mitchell University of Idaho Jr.
Mandy Morales University of Montana Fr.
Eshaya Murphy USC Jr.
Armintie Price University of Mississippi Jr.
Noelle Quinn UCLA Jr.
Aarica Ray-Boyd Louisiana Tech Univ. Sr.
Jillian Robbins University of Tulsa Jr.
Casey Rost Western Michigan Univ. Sr.
Lindsay Shearer Kent State University Sr.
Liz Shimek Michigan State Univ. Sr.
Brooke Smith Stanford University Jr.
Crystal Smith University of Iowa Sr.
Khara Smith DePaul University Sr.
Kim Smith University of Utah Sr.
Ann Strother Univ.of Connecticut Sr.
Zane Teilane Western Illinois Univ. Sr.
Barbara Turner Univ.of Connecticut Sr.
Tasha Williams Louisiana Tech Univ. Sr.
Lisa Willis UCLA Sr.
