COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 10, 2012) – The NJCAA has released its women’s basketball All-America teams for the 2011-12 season in all three divisions of play. The selections were made at the 2012 NJCAA Annual Meeting held March 28-31 in Colorado Springs, Colo., by the respective basketball committee of each division.
Sha’Kayla Caples of Trinity Valley Community College (Texas) and Uju Ugoka of Gulf Coast State College (Fla.) highlight the Division I All-America list. The two become just the 17th and 18th players in NJCAA history to repeat as First-Team All-Americans in the DI ranks. The last two players to accomplish the feat were Haley Homstead (Salt Lake CC, Utah – 2010, 2011) and Danielle Adams (Jefferson College, Mo. – 2008, 2009).
Caples led TVCC to an undefeated 36-0 season along with the program’s seventh national championship. She averaged 19.4 points a game, which ranked seventh nationally, and shot 46 percent from the field. Caples was also named the State Farm Junior College Player of the Year. Ugoka averaged 16.6 points and 8.7 rebounds a game to help lead the Gulf Coast to another Panhandle Conference title.
Also honored on the First-Team was Jackie Patterson of Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) after garnering Second-Team honors in 2011. Patterson led the Lady Dragons to the Region 6 championship and a runner-up finish at nationals in Salina, Kan. She averaged 12.3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game. Laura Patrick of Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) was named on the Second-Team. Patrick was the Kansas Jayhawk Conference MVP of the year.
View the Complete 2012 NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball All-America Teams