1999 Kodak All-America & Silver Anniversary Teams Announced.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BW SportsWire)--March 25, 1999--

Kodak and the WBCA Honor the Best Women's Basketball Players

of 1999 and of All Time

The top 10 women's basketball players from NCAA Division I were named to the 1999 Division I Women's Basketball Kodak All-America Team today.

This prestigious 10-member squad, highlighted by four-time winner Chamique Holdsclaw, of Tennessee, was selected by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Holdsclaw, who led Tennessee to an Elite Eight appearance in this season's NCAA Tournament, joins Ann Meyers of UCLA (1975-76-77-78), Lynette Woodard of Kansas (1978-79-80-81) and Cheryl Miller of USC (1983-84-85-86) as the only four-time honorees.

This marks the 25th season that Kodak and the WBCA have selected an honor roll for the NCAA Division I. The announcement for 1999's honorees was made at 3:30 p.m. (PST) today during a press conference held at Hoop City Center Court in San Jose, Calif. The members of the 1999 Division I Women's Basketball Kodak All-America Team are:

PLAYER & SCHOOL

Svetlana Abrosimova, Connecticut
Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
Becky Hammon, Colorado State
Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee
Maylana Martin, UCLA
Kelly Miller, Georgia
Semeka Randall, Tennessee
Michele VanGorp, Duke
Stephanie White-McCarty, Purdue
Amanda Wilson, Louisiana Tech

To acknowledge the 25 years of achievement and in recognition of the athletes who have made the women's game what it is today, Kodak and the WBCA polled nearly 100 national sports media and asked them to select the Top 10 Division I Kodak All-Americans of all time. The following former Kodak All-Americans were named today to the Silver Anniversary Kodak All-America Team:

PLAYER SCHOOL ALL-AMERICAN YEARS

Carol Blazejowski, Montclair State (1976-1977-1978)
Teresa Edwards, Georgia (1985-1986)
Lusia Harris, Delta State (1975-1976-1977)
Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee (1996-1997-1998-1999)
Nancy Lieberman, Old Dominion (1978-1979-1980)
Ann Meyers, UCLA (1975-1976-1977-1978)
Cheryl Miller, USC (1983-1984-1985-1986)
Dawn Staley, Virginia (1990-1991-1992)
Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech (1992-1993)
Lynette Woodard, Kansas (1978-1979-1980-1981)

Since the partnership began in 1975 between Kodak and the WBCA, the Kodak All-America Team is the oldest and most prestigious of the women's honor squads. It is selected annually by those who know the women's game better than anyone else...Division I members of the WBCA.

Kodak also sponsors Women's All-America Teams as selected by the WBCA for Division II, Division III, NAIA and Junior/Community Colleges. Those teams were announced earlier this month.