March 6, 2006

SAN DIEGO - San Diego State senior forward Michelle Strawberry (Corona, Calif.) has been named an honorable mention all-Mountain West Conference selection for the second consecutive season, the league office announced Monday morning. Strawberry was the lone Aztec honoree and was one of seven players overall to receive honorable mention accolades in a vote of the MWC's nine head coaches.

Strawberry leads the team in scoring in both overall and league-only contests, posting a career-high 13.2 points per game, which ranks eighth in the Mountain West Conference. She is one of just two Aztecs to play and start all 26 contests and has scored in double-figures in 19 games. The three-year starter has reached the 20-point mark on five occasions and posted a pair of double-doubles.

Strawberry's second double-double of the year, a 22-point, 11-rebound performance against Portland State, helped her earn conference player-of-the-week honors in Dec. 2005. It was the first league honor for an Aztec since the 2002 season.

The team captain ranks in the school's top five in career three-pointers made (80 - 5th) and attempted (276 - 4th), while she is set to make her 55th consecutive start in an Aztec uniform Tuesday at the MWC tournament.

The San Diego State women's basketball team (3-23, 0-16) will face Colorado State (8-19, 2-14) Tuesday at 5 p.m. MST (4 p.m. PST) in the first game of the 2006 Mountain West Conference Championships at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo.

2006 Mountain West All-Conference Teams

First Team All-Mountain West Conference
^Ambrosia Anderson, BYU, Sr., 6-2, F
^**Kim Smith, Utah, Sr., 6-1, F
Dionne Marsh, New Mexico, So., 6-1, F
*Shona Thorburn, Utah, Sr., 5-11, G
* Sherry McCracklin, UNLV, Sr., 6-2, F
Hanna Zavecz, Wyoming, So., 6-0, F

Second Team All-Mountain West Conference
Natasha Lacy, TCU, Jr., 5-10, G
Katie Montgomery, New Mexico, Jr., 5-10, G
Dani Kubik, BYU, Jr., 6-3, C
Sheena Moore, UNLV, Sr., 5-7, G

Third Team All-Mountain West Conference
Adrianne Ross, TCU, So., 5-8, G
Abbie Letz, New Mexico, Sr., 6-1, G
Melissa Dennett, Colorado State, Sr., 6-2, F
Alecia Steele, Air Force, So., 6-0, F
Jodi Bolerjack, Wyoming, So., 5-9, G

Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference
Mallary Gillespie, BYU, So., 5-10, G
Erin Hicks, Wyoming, Sr., 5-9, G
Michelle Strawberry, San Diego State, Sr., 5-10, F
Ashley Davis, TCU, Jr., 6-0, F
Lorie Butler-Rayford, TCU, So., 5-11, F
Melinda Johnsen, BYU, Jr., 5-10, G
Jennie Keele, BYU, Jr., 5-10, G

Co-Players of the Year: Ambrosia Anderson, BYU and Kim Smith, Utah
Newcomer of the Year: Megan McGuffey, Wyoming
Defensive Player of the Year: Hanna Zavecz, Wyoming
Coach of the Year: Jeff Judkins, BYU

^--Unanimous Selection
*--Two Time First-Team Selection
**--Four Time First Team Selection
Note: McCracklin was a First-Team Selection in 2003-04 and in 2005-06. She did not play in 2004-05.