Nov. 1, 2012

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University senior women's basketball player Sugar Rodgers (Suffolk, Va./King's Fork) was named an Associated Press preseason honorable mention All-American on Monday.

Rodgers has already earned Preseason All-BIG EAST, Preseason Wade Watch and Senior CLASS Award honors this season. She was one of only four BIG EAST players selected to the first team or to receive honorable mention honors.

Rodgers begins her final season on the Hilltop with three impressive seasons behind her. She is the only player in Georgetown history to earn First Team All-BIG EAST three times in her career and was a unanimous decision the past two years.

She led the Hoyas in points in 25 of 32 games this past season with a high of 39 points in the win over Dartmouth University at the Blue Sky Classic. Rodgers averaged 18.5 ppg, to lead the BIG EAST during the regular season, 5.4 rpg to rank third on the team and had a squad-high 71 steals. Rodgers also shot a team-high 81.9 percent from the free throw line and ranked second in assists with 54.

Rodgers earned three BIG EAST Player of the Week honors, tying the most in the conference, and had seven nods to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll. She was also named to a number of watch lists for national awards including the Naismith Award, the Wooden Award and the WBCA's "Wade Watch" List.

She was an honorable mention WBCA All-American and an AP All-American for the third-consecutive season.

In her career, Rodgers holds the record for career 3-pointers, points in a season, 3-pointers in a season and ranks in a number of additional categories. She is also second on Georgetown's all-time scoring list.

Georgetown will open the season on November 9 at McDonough Arena against Sacred Heart in the first round of the Preseason WNIT.