 Cynthia
Cooper raises the roof
with her second WNBA MVP
trophy at a ceremony
prior to Game 2 of the
Semifinals. |
NEW YORK,
Aug. 27, 1988 -- The
WNBA announced today that
Cynthia Cooper of the Houston
Comets was a unanimous
selection to the 1998
All-WNBA First Team
presented by Bud Light.
For the
second consecutive
season, Cooper received
the maximum number of
First Team votes. She is
joined on the First Team
by Cleveland's Suzie McConnell
Serio at guard,
Phoenix's Jennifer Gillom at center and
Houston's Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson at the forward
position.
Cooper
received 225 points,
while Swoopes collected
200 points and Gillom
received 189 points.
Thompson and McConnell
Serio received 152 and
127 points, respectively.
The
All-WNBA Second Team
consists of Los Angeles' Lisa Leslie (147 points) at
center, Charlotte's Andrea Stinson (107 points) at
guard, New York's Teresa
Weatherspoon (99 points) at
guard, Cleveland's Eva Nemcova (90 points) at
forward and Detroit's Cindy Brown at forward.
Bud
Light will present each
member of the First Team
with a check for $10,000
and each member of the
Second Team with $5,000.
The
45-member voting panel
consisted of 13 national
media, as well as local
media who cover the WNBA
regularly from each of
the league's ten markets.
Players named to the 1998
All-WNBA First and Second
Teams were selected by
position. Points were
awarded on a 5-3 basis.
Following
are the results of the
balloting for the 1998
All-WNBA Teams, with
First Team votes in
parentheses.
 1998
ALL-WNBA FIRST TEAM
| Position |
Player,
Team (1st Votes) |
Points |
| Forward |
Tina
Thompson, Houston (19) |
152 |
| Forward |
Sheryl
Swoopes, Houston (37) |
200 |
| Center |
Jennifer
Gillom, Phoenix (30) |
189 |
| Guard |
Cynthia
Cooper, Houston (45) |
225 |
| Guard |
Suzie
McConnell Serio,
Cleveland (17) |
127 |
1998
ALL-WNBA SECOND TEAM
| Position |
Player,
Team (1st Votes) |
Points |
| Forward |
Cindy
Brown, Detroit (11) |
82 |
| Forward |
Eva
Nemcova, Cleveland (9) |
90 |
| Center |
Lisa
Leslie, Los Angeles (15) |
147 |
| Guard |
Andrea
Stinson, Charlotte (13) |
107 |
| Guard |
Teresa
Weatherspoon, New York
(9) |
99 |
Other
players receiving votes,
with point totals (First
Team votes in
parentheses): Michelle
Griffiths,
Phoenix, (9) 63;
Korie Hlede, Detroit, (2)
46; Tracy Reid, Charlotte, 42;
Nikki McCray, Washington,
(2) 40; Ticha Penicheiro, Sacramento (1)
29; Rebecca Lobo, New York, (1)
26; Wendy Palmer, Utah, (1) 20; Elena Baranova, Utah (1) 17; Isabelle
Fijalkowski, Cleveland, 15;
Kim Perrot, Houston, 15; Latasha Byears, Sacramento,
(1) 14; Sandy Brondello, Detroit, 9; Tamecka Dixon, Los Angeles,
9; Janice Braxton, Cleveland, (1)
8; Michele Timms, Phoenix, (1)
8; Margo Dydek, Utah, 6;Vicky Bullett, Charlotte, 3; Kym Hampton, New York, 3; Vickie Johnson, New York, 3; Merlakia Jones, Cleveland, 3; Sophia
Witherspoon, New York, 3.
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