Boston College Athletics
Jacobs Earns Associated Press All-America honors
March 26, 2004 | Women's Basketball
March 26, 2004
Boston, Mass. - Boston College point guard Amber Jacobs (Clarks Summit, Pa.) earned Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention honors. As announced recently by the Associated Press, Jacobs made the cut as one of the top 32 players in the nation.
Jacobs, an All-BIG EAST second team and BIG EAST All-Tournament team member, is currently BC's second-leading scorer with 14.9 points per game. A co-captain, she has led the Eagles to their best record in school history (27-6) and a repeat trip to the NCAA Sweet 16. This past weekend, Jacobs and the No. 18 Eagles won their first two NCAA Tournament games, defeating Eastern Michigan (58-56) and No. 21 Ohio State (63-48).
The complete listing of the 2004 AP All-America teams is as follows:
FIRST TEAM Alana Beard, Duke, 5-11, junior Diana Taurasi, Connecticut, 6-0, junior Kelly Mazzante, Penn State, 6-0, senior Nicole Powell, Stanford, 6-2, senior Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State, 6-5, seniorSECOND TEAM Chandi Jones, Houston, 5-10, senior Shereka Wright, Purdue, 5-10, senior Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota, 5-9, senior Stacy Stephens, Texas, 6-1, senior Vanessa Hayden, Florida, 6-4, senior
THIRD TEAM Seimone Augustus, LSU, 6-1, sophomore Shameka Christon, Arkansas, 6-1, senior Shyra Ely, Tennessee, 6-2, junior Kendra Wecker, Kansas State, 5-11 Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers, 5-9, junior
HONORABLE MENTION Jacqueline Batteast, Notre Dame Tera Bjorklund, Colorado Rebekkah Brunson, Georgetown Amisha Carter, Louisiana Tech Emily Faurholt, Idaho Katie Feenstra, Liberty Trina Frierson, Louisiana Tech Sandora Irvin, Texas Christian Amber Jacobs, Boston College Cathy Joens, George Washington Temeka Johnson, Louisiana State Giuliana Mendiola, Washington Kristen Mann, UC-Santa Barbara Janel McCarville, Minnesota Sara Nord, Louisville Shawntinice Polk, Arizona Heather Schreiber, Texas Khara Smith, DePaul Christi Thomas, Georgia Iciss Tillis, Duke Tanisha Wright, Penn State
