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  • Ann Strother
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  • Guard - Forward - Atlanta Dream
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2008 Statistics

PPG
1.9
RPG
0.60
APG
0.3
EFF
+ 1.81
Born: Dec 11, 1983
Height: 6-3 /  1,91
Weight: 166  lbs. / 75,3  kg.
College: Connecticut
Years Pro: 3








Background

WNBA CAREER

2007:

Averaged 2.3 ppg for the Indiana Fever… Shot 40% from 3-point range… Helped the Fever to a 21-13 record and a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals

2006:

Second-round draft pick by the Houston Comets… Acquired by Phoenix in a draft-day trade… Played in 8 games with the Mercury as a rookie… In the Mercury’s fi rst regular season game, she came off the bench to score 12 points on 4-6 from 3-point range in 17 minutes vs. Sacramento.

COLLEGE CAREER

Averaged 12.9 ppg during her collegiate career… Seventh all-time leading scorer in Uconn history with 1,699 career points… Second all-time in career three-point fi eld goals with 290… Two-time All-Big East and WBCA All-District performer… Led UConn to a 125-18 record and two NCAA championships in her four years… Played in all 143 games of her collegiate career… Three time Big East Academic All-Star and a 2006 CoSIDA Academic All-American.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Competed on the 2003 USA Pan-American Games team that compiled a 5-2 record and earned the silver medal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic… She averaged 7.9 ppg and 2.1 rpg and scored a tournament-high 12 points in a 109-54 victory over Dominican Republic… Youngest player of the 2001 USA Junior World Championship team that posted a 6-1 record and earned the bronze medal… Only the second high school player to be named to a USA Junior World Championship team, joining Lisa Leslie, who was a member of the 1989 USA Junior World Championship team.


Personal

  • Daughter of Kenneth and Janit Strother
  • Full name is Ann Elise Strother
  • Graduated from the University of Connecticut in December 2006 with a degree in psychology
  • Has one brother (Jon) and one sister (Britta)

  • Career Transactions

  • Acquired by the Atlanta Dream from the Indiana Fever in the 2008 expansion draft.
  • Selected by Houston in the second round (15th overall) of the WNBA Draft on April 5, 2006.
  • Draft rights traded by Houston to Phoenix for the draft rights of Liz Shimek and Mistie Williams, April 5, 2006.

  • created:1/9/2009 6:25:18 AM
    Monday
    Jan. 5
    Free agent signing period begins
    Saturday
    Jan. 17
    Cheryl Ford appearance
    Curtis Granderson's Celebrity Basketball Game, Detroit, Mich.
    Thursday
    Jan. 29
    Bowling with Rebekkah Brunson
    For Monarchs Season Ticket Prospects, Sacramento, Calif.
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