March 19, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY - Accolades keep on rolling in for University of Utah point guard Leilani Mitchell as she earned 2007-08 CBCSports.com third-team All-America honors.

Mitchell has already won the Mountain West Conference Newcomer and Player of the Year awards, and she was named a regional finalist for the WBCA All-America team.

The Kennewick, Wash, native has asserted herself as one of the top playmakers in the nation, dishing out a league-high 7.5 assists, and averaging 16.8 points per game. Mitchell also has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.29, which also led the league. All of those numbers rank among the nation's elite as her assists-per-game average ranks fifth in the country and her assist-to-turnover ratio is seventh. Mitchell's scoring average ranks 68th among Division I players.

In all, Mitchell has led the team in assists in all 31 games, in scoring 15 times, and in steals on 13 occasions.

Mitchell and her teammates return to the hardwood for an NCAA Tournament first-round matchup with Purdue. Tipoff on Sunday evening is set for 7 p.m. (ET), and it can be seen on ESPN2.