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Shaquala Williams (3), hugged here by Edniesha Curry, was selected as a Kodak All-American after averaging almost 18 points per game.
After leading the Oregon women’s basketball team to its ninth straight winning season, junior guard Shaquala Williams was named to the Kodak District VIII All-America team Monday.
The 5-foot-6 Portland native ranked second in the Pacific-10 Conference with 17.7 points per game this season and led Oregon (17-13 overall, 10-8 Pac-10) with 4.1 assists a game. Williams is also on pace to set a Pac-10 record for free-throw percentage, currently shooting 91 percent from the charity stripe.
Williams was named the Kodak All-American for the second time in her career. She joins Nicole Powell and Lindsey Yamasaki of Stanford, Felicia Ragland (Oregon State), Kayte Christensen (UC-Santa Barbara) and Jerkisha Dotsy (St. Mary’s) on the West Coast team.
Williams was named Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2000 and Freshman of the Year in 1999. Last year, she sat out the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her knee.
Forty-eight finalists from eight districts were named All-Americans. The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association will select 10 players for the All-American team later this month at the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.
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