2012 USA Basketball Women`s National Team Media Guide

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2012
USA Basketball
Women’s
National Team
Media Guide
2 009- 12 USA B as ketb al l
W om en’ s N at i on al Tea m S ch edu l e & R esu l ts
2012 Olympic Games
Preliminary Round
Date
Opponent
07/28
Croatia
07/30
Angola
08/01
Turkey
08/03
Czech Republic
08/05
China
Medal Round
08/07
Quarterfinals
08/09
Semifinals
08/11
Finals
Time
4:45 p.m. (11:45
10:15 p.m. (5:15
10:15 p.m. (5:15
10:15 p.m. (5:15
4:54 p.m. (11:45
TBD
TBD
TBD
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p.m. EDT)
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a.m. EDT)
Site
Olympic
Olympic
Olympic
Olympic
Olympic
Park,
Park,
Park,
Park,
Park,
Basketball
Basketball
Basketball
Basketball
Basketball
Arena
Arena
Arena
Arena
Arena
Olympic Park, Basketball Arena
North Greenwich Arena
North Greenwich Arena
2012 USA National Team Exhibition Games
Date
Result
High Points
High Rebounds
Site
05/12
USA 11, China 62
Catchings-19
Fowles, Parker-7
Seattle, Wash.
Date
Opponent
Time
Site
07/15
Brazil
5:30 p.m. EDT
Washington, D.C.
07/18
Great Britain
7:30 p.m. (2:30 pm. EDT)
Manchester, England
07/21-24 Turkey, TBD
TBD
Istanbul, Turkey
2011 European Tour (3-2)
Date
Result
09/30
USA 77, Famila Schio 48
10/01
USA 78, Ros Casares 68
10/05
Ros Casares 80, USA 76
10/08
USK Prague 83, USA 77
10/09
USA 73, UE Sopron 63
High Points
Griner-15
Cash-17
Griner-22
Charles-28
Cash, Pondexter-14
High Rebounds
Cash-9
Charles-9
Griner-8
Cash, Charles-8
Charles-9
Site
Monte di Procida, Italy
Monte di Procida, Italy
Valencia, Spain
Prague, Czech Republic
Sopron, Hungary
Taurasi-15
Whalen-16
Fowles-15
Taurasi-24
McCoughtry-17
Catchings-14
McCoughtry-18
High Rebounds
Charles-9
Cash, Catchings,
Dupree, Whalen-5
Moore-8
Dupree-7
Dupree, Fowles-6
Fowles-6
Dupree-16
Fowles-6
Charles-10
Site
Ostrava, Czech Republic
High Rebounds
Dupree, Fowles,
Moore-8
Appel-8
Charles-10
Charles-7
Moore-10
Site
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.
2010 FIBA World Championship (9-0 / Gold Medal)
Date
Result
High Points
09/23
USA 99, Greece 73
Cash, McCoughtry-16
09/24
USA 108, Senegal 52
Moore-15
09/25
09/27
09/28
09/29
10/01
10/02
10/03
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
81, France 60
87, Canada 46
107, Belarus 61
83, Australia 75
106, South Korea 44
106, Spain 70
89, Czech Rep. 69
2010 Exhibition Games (4-1)
Date
Result
07/10
USA 99, WNBA Stars 72
09/10
09/12
09/17
09/18
USA 89, Australia 56
USA 85, Spain 69
Australia 83, USA 77
USA 93, Senegal 51
High Points
Fowles-23
Moore-16
Charles-17
Charles-18
Taurasi-14
2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational (3-0 / First Place)
Date
Result
High Points
High Rebounds
10/09
USA 100, USK Prague 81
McCoughtry-17
McCoughtry-9
10/10
USA 79, Sopron 65
Charles-15
Charles, McCoughtry-7
10/11
USA 78, UMMC Ekat. 63
McCoughtry-20
Fowles-12
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
XL Center, Hartford, Conn.
Salamanca, Spain
Salamanca, Spain
Site
Ekaterinburg, Russia
W ha t’s I ns i de .. .
Medi a In for m at io n
USA National Team Info
USA Competition Schedule & Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC
2012 U.S. Olympic Team Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2009-12 USA National Team Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2012 USA National Team Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
USA Women’s National Team Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
All-Time U.S. Olympic Team Jersey Numbers . . . . . . . . . . 9
Olympic Opponents - All-Time Olympic Scores & Finishes . .10
FIBA, WNBA & NCAA Rule Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
USA Coaching & Medical Staff
Head Coach Geno Auriemma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13
Assistant Coach Doug Bruno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Assistant Coach Jennifer Gillom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Assistant Coach Marynell Meadors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Team Physicians and Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
USA National Team Profiles
Seimone Augustus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sue Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Swin Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tamika Catchings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tina Charles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sylvia Fowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asjha Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Angel McCoughtry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maya Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Candace Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Diana Taurasi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lindsay Whalen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
USA Olympic Team History
20-21
22-23
24-25
26-27
28-29
30-31
32-33
34-35
36-37
38-39
40-41
42-43
1976-2008 USA Team Recaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-65
All-Time Summary of Finishes & Standings . . . . . . . . . . . 66
All-Time USA Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
All-Time USA Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
All-Time USA Alphabetical Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
All-Time USA Roster by Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-71
All-Time USA Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-74
USA Basketball
Board of Directors, Committees & Staff . . . . . . . . . . . 76-77
USA Basketball Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78-79
USA Basketball All-Time Results Through 2011 . . . . . . . . . 80
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At All USA Team Practices
Unless otherwise noted, media interviews with team members
will be conducted after each practice session. Credentialed
media will be allowed access to approximately the final half
hour of practice.
Interview Requests
All requests for coach and player interviews should be made in
advance to Caroline Williams at 719-330-3310 or
[email protected].
Media eNews Releases
USA Basketball sends out advisories, releases and game stories
to members of the media via an electronic format. If you would
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Team release list, please contact Craig Miller,
Caroline Williams or Jenny Maag in the USA
Basketball Communications Department.
