Sky center Fowles named all All-WNBA first team

Seattle Storm forward-center Lauren Jackson and New York Liberty guard Cappie Pondexter were the top vote-getters for the 2010 All-WNBA First Team honors, the league announced Monday, with Sky center Sylvia Fowles also making the team.

Jackson led all vote-getters with 195 points while Pondexter, a Chicagoan, received 193 points. Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, a former high school star at Stevenson, finished third with 191 points. Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi and Fowles rounded out the First Team with 185 and 125 points, respectively.

The voting was conducted by a panel of national and local sportswriters and broadcasters. Players were selected by position and received five points for each First Team vote.

"It was my goal to stay healthy and have the best season I possibly could," said Fowles.

This is the first time Fowles has received this honor. In 2010, she played a career-high 34 games in which she averaged of 17.8 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 32 minutes per game, all career-highs. She also shot a career-best 76 percent from the free throw line.