2019-20 D3HOOPS.COM ALL-WEST REGION WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS
MINNEAPOLIS -- For the third time in her career, Augsburg University's
Tamira McLemore (SR, Eagan, Minn./Eagan HS) was named to the D3hoops.com All-West Region women's basketball team, this year as a second-team guard, it was announced on Tuesday.
It's the latest D3hoops.com honor for McLemore, who was named to the All-West Region
second team in 2019 and
third team in 2017), in addition to being named the
2017 D3hoops.com West Region Rookie of the Year, McLemore was named as a
D3hoops.com Preseason All-America fourth-team selection this season. The All-West Region team is comprised of 16 players on three teams (five-player first and second teams, six-player third team), nominated by sports information directors in the region and selected by the staff of
D3hoops.com, a national website that covers NCAA Division III men's and women's basketball.
This season, McLemore joined a group of 18 players in MIAC women's basketball history to earn
All-Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honors all four years of their careers. McLemore led the Auggies in scoring, averaging 16.4 points per-game, the
fifth-best scoring average among MIAC players in overall statistics. Her 427 points were fourth-most among league players. Her 142 field goals were fourth-best among league players, as was her 62 three-pointers. She also contributed 79 steals, good for third-most among MIAC players, along with 67 assists (11th).
McLemore finished her career as one of the best players in Augsburg women's basketball history. She competed in 102 games (101 starts), finishing second in school history in scoring with 1,556 points. Her 15.3 career points per-game average is also second-best in program history, and she holds Augsburg's school record with 271 steals. She ranks among the top 10 in program history in three other categories: 511 field goals (second), 201 three-pointers (second), 333 free throws (second) and 278 assists (fifth). McLemore pulled down 469 rebounds in her career, a 4.6 per-game average.
McLemore was one of the leaders of a senior class that had the best four-season run in the varsity history (since 1972-73) of Augsburg's women's basketball program. Under fifth-season head coach
Ted Riverso, the Auggies finished 22-5 overall in 2019-20, matching last season's school-record total of wins. Augsburg went 17-3 in MIAC play, the most conference wins in a season in school history, reaching the MIAC postseason playoffs for the third time in four years and the MIAC playoff title game for the second year in a row. The Augsburg senior class compiled a 71-33 (.683) overall record and 49-25 (.662) MIAC record in their careers.
(NOTE: Story includes information taken from Augsburg's 2019-20 All-MIAC women's basketball release.)
