ESPN Women's Basketball

Forty-eight players, including 2004 Kodak All-Americans Seimone Augustus, Shyra Ely and Janel McCarville, were named finalists for the 2005 Division I Kodak Women's All-America Basketball Team, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and The Eastman Kodak Company announced Monday.

WBCA member coaches in each of the eight WBCA geographical districts voted on the teams. Six players in each region also were named regional All-Americans, thsu becoming eligible for the 10-member Kodak/WBCA All-America team.

The finalists:

Region 1

Jacqueline Batteast		Notre Dame		Senior
Meg Bulger			West Virginia 	Sophomore
Megan Duffy		Notre Dame		Junior
Anna Montañana		George Washington	Senior
Cappie Pondexter		Rutgers		Senior
Ann Strother		Connecticut	Junior

Region 2

Monique Currie		Duke		Junior
Shay  Doron		Maryland		Sophomore
Shareese Grant		Old Dominion	Senior
Roneeka Hodges		Florida State	Senior
Tamara James		Miami		Junior
Ivory Latta		North Carolina	Sophomore

Region 3

Seimone Augustus		LSU		Junior
Ashley Earley		Vanderbilt		Senior
Shyra Ely			Tennessee		Senior
Tasha Humphrey		Georgia		Freshman
Temeka Johnson		LSU		Senior 
Tan White			Mississippi State	Senior

Region 4

Ryan Coleman		Eastern Michigan	Senior
Jazz Covington		Louisville		Sophomore
Jessica Dickson		South Florida	Sophomore
Kate Endress		Ball State		Senior
Sandora Irvin		TCU		Senior
Khara Smith		DePaul		Junior

Region 5

Steffanie Blackmon		Baylor		Senior
Dionnah Jackson		Oklahoma		Senior
Tiffany Jackson		Texas		Sophomore
Anne O'Neil		Iowa State		Senior
Sophia Young		Baylor		Junior
Kendra Wecker		Kansas State	Senior 

Region 6

Jessica Davenport		Ohio State		Sophomore
Janel McCarville		Minnesota		Senior
Tiffany Mor		Michigan State	Senior
Liz Shimek			Michigan State	Junior
Jess Strom			Penn State		Senior
Tanisha Wright		Penn State		Senior

Region 7

Tasha Crain		Louisiana Tech	Junior
Janielle Dodds		Southern Methodist	Freshman
Ashley Elliott		Wyoming		Senior
Julie Gjertsen		Weber State	Senior
Kim Smith			Utah		Junior
Shona Thorburn		Utah		Junior

Region 8

Nikki Blue			UCLA		Junior
Cathrine Kraayeveld 		Oregon		Senior
Kristen Mann		UC Santa Barbara	Senior
Shawntinice Polk 		Arizona		Junior
Dee-Dee Wheeler		Arizona		Senior
Candice Wiggins		Stanford		Freshman