Official WBCA Release

TROY, N.Y. – The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and State Farm have announced the 2010 NCAA Division III State Farm Coaches' All-America Teams and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athlete Whitney Coleman has been recognized. She was named an All-America Honorable Mention, becoming the third player in program history to garner national recognition.

Coleman joins former Rensselaer standouts Kaitlyn Saunders '05 and Kristin Kaczynski '04 as National All-America Honorable Mention selections. Saunders was a two-time honoree having been selected as a junior and a senior, while Kaczynski garnered the honor in her final season.

A graduate student and two-time captain out of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Coleman averaged 17.5 points and 9.2 rebounds per game in 2009-10. She had 110 assists, recorded 12 double-doubles and put up ten 20+ point games. A guard, Coleman also led the Engineers in steals (65) and was second on the squad in blocks (31) and minutes average (33.7).

A former Etiwanda High School standout, Coleman became the all-time scoring leader at Rensselaer in her final season, after totaling 1,530 points in 104 career games for a 14.7 points per game average. She also finished seventh on the school's all-time rebounding list, hauling in 693 boards. Coleman logged 30.0 minutes per game throughout her career, with 307 assists, 187 steals and 69 blocks. She connected on a school-record 562 field goals in 1,423 attempts (39.5%), making 45 three-pointers, while hitting 361 of 489 (73.8%) free-throws.

Coleman was a three-time All-Liberty League First Team selection, all coming in her last three full seasons. She garnered Guard of the Week recognition 18 times in her career, including nine times in 2009-10. A two-time D3Hoops.com All-Regional First Team selection, she was also an All-ECAC First Team honoree. In the classroom, Coleman was a multiple Dean's List and Liberty League All-Academic selection.

During her senior season, Coleman averaged 16.7 points and 6.4 rebounds, while starting all 24 games. She recorded 62 assists, 32 steals and 12 blocked shots. An injury limited her junior season to just two games.

In the 2006-07, Coleman scored 13.3 points and hauled in 6.3 rebounds per game. She dished out 74 assists, nabbed 48 steals and blocked 10 shots. As a freshman, she averaged 11.4 points and 4.3 rebounds per contest, earning Liberty League Rookie of the Year and All-Liberty League Second Team honors. She was also named Rookie of the Week four times in 2005-06.

Rensselaer, which is led by ninth-year head coach John Greene, concluded its 2009-10 season with a 17-11 overall record, including a 10-4 mark in conference play. The Engineers made the NCAA Tournament for only the second time in school history, but fell to Southern Maine, 74-63, in the First Round, in Amherst, Mass.