Kevi Luper Earns Multiple Postseason Honors

Originally Published: Apr 16, 2010 3:13 PM CDT

Andrew Topps
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

TULSA, Oklahoma -- Oral Roberts women's basketball player Kevi Luper was named Honorable Mention All-America by the Associated Press and named to the Full Court Press All-Freshmen Second Team.

Luper ranked sixth nationally in scoring (24.4 ppg) and first in steals (4.5 spg), and earned Summit League Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors.

Luper became the all-time leading scorer for a single season in Summit League history by scoring her 660th point at UMKC on Feb. 27. Luper also set single-season Summit League marks in made field goals (260), field goal attempts (563), made free-throws (194), free-throw attempts (235) and points per game (24.4). Luper's 194 made free-throws are also an ORU record. Luper became ORU's all-time single-season steals leader by swiping 10 against Centenary on Feb. 20, and finished the season with a total of 140.

2009-10 Full Court Press NCAA Division I Women's College Freshmen All-American Team

First Team
Kelsey Bone, South Carolina
Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
Brittney Griner, Baylor
Sugar Rodgers, Georgetown
Second Team
Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts
A'dia Mathies, Kentucky
Jaime Printy, Iowa
Shenneika Smith, St. John's
Davellyn Whyte, Arizona
Third Team
Alex Bentley, Penn State
Carolyn Davis, Kansas
Marissa Kastanek, North Carolina State
DeNesha Stallworth, California
Markel Walker, UCLA