Career Capsule:
• Three-time WNBA All-Star (2007, 2006, 2005)
• Two-time All-WNBA First Team (2006, 2004)
• 2006 Peak Performer as the league’s leading scorer (25.3 ppg)
• All-WNBA Second Team (2005)
• WNBA All-Decade Team Honorable Mention
• 2004 WNBA Rookie of the Year
• No. 1 overall pick, 2004 WNBA Draft
• Five-time Player of the Week (August 6, May 28, 2007; August 7-13, July 3-9, 2006; August 1-7, 2005)
• Owns league scoring records for scoring average (25.3), points in a season (860), and shares single-game record (47)
• Second player all-time to record multiple 40-point games in the same season (2006; Smith), third player all-time with multiple 40-point
games in a career (Smith, Cooper)
• 11 career 30-point efforts, fifth-most in WNBA history
• Scored 20 or more in WNBA-record 13 consecutive games (final 12 of 2006, first game of 2007)
• Back-to-back 30-point games on two separate occasions in 2006 (second player all-time)
• Second on the all-time franchise scoring list behind Jennifer Gillom
2007 WNBA Season:
• 2007 WNBA All-Star
• Became just the second player in league history to record 500 or more points in each of her first four career seasons (Cynthia Cooper)
• Became just the fifth player in WNBA history to score 600 or more points in back-to-back seasons (Cooper, Katie Smith, Lauren Jackson,
Seimone Augustus)
• Second-fastest player to 2,000 points in WNBA history (Jackson and Smith); reached the mark in 104 games
• Two-time WNBA Player of the Week in 2007 (August 6, May 28)
• Only WNBA player ranked in top 10 in points, assists and blocks
• Averaged 19.2 points, third-most in the league
• Averaged at least four assists for the third-straight season (4.3, 8th-WNBA)
• Two 30-point efforts (11 for her career)
• Team-high 16 20-point efforts
• Led the team in scoring 14 times, steals 11 times, blocks 14 times
• Led all WNBA guards in blocks with 1.06 (8th-WNBA)
• Shot 44.0 percent from the field, over 44 percent for the second consecutive year
2006 WNBA Season:
• 2006 All-WNBA First Team
• 2006 WNBA Peak Performer as league’s leading scorer
• 2006 WNBA All-Star
• WNBA All-Decade Team Honorable Mention
• Two-time WNBA Player of the Week (July 3-9th, August 7-13th)
• Averaged a WNBA-record 25.3 points per game (prev. 23.1, Katie Smith)
• First WNBA player in history to break the 800-point mark in a single season
• Moved into second place on the Mercury all-time scoring list, 828 points behind Jennifer Gillom
• Scored a league-record 860 points in 2006
• Set franchise records for single season double-figure scoring games (33), 20-point games (26), 30-point games (8, ties WNBA record) and
40-point games (2, ties WNBA record)
• Second player in league history to record multiple 40-point games in the same season (Smith)
• Third player all-time to record multiple 40-point games in a career (Smith, Cynthia Cooper)
• Scored a league-record 47 points at Houston on Aug. 10
• Scored a then-franchise record 41 points at Houston on July 27
• Eight scoring efforts of 30 or more points (includes both 40-point efforts) in 34 games in 2006; franchise entered season with nine 30-point
efforts in first nine seasons (288 games)
• Has scored at least 20 points in a WNBA record 12 consecutive games(July 22-August 13), still active to begin 2007
• Broke Jennifer Gillom’s franchise record for points in a season in just 26 games (624, Gillom set in 30) on July 28 at San Antonio
• Became the fourth player to score 500 or more points in each of her first three seasons (eighth player to do it in three consecutive seasons
overall)
• Along with Cappie Pondexter, became the first pair of teammates in WNBA history to score 30 or more points in the same game (June 6)
• Scored 30 or more points in back-to-back games twice in 2006 (second player all-time)
• Shot career-bests from the field (.452) and three-point range (.397, 8th-WNBA)
• Dished a team-leading 4.1 assists per game (5th-WNBA)
