The Iowa Basketball Coaches Association announces its annual Academic All State Girls’ Basketball Team for 2008.   To be nominated for consideration, a player had to possess minimum requirements of a 25 ACT composite, a 3.25 Grade point average, and be in the top 25% of their senior class.     A panel of coaches representing the IBCA Board of Directors reviewed all nominations, selecting the  following  as the 2008 Girls’ Academic All State Basketball team.

This year’s team boasts the following statistics:  They have an average ACT composite of 28.3;  they average a 3.99  Grade Point Average; they have a scoring average of nearly 15 points per player.  In addition 17 of them rank either number 1 or number 2 in their respective senior classes.

Paige Atwood    Pekin, Packwood
Kaisha Brown, Spirit Lake
Sarah Claypool, Williamsburg
Abby Conrad, Cedar Falls
Aimee Delpierre, Chariton
Jodi Denk,  Linn-Mar
Katie Etter, Sigourney
Ellie Farrier, Newton
Emily Gutschenritter, Red Oak
Shelby Johnson, Akron-Westfield
Katelyn Jones, Okoboji
Jennifer Jorgensen, SE Webster-Grand
Rachel Klaren, Dyersville Beckman
Emily Luecht, Mason City Newman
Nicole Lueken, Edgewood-Colesburg
Lauren Lybbert, Davenport Assumption
Emily Marnin, West Central Valley
Courtney McCarthy, Sioux City East
Jalynn Quigley, Lone Tree
Valerie Uthoff, Iowa Valley
Whitney Waechter, Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn
Amber Waring, North Linn
Kayla Waskow, Dunkerton
Sarah Waskow, Dunkerton
Mackenzie Westcott, Williamsburg