March 12, 2002

LAS VEGAS - She continues to do it again and again. UNLV senior forward Linda Fr?hlich (Oldendorf, Germany) was named to The Associated Press Women's Basketball All-America team as a third team selection Tuesday by the nation's largest media organization.

Fr?hlich, who also received WBCA/Kodak All-America Honorable Mention honors on March 11 for the third time in her career, becomes the Lady Rebels' first third-team selection in school history. The milestone is even more significant, after making the AP's honorable mention list the last two years.

Her outstanding college career has produced these credentials: National Freshman of the Year (1999), three-time Mountain West Conference Player of the Year (2000, 2001 and 2002), two-time AP All-America honorable mention (2000 and 2001), three-time Kodak All-America honorable mention (2000, 2001 and 2002) and Verizon / CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America (2002).

One of the greatest student-athletes to ever play for UNLV, Fr?hlich is the school's all-time leading scorer (2,346 career points to date) and the women's all-time leading rebounder (1,117 rebounds to date). She is only the fifth women's basketball player in the program's 28-year history to be named a first, second or third team All-America honoree. Fr?hlich joins former Lady Rebel greats Belinda Candler (1978), Teresa Willis (1979), Pauline Jordan (1989, 1990) and Misty Thomas (1985) on the elite list.

The All-America team is voted annually by a nationwide panel made up of media representatives who vote in the AP poll with 44 ballots cast in all.

2002 ASSOCIATED PRESS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-AMERICA TEAM
First Team
Sue Bird, Connecticut
Stacey Dales, Oklahoma
Alana Beard, Duke
Chantelle Anderson, Vanderbilt
LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State

Second Team
Swin Cash, Connecticut
Diana Taurasi, Conneticut
Angie Welle, Iowa State
Nicole Powell, Stanford
Kelly Mazzante, Penn State

Third Team
Sheila Lambert, Baylor
Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota
Kara Lawson, Tennessee
Linda Fr?hlich, UNLV
Asjha Jones, Connecticut (tie)
Shereka Wright, Purdue (tie)