• Averaged a staggering 30.1 points per game in seven games in the month of August (211/7), a franchise record for a single month
• Averaged 25.2 points in July (second all-time, Mercury history) and 23.3 points in May (tied, third)
• Committed a career-low 79 turnovers despite leading the league in scoring and the team in assists
• Additional WNBA records that belong to DT after 2006:
FGM, season (298)
3FGM, season (121)
FGA, game (33)
3FGA, game (16)
FGA, season (660)
3FGA, season (305)
2005 WNBA Season:
• 2005 WNBA All-Star (July 9, 2005; New York)
• 2005 All-WNBA Second Team
• WNBA Player of the Week (August 1-7th)
• Became just the fifth player in Mercury history to score over 1,000 career points
• Second player in franchise history to score over 1,000 career points in her first two seasons (Gillom)
• Nearly had a triple double on 8/5 vs. Houston (27 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists)
• Scored a then-career-high 31 points in the 2005 season finale at Seattle, the first 30-point effort of her career
• Broke the franchise record for 20+ point games with 21 in 2005 (Brandy Reed, 2000; Jennifer Gillom, 1998)
• Scored in double figures in 28 of 33 games
2004 WNBA Season:
• 2004 WNBA Rookie of the Year
• 2004 All-WNBA First Team
• Selected by the Phoenix Mercury with the No. 1 pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft
• Led Mercury in scoring with 17.0 points per game
• First player in WNBA history to start career with three consecutive 20+ point games (22, 26, 22)
• Led all rookies in scoring, three-point field goal percentage, free throw percentage, minutes
• Second among rookies in rebounds and assists
• Scored 20+ points on 13 occasions
• Recorded first career double-double on September 3, 2004 at Houston (27 points, 11 rebounds)
• In first season, scored third-most points in a single season in franchise history
College Career:
• Led UCONN to three consecutive national championships (2002, 2003, 2004)
• NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player in two consecutive seasons (2003, 2004)
• Naismith Player of the Year Award (best female player in the nation) winner in two consecutive seasons (2003, 2004)
• Just the fourth player ever to win back-to-back Naismith awards (Cheryl Miller, Dawn Staley, Chamique Holdsclaw)
• Named to the first women’s Wooden Award All-American team for senior season
• 2003-04 Big East Player of the Year
• 2004 AP All-American
• 2002, 2003, 2004 All-BIG EAST First Team
• First player in UConn history to finish career with 2,000 points, 600 assists and 600 rebounds
• 2003 USBWA National Player of the Year
• 2003 Honda Trophy Award winner for basketball
• 2003 Wade Trophy recipient
• 2003 BIG EAST All-Tournament team
• 2001 Kodak All-American and AP Second Team All-American
• 2001-02 Naismith Player of the Year and Honda Award for Women’s Basketball Finalist
• Named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA East Region in 2001
• Named 2001 BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player, the first rookie ever to earn the honor
• 2001 BIG EAST All-Rookie Team
International/National Team:
• Named 2006 Female Athlete of the Year by USA Basketball
• Member of the bronze medal-winning 2006 USA National Team at the World Championships in Brazil
• Averaged 14.3 points in nine games (8-1), second-most behind leading scorer Tina Thompson
• In 2007, played a third consecutive season in Russia for Spartak Moscow alongside college teammate Sue Bird
• Youngest member of the gold medal-winning 2004 US Women’s National Team in the Athens Olympics
• Earned a bronze medal as a member of the 2001 USA Junior World Championship team
• Earned a gold medal as a member of the 2000 USA Basketball Women’s Junior World Championship Qualifying team
• Member of the 2001 All-FIBA Junior World Championship team
• Named July 2001 USA Basketball “Female Athlete of the Month”
• Spent 2007-08 offseason playing for Spartak Moscow in Russia
