By: Jill Wunrow
GreenBayPhoenix.com
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - As No. 10/10 Green Bay (30-1, 17-1 HL) prepares for its fourth
consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament, senior Julie Wojta (Francis Creek,
Wis.) adds another accolade to her resume for announcers to talk about during
the game as she was one of 52 players named an All-Region nominee for the WBCA
Coaches' All-America Team.
On Mar. 19, the
list of 52 will be trimmed to 40 finalists who will then be in the running for selection
to the 10-member WBCA Division I Coaches' All-America Team.
This Horizon
League Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Tournament MVP was
also named as one of 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award, is on the Wade
Watch Trophy list and the Naismith list.
Wojta has had a
record season with the Phoenix, becoming one of the program's most decorated
players. The 6'0" forward has moved into the top-10 in 10 statistical
categories on Green Bay's individual career record list this season. Wojta owns
the Division I program record with 34 career double double performances,
tallying 18 during the 2011-12 season.
Green Bay will
face No. 10 seed Iowa State (18-12, 9-9 Big 12) in the first
round of the NCAA Tournament Saturday, Mar. 17 in Ames, Iowa at 5:30 p.m.
at the Hilton Coliseum. Entering the contest, Wojta's 3.6 steals per game ranks
first among players in the 64-team field. The senior captain leads the Phoenix
averaging 19.8 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, ranking 19th and 22nd in the
nation in the respective statistics.
In addition to
Wojta being a Region 6 nominee, Iowa State junior Chelsea Poppens is a Region 5
All-America Team nominee.
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