Tiffany Jackson gains another basketball All-America honor
NEW YORK -- University of Texas 6-3 sophomore basketball standout Tiffany Jackson (Dallas, Texas/Duncanville HS) was named Wednesday to the 15-member 2004-05 Associated Press All-America Team. Jackson was named to the AP All-America Third Team. She is the fourth player for UT head coach Jody Conradt to earn AP All-America honors since the last 1990's (when the team was established), following two-time AP All-Americans Edwina Brown (1998-99 Third Team, 1999-2000 Second Team) and Stacy Stephens (2002-03 Second Team, 2003-04 Second Team) along with Heather Schreiber (2003-04 Honorable Mention). LSU 6-1 forward Seimone Augustus was the AP All-America Team's top-vote getter. Augustus received 45 first-team votes and 225 total points from the AP voters. She was the only player picked for the first team by all 45 members of the national media panel that also votes in the weekly AP poll. Jackson, who led 22-9 Texas to the NCAA Tournament second round, finished the year as the Longhorns' top scorer (18.3 ppg), rebounder (8.7), shot blocker (60, 1.94 bpg) and steals leader (103, 3.32). She also had the best field goal shooting percentage among all starters (.560, 224-400) and was third in UT assists with 55 (1.8 apg). Jackson finished the year with 10 double-doubles (double-figure scoring and rebounding), with five of them in the last 10 games. In Texas' two NCAA Tournament games, Jackson collected 43 points (21.5 ppg), 19 rebounds (9.5 rpg), three blocks and nine steals while shooting 14-for-27 (.519) from the floor. She had a game-high 30 points and added 10 boards and four steals in UT's final game, as the No. 3 seeded Longhorns were upended by No. 6 seed Georgia, 70-68, March 21 at Reunion Arena in Dallas. Texas was denied a fourth straight trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 with the setback at the hands of Georgia. In addition to her USBWA All-America honors, Jackson also is a finalist for Kodak All-America honors and a finalist for the State Farm Wade Trophy and Wooden Award as National Player of the Year. She was an All-Big 12 First Team pick (one of five chosen) and a member of the five-player Big 12 All-Tournament Team. Included in Jackson's 30 points against Georgia was the 1,000th career point of Jackson's career. She will enter her junior year with 1,023 career points. Jackson already ranks No. 6 in Texas career blocks with 104. Among all-time Texas sophomores, Jackson's 568 points were the fifth highest points total ever by a UT sophomore, and her 60 blocks were second best (to 6-7 Ellen Bayer's 66 in 1987-88); additionally, Jackson's 103 steals were fourth-best all-time by a Longhorn sophomore. In addition to her USBWA All-America honors, Jackson also is a finalist for Kodak All-America honors and a finalist for the State Farm Wade Trophy and Wooden Award as National Player of the Year. She was an All-Big 12 First Team pick (one of five chosen) and a member of the five-player Big 12 All-Tournament Team. 2004-05 AP Women's All-America Basketball Team FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM THIRD TEAM HONORABLE MENTION
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