Photo Credit
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Pottheiser, David Sherman, Terrence Vaccaro),
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Ewart, Jenny Maag, Steven Maikoski, Mike
Orazzi, Stephen Slade and Caroline Williams.
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Alphabetical Roster
NO
5
6
11
10
14
13
9
8
7
15
12
4
NAME
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Swin Cash
Tamika Catchings
Tina Charles
Sylvia Fowles
Asjha Jones
Angel McCoughtry
Maya Moore
Candace Parker
Diana Taurasi
Lindsay Whalen
POS
F
G
F
F
C
C
F
F
F
F/C/G
G/F
G
HGT
6-1
5-9
6-1
6-0
6-3
6-6
6-3
6-1
6-0
6-4
6-0
5-9
WGT
170
150
162
166
193
200
196
160
170
172
165
150
DOB
04/30/84
10/16/80
09/22/79
07/21/79
12/05/88
10/06/85
08/01/80
09/10/86
06/11/89
04/19/86
06/11/82
05/09/82
WNBA TEAM
Minnesota Lynx
Seattle Storm
Chicago Sky
Indiana Fever
Connecticut Sun
Chicago Sky
Connecticut Sun
Atlanta Dream
Minnesota Lynx
Los Angeles Sparks
Phoenix Mercury
Minnesota Lynx
SCHOOL
Louisiana State
Connecticut
Connecticut
Tennessee
Connecticut
Louisiana State
Connecticut
Louisville
Connecticut
Tennessee
Connecticut
Minnesota
HOMETOWN
Baton Rouge, LA
Syosset, NY
McKeesport, PA
Duncanville, TX
Jamaica, NY
Miami, FL
Piscataway, NJ
Baltimore, MD
Lawrenceville, GA
Naperville, IL
Chino, CA
Hutchinson, MN
NO
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
NAME
Lindsay Whalen
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Maya Moore
Angel McCoughtry
Asjha Jones
Tamika Catchings
Swin Cash
Diana Taurasi
Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles
Candace Parker
POS
G
F
G
F
F
F
F
F
G/F
C
C
F/C/G
HGT
5-9
6-1
5-9
6-0
6-1
6-3
6-0
6-1
6-0
6-6
6-3
6-4
WGT
150
170
150
170
160
196
166
162
165
200
193
172
DOB
05/09/82
04/30/84
10/16/80
06/11/89
09/10/86
08/01/80
07/21/79
09/22/79
06/11/82
10/06/85
12/05/88
04/19/86
WNBA TEAM
Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
Seattle Storm
Minnesota Lynx
Atlanta Dream
Connecticut Sun
Indiana Fever
Chicago Sky
Phoenix Mercury
Chicago Sky
Connecticut Sun
Los Angeles Sparks
SCHOOL
Minnesota
Louisiana State
Connecticut
Connecticut
Louisville
Connecticut
Tennessee
Connecticut
Connecticut
Louisiana State
Connecticut
Tennessee
HOMETOWN
Hutchinson, MN
Baton Rouge, LA
Syosset, NY
Lawrenceville, GA
Baltimore, MD
Piscataway, NJ
Duncanville, TX
McKeesport, PA
Chino, CA
Miami, FL
Jamaica, NY
Naperville, IL
Numerical Roster
2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team Staff
Head Coach: Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut
Assistant Coach: Jennifer Gillom, Washington Mystics
Team Physician: Don Roberts, Portland Trailblazers
Metric Numerical Roster
NO
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
NAME
Lindsay Whalen
Seimone Augustus
Sue Bird
Maya Moore
Angel McCoughtry
Asjha Jones
Tamika Catchings
Swin Cash
Diana Taurasi
Sylvia Fowles
Tina Charles
Candace Parker
POS
G
F
G
F
F
F
F
F
G/F
C
C
F/C/G
CMS
175
185
175
183
185
191
183
185
183
198
193
190
KGS
77
77
68
77
73
89
76
74
75
91
90
78
NOTE: Age listed is as of the 2012 Olympic Games
Opening Ceremonies (7/27/12).
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AGE
30
28
31
23
25
31
33
32
30
26
23
26
Assistant Coach: Doug Bruno, DePaul University
Assistant Coach: Marynell Meadors, Atlanta Dream
Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Colorado Springs, Colo.
