Barton's Womsi lands on 1st team NJCAA All-America Basketball Selections #GoBarton

Jenny Nkem Womsi of the Barton Community College women's basketball team has been named as a 1st Team All-America selection announced by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

Womsi's award is the second in the last three years for the Barton women's program as Queen Ulabo was named to the second team in 2021 and the first named to the top team since Barton Sports Hall of Famer Wendy Okeson's selection in 2000.

At the conclusion of the season, the 6'1" sophomore from Yaounde, Cameroon, was also named the 2023 Division I All-KJCCC/All-Region VI Player of the Year, the first top honor for the program since two-time achiever Okeson's distinction in 1999 and 2000 season.

As a freshman, Womsi was voted the Co-Newcomer of the Year and 2nd team selection, with this year's achievements going down in historical proportions in the long-decorated history of the program.

This year Womsi, the four-time conference and one-time national player of the week set a program record in pulling down a nation 4th best 13.2 rebounds per contest while ranking a conference and region 9th in scoring at 14.8 points per game.

Closing out her Cougar uniform with a 19 point and 17 rebound effort at the National Tournament, Womsi posting 25 double-doubles on the year in the 34 games played.  Reaching double-digit scoring in all but six games, Womsi twice scored a career high 25 points and grabbed 10 or more rebounds in all but four of the 34-game schedule including a program sixth most 20 rebounds in one game.

Womsi helped lead the Cougars to the program's 10th Region VI title, the first since 2008 and a trip back to the NJCAA Division I Tournament where Barton finished the year 28-6.

Hauling in 451 rebounds in falling just two shy of the program single season accumulation record, Womsi etched her name as the program's top defensive rebounder at 9.6 per game and 328 total, nearly 50 more.

The presence in the paint and controlling of the boards also helped the team hold opponents to just 54.7 points per game in setting a program record in lowest scoring average allowed per contest.

Womsi Accomplishments:
Single Game:

• 2nd most 24 rebounds (1-05-22 vs Seward County)
• 6th most 20 rebounds (11-22-22 vs Cowley College)
• 4th most 16 defensive rebounds (11-22-22 vs Cowley College)
• 6th most 15 free throw attempts (1-05-22 vs Seward County)

Single Season:

• 2nd most 451 rebounds (*2 from Inga Muciniece's 453 in 2007-08 season)
• Highest 13.3 rebounds per game
• Most 328 defensive rebounds (*47 more than Inga Muciniece's 281 in 2007-08 season)
• 8th most 175 free throw attempts (*2 from Ashton Bruner's 177 from 2013-14 season)

Career:

• 2nd most 745 rebounds (*9 from Inga Muciniece's 745 in 2006-08 seasons)
• 5th with 318 career free throw attempts (*17 from Ashton Bruner's 335 total from the 2012-14 seasons)
• T-5th with 219 career made free throws (*Tied Taylor Regan's 219 total from the 2017-19 seasons, 2 from Katasha Witcher's 221 total from 1995-97 seasons)

Team Achievements during Womsi's two seasons (Does not include any team impacts in 3-point, assists, nor blocks):

• Highest 69.6% single game field goal percentage (11-08-22 vs Neosho County)
• 4th highest 63.2% single game field goal percentage (1-08-22 at NW KS Technical College)
• Most single game defensive rebounds – 52 (11-08-22 vs Neosho County)
• 4th most points scored in a game – 126 (11-08-22 vs Neosho County)
• Most single game free throw attempts – 51 (1-05-22 vs Seward County)
• 2nd most single game free throws made – 39 (1-05-22 vs Seward County)
• Highest single game free throw percentage – 1.000 (13-13, 1-04-23 at Seward County)
• 7th highest single game free throw percentage – 90.9% (10-11, 11-16-22 at Garden City; 10-11, 3-01-22 vs Cowley College)
• 3rd most single game assists – 34 (11-08-22 vs Neosho County)
• Lowest scoring average allowed per game – 54.7pts (2022-23)
• 3rd most defensive rebounds in a season – 1064 (2022-23)
• 2nd highest 31.3 defensive rebounds per game (2022-23)
• 8th most defensive rebounds in a season – 946 (2021-22)
• 5th highest 70.2% free throw percentage in a season (2022-23)
• 10th  highest 67.6% free throw percentage in a season (2021-22)
• 5th most 28 wins in a season (2022-23)
• 10th best 16-1 home record (2022-23)