Tasha Humphrey had an arthroscopic procedure on her right knee to clean up some sources of pain that she played through during the season. She will be in a cast for around six weeks and should be fine for the upcoming season.

‘I’m pleased that it’s done because Tasha played in pain last year,” head coach Andy Landers said. “She was limited somewhat in what she could do and how much she could do in practice. It was something that was getting progressively worse and this needed to be done. I’m even more pleased that the doctors felt like it went well, and she should have relief from it in the future.”

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Georgia got some great news as assistant La’Keshia Frett announced she will retire from her WNBA career with the New York Liberty to remain an assistant coach on Coach Landers’ staff.

“It was definitely a tough decision for me,” Frett said. “I’ve played basketball for so long, and it’s been my career for the last eight years. It’s hard to walk away from the game, especially when there’s nothing forcing you to stop playing. I just felt that the opportunity to come back to Georgia was greater than playing. I’m very thankful for this opportunityand wanted to take advantage of it. I enjoyed coaching and being here more than I ever dreamed I would when I started last fall.”

Frett was the National Player of the Year as a high school senior, had a standout four-year career at Georgia that included two trips to the Final Four and two SEC titles, and now she begins a promising coaching career in Athens.

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Georgia senior standout Sherill Baker was selected in the first round of Wednesday’s WNBA draft with the #12 overall pick by the New York Liberty. Baker will join current UGA assistant coach La’Keshia Frett on the Liberty roster.

The Lady Dogs have seven first-round WNBA selections in the past six years. Seven former Lady Bulldogs were active in the WNBA during 2005.

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The WNBA had a ton of content this week from and about Baker and fellow senior Alexis Kendrick:

• Kara Lawson scouts Baker
• WNBA Player Personnel Department evaluation
• Q&A with Sherill Baker and Ann Strother
• Baker and Kendrick and several of the other prospects discuss each other
• Kendrick and Baker discuss the upcoming draft
• WNBA Draft Blog
  Included is a great story about Andy Landers and Barbara Turner. “As the players were shooting around before the afternoon session, Georgia coach Andy Landers and Connecticut’s Barbara Turner were joking around in one corner of the court. College coaches were invited to attend the afternoon session of games and you might remember that Turner hit the crazy shot in the corner to knock out Georgia in the regional semifinals. So standing in pretty much the same spot on the court where her shot went in, Landers challenged Turner to hit the shot again. She missed. Badly. And wanted another shot. She missed again. And a third time. Maybe she just needed a hand in her face but at least Landers will have some respite during his therapy sessions this summer…”

On Saturday Tasha Humphrey became the sixth player in Lady Bulldog history to be named to the Kodak All-American team. Janet Harris, Kelly Miller, Teresa Edwards, Katrina McClain, and Saudia Roundtree are the other Lady Bulldogs who received the honor over their careers.

Tasha joins Seimone Augustus of LSU, Monique Curry of Duke, Jessica Davenport of Ohio State, Ivory Latta of North Carolina, Courtney Paris of Oklahoma, Candace Parker of Tennessee, Cappie Pondexter of Rutgers, Candice Wiggins of Stanford and Sophia Young of Baylor on the All-American team.

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