LaSondra Barrett's Postseason Honors Continue, Earns Spot On State Farm Coaches' All-America All-Region 3 Team

LSU junior forward LaSondra Barrett is one of seven players who have been named to the State Farm Coaches’ All-America All-Region 3 team, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced on Thursday.

Eight region teams make up a 52 candidate pool that will be trimmed to 40 finalists, all of whom will be in the running for selection to the 10-member State Farm Coaches' All-America Team.

The State Farm Coaches' All-America Team for NCAA Division I will be announced at 8 a.m. CT Saturday, April 2, in Indianapolis during the WBCA National Convention, which is held in conjunction with the NCAA® Women's Final Four®.

Kentucky’s Victoria Dunlap, Alabama’s Tierney Jenkins, Tennessee’s Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen, Georgia’s Porsha Phillips and Vanderbilt’s Jence Rhoads were also named to the squad.

Barrett concluded her junior season as a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection by the league’s coaches and a second-team choice by the media. She ranked in the top 15 in scoring in the SEC with 12.6 points per game and 10th in rebounding with 6.3 boards per contest. In SEC games, Barrett ranked sixth in rebounding with 7.5 boards per contest.

Barrett started 31 games and recorded five double-doubles this season, including 19 points and 10 rebounds in LSU’s near-upset of No. 16 Kentucky in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

Barrett reached the 1,000-point and 500-rebound milestones during the season. She will head into her senior season as LSU’s 23rd all-time leading scorer with 1,118 points and the Lady Tigers’ 16th all-time leading rebounder with 571 boards.

Posted by Bill Martin