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posted 03-29-2016 09:57 AM
The Associated Press announced Monday that University of Kentucky junior guard Makayla Epps has been named an honorable mention All-America selection after averaging 17.1 points with 4.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game this season.
This is the second straight year that Epps has earned honorable mention All-America honors from the organization. This is the seventh straight year that Kentucky has had a player honored by the AP nationally with Victoria Dunlap earning recognition in 2010 and 2011, before A’dia Mathies was honored in 2012 and 2013. Jen O’Neil was named honorable mention in 2014 before Epps’ honors the last two seasons.
Epps has a lengthy list of honors this season, including becoming the fourth player in program history to earn multiple SEC All-Tournament Team honors and becoming only the third player in the Matthew Mitchell era to be named first-team All-SEC multiple seasons. Most recently, Epps was named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Associated All-Region Team, which made her one of 52 candidates for the WBCA All-America Team. A First Team All-American by CollegeSportsMadness.com, Epps was named to the 30-member Wade Trophy Watch List, was a member of the Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Midseason 30 Watch List and Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List. The junior was the espnW National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week on Dec. 14 for her strong outings against Louisville and Middle Tennessee State.
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