STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford senior forward Erica McCall was named a Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American on Thursday morning.
The award for women's basketball is chosen by a vote of Division I coaches, national media and fans and is given annually to outstanding senior student-athletes in Division I women's basketball. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character and competition.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete in 10 NCAA sports and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
A psychology major with a 3.58 cumulative GPA, McCall was named to the 2016-17 CoSIDA Academic All-American Division I second team on March 1, becoming the eighth academic All-American in program history. She finished her studies a quarter early and graduated at the end of the recently completed winter term.
Stanford's unquestioned leader, McCall has been a team captain each of the past two seasons and has served in the same capacity for her country. The senior co-captained the United States to a perfect 6-0 record and gold at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, her fourth world championship with USA Basketball teams.
McCall and Stanford are active in charitable causes throughout the community. Among recent service trips, the Cardinal visited Lucile Packard Children's Hospital earlier this week, playing games, interacting and spending time with patients at one of the country's foremost pediatric care facilities. Last season, McCall visited third and fifth-grade classrooms in East Palo Alto for her urban education class and used her visit to pen a paper on teacher-student interaction in the urban school setting.
McCall is averaging team highs in points (14.4), rebounds (8.9) and blocks (1.6), has scored in double figures in 30 games and led the team in scoring 27 times and rebounding 22 times. She was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Pac-12 Tournament after averaging 11.0 points, 10.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in Stanford's three wins and has been just as good in the NCAA Tournament, putting up 12.8 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
The senior is one of only four players at Stanford with 1,300 career points, 900 rebounds and 190 blocks along with Jayne Appel, Chiney Ogwumike and Val Whiting.
Stanford erased a 16-point second-half deficit to beat Notre Dame 76-75 and win the Lexington Region on Sunday. The Cardinal will appear in its 13th Final Four at American Airlines Center in Dallas on Friday against South Carolina, winners of the Stockton Region.