Sturdivant earns 3rd team All-American

Sturdivant earns 3rd team All-American
Barton County Community College point guard Courtney Sturdivant has been named 3rd Team All-American by the NJCAA for her play last season in helping the Barton women's basketball to the NJCAA National Tournament. Sturdivant helped the Cougars to a 4th place finish at the National Tournament after capturing the Region VI and Jayhawk West titles.

Sturdivant led a balanced Cougars scoring attack this season, averaging 14.4 points per contest. She was also the leader in assists at 4.5 per game and finished 3rd in steals at 1.8 an outing. Sturdivant shot 47 percent from the floor and led Barton in minutes at nearly 31 per contest.

The Cougars finished the season with a 34-4 mark, tied for the best all-time at Barton. Barton had a 16-game winning streak to start the season and an 18-game winning streak before losing its final 2 games of the year at the NJCAA Tournament. The 18-game streak is the 4th longest all-time in a single season. The previous season Barton won its final 12 games along with the 1st 16 this season gave the Cougars a 28-game winning streak over two seasons – just shy of the all-time record at Barton of 32 games.

Barton played against several players that were honored as All-Americans, including 4 on the 1st team – Labette's Dana Olsen, Southeastern Illinois' Armelie Lumanu, Central Arizona's Tenaya Watson, and Arkansas-Fort Smith's Tanisha Smith. Barton also played against 4 members of the 2nd team, 1 from the 3rd team and 4 more that were tabbed honorable mention.

NJCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans
1st Team
Danielle Adams  F  6'2"  Fr  Jefferson (Mo)  
LaQuita Curry  F  6'0"  Fr  Seminole (Fla)  
Tehani Goldsmith  G  5'8"  So  Yavapai (Ariz)  
Demauria Liles  F  6'0"  So  Gulf Coast (Fla)  
Armelie Lumanu  G  5'9"  So  Southeastern Illinois 
Dana Olsen  C  6'1"  So  Labette
Maddy Plunkett  C  6'2"  Fr  Southern Idaho  
Candace Rucker  G  5'9"  So  Southwest Tennessee 
Tanisha Smith  G  5'10"  So  Arkansas-Fort Smith  
Tenaya Watson  G  5'8"  Fr  Central Arizona 
2nd Team
Margaret Bell  F  5'9"  Fr  Shelton State (Ala)  
Tegan Cunningham  G  6'1"  So  Seward County 
Dana Garrett  F  5'10"  So  Walters State (Tenn)  
Shamar Harris  G  5'10"  Fr  Tallahassee (Fla)  
Katorra Lewis  F  6'2"  So  Arkansas-Fort Smith  
Chanel Mokango  F  6'4"  So  Southeastern Illinois 
Marta Micula  C  6'2  So  Miles (Mont)  
Richarda Outley  F  6'0"  Fr  McLennan (Texas)  
NaDosha Strickland  G  5'8"  So  Meridian (Miss)  
Desiree Waller  G  5'5"  So  Angelina (Texas)  
3rd Team
Brittany Blackmon  C  5"10"  So  South Plains (Texas)  
Tanesha Brown  G  5'6"  So  East Central (NC)  
Shytoria Davis  C  6'3"  So  State Fair (Mo)  
Darika Hill  F  6'0"  So  Trinity Valley (Texas)  
Soana Lucet  C  6'1"  Fr  Southern Idaho  
Timila Martin  G  5'6"  So  Blinn (Texas)  
Yohanna Morton  G  5'8"  Fr  Arizona Western 
Courtney Sturdivant  G  5'6"  Fr  Barton County 
LaToya Williams  F  6'3"  Fr  Chipola (Fla)  
Ashley Sours  C  6'5"  So  Central Arizona 
Honorable Mention
Brittney Adams  F  5'8"  So  Southwestern Illinois 
Rose Anderson  F  5'9"  So  Northern Oklahoma-Enid
Erica Caldwell  F  6'1"  So  Spartanburg Methodist (SC)  
Keshia Catten  G  5'8"  So  Salt Lake (Utah)  
Sarah Conner  G  5'8"  So  Northeastern (Colo)  
Kim Edmonson  G  5'11"  So  Panola (Texas)  
Amanda Fessenden  G  5'9"  So  Hutchinson 
Megan Fraley  F  5'6"  Fr  Northeastern Oklahoma 
Alice Holmes  G  5'4"  So  South Georgia Technical 
Kenya Howard  F  5'9"  So  Cloud County 
LaToya Johnson  G  5'6"  Fr  Jefferson (Mo)  
Jessica Knurick  C  6'2"  So  Seminole (Fla)  
Starkitsha Lullen  C  6'0"  So  Southwest Tennessee 
Tonishea Mack  F  5'10"  Fr  Sheridan (Wyom)  
Amber Mays  G  5'7"  So  State Fair (Mo)  
Lashonda Martin  G  5'7"  Fr  Black Hawk (Ill)  
Denise Rosario  C  6'4"  So  Northeastern Oklahoma
Whitney Simmons  G  5'7"  So  Louisburg (NC)  
Alisha Williams  F  5'11"  So  Blinn (Texas)  
Jessica Young  C  6'0"  So  Wallace State (Ala)

Players Barton faced are in bold

Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports

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