March 17, 2009
Vote for Wirth for Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (Once a Day until March 22)
Vanderbilt senior forward Christina Wirth has been named a regional finalist for the 2009 State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team, as announced Tuesday by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
Today’s selection of 52 regional finalists, including seven student-athletes from Region 3, will be narrowed down to a list of 40 national finalists on Thursday, March 25. Those 40 finalists will all be in the running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team.
The State Farm Coaches’ All-America Basketball Team for NCAA Division I will then be announced at the State Farm Coaches’ All-America Team Press Conference at the Renaissance Grand and Suites Hotel on April 4, at 9:45 a.m. CT in St. Louis, Mo.
A unanimous first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, Wirth averaged 15.8 points per game while leading the Commodores to their 10th straight berth in the NCAA Tournament. Vanderbilt won the SEC Tournament for the fourth time in eight years, and for the sixth time overall.
Vanderbilt will open its 2009 NCAA Tournament run on Saturday, March 21, at The Pit in Albuquerque, N.M. The No. 4 seed Commodores will play 13th-seeded Western Carolina at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
All-America Region 3 Finalists
Whitney Boddie (Auburn)
DeWanna Bonner (Auburn)
Sha Brooks (Florida)
Siarre Evans (ETSU)
Allison Hightower (LSU)
Ashley Houts (Georgia)
Christina Wirth (Vanderbilt)