2012 U.S.
Team By College
Graduating Class
2001: Tamika Catchings
2002: Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones
2004: Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen
2006: Seimone Augustus
2008: Sylvia Fowles,
Candace Parker
Pronunciation Guide
2009: Angel McCoughtry Seimone Augustus (SI-moan)
2010: Tina Charles
Tamika Catchings (tuh-MEE-kuh)
2011: Maya Moore Sylvia Fowles (FOULS)
2012 USA Basketball Women’s National Team
Asjha Jones (Asia)
Angel McCoughtry (Mc-CAW-tree)
Maya Moore (MY-ah)
Diana Taurasi (tuh-RA-zee)
Geno Auriemma (oar-ee-EM-uh)
Marynell Meadors (med-ERS)
2009-12 USA National Team Roster
NAME
Jayne Appel
Seimone Augustus
Alana Beard
Sue Bird
Rebekkah Brunson
Swin Cash
Tamika Catchings
Tina Charles
Shameka Christon
Candice Dupree
Sylvia Fowles
Brittney Griner
Lindsey Harding
Ebony Hoffman
Asjha Jones
Kara Lawson
Angel McCoughtry
Renee Montgomery
Maya Moore
Candace Parker
Cappie Pondexter
Diana Taurasi
Courtney Vandersloot
Kia Vaughn
Lindsay Whalen
Candice Wiggins
Sophia Young
POS
C
F
G/F
G
F
F
F
C
F
F
C
C
G
F
F
G
F
G
F
F/C/G
G
G/F
G
C
G
G
F
HGT
6-4
6-1
5-11
5-9
6-2
6-1
6-0
6-3
6-1
6-2
6-6
6-8
5-8
6-2
6-3
5-9
6-1
5-7
6-0
6-4
5-9
6-0
5-8
6-4
5-9
5-11
6-1
WGT
210
179
160
150
175
162
166
193
185
162
200
208
139
215
196
165
160
139
170
172
160
165
173
208
150
154
165
DOB
05/14/88
04/30/84
05/14/82
10/16/80
12/11/81
09/22/79
07/21/79
12/05/88
02/15/82
08/16/84
10/06/85
10/18/90
06/12/84
08/27/82
08/01/80
02/14/81
09/10/86
12/02/86
06/11/89
04/19/86
01/07/83
06/11/82
02/08/89
01/24/87
05/09/82
02/14/87
12/15/83
WNBA TEAM
San Ant.Silver Stars
Minnesota Lynx
Washington Mystics
Seattle Storm
Minnesota Lynx
Chicago Sky
Indiana Fever
Connecticut Sun
Chicago Sky
Phoenix Mercury
Chicago Sky
n/a
Atlanta Dream
Los Angeles Sparks
Connecticut Sun
Connecticut Sun
Atlanta Dream
Connecticut Sun
Minnesota Lynx
Los Angeles Sparks
New York Liberty
Phoenix Mercury
Chicago Sky
New York Liberty
Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
San Ant. Silver Stars
COLLEGE
Stanford
Louisiana State
Duke
Connecticut
Georgetown
Connecticut
Tennessee
Connecticut
Arkansas
Temple
Louisiana State
Baylor
Duke
USC
Connecticut
Tennessee
Louisville
Connecticut
Connecticut
Tennessee
Rutgers
Connecticut
Gonzaga
Rutgers
Minnesota
Stanford
Baylor
HOMETOWN
Pleasant Hill, CA
Baton Rouge, LA
Shreveport, LA
Syosset, NY
Oxen Hill, MD
McKeesport, PA
Duncanville, TX
Jamaica, NY
Hot Springs, AR
Tampa, FL
Miami, FL
Houston, TX
Houston, TX
Harbor City, CA
Piscataway, NJ
Alexandria, VA
Baltimore, MD
St. Albans, WV
Lawrenceville, GA
Naperville, IL
Chicago, IL
Chino, CA
Kent, WA
Bronx, NY
Hutchinson, MN
San Diego, CA
St. Vincent, West
Indies
2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team Coaching Staff
2009-12 USA Head Coach: Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut
Assistant Coach: Doug Bruno, DePaul University
Assistant Coach: Jennifer Gillom, Los Angeles Sparks
Assistant Coach: Marynell Meadors, Atlanta Dream
Court Coach (May 2011 training camp): Corey Gaines, Phoenix Mercury
The 2010 USA World Championship Team celebrates after capturing the
‘10 FIBA World Championship gold medal.
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Experience Counts
All of the U.S. team members have competed for USA
Basketball in past international events. Below is a complete
listing of their USA Basketball experience.
Olympic Games: Seimone Augustus (2008), Geno Auriemma
(2000-assistant coach), Sue Bird (2004, 2008), Swin Cash
(2004), Tamika Catchings (2004, 2008), Sylvia Fowles (2008),
Jennifer Gillom (1988), Candace Parker (2008), Diana Taurasi
(2004, 2008).
FIBA World Championship: Augustus (2006), Auriemma (2010head coach), Bird (2002, 2006, 2010), Doug Bruno (2010assistant coach), Cash (2010), Catchings (2002, 2006, 2010),
Tina Charles (2010), Fowles (2010), Gillom (2002, 1986, 2010assistant coach), Asjha Jones (2010), Angel McCoughtry (2010),
Marynell Meadors (2010-assistant coach), Maya Moore (2010),
Parker (2006), Taurasi (2006, 2010), Lindsay Whalen (2010).
FIBA Americas Championship: Augustus (2007), Bird (2007),
Cash (2007), Parker (2007), Taurasi (2007).
2007-08 USA National Team: Augustus, Bird, Cash, Catchings,
Fowles, Jones, Parker, Taurasi, Whalen.
FIBA U21 World Championship: Augustus (2003), Whalen
(2003).
FIBA Americas U20 Championship: Whalen (2002).
FIBA U19 World Championship: Auriemma (2001-head coach),
Bruno (2007-head coach), Catchings (1997), Moore (2007),
Taurasi (2001).
FIBA Americas U18 Championship: Auriemma (2000-head
coach), Bruno (2006-head coach), Catchings (1996), Charles
(2006), Moore (2006), Parker (2004), Taurasi (2000).
Pan American Games: Gillom (1987, 2011-assistant coach),
McCoughtry (2007).
World University Games: Augustus (2005), Charles (2009).
Fowles (2005), Gillom (1985), Moore (2009-injured, DNP).
R. William Jones Cup: Bird (2000), Catchings (1998), Meadors
(1982-assistant coach, 1983-head coach).
Olympic 3-Timers
In the USA’s Olympic history, only seven athletes previously
have been named to three or more U.S. Olympic Women’s
Basketball Teams. This year Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and
Diana Taurasi, each of whom played in 2004 and 2008, join the
prestegious list, bringing it to 10.
Teresa Edwards, the most decorated Olympic basketball player
on the planet, heads the list after playing on five Olympic
squads (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000), winning four gold
medals and one bronze medal. Lisa Leslie is the USA’s fourtime Olympian, who won a record four-consecutive Olympic
gold medals from 1996-2008. Playing in three Olympics were:
Anne Donovan (1980, 1984, 1988), Katrina McClain (1988,
1992, 1996), Katie Smith (2000, 2004, 2008), Dawn Staley
(1996, 2000, 2004) and Sheryl Swoopes (1996, 2000, 2004).
