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Jennifer McClure, a 6-foot-3 post player who dominated games at both ends of the floor, capped a stellar career by becoming the first Whitman women’s player to earn NAIA All-American (Second Team) honors.
McClure holds Whitman school records for most career rebounds (902), most career blocked shots (311) and most blocked shots in a season (95). She led the Northwest Conference in blocked shots in each of her final three seasons. She ranks second all-time in scoring at Whitman with 1,639 points.
McClure led Whitman in scoring as a junior with 518 points in 28 games, shooting 55.5 percent from the floor. She combined 34 points and 21 rebounds in a season-opening victory and sparked an overtime triumph later that year with a career-high 37 points. As a senior, she averaged 19.5 points and 10.8 rebounds. Over the course of four seasons, she made 52.7 percent of her field goal attempts.
McClure, a graduate of Elgin (Ore.) High School, earned All-Conference and All-District First-Team honors as a junior and senior. She made the All-Conference Second Team in her first two seasons, and she received NAIA All-District Honorable Mention recognition as a sophomore.
McClure, who coached girls basketball at Touchet (Wash.) High School after Whitman, and spouse Dave Spurgeon live in Weston, Ore., where they have a real estate appraisal business. They have three school-age children.
