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Raegan Beers' first season in an Oklahoma women's basketball uniform was an unqualified success.
On Wednesday, she added to her trophy case.
Beers, the 6-foot-4 junior center who transferred from Oregon State before the season, was named an Honorable Mention All-American by both the Associated Press and the United States Basketball Writers Association. It marked the second straight year she earned such honors.
Beers led the Sooners in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots, averaging 17.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game. Her 66% shooting from the field ranked fourth in Division I. In addition, Beers notched 12 double-doubles during the regular season, the most games with a double-double since Joanna McFarland had 14 in the 2012-13 season.
The All-American honors are just the latest on her resume. Earlier in March, Beers was named to the All-SEC first team and selected as a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award. In the penultimate week of the regular season, she earned USBWA National Player of the Week honors after scoring 30 points in consecutive games against Vanderbilt and Arkansas. In reaching that total in two straight, she became the first Oklahoma women's basketball player to do so since Courtney Paris more than 15 years ago.
Beers' All-American honor also marked the fourth straight season the Sooners have had at least one All-American under coach Jennie Baranczyk. Skylar Vann, Madi Williams, and Taylor Robertson also received All-American honors.Oklahoma will seek to keep its season going Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The third-seeded Sooners will play No. 14-seed Florida-Gulf Coast in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which can be seen on ESPNU.
First Team
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Paige Buckers, Connecticut
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
JuJu Watkins, Southern California
Second Team
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Third team
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Kiki Iriafen, Southern California
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Sarah Strong, Connecticut
Hailey Van Lith, Texas Christian
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Raegan Beers named Honorable Mention All-American
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On Wednesday, she added to her trophy case.
Beers, the 6-foot-4 junior center who transferred from Oregon State before the season, was named an Honorable Mention All-American by both the Associated Press and the United States Basketball Writers Association. It marked the second straight year she earned such honors.
Beers led the Sooners in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots, averaging 17.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks per game. Her 66% shooting from the field ranked fourth in Division I. In addition, Beers notched 12 double-doubles during the regular season, the most games with a double-double since Joanna McFarland had 14 in the 2012-13 season.
The All-American honors are just the latest on her resume. Earlier in March, Beers was named to the All-SEC first team and selected as a finalist for the Lisa Leslie Center of the Year Award. In the penultimate week of the regular season, she earned USBWA National Player of the Week honors after scoring 30 points in consecutive games against Vanderbilt and Arkansas. In reaching that total in two straight, she became the first Oklahoma women's basketball player to do so since Courtney Paris more than 15 years ago.
Beers' All-American honor also marked the fourth straight season the Sooners have had at least one All-American under coach Jennie Baranczyk. Skylar Vann, Madi Williams, and Taylor Robertson also received All-American honors.Oklahoma will seek to keep its season going Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The third-seeded Sooners will play No. 14-seed Florida-Gulf Coast in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which can be seen on ESPNU.
USBWA All-American Teams
First Team
Lauren Betts, UCLA
Paige Buckers, Connecticut
Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
Aneesah Morrow, LSU
JuJu Watkins, Southern California
Second Team
Georgia Amoore, Kentucky
Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, Texas
Ta'Niya Latson, Florida State
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Third team
Audi Crooks, Iowa State
Kiki Iriafen, Southern California
Flau'Jae Johnson, LSU
Sarah Strong, Connecticut
Hailey Van Lith, Texas Christian
This article originally appeared on Sooners Wire: Raegan Beers named Honorable Mention All-American
Continue reading...