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USA World Champ. 3-Timers
Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings added their names to an
exclusive list of 10 USA Basketball athletes who have competed
in three FIBA World Championships. The duo, who won gold in
2002 and 2010 and bronze in 2006, join previous three-time
USA World Championship Team members Jennifer Azzi (1990,
1994, 1998), Teresa Edwards (1986, 1990, 1994), Lisa Leslie
(1994, 1998, 2002), Katrina McClain (1986, 1990, 1994),
DeLisha Milton-Jones (1998, 2002, 2006), Katie Smith (1998,
2002, 2006), Dawn Staley (1994, 1998, 2002) and Sheryl
Swoopes (1994, 1998, 2006) - all of whom also are multiple
Olympic gold medalists.
How Did They Qualify?
In capturing the 2010 FIBA World Championship gold medal, the
U.S. earned a spot in the the women’s basketball competition
for the 2012 Olympic Games, while Great Britain gained its
entry as the host country.
Five additional countries claimed spots by earning gold medals
at their respective FIBA zone qualifying tournaments, including
Angola (FIBA Africa), Australia (FIBA Oceania), Brazil (FIBA
Americas), China (FIBA Asia) and Russia (FIBA Europe).
The final five teams, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic,
France and Turkey earned their spots at the 2012 FIBA World
Olympic Qualifying Tournament (June 21-July 1 in Ankara,
Turkey). Featuring 12 nations from each of the five 2011 FIBA
zone qualifying tournaments, the Olympic qualifying field
included: two from FIBA Africa, including Mali (bronze medalists) and Mozambique (fifth-place finisher); three from FIBA
Americas, including Argentina (silver medal), Canada (bronze
medalist) and Puerto Rico (fifth-place finisher); two from FIBA
Asia, including South Korea (silver medalist) and Japan
(bronze medalist); four from FIBA Europe, including Turkey
(silver medalist), France (bronze medalist), Czech Republic
(fourth place) and Croatia (fifth place); and New Zealand (silver medalist) from FIBA Oceania.
The Numbers Game
• The USA's Olympic winning streak is 33-0, dating from the
1992 bronze medal game through the 2008 gold medal game.
• In the past 16 years, the highly successful USA Basketball
Women’s National Team program, currently ranked No. 1 in
the world by FIBA, has posted a 72-1 slate in major
international competitions, winning four consecutive Olympic
gold medals (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), three FIBA World
Championship golds (1998, 2002, 2010), one FIBA World
Championship bronze medal (2006) and one FIBA Americas
Championship gold medal (2007).
College Champs
All of the members of the 2012 USA team were standouts on
the collegiate hardwood, however, only eight players and the
USA’s head coach can boast of a national championship. In
addition to Geno Auriemma, who coached the University of
Connecticut to seven NCAA titles, Sue Bird (2000, 2002), Swin
Cash (2000, 2002), Asjha Jones (2000, 2002), Tina Charles
(2009, 2010), Maya Moore (2009, 2010) and Diana Taurasi
(2002, 2003, 2004) were a part of NCAA title teams at UConn;
while Tamika Catchings (1998) and Candace Parker (2007,
2008) won at least one NCAA title while at the University of
Tennessee.
Orange Streak
Tennessee is the only college in the country to boast a player
on every U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team roster, and
Tamika Catchings and Candace Parker will keep that streak
alive in 2012. In addition to UT head coach emeritus Pat
Summitt, a member of the 1976 team, assistant to the 1980
squad and head coach of the 1984 U.S. team, Cindy Brogdon
(1976), Catchings (2004, 2008, 2012), Daedra Charles (1992),
Bridgette Gordon (1988), Lea Henry (1984), Chamique
Holdsclaw (2000), Kara Lawson (2008) Nikki McCray (1996,
2000), Carla McGhee (1996), Cindy Noble (1980, 1984), Parker
(2008, 2012), Jill Rankin (1980), Patricia Roberts (1976) and
Holly Warlick (1980) have all represented the Lady Vols in the
Olympics.
While UT lists 18 on a combined nine squads, Southern
California has placed at least one alum on every team from
1984 through 2008, and UConn has gotten into the streak with
at least one Husky on each roster since 1996.
Included on USC’s list are Cynthia Cooper (1988, 1992), Lisa
Leslie (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), Pam McGee (1984), Cheryl
Miller (1984) and Tina Thompson (2004, 2008).
In addition to Geno Auriemma, who was an assistant in 2000,
UConn’s Olympians include Sue Bird (2004, 2008, 2012), Swin
Cash (2004, 2012), Tina Charles (2012), Asjha Jones (2012),
Rebecca Lobo (1996), Maya Moore (2012), Diana Taurasi
(2004, 2008, 2012) and Kara Wolters (2000).
WNBA Champs
The U.S. roster features six WNBA champions, including
Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore and Lindsay Whalen from the
2011 Minnesota Lynx squad that captured the title. Of the six,
Swin Cash has the most with three, having captured two with
the Detroit Shock (2003, 2006) and one with the Seattle Storm
(2010); while Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi lay claim to two
each. Bird helped lead the Seattle Storm to the 2004 and 2010
WNBA titles; and Taurasi, the 2009 WNBA Finals MVP, earned
her WNBA championship rings in 2007 and 2009.
USA Honors
Listed among the USA team members are three USA Basketball
Female Athlete of the Year honorees and one more who earned
honors at an international tournament. Seimone Augustus
(2003), Tina Charles (2009) and Diana Taurasi (2006, 2010)
have earned the USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year
award after turning in stellar performances in FIBA events.
Additionally, Augustus was tabbed MVP of the 2003 FIBA U21
World Championship; Taurasi was named to the 2001 All-FIBA
U19 World Championship Team, earned the 2006 FIBA World
Championship 3-point trophy and was selected to the 2010
All-FIBA World Championship Team; while Sue Bird was named
the top guard at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Diana Taurasi was named to the 2010 All-FIBA World Championship Team along with (L-R) the Czech Republic’s Eva
Viteckova and MVP Hana Horakova, Spain’s Sancho Lyttle and Belarus’ Yelena Leuchanka.
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201 2 O l ym pi c G ames : The Ba si c Fa ct s
Basketball Venues:
Olympic Park – Basketball Arena and North Greenwich Arena.
