Oct. 15, 2003
COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri senior forward Evan Unrau (Fort Collins, Colo. / Rocky Mountain HS) has been selected to Street & Smith's preseason women's All-America team, the magazine announced in its preseason basketball issue.
Unrau is one of 50 players listed by the venerable publication, and one of 30 players given Preseason Honorable Mention All-America status by the magazine. Ten others were each named to the "Terrific 10" and High Honorable Mention lists.
Last year, Unrau became Mizzou's second First Team All-Big 12 Conference selection in the seven-year history of the conference. She led the Tigers in both scoring (16.0 ppg) and rebounding (7.7 rpg) in leading Mizzou to postseason play for the fourth straight year.
Preseason Women's All-America Team
Terrific 10
Alana Beard, Duke
Chandi Jones, Houston
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State
Guiliana Mendiola, Washington
Nicole Ohlde, Kansas State
Shawntinice Polk, Arizona
Nicole Powell, Stanford
Diana Taurasi, Connecticut
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota
Shereka Wright, Purdue
High Honorable Mention
Jenni Benningfield, Vanderbilt
Shaneka Christon, Arkansas
Cathy Joens, George Washington
Temeka Johnson, LSU
Christy Neneman, Creighton
Cappie Pondexter, Rutgers
Heather Schreiber, Texas
Stacy Stephens, Texas
Kendra Wecker, Kansas State
Tan White, Mississippi State
Honorable Mention
Seimone Augustus, LSU
Jacqueline Batteast, Notre Dame
Tera Bjorklund, Colorado
Steffanie Blackmon, Baylor
Monique Currie, Duke
Jessalyn Deveny, Boston College
Shyra Ely, Tennessee
Katie Feenstra, Liberty
Vanessa Hayden, Florida
Caton Hill, Oklahoma
Tamara James, Miami
Valerie King, Cincinnati
Irina Krasnoshick, Saint Joseph's
Ieva Kublina, Virginia Tech
Caity Matter, Ohio State
Debbie Merrill, Cincinnati
Loree Moore, Tennessee
Ugo Oha, George Washington
Hana Peljto, Harvard
Jia Perkins, Texas Tech
Kim Smith, Utah
Lindsay Taylor, UC Santa Barbara
Christi Thomas, Georgia
Iciss Tillis, Duke
Evan Unrau, MISSOURI
Erika Valek, Purdue
Maria Villarroel, Oklahoma
Dee-Dee Wheeler, Arizona
Tanisha Wright, Penn State
Sophia Young, Baylor