VIRGINIA TECH | 2017-18 WBB Team Guide

49 Win HokiesWBB HokiesWBB HokiesWBB Women’s Basketball News Service named Tere Williams to the 1998 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. She 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; Amy 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). Ieva Kublina led Tech with 26 points against Iowa in the 2004 NCAA tournament. Tere Williams and the Hokies won a first round game in the 2001 NCAA Tournament before losing to Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.