Event Web Site:
London-2012.co.uk
Qualified Teams (12):
Great Britain, the host country; the United States, which
earned its berth by virtue of claiming the gold medal at the
2010 FIBA World Championship; Russia, winners of the 2011
EuroBasket; FIBA Asia champion China; and FIBA Oceania
champion Australia each have qualified for the 2012 London
Olympic Games women's basketball 12-nation field. Five
additional nations will earn a berth through the 2012 FIBA
World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
SITE OF COMPETITION: London, England
COMPETITION DATES: July 28 - August 11, 2012
GOLD MEDAL GAME: August 11, 2012
over Cuba, and marked the USA’s third straight victory over
Australia in the Olympic gold medal game
The only other countries to break onto the gold medal podium
in Olympic women’s basketball competition were the former
Soviet Union (1976, 1980) and the Unified Team (1992), which
was comprised of members from the former USSR.
FIBA World Olympic Qual. Tourney:
In capturing the 2008 Olympic gold medal the U.S. became the
first women’s traditional team sport to claim four straight gold
medals. Further, the win extended the USA’s Olympic winning
streak to 33 games, dating back to 1992 bronze medal victory
The 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be
held June 25-July 1, 2012, in Ankara, Turkey. The Olympic
qualifier will feature 12 nations from each of the five 2011
FIBA zone qualifying tournaments as follows: two from FIBA
Africa, including Mozambique (replaced silver medalist
Senegal, which withdrew) and Mali (bronze medalists); three
from FIBA Americas, including Argentina (silver medal), Canada
(bronze medalist) and Puerto Rico (replaced fourth place
finisher Cuba, which withdrew); two from FIBA Asia, including
South Korea (silver medalist) and Japan (bronze medalist); four
from FIBA Europe, including Turkey (silver medalist), France
(bronze medalist), Czech Republic (fourth place) and Croatia
(fifth place); and New Zealand from FIBA Oceania (silver
medalist).
2009-12 USA National Team
Something in the Water?
Event History:
Women's basketball became a medal sport at the 1976
Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Since then, the Americans have
collected a record six gold medals, one silver and one bronze
medal and own an amazing 50-3 (.943) overall record in eight
Olympic appearances. (The United States chose not to
participate in the 1980 Olympic Games).
The 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team competed
in various competitions, exhibition games and training camps
beginning in October 2009 and including the 2010 FIBA World
Championship. It was in the Czech Republic at the Worlds that
the U.S. in rolling to a perfect 9-0 mark claimed not only the
gold medal, but also qualified the Americans for the Olympics.
In all, the 2009-12 USA National Team posted a 10-3 exhibition
slate, which included a 3-0 mark at the 2009 UMMC
Ekateringburg Invitational in Russia; a 99-72 win in the WNBA
vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun game on July 10,
2010, at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Conn.; a 3-1 pre-Worlds
exhibition slate in Hartford, Conn., and Salamanca, Spain; and
a 3-2 record versus European professional teams in Czech
Republic, Hungary Italy and Spain in October 2011.
With the naming of Tina Charles to the 2012 U.S. Olympic
Team, Christ the King High School (N.Y.) now lists three
Olympians on its alumni roster. Chamique Holdsclaw (2000)
was the first Olympian from Christ the King, followed by Sue
Bird (2004, 2008, 2012). USA Basketball found only one other
high school to place multiple athletes on the U.S. Olympic
Women’s Basketball Team. Morningside High School (Calif.)
produced two Olympic gold medalists in Lisa Leslie (1996,
2000, 2004, 2008) and Tina Thompson (2004, 2008).
In all, 27 athletes eventually were named to the 2009-12 USA
Basketball Women’s National Team (see roster on page 3).
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Edwards: U.S.
Chef de Mission
Five-time Olympian Teresa
Edwards, who is the most
decorated Olympic
basketball player on the
planet after having won
four gold medals and one
bronze medal during her
career, was announced by
the U.S. Olympic Committee
to serve as Chef de Mission
of the 2012 U.S. Olympic
Team for the Games of the
XXX Olympiad in London.
Selected by the U.S.
Olympic Committee board
of directors, Edwards will
provide overall leadership
to the USA team and
function as the liaison
officer between the London
Organizing Committee, the
International Olympic Committee and other National Olympic
Committees at the Games.
Four-time USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year Edwards
first put on a USA Basketball uniform at the age of 17 at the
1981 U.S. Olympic Festival and was a fixture on USA Basketball
teams for nearly two decades. In addition to helping her USA
teams to gold in 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000, Edwards was on
the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team that brought home the bronze
medal. Through the years, Edwards has been a member of 22
different USA Basketball teams. Of a possible 18 medals, she
has won 14 gold, one silver and three bronze medals, and USA
Basketball teams with her on the roster have compiled an
overall record of 205-14 for a 93.6 winning percentage.
A critical component in the USA’s remarkable 46 game win
streak in major international competitions between 1983 and
1991, Edwards persevered through a string of disappointing
bronze medal finishes at the 1991 Pan American Games, 1992
Olympics and 1994 World Championship to help return the U.S.
to the gold medal platform at the 1996 Olympic Games in
Atlanta and 2000 Games in Sydney. Edwards in 1984 became
the youngest Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist, and in
Sydney she became the oldest player to win an Olympic gold
medal in women’s basketball.
USA in the EuroLeague
Prior to last season, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles and Diana Taurasi
were the only three who had won EuroLeague titles. Bird and
Taurasi did so four straight years (2007-2010) while playing for
Spartak Moscow Region. Fowles, who is on Gala’s Turkish
League roster, but doesn’t compete for the team in the
EuroLeague, also won in 2009 and 2010 with Spartak.
This year, seven U.S. team members helped advance their
teams to the 2012 EuroLeague Final Eight, including Seimone
Augustus for Spartak Moscow Region, Bird and Candace Parker
for UMMC Ekaterinburg, Tina Charles and Taurasi for
Galatasaray, Asjha Jones for Rivas Ecopolis, Angel McCoughtry
for Fenerbache and Maya Moore for Ros Casares Valencia.
