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Jenny Root was
the 1995 Metro
Conference Player
of the Year.
Vanessa Panousis
became the most
recent member of
the 1,000 point
club, hitting the
mark in 2016.
Freshman All-America third team. In 2008, Brittany Cook was a third-team
selection to the ESPN The Magazine All-America team.
ALL-ATLANTIC COAST
CONFERENCE
Uju Ugoka was the most recent Hokie to be recognized by the ACC,
earning Second Team honors after averaging 18.4 points and 9.6 rebounds
per game in 2013-14. She finished the season ranked eighth in the league
in scoring and third in rebounding.
Utahya Drye was a 2010 honorable mention All-ACC selection after
leading the Hokies in scoring. Kerri Gardin represented Virginia Tech on
the All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, earning honorable mention honors
during the 2004-05 season. Gardin averaged a double-double against
the rest of the league, with 12.2 points per game during ACC play, while
pulling down 10.1 rebounds a contest. Both were team-highs during the
conference slate.
Gardin again earned all-conference honors during the 2005-06 season.
She was second on the team in scoring with 12.4 points per game, and
she led the league in rebounds per contest, pulling down 10.0 per game.
Kirby Copeland was an honorable mention selection for the 2006-
07 season. Copeland led the team in scoring (15.0), assists (146) and
steals (68).
Brittany Cook, after leading the ACC in scoring, was named to the
2007-08 all-conference second team.
ALL-BIG EAST
CONFERENCE
Williams was the first Hokie to be selected for All-BIG EAST honors
after being named to the all-conference second team following the 2000-
01 season. Ieva Kublina was selected as the 2001-02 BIG EAST Most
Improved Player and was named to the all-conference second team. Sarah
Hicks was a member of the 2001-02 all-conference third team. Kublina
became the first Tech player to be named to the All-BIG EAST first team in
2002-03, and Carrie Mason was named to the 2003 BIG EAST All-Rookie
team. Kublina was selected to the 2004 All-BIG EAST second team.
ALL-ATLANTIC 10
CONFERENCE
The Hokies were well represented on the All-Atlantic 10 Conference
teams during their five years in the league. Michelle Houseright was the
first Virginia Tech player named to the All-Atlantic 10 team in 1996 as a
second-team selection and Lisa Witherspoon was a second-team pick
in 1999. Other Hokies named to the team include Tere Williams, a first-
team selection in 1999 and 2000 and a second-team member in 1998;
Wetzel, a second-team choice in 1999 and 2000; and Chrystal Starling,
a member of the third team in 2000.
ALL-METRO
CONFERENCE
In 14 seasons as a Metro Conference member, Virginia Tech placed
12 players on the all-conference team, including Jenny Root, who was
honored as the 1994-95 Metro Player of the Year. Hokies named to the
first team include Taiqua Brittingham (1984), Renee Dennis (1986, 87),
Susan Walvius (1986), Amy Byrne (1989) and Root (1994, 95). Second-
team selections include Angie Kelly (1986), Maureen Donovan (1987),
Michelle Bain (1988), Amy Byrne (1989), Missy Sallade (1989, ’90), Jeni
Garber (1991), Lisa Griffith (1992), Christi Osborne (1993, ’94, ’95) and
Root (1993).
TOURNAMENT
STARS
Virginia Tech players have left their mark in postseason play through the
years. Vanessa Panousis became the Hokies’ first ACC All-Tournament
team selection in 2015, earning second team honors. Ieva Kublina was
named to the 2003 BIG EAST All-Tournament team and to the 2002
WNIT All-Tournament team. Tere Williams (1998) and Amy Wetzel (1999)
were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Tournament team, as was Michelle
Houseright (1998). Christi Osborne was a three-time member of the All-
Metro Tournament team (1992, 93, 94) and was selected as the 1994
Most Valuable Player. Two-time All-Metro tournament members include
Taiqua Brittingham (1983-84), Renee Dennis (1986-87), Jeni Garber
(1988-89) and Sue Logsdon (1993-94).
FRESHMAN
PHENOMS
Freshmen have made an immediate impact on the women’s basketball
program through the years. Andrea Barbour was a member of the
2007-08 ACC All-Freshman team, and Carrie Mason was named as a
2002-03 honorable mention selection to the WomensCollegeHoops.
com All-American Freshman team and was a member of the BIG EAST
All-Rookie Team. Williams was named to the 1998 Women’s Basketball
News Service Freshman All-American third team as well as being named
Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Year. Virginia Tech placed one player on the
Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team in each of its five seasons in the league. Three
Hokies, Garber (1988-89), Logsdon (1990-91) and Osborne (1991-92),
were named to the Metro Conference All-Rookie team.
1,000-POINT
CLUB
Twenty-three Virginia Tech women’s basketball players have reached
the 1,000-point plateau, with the most recent being Vanessa Panousis,
who joined the club during the 2015-16 season. Panousis became just
the ninth player in program history to reach the mark as a junior. Renee
Dennis, Tech’s all-time leading scorer, totaled 1,791 points during her
Tech career. Other Hokies who have reached the 1,000-point plateau are:
Tere Williams (1,750), Ieva Kublina (1,647), Jenny Root (1,582), Christi
Osborne (1,500), Amy Wetzel (1,444), Carrie Mason (1,369), Chrystal
Starling (1,340), Monet Tellier (1,331), Amy Byrne (1,291), Utahya Drye
(1,166), SusanWalvius (1,161), Robin Lee (1,147), Dawn Chriss (1,121),
Erin Gibson (1,117), Michelle Houseright (1,112), Kirby Copeland (1,094),
Sarah Hicks (1,092), Angie Kelly (1,092), Michelle Bain (1,068), Kerri
Gardin (1,061), Lisa Griffith (1,033) and Brittany Cook (1,006).