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Interesting you only need one vote to be honorable mention.

Congrats to Paige, first team AP All American returning from ACL injury. That’s really impressive.

Aaliyah one of the two highest vote getters in the honorable mention category, per the AP article.
 
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Nika made Honorable Mention too.
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Here's the full list of Honorable Mention All Americans:

Honorable Mention:

Lauren Betts, UCLA; Audi Crooks, Iowa State; Aaliyah Edwards, UConn; Yvonne Ejim Gonzaga; Lauren Gustin, BYU; McKenna Hofschild, Colorado State; Abbey Hsu, Columbia; Kiki Iriafen, Stanford; Rickea Jackson, Tennessee; Ta’Niya Latson, Florida State; Ayoka Lee, Kansas State; Cotie McMahon, Ohio State; Aneesah Morrow, LSU; Nika Muhl, UConn; Lucy Olsen, Villanova; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Te-Hina Paopao, South Carolina; JJ Quinerly, West Virginia; Saniya Rivers, North Carolina State; Kiki Rice, UCLA; Jaylyn Sherrod, Colorado; Skylar Vann, Oklahoma.
 
The cold reality is that these AA awards are greatly influenced by team success, and rightly or wrongly voters are reluctant to spare a second vote for a borderline top 10 team.

Since I have the choice how to spend my energy, I'll choose to focus it on celebrating Paige's 1st team award. She had a remarkable season, and after all she's been through the last two years, this is quite the triumphant return.

Aaliyah has also had a magnificent season, and I'm sure she's smart and mature enough to know that her accomplishments on the court are not the slightest bit diminished by whether some outside entity puts her name on a list.
 
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Plebe said:
The cold reality is that these AA awards are greatly influenced by team success, and rightly or wrongly voters are reluctant to spare a second vote for a borderline top 10 team.
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S. Carolina with 1 2nd Team and 1 HM.
Texas with 1 2nd Team
Iowa with 1 1st Team
USC with 1 1st Team

All #1 Seeds.

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UCONN with 1 1st Team and 2 HM. #3 Seed.

Not so sure your comment hold true.
 
meyers7 said:
S. Carolina with 1 2nd Team and 1 HM.
Texas with 1 2nd Team
Iowa with 1 1st Team
USC with 1 1st Team

All #1 Seeds.

vs
UCONN with 1 1st Team and 2 HM. #3 Seed.

Not so sure your comment hold true.
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How often has a team outside the top 8 placed two players on AP 1st through 3rd teams (not counting HM)? Has that ever happened?
 
Plebe said:
How often has a team outside the top 8 placed two players on AP 1st through 3rd teams (not counting HM)? Has that ever happened?
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Well Virginia Tech this year, outside the top 10 (12).

That would take a while to look up for other years.
 
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Henry said:
How could Aaliyah not make one of the 3 teams???
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Hard to Believe! It seems like they limited one to a school. But... the EXCEPTION: Virginia Tech: Elizabeth Kitley on the second team
and Georgia Amoore on the third. IMO Paige and Aaliyah were as productive as the V. T. Duet ( Virginia Tech is
a Number four seed in the NCAAs ). But then the committee would have to drop someone.... and, of course,
other teams might complain how they (also) did not merit a duo! OUCH!
 
Plebe said:
How often has a team outside the top 8 placed two players on AP 1st through 3rd teams (not counting HM)? Has that ever happened?
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Would you consider Virginia Tech (a # 4 seed, i.e. 13 - 16 ranking? in some people's view) . As noted, E. Kitley is
second team and G. Amoore in on the AP third team). So, the effect is the committee considered the Virginia Tech duo
better than the # 3 seeded team = UCONN. This, hopefully, will be clarified on the "hardcourt floor
of reality" in the next two weeks. GO UCONN! NOTE: SYRACUSE, D. Fair, OHIO STATE, J. Sheldon, and
Virginia Tech are ALL in the Portland Region and potential UCONN opponents.
 
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