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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- Contact: Bill
Tharp, Assistant Sports Info. Director
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- March 13, 2003
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McBride Earns Honorable Mention All-America- Senior Basketball Standout Caps Outstanding
Career with Honor
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- Ferrum, Va. -- Ferrum College's Tina
McBride (Glade Hill, Va./Franklin County) has been named as
Honorable Mention to the Kodak/Women's Basketball Coaches
Association All-America Women's Basketball Team. McBride, a
5'10 senior forward, caps off an impressive career with this
honor.
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- McBride averaged 11.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, and
3.5 assists per game this season, leading the Panthers to a 19-8
overall record, and a 10-4 Dixie Conference mark. Ferrum
tied for the Dixie regular season championship, the first in
school history.
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- McBride earned All-Conference honors in the Dixie
all four seasons becoming the first Ferrum basketball player, male
or female, to earn the award four times, and has earned Academic
All-Conference twice. The two-sport athlete earned
All-Conference in tennis in 2002, her first year playing
competitively.
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- McBride became Ferrum's all-time leading scorer
this season and ended her career with 1,384 points. She is
also the career leader in steals with 249, field goals made with
556, and is second in assists with 308.
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- The daughter of Renae and Roger McBride, will
graduate in December of 2003 with a bachelor's degree in
mathematics and computer science. For more information
contact the Sports Information Office at (540) 365-4306.
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