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  • Center - Seattle Storm
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2008 Statistics

PPG
0.5
RPG
1.60
APG
0.3
EFF
+ 1.72
Born: Aug 12, 1982
Height: 6-4 /  1,93
Weight: 180  lbs. / 81,6  kg.
College: Tennessee
Years Pro: 4








Background

2007 WNBA REGULAR SEASON: Appeared in 33 games for the Storm and was in the starting lineup five times…Ranked third on the team with 25 total blocks…Grabbed 10-plus rebounds twice and led the team in rebounding three times…Averaged 8.8 rpg over the final six games of the season…Grabbed a career-high-tying 13 rebounds at Detroit on 8/9.

WNBA CAREER: Acquired by the Chicago Sky in the 2005 WNBA Expansion Draft…Selected by the Mercury in the second round (14th overall pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft…2005: Was the only Mercury player to appear in all 34 games…Blocked a career-high five shots and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds at Houston on 6/4…Scored a career-high 10 points on 5/24 at Indiana…2004: Began the season on the injured list and appeared in just 19 games…FFinished the season ranked third in the WNBA in blocks per 40 minutes (3.1) and ninth in steals per 40 minutes (2.46)…Played a season-high 17 minutes and had two steals on 7/7 at Los Angeles.

2006: Averaged 1.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 11.1 mpg in 29 games split between Chicago and Seattle…Traded to Seattle on 6/29…Appeared in 17 games for the Storm, averaging 1.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 11.6 mpg…Led the Storm in rebounding twice…Made her Storm debut vs. Minnesota on 7/1, grabbing two rebounds in four minutes of action…Scored her first points in a Storm uniform vs. New York on 7/14…Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Detroit on 7/28…2006 Playoffs: Logged six minutes in two games for the Storm.

2005: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg and 19.4 mpg…Was the only Mercury player to appear in all 34 games…Blocked a career-high five shots and grabbed a then-career-high nine rebounds at Houston on 6/4…Scored a career-high 10 points on 5/24 at Indiana.

2004: Averaged 0.9 ppg, 0.7 rpg and 6.8 mpg…Began the season on the injured list and appeared in just 19 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in blocks per 40 minutes (3.1) and ninth in steals per 40 minutes (2.46)…Played a season-high 17 minutes and had two steals on 7/7 at Los Angeles.

COLLEGE CAREER: 2003-04: Started all 35 games for the Lady Vols…Finished the season ranked third in the SEC in blocks per game (2.0)…Averaged 8.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 2.0 bpg…2002-03: Led the Lady Vols in blocks with 63 on the season…Averaged 5.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 1.7 bpg…2001-02: Averaged 4.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg…Underwent ACL surgery prior to the season…2000-01: Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team…Averaged 8.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1.5 bpg.

PERSONAL: Enjoys reading, watching TV and completing crossword puzzles…Wants to become a professional makeup artist once her playing days are over…Has been an active member of the community, especially with Race for the Cure and other breast cancer initiatives…Earned a degree in public relations with a minor in business for the University of Tennessee…If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone she would choose Oprah Winfrey…Drives a 2005 Mustang…Lists her favorite book as “Change the Way you See Everything: Through Asset Based Thinking” by Kathryn D. Cramer and Hank Wasiak…Hired as the ambassador for the team’s 2007 “Stormin’ the Sound” off-season.


Personal

PERSONAL:
Enjoys reading, watching TV and completing crossword puzzles…Wants to become a professional makeup artist once her playing days are over…Has been an active member of the community, especially with Race for the Cure and other breast cancer initiatives…Earned a degree in public relations with a minor in business for the University of Tennessee.

Career Transactions

Selected by Phoenix in second round (14th overall) of WNBA Draft, April 17, 2004. ...Selected by Chicago in WNBA Expansion Draft, November 16, 2005....Acquired by Seattle from the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2006 in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and a 2007 second-round draft pick.

created:8/27/2008 6:25:24 AM
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