Jaterra Bonds Named to SEC WBB All-Freshman Team
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 | Women's Basketball
The University of Florida's Jaterra Bonds (Gainesville, Fla.) was selected by the Southeastern Conference women's basketball head coaches to their SEC All-Freshman Team, the league announced Tuesday.
This marks the third consecutive year a Gator has earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team, as Bonds joins current Gator sophomore Jennifer George (Orlando, Fla.) as the most recent recipients.
Bonds is Florida's second-leading scorer overall and in SEC games, averaging 8.9 points per game in both, while also ranking second for assists (77) and three-pointers (41).
The 5-foot-7 guard has appeared in every game except one due to injury and has earned 13 starting assignments.
“What I love most about coaching Jaterra has nothing to do with ball handling, or her defense or her ability to score and all those things are great, but it's how she competes,” UF head coach Amanda Butler said. “She really wants to compete and win. She's fiery. She wants the biggest defensive challenge. She wants to hit the big shot. Those are things you can't put into a player. Jaterra has that inside of her and that's what you saw from her (in the Feb. 27 win) against Georgia.”
Bonds is a two-time SEC Freshman of the Week recipient, most recently honored on Feb. 28 for helping UF to a pair of upset wins, including the regular-season finale against No. 22 Georgia (Feb. 27), when she scored a career-high 22 points, hitting 5-of-10 three-pointers, tied for the most treys in a game by a freshman in program history.
The local P.K. Yonge graduate also collected the league's weekly award on Jan. 31 after being the Gators' leading rebounder in its two games, with a career-high eight coming in the Jan. 27 win against Alabama, as she hit both ends of a one-and-one with 51 seconds remaining that increased UF's lead to nine in the six-point victory.
First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team, All-Defensive team, along with Player, Coach and Freshman, Defensive Player, 6th Woman and Scholar-Athlete of the Year were chosen by the league's 12 coaches.
The 2011 SEC Women's Basketball Postseason Awards:
First Team All-SEC
Tierney Jenkins, Alabama
Alli Smalley, Auburn
Porsha Phillips, Georgia
Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
LaSondra Barrett, LSU
Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee
Glory Johnson, Tennessee
Jence Rhoads, Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
C'eira Ricketts, Arkansas
Sarah Watkins, Arkansas
Jasmine James, Georgia
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky
Kayla Melson, Ole Miss
Mary Kathryn Govero, Mississippi State
Iesia Walker, South Carolina
Meighan Simmons, Tennessee
All-Freshman Team
Kaneisha Horn, Alabama
Jaterra Bonds, Florida
Khaalidah Miller, Georgia
Bernisha Pinkett, Kentucky
Valencia Mcfarland, Ole Miss
Meighan Simmons, Tennessee
Jasmine Lister, Vanderbilt
Stephanie Holzer, Vanderbilt
All-Defensive Team
Tierney Jenkins, Alabama
Meredith Mitchell, Georgia
Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky
Katherine Graham, LSU
Glory Johnson, Tennessee
Coach of the Year
Pat Summitt, Tennessee
Player of the Year
Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee
Freshman of the Year
Meighan Simmons, Tennessee
Defensive Player of the Year
Victoria Dunlap, Kentucky
6th Woman of the Year
Stephanie Holzer, Vanderbilt
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Mary Kathryn Govero, Mississippi State
