By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
Jenny Nkem Womsi of the Barton Community College women's basketball team has been named as a 1st Team All-America selection announced by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
Womsi's award is the second in the last three years for the Barton women's program as Queen Ulabo was named to the second team in 2021 and the first named to the top team since Barton Sports Hall of Famer Wendy Okeson's selection in 2000.
At the conclusion of the season, the 6'1" sophomore from Yaounde, Cameroon, was also named the 2023 Division I All-KJCCC/All-Region VI Player of the Year, the first top honor for the program since two-time achiever Okeson's distinction in 1999 and 2000 season.
As a freshman, Womsi was voted the Co-Newcomer of the Year and 2nd team selection, with this year's achievements going down in historical proportions in the long-decorated history of the program.
This year Womsi, the four-time conference and one-time national player of the week set a program record in pulling down a nation 4th best 13.2 rebounds per contest while ranking a conference and region 9th in scoring at 14.8 points per game.
Closing out her Cougar uniform with a 19 point and 17 rebound effort at the National Tournament, Womsi posting 25 double-doubles on the year in the 34 games played. Reaching double-digit scoring in all but six games, Womsi twice scored a career high 25 points and grabbed 10 or more rebounds in all but four of the 34-game schedule including a program sixth most 20 rebounds in one game.
Womsi helped lead the Cougars to the program's 10th Region VI title, the first since 2008 and a trip back to the NJCAA Division I Tournament where Barton finished the year 28-6.
Hauling in 451 rebounds in falling just two shy of the program single season accumulation record, Womsi etched her name as the program's top defensive rebounder at 9.6 per game and 328 total, nearly 50 more.
The presence in the paint and controlling of the boards also helped the team hold opponents to just 54.7 points per game in setting a program record in lowest scoring average allowed per contest.