STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford seniors Erica McCall and Karlie Samuelson received Associated Press All-American honorable mention recognition the organization announced Monday.
On Thursday, the duo was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Associated (WBCA) All-Region squad and are eligible for that group's All-America team which will be announced Saturday during the WBCA Convention in Dallas.
McCall is averaging team highs in points (14.4), rebounds (8.9) and blocks (1.6), has scored in double figures in 30 games and led the team in scoring 27 times and rebounding 22 times. She was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Pac-12 Tournament after averaging 11.0 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in Stanford's three wins and has been just as good in the NCAA Tournament, putting up 12.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
The senior is one of only four players at Stanford with 1,300 career points, 900 rebounds and 190 blocks along with Jayne Appel, Chiney Ogwumike and Val Whiting. McCall has, at one point or another, been on watch lists for the Naismith Trophy, Wade Trophy, Wooden Award and Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as well as a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award. On March 1, she was named to the 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-American Division I second team to become the eighth academic All-American in program history.
Samuelson is averaging career highs in points (12.8), rebounds (3.5) and assists (2.7) and personal bests in field goal percentage (.485) and 3-point field goal percentage (.490). She is fourth in career 3-point field goal percentage (.445) among active NCAA players and her .490 clip this season leads the country.
The senior's 96 made 3-pointers this season are tied with Jeanette Pohlen for first in Stanford history and fifth in Pac-12 history. She is 30-for-51 (.588) from behind the arc the past two NCAA Tournaments.
Samuelson will likely finish her career fifth in the Pac-12 in 3-point field goal percentage and with the best clip for any player since 1990. Rosalind Moore-Senior (Arizona State - 1987-89; .494), Chris Holten (Cal - 1987-90; .467), Jennifer Azzi (Stanford - 1987-90; .452) and Michelle Eble (Oregon - 1987-90; .443) are the only Pac-12 players to finish their careers making more than 43 percent from behind the arc.
Stanford erased a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Notre Dame 76-75 and win the Lexington Region on Sunday. The Cardinal will appear in its 13th Final Four at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday against the winner of the Stockton Regional final between South Carolina and Florida State.
Samuelson, averaging 13.3 points and 4.0 assists this postseason while shooting 57.1 percent on 3-pointers, was named to the Lexington Region All-Tournament Team after Stanford's victory over the Irish.
