ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Penn State seniors Maren Walseth (Bloomington, Minn.) and Lisa Shepherd (Richmond, Ind.) have been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-Star Challenge Team, WBCA announced on Thursday.

The Lady Lion duo, competing on opposite teams, are two of the nation's top 20 seniors that will play in the All-Star Challenge on Saturday, March 31, at 4 p.m. at the Washington University Field House in St. Louis.

Walseth, a 6-3 forward, is a Kodak District 2 All-American. She earned First Team all-Big Ten honors for the second consecutive year. A two-year starter, the team captain averaged 13.2 ppg and 7.2 rpg for the Lady Lions. A three-time Academic all-Big Ten honoree, Walseth was also a candidate for the Verizon Academic All-America Team. She became the 23rd Lady Lion in school history to notch 1,000 career points after hitting the milestone in the win over No. 10 Louisiana State in November.

Shepherd, a 5-11 shooting guard, was a Second Team all-Big Ten performer. She scored in double figures in 21 games and finished in scoring this year. A three-time Academic all-Big Ten honoree, Shepherd was also a candidate for the Verizon Academic All-America Team. The team captain is Penn State's career three-point leader, holding both the trey buckets made and attempted all-time records. She concluded her PSU career fifth in career scoring.

2001 WBCA ALL-STAR CHALLENGE TEAM
March 31, 2001

 Home/Jazz Height Position School/Hometown Tombi Bell 5-5 Pt. Guard Florida/Miami, FL Janell Burse 6-5 Post Tulane/New Orleans, LA Nicole LaVan 5-11 Post Cumberland College/Cleveland, OH Kelly Miller 5-10 Pt. Guard Georgia/Rochester, MN Semeka Randall 5-10 Perimeter Tennessee/Cleveland, OH Tasha Rodgers 5-10 Perimeter Washington Univ./East St. Louis, IL Georgia Schweitzer 6-0 Pt. Guard Duke/Columbus, OH Lisa Shepherd 5-11 Perimeter Penn State/Richmond, IN Tammy Sutton-Brown 6-4 Post Rutgers/Markham, Ontario Brooke Wyckoff 6-1 Perimeter Florida State/Westchester, OH Coaches Head Coach: Lisa Stone (Drake, NCAA Div. I) Assistant Coach: Barbara Stevens (Bentley, NCAA Div. II) not attending Assistant Coach: Jim Littell (Seward County Community College, JC/CC) Away/Blues Height Position School/Hometown Kristeena Alexander 5-6 Pt. Guard George Washington /Hempstead, NY LaQuanda Barksdale 5-11 Post North Carolina/Winston-Salem, NC Cara Consuegra 5-8 Pt. Guard Iowa/Mt. Airy, MD Marie Ferdinand 5-9 Perimeter Louisiana State/Miami, FL Theresa LeCuyer 6-1 Post North Dakota/Anoka, MN Nicole Levandusky 5-9 Perimeter Xavier/Palmerton, PA Coco Miller 5-10 Perimeter Georgia/Rochester, MN Tasha Pointer 5-6 Pt. Guard Rutgers/Chicago, IL Maren Walseth 6-3 Post Penn State /Bloomington, MN Coaches Head Coach: Jane Albright (University Wisconsin, NCAA Div. I) Assistant Coach: Nan Carney-DeBord (Ohio Wesleyan University, NCAA Div. III) Assistant Coach: Sharon Baldwin (Life University, NAIA) not attending Final Four Participants Selected for the All-Star Challenge Game: Player Height Position School/Hometown Svetlana Abrosimova 6-2 Perimeter Connecticut/St. Petersburg, Russia Camille Cooper 6-4 Post Purdue/Georgetown, KY Katie Douglas 6-1 Perimeter Purdue/Indianapolis, IN Niele Ivey 5-8 Pt. Guard Notre Dame/St. Louis, MO Shea Ralph 6-0 Perimeter Connecticut/Fayetteville, NC Ruth Riley 6-5 Post Notre Dame/Macy, IN Kelly Schumacher 6-5 Post Connecticut/Quyan, Candada Jackie Stiles 5-8 Perimeter Southwest Missouri State/Claflin, KS