This year saw a new EuroLeague champion crowned, as Moore
helped Ros earn its first title in league history. However, it was
Jones who made the biggest impact on the Final Eight. She
helped her team, which was overlooked by nearly everyone,
reach the championship game. Jones averaged 20.3 ppg. and
10.8 rpg., while shooting 60.3 percent (35-58 FGs) over the
four games.
In the domestic leagues, McCoughtry helped Fener outlast
Fowles, Taurasi and their Gala squad 96-86 for the Turkish
league title despite Gala claiming the Turkish Cup crown
earlier in the year. Moore and Ros made it a perfect year after
going undefeated in Spain’s Liga Femenina and claiming the
Spanish title; while Lindsay Whalen, teaming with two-time
Olympic gold medalist DeLisha Milton Jones, for USK Prague,
swept Frisco Sika Brno in three games for the Czech Republic
women’s league title.
They’ve Won It All
Just six U.S. women have earned an NCAA title, a WNBA crown,
and an Olympic and FIBA World Championship gold medal.
• Sue Bird: Olympic gold (2004, 2008), World Championship
gold (2002, 2010), WNBA Seattle Storm (2004, 2010),
Connecticut (2000, 2002).
• Swin Cash: Olympic gold (2004), World Championship gold
(2010), WNBA Detroit Shock (2003, 2006) and WNBA Seattle
Storm (2010), Connecticut (2000, 2002).
• Cynthia Cooper: Olympic gold (1988), World Championship
gold (1986, 1990), WNBA Houston Comets (1997-2000),
Southern California (1983, 1984).
• Sheryl Swoopes: Olympic gold (1996, 2000, 2004), World
Championship gold (2002), WNBA Houston Comets (19972000), Texas Tech (1993).
• Diana Taurasi: Olympic gold (2004, 2008), World
Championship gold (2010), WNBA Phoenix Mercury (2007,
2009), Connecticut (2001, 2002, 2004).
• Kara Wolters: Olympic gold (2000), World Championship gold
(1998), WNBA Houston Comets (1999), Connecticut (1995).
Two others have collected the tri-fecta of a college title, a
WNBA crown and either an Olympic or World Championship gold
medal.
• Maya Moore: World Championship gold (2010), WNBA
Minnesota Lynx (2011), Connecticut (2009, 2010).
• Ruth Riley: Olympic gold (2004), WNBA Detroit Shock (2003,
2006), Notre Dame (2001).
Taking into account Anne Donovan's college titles at Old
Dominion, Olympic and World Championship golds as a player,
and her WNBA title as a coach, she also deserves mention on
the list:
• Anne Donovan: Olympic gold (1984, 1988; 2004-asst. coach,
2008-head coach), World Championship gold (1986, 1998 and
2002-asst. coach), WNBA Seattle Storm (2004, head coach),
Old Dominion (1980).
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US A B as ket ba ll N at i on al Team Ti m eli n e
• 1953 World Championship: Gold.
• 1964 World Championship: 4th.
• 1976 Olympics: The USA returns
from the first Olympic women’s
basketball tournament with the silver.
• 1979 World Championship: USA
ends its medal drought at the Worlds
with its first gold since 1957, ending the
USSR’s dominating hold on gold.
• 1980 Olympics: The U.S. boycott kept
the women from competing in Moscow;
however, the USA squad won the
Olympic qualifying tournament in
Bulgaria that summer. While the USSR
did not compete in that tournament, the
USA’s gold let the world know that the
Americans would have been in medal
contention in Moscow.
• 1983 World Championship: Silver.
• 1984 Olympics: The U.S. won its first
Olympic gold medal in Los Angeles. The
Soviet-bloc countries boycotted the
Games, however, so there was no longawaited USA-USSR showdown.
The USA’s 1957 World Championship
Team celebrates its gold medal finish.
• April 13, 1995: Tara VanDerveer is
named the 1995-96 Women’s National
Team head coach.
• May 25, 1995: Following seven days of
trials that began with 24 of the nation’s
elite athletes, 11 were named to the
historic 1995-96 USA Basketball
Women’s Senior National Team,
including Jennifer Azzi, Ruthie Bolton,
Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, Rebecca
Lobo, Katrina McClain, Nikki McCray,
Carla McGhee, Dawn Staley, Katy
Steding and Sheryl Swoopes.
• April - May, 1996: Twelve different
USA team hopefuls train with the
National Team at various camps and
competitions.
• May 9, 1996: Eighteen finalists for the
U.S. Olympic Team are announced.
• Sept. 1999: The USA kicks-off a
nearly year-long preparation process,
with a break for the WNBA season,
with 10 team members, including
Bolton, Edwards, Yolanda Griffith,
Chamique Holdsclaw, Leslie, McCray,
DeLisha Milton, Katie Smith, Staley
and Natalie Williams.
• Jan. 6, 2000: Kara Wolters, who
trained with the team starting in
September, is officially added to the
1999-2000 USA National Team.
• June 25, 2000: Swoopes is added to
the USA squad.
• Sept 9, 2000: The USA Team caps its
exhibition schedule with a 38-2 record
against top international club and
national teams, as well as a 12-game
NCAA tour. The two losses came against
Tennessee and Brazil.
• Aug. 29, 2000: Fortner earns her
100th victory as a USA Basketball head
coach after the U.S. takes a 78-55
semifinal win over South Korea.
• 2000 Olympics: Gold. Edwards retires
as the most decorated Olympic
basketball player on the planet, owning
four gold medals and one bronze.
• Nov. 8, 2001: Van Chancellor is named
• June 16, 1996: The final 12-member
the 2002 USA World Championship
U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team
Team head coach.
is named and, in addition to the original
• Sept. 10, 2002: The U.S. wraps up the
11 USA National Team members,
Australia-hosted Opals World Challenge
includes Venus Lacey.
with a 4-0 record and owns a 5-0 slate
• July 13, 1996: The USA ends its preoverall in pre-Worlds play.
