CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – First-year Fighting Illini women’s basketball head coach Shauna Green and junior guard Makira Cook have been recognized by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). On Thursday, the WBCA announced that Green – the architect of one of the biggest one-year turnarounds this season – was a finalist for the National Coach of the Year honor while Cook collected All-America honorable mention status. Green was one of 10 WBCA NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year finalists, including winner Dawn Staley, as selected by a committee of coaches. Throughout the season, Green was tabbed ESPN Coach of…