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AMANDA GRAPPE NAMED FOURTH-TEAM WOMEN'S
DIVISION II BULLETIN ALL-AMERICA SELECTION
BEAVERTON,
Oregon –
Arkansas Tech’s
Amanda Grappe continued to add to her laurels on
Wednesday as the senior forward was named a Fourth-Team
All-America by the Women’s NCAA Division II Bulletin in
its April issue.
 The
Women’s Division II Bulletin, which has been published
since 1993, is the leading publication covering Division
II women’s basketball in the country.
It
is the second All-America honor that Grappe has earned
in the past 10 days as she was named a First-Team NCAA
Division II WBCA State Farm Coaches’ All-America
selection last Monday on the eve of the NCAA Division II
Women’s Elite Eight in San Antonio, Texas.
“Amanda Grappe had an outstanding season and an
outstanding career as a Golden Sun and is truly
deserving of her All-American honors,”
Golden Suns Head Coach Dave Wilbers said. “She
had an outstanding season for our basketball team and
had an outstanding career as a Golden Sun. She is truly
one of the all-time greats that have played in this
tradition-rich program.”
Grappe, who was an Honorable Mention Women’s Division II
Bulletin All-America last season, moves up to fourth
team this season
after being named the GSC West Division Player of the
Year and was also named a three-time All-GSC West
Division selection. She finished this past season
averaging 19.0 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, along
with shooting 54 percent from the field, 42 percent from
the 3-point line and 78 percent at the free throw line.
Grappe finished her Tech career as the program’s 10th
all-time leading scorer (1,738 points) and the program’s
fourth all-time leading rebounder (791 boards). In
addition, she recorded 27 double-digit scoring games
this season and had a team-best nine double-doubles and
was named the GSC West Division Player of the Week three
times. In her career, she had 94 career double-digit
scoring efforts, 20 double-doubles and 29 games of
scoring 20 or more points, including five career 30-plus
point games.
Along with her Women’s Division II Bulletin Fourth-Team
All-America and her First-Team NCAA Division II WBCA
State Farm Coaches’ All-America honors, Grappe was also
named a repeat First-Team Daktronics All-South Region
honoree.
Grappe was one of four players from the Gulf South
Conference to be named a 2009 Women’s Division II
Bulletin All-American. West Georgia senior guard Dominic
Cranford, the GSC East Division Player of the Year, was
named a Second-Team All-America selection, while West
Georgia senior forward Ashley Huff and Delta State
sophomore guard Sarita ‘Bug’ Cooper were named Honorable
Mention All-America selections.
Listed below are the Women’s Division II Bulletin
All-America teams and Honorable Mention All-America
selections. Hillsdale senior forward Katie Cezat, who
averaged 29.3 points and 16.8 rebounds per game and shot
55.5 percent from the field was named the Women’s
Division II Bulletin Player of the Year.
First Team
Katie Cezat Hillsdale
[MI] Senior Forward
Johanna Leedham Franklin
Pierce Junior Center
Rebecca Kielpinski Alaska
Anchorage Senior Center
Anna Atkinson
Wingate Senior Guard
Emily Brister West Texas
A&M Senior Guard
Second Team
Jessica Keller Quincy
[IL] Senior Guard
Brittney Jordan Texas
A&M-Commerce Senior Guard
Heather Johnson Minnesota
State Senior Guard
Lauren Beckley Shippensburg
[PA] Junior Forward
Dominic Cranford West
Georgia Senior Guard
Third Team
Stephanie Sarosi Nova
Southeastern Junior Center
Jahzinga Tracey Indiana
[PA] Senior Guard
Catherine Carr Holy
Family Sophomore Forward
Tori Hansen West
Liberty Sophomore Guard
Esety Flores Barton
[NC] Junior Guard
Fourth Team
Jade Meads
Nebraska-Kearney Senior Guard
Amanda Grappe Arkansas
Tech Senior Forward
Michelle Osier UC-San
Diego Senior Forward
Ida Edwards Emporia
State
Senior Forward
Brooque Williams California
[PA] Junior Guard
Honorable Mention
Lizzie Brenner Central
Oklahoma Senior
Janice
Bright Washburn
Senior
Vera Jo Busros Adams
State Sophomore
Alira Carpenter Montana State-Billings
Senior
Reyana Colson Cal Poly Pomona
Sophomore
Sarita ‘Bug’ Cooper Delta
State Sophomore
Jennifer DiChiara Queens
[NY] Sophomore
Tatoama Ellis St.
Paul’s Junior
Katie Franci Humboldt
State Senior
Kristina Freeman Gannon
[PA] Junior
Natalie Gamez St. Mary’s
[TX] Senior
Jasmine Gunn
Tusculum Sophomore
Ashley Huff West
Georgia Senior
Kristy McLean Bentley
[MA] Senior
Shantrell Moss Clark
Atlanta Senior
Samantha Murphy Grand Canyon
Sophomore
Joanne Noreen Minnesota
State Senior
Kevina Ransom Francis
Marion Senior
Renee Renz Texas
Women’s Senior
Lauren Revesz Saint
Rose Senior
Kelsey Simonds Stonehill
[MA] Junior
Jessie Slack Northern
Kentucky Senior
Phoebe Smith Columbus State
Junior
Megan Starnes Northwood [MI]
Senior
Katie Tacheny St. Cloud
State Senior
Nia
Torru Incarnate
Word Junior
Paulina Tuell Regis
[CO] Senior
Sarah Van Horn West Virginia Wesleyan
Senior
Jihan Williams
Charleston Senior
Latoya
Wily BYU-Hawai’i
Senior
Kate Wysocky Michigan
Tech Junior
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