Olympic training with a 52-0 record.
• July 20, 1996: Teresa Edwards is
• April 13, 2004: The USA team wraps
elected by her fellow U.S. athletes to
its spring training with a 13-0 mark
give the athlete oath on behalf of all
• 1988 Olympics: Gold.
against top international club and
Olympians, while Katrina McClain
national teams.
helped carry the Olympic flag into the
• 1991 Pan American Games: Bronze.
stadium during Opening Ceremonies in • Aug. 10, 2004: The U.S. adds three
more victories in pre-Olympic play,
This is notable because in the previous
Atlanta.
bringing the ‘04 Senior National Team’s
nine Pan Am Games, the USA had never • 1996 Olympics: The USA put Brazil
record to 16-0.
finished lower than second, claiming six
away early, finishing with a 111-87
golds along the way.
• Aug. 13, 2004: Voted by her peers as
victory, and captured the gold medal
• 1986 World Championship: Held in
Moscow, the United States soundly
thrashed host USSR 108-88 in the gold
medal game, dethroning the defending
champs. Anne Donovan sites this as the
turning point for the USA in
international play. This also proved
that the USA’s Goodwill Games gold
medal - also coming against the Soviets
in Moscow that summer - was no fluke.
• 1992 Olympics: Bronze.
• 1994 World Championship: Bronze.
with an unblemished 8-0 record.
• April 1, 1997: Nell Fortner is named
head coach of the national team
• Dec. 4, 1994: USA Basketball
program through 2000.
announces the 1995-96 National Team
program. After finishing in third place
• May 23, 1998: The USA World
at the 1991 Pan Ams, 1992 Olympics and
Championship Team ends its exhibition
1994 Worlds, it was decided that the
play with a 12-1 record against top
USA teams needed longer training
international opponents. The lone loss
camps in order to compete for gold at
was against Australia on April 27 in
the 1996 Olympics and beyond.
Japan.
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the USA delegation’s flag bearer, Staley
leads the United States into the 2004
Olympic Opening ceremonies in Athens.
• 2004 Olympics: Gold. Staley and
Swoopes retire from Olympic play with
three straight gold medals.
• Jan. 12, 2006: Donovan, a 30-year
USA Basketball veteran, is named head
coach of the USA National Team for
2006-08.
US A B as ket ba ll N at i on al Team Ti m eli n e
• March-April, 2006: A total of 26
athletes participate in the USA’s spring
training as the U.S. posts a 12-1 record.
• 2006 World Championship: Bronze.
• March 6, 2007: 2007-08 USA
Women’s National Team pool unveiled.
• 2007 FIBA Americas
Championship: The USA earns gold to
qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games.
• May 31, 2008: The first nine athletes
are named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic
Team: Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird,
Sylvia Fowles, Leslie, Candace Parker,
Cappie Pondexter, Smith, Diana
Taurasi and Tina Thompson.
• July 10, 2008: Tamika Catchings,
Kara Lawson and Milton-Jones are
named as the final three Olympic team
members.
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• 2008 Olympics: Gold. Leslie retires
from her 20-year USA Basketball career
as the only person on the planet to earn
four consecutive Olympic basketball
gold medals, while Smith retires from
Olympic competition with three straight
gold medals.
• April 15, 2009: University of
Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma
is introduced as the 2009-12 USA
Women’s National Team head coach.
• Aug. 17, 2009: The first eight members
of the 2009-12 USA National Team are
announced, all of whom were members
of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team,
including Augustus, Bird, Catchings,
Fowles, Lawson, Parker, Pondexter and
Taurasi. Eventually the USA National
team would include a total of 27 athletes
by Jan. 4, 2012.
• Sept. 21, 2010: The 2010 USA World
Championship Team is named and
includes: Jayne Appel, Bird, Cash,
Catchings, Tina Charles, Candice
Dupree, Fowles, Asjha Jones, Angel
McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Taurasi and
Lindsay Whalen.
• March 30, 2012: The first 11 members
of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Women’s
Basketball Team are named and include
nine of the 12 members of the 2010 USA
World Championship Team: Augustus,
Bird, Cash, Catchings, Charles, Fowles,
McCoughtry, Moore, Parker, Taurasi
and Whalen.
• April 23, 2012: The 2012 U.S. roster is
finalized with the addition of Jones.
USA Women’s All-Time Olympic Team Numerical Roster
Cindy Brogden (1976), Teresa Edwards (1984, 1988,
1992, 1996, 2000), Tara Heiss (1980), Shannon Johnson
(2004), Cappie Pondexter (2008).
Seimone Augustus (2008), Daedra Charles (1992),
Kamie Ethridge (1988), Lea Henry (1984), Sue
Rojcewicz (1976), Dawn Staley (1996, 2000, 2004),
Holly Warlick (1980).
Sue Bird (2004, 2008), Ruthie Bolton (1996, 2000),
Cindy Brown (1988), Clarissa Davis (1992), Ann Meyers
(1976), Lynette Woodard (1980, 1984).
Anne Donovan (1980, 1984, 1988), Lucia Harris (1976),
Tammy Jackson (1992), Kara Lawson (2008), Sheryl
Swoopes (1996, 2000, 2004).
Jennifer Azzi (1996), Cathy Boswell (1984), Nancy
Dunkle (1976), DeLisha Milton-Jones (2000, 2008),
LaTaunya Pollard (1980), Ruth Riley (2004), Teresa
Weatherspoon (1988, 1992).
Bridgette Gordon (1988), Lisa Leslie (1996, 2000,
2004, 2008), Charlotte Lewis (1976), Cheryl Miller
(1984), Vickie Orr (1992), Jill Rankin (1980).
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Vicky Bullett (1988, 1992), Tamika Catchings (2004,
2008), Chamique Holdsclaw (2000), Janice Lawrence
(1984), Nancy Lieberman (1976), Carla McGhee
(1996), Debra Miller (1980).
