Brittney Griner headlines preseason All-America team
Baylor star center Brittney Griner is a unanimous pick to the Associated Press 2011-12 women’s basketball preseason All-America team. The 6-8 center was selected along with four other players to the squad and is the only returning member of the postseason All-America team.
“Brittney has put on 20 more pounds and it will help her over the course of the season,” said Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey in a statement. “The international experience representing the USA in Europe will help her game. She’s more mature and more polished.”
Baylor is No. 1 in both the AP and USAToday/ESPN preseason polls.
The full AP preseason team:
- Brittney Griner, Baylor, 6-8, junior, post, 40 votes
- Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame, 5-9, junior, guard, 37 votes
- Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford, 6-2, senior, forward, 37 votes
- Shenise Johnson, Miami, 5-11, senior, guard, 25 votes
- Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee, 6-2, senior, guard/forward, 21 votes
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