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Tulsa’s Temira Poindexter Named The American Freshman of the Year

Tulsa women's basketball player Temira Poindexter (Sapulpa, Okla.) was named as the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, while sophomore Wyvette Mayberry (Tulsa, Okla.) was tabbed to the all-conference second team. Poindexter and fellow rookie Delanie Crawford (Piemont, Okla.) were selected to the all-freshmen team.

Poindexter is TU's first women's basketball Freshman of the Year in program history, while Poindexter and Crawford are Tulsa's fourth and fifth AAC all-freshmen team selections and seventh and eighth honorees overall. Mayberry is the fifth AAC all-conference selection and 23rd overall.

Poindexter has started in 18 of 24 games, posting two double-doubles, 15 double-digit scoring games and two double-digit rebounding contests on the season.