HOOP star Johannah Leedham has picked up yet another accolade for her American college team.

The student from Ellesmere Port, who is on a basketball scholarship at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, has earned Daktronics All-America team honours, as selected by Division Two sports information directors across the USA.

The All-America honours for Leedham are the first in the history of Franklin Pierce's women's basketball programme. She is now one of just five basketball All-Americans (joining four men's players) in school history.

Leedham is the lone freshman selected by any of the three Daktronics teams.

The rising star has had a successful year and in January she was identified as one of the most promising college students in the States as she appeared in the 'Faces in the Crowd' section of Sports Illustrated magazine.