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Crystal Langhorne’s Got Milk

posted by Pretty Tough | Girls Who Are Fun Fierce & Feminine
Monday, May 24, 2010 at 2:14pm CDT

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WNBA player Crystal Langhorne is the latest model-athlete to stump for the “Body by Milk” campaign.

Crystal has known basketball success at every level, including on the international stage. As a member of the 2007 U21 USA Basketball Team, she won a Gold Medal. She’s also the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, 3 time Associated Press All-American.

Selected in the first round (6th overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics out of the University of Maryland, this past season Crystal was named WNBA Most Improved Player.

While at Maryland Crystal won many honors including: Associated Press and USBWA All-American for the third-consecutive year and second time selected WBCA All-American … 2008 ACC Player of the Year… first team Senior CLASS All-American … earned All-American honors by Sports Illustrated, ESPN.com, CBSsportsline.com and Full Court Press… surpassed Len Elmore’s school rebounding mark of 1,053… led the team with 17.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, both of which ranked third in the ACC … received preseason All-American nods from the AP, ESPN.com, Lindy’s, Women’s Basketball Magazine, CBSsportsline.com, Sporting News, Athlon’s and Sports Illustrated … among ESPN.com’s top five centers in the country … ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 and second team All-American … the ACC’s Scholar Athlete for women’s basketball, All-ACC Academic team and recipient of the Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award, which is given to the student-athlete who plans to continue to play at the Olympic or professional level.