By: Ryan Hartwig
GreenBayPhoenix.com
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - After turning in one of the most impressive
individual seasons in Green Bay women's basketball history in 2011-12, Phoenix
senior Julie Wojta (Francis
Creek, Wis.) was rewarded with Second Team All-America honors on Tuesday by the
Associated Press.
"It's an honor to
be in named in the same category as the other players on that list," said
Wojta. "I wouldn't have had the season I did and be the player I am if it weren't
for my teammates pushing me every day in practice."
Joining Wojta on the All-America Second
Team were Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike, Baylor's Odyssey Sims, Miami's Shenise
Johnson and Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis. Baylor's Brittney Griner led the AP
First Team, along with Stanford's Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Notre Dame's Skylar
Diggins, Delaware's Elena Delle Donne and Maryland's Alyssa Thomas.
Wojta's All-America honors mark the
first time a Green Bay women's basketball player has been named to the AP
All-America team since the program turned Division I in 1987-88.
"I'm honored to represent Green
Bay," said Wojta. "It's a program that has given me so many opportunities and to be a part of
its success is humbling."
The award is added to a long list of
accomplishments by Wojta in 2011-12, who was also tabbed as the Horizon League
Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. The senior captain is
currently one of 12 finalists
for the State Farm Wade Trophy,
which is presented to the NCAA's most outstanding Division I women's basketball
player, is a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and is a member of the
Naismith Watch List.
Wojta concluded her senior campaign by
setting a program record with 252 made field goals and was second in points
(644), scoring average (19.5), field goals attempted (491) and rebounds (328).
For her career, the newly-minted All-American ranks fourth on the program's
individual scoring list with 1,638 points and ranks fifth with 843 rebounds,
posting a Division I program record 35 double-doubles.
Wojta also ranks in the top 10 in
several other career statistical categories, finishing third in steals (288),
fifth in free throw percentage (.799), sixth in free throws made (290) and
seventh in free throws attempted (363). In her 124 games in a Phoenix uniform,
Wojta made 642 field goals and dished out 378 assists - both of which rank
sixth in the school record books. Wojta's 1,289 attempted field goals and 13.2
points per game scoring average each rank seventh.
One of Wojta's most memorable
performances this season came at Milwaukee on
Jan. 7 when the
five-time Horizon League Player of the Week grabbed a Horizon League and
program record 12 steals, including 11 in the first half. In the same contest
Wojta also scored a game-high 27 points in 25 minutes of play. Wojta finished
the season with a program record 127 steals, including an NCAA Tournament
program record 10 in Green Bay's second round
game of the NCAA Tournament against second-seeded Kentucky.
On Feb. 11 Green Bay hosted Wright State
in a Horizon League battle in which Wojta grabbed a
Kress Center record 20 rebounds while pouring in a game-high 30 points, becoming the first player in program history
to turn in a 30-20 performance. In the same contest, Wojta also set a Kress
record with eight steals while tying the record with a career-high four blocks.
For more on Wojta's outstanding season and career, visit GreenBayPhoenix.com/wojta.
Julie Wojta Reacts to All-America Honors
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