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Banham adds another award to trophy case - St. Paul Sports The Chanel Outlet Minnesota Golden Gophers officially ended their season March 25, taking home the WBI championship, but Rachel Banham continued her ongoing recognition even as her freshman season is over.The Big Ten Freshman of the Year Spacci Moncler was officially named to the Full Court Freshman All-American First Team on Tuesday, becoming only the second player in Minnesota history to receive such an honor. The last Minnesota freshman All-American was Laura Coenen, making the College All-Freshman team in 1982 as the NCAA was in its infancy for women's basketball.Other members selected to the Freshman All-American First Team were Elizabeth Williams of Duke, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis from Connecticut, Ariel Massengale Burberry Outlet from Tennessee and Bria Goss from Kentucky. Williams took National Freshman of the Louis Vuitton USA Year honors from the online women's basketball publication.Full Court noted the consistency in Banham's performance throughout the season. She led Minnesota in scoring with Hermes Outlet 16.1 points per game, finishing seventh overall in the Big Ten Conference in that category and third nationally among freshmen.Banham's shooting Louis Vuitton Outlet Store accuracy was a major influence. She finished the season as the Big Ten's top three-point shooter, hitting 42.5 percent of her attempts this season, and ranked fifth in the conference in free throw shooting with an 81.7 percent conversion rate.Such numbers only strengthened pre-season comparisons to Lindsay Whalen, hype that never bothered the Lakeville SAC LOUIS VUITTON native. When her teammates would encounter frequent offensive ruts, it seemed Banham was the sole player to avoid a trap that destablized many Minnesota players over the last three seasons.The best example was when Banham scored a career-high 28 points at Michigan on Jan. 15, but the Gophers suffered a 61-57 loss as no other player had more than seven points.For fans that are eager to pair the progression of Banham and Whalen, Banham already has an edge when charting records. The Gophers finished 19-17 in Banham's first season, while Whalen endured a measly 8-20 campaign that included SITOUFFICIALE MONCLER 11 consecutive losses to end the season.Bolstering Banham's profile was winning one Big Ten Player of the Week award and five Freshman of the Week awards, holding off a late-season charge from Iowa's Samantha Logic to earn the conference Freshman of the Year award.