Texas Tech University Athletics
Brewer Picks up USBWA All-America Accolade
March 23, 2020 | Women's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech Lady Raider basketball senior Brittany Brewer earned another All-America recognition this week, as she was selected to the United States Basketball Writers Association All-America team as an honorable mention honoree.
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The USBWA is the second organization to honor Brewer with an All-America accolade, as she was named to the Associated Press All-America honorable mention team last week. She is the first Lady Raider to be named to multiple All-America teams in a single season since Jia Perkins and Plenette Pierson were both recognized by Kodak and the Associated Press 17 years ago.
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Brewer will finish the 2019-20 campaign with one of the more accomplished seasons by a Lady Raider in recent memory. Along with her two All-America selections, the Abilene, Texas, native is a top-five finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award, and she was a top-10 semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
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The senior was named to the All-Big 12 first team for the first time in her career earlier this month and also earned a selection to the All-Big 12 defensive team.
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Brewer was the only player in the country to average 15-plus points, 10-plus rebounds and four-plus blocks this season, and ranked second nationally and first among Power Five players in blocks per game with 4.4.
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Earlier this month, Brewer became the first player in program history to be named a First Team Academic All-American in back-to-back years when she was named the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for all of DI women's college basketball.
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The USBWA is the second organization to honor Brewer with an All-America accolade, as she was named to the Associated Press All-America honorable mention team last week. She is the first Lady Raider to be named to multiple All-America teams in a single season since Jia Perkins and Plenette Pierson were both recognized by Kodak and the Associated Press 17 years ago.
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Brewer will finish the 2019-20 campaign with one of the more accomplished seasons by a Lady Raider in recent memory. Along with her two All-America selections, the Abilene, Texas, native is a top-five finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award, and she was a top-10 semifinalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year.
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The senior was named to the All-Big 12 first team for the first time in her career earlier this month and also earned a selection to the All-Big 12 defensive team.
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Brewer was the only player in the country to average 15-plus points, 10-plus rebounds and four-plus blocks this season, and ranked second nationally and first among Power Five players in blocks per game with 4.4.
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Earlier this month, Brewer became the first player in program history to be named a First Team Academic All-American in back-to-back years when she was named the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for all of DI women's college basketball.
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