Carolyn Jones (1992), Andrea Lloyd (1988), Gail
Marquis (1976), Cindy Noble (1980, 1984), Katy
Steding (1996), Tina Thompson (2004, 2008), Kara
Wolters (2000).
Carol Blazejowski (1980), Katrina McClain (1988,
1992, 1996), Kim Mulkey (1984), Patricia Roberts
(1976), Diana Taurasi (2004, 2008), Natalie Williams
(2000).
Denise Curry (1980, 1984), Medina Dixon (1992),
Sylvia Fowles (2008), Jennifer Gillom (1988), Yolanda
Griffith (2000, 2004), Rebecca Lobo (1996), Mary Ann
O'Connor (1976).
Cynthia Cooper (1988, 1992), Pat Head (1976), Venus
Lacey (1996), Pam McGee (1984), Katie Smith (2000,
2004, 2008), Rosie Walker (1980).
Swin Cash (2004), Kris Kirchner (1980), Suzie
McConnell (1988, 1992), Nikki McCray (1996, 2000),
Carol Menken-Schaudt (1984), Candace Parker
(2008), Juliene Simpson (1976).
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2 012 O ly m pi c O ppo n ent s - Hi s to r y & Fi n is h es
HISTORY OF OLYMPIC FINISHES
2012 Olympic Competitors
Angola
2012 marks Angola’s first
Olympic Games women’s
basketball entry.
2008
2004
2000
1996
1988
1984
Totals
Australia
7- 1 Silver Medal
7- 1 Silver Medal
7- 1 Silver Medal
5- 3 Bronze Medal
2- 3 4th Place
1- 4 5th Place
29-13 (.690)
2008
2004
2000
1996
1992
Totals
Brazil
1- 4 11th Place
4- 4 4th Place
4- 4 Bronze Medal
7- 1 Silver Medal
2- 2 7th Place
18-15 (.545)
2000
1996
1984
1976
Totals
Canada
2- 4 10th Place
1- 6 11th Place
2- 4 4th Place
0- 5 6th Place
5-19 (.208)
2008
2004
1996
1992
1988
1984
Totals
China
5- 3 4th Place
2- 4 9th Place
3- 4 9th Place
4- 1 Silver Medal
2- 3 6th Place
2- 4 4th Place
18-19 (.486)
Croatia
2012 marks Croatia’s first
basketball entry.
10
Czech Republic
2008
2- 4
2004
4- 3 5th Place
1992% 1- 4 6th Place
1988% 0- 5 8th Place
1976% 2- 3 4th Place
Totals 9-19 (.321)
% Czechoslovakia
2000
Totals
France
5- 2 5th Place
5- 2 (.714)
Great Britain
2012 marks Great Britain’s
first Olympic Games
women’s basketball entry.
Russia
2008
6- 2 Bronze Medal
2004
6- 2 Bronze Medal
2000
3- 4 6th Place
1996
6- 2 5th Place
1992#
5- 0 Gold Medal
1988*
3- 2 Bronze Medal
1980*
6- 0 Gold Medal
1976*
5- 0 Gold Medal
Totals 40-12 (.769)
# Unified Team
* Soviet Union
USA’s Olympic Scores vs. The Competition
Australia (6-0)
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63
54
71
79
47
Brazil (1-0)
2008
2004
2000
1996
1996
1984
111- 87
1996
92- 61
89- 75
1984
1976
Canada (2-0)
China (5-0)
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63
62
67
79
55
2008
2004
1992
1988
1984
Czech Republic
(2-0 / 3-0#)
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61
55
81
67
%Czechoslovakia
2008
2004
1992%
1988%
1976%
Russia
(3-0 / *0-1 / #1-1)
67- 52
66- 62
88- 77
73- 79
102- 88
77-112
2008
2004
2000
1992*
1988#
1976#
#Soviet Union
*Unified Team
Turkey
2012 marks Turkey’s first
basketball entry.
2008
2004
2000
1996
1992
1988
1984
1976
Totals
USA
8- 0 Gold Medal
8- 0 Gold Medal
8- 0 Gold Medal
8- 0 Gold Medal
4- 1 Bronze Medal
5- 0 Gold Medal
6- 0 Gold Medal
3- 2 Silver Medal
50-3 (.943)
Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi have shared many
championships, including winning the 2004 and 2008
Olympic gold medals and 2010 FIBA World
Championship gold medal together.
2012 USA Basketball
Women’s National Team
Coaching Staff
Profiles
Ge no
AURIEMMA
HEAD COACH
2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team
On April 5, 2009, Geno
Auriemma, an assistant coach to the
gold medalist 2000 U.S. Olympic
Team and winner of a then-six NCAA championships at the
University of Connecticut, was announced as the head coach of
the USA Basketball Women's National Team for 2009-12.
With Auriemma at the helm and after just one day of
practice with the complete 12-member USA squad, the 2010
USA Basketball World Championship Team swept its
competition at the 2010 FIBA World Championship to earn the
gold medal with a 9-0 mark and in doing so, qualified the U.S.
for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
More recently Auriemma took a young squad to Europe in
October 2011 and returned with a 3-2 record against top
professional teams in Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and Spain.
Prior to the ‘10 Worlds, Auriemma compiled a 3-1
exhibition mark against Australia, Senegal and Spain. Earlier in
the summer, he directed the USA National Team to a win over
a team of WNBA standouts in the WNBA vs. USA Basketball:
The Stars at the Sun game.
In his first USA National Team coaching test, Auriemma
steered the USA to a gold medal and a perfect 3-0 record
against top professional teams from Europe in the 2009 UMMC
Ekaterinburg International Invitational.
Inducted in 2006 into the Naismith Memorial Basketball
Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, the
2009-12 USA National Team marks Auriemma's fifth USA
Basketball coaching assignment. An assistant coach for the
2000 U.S. Olympic Team that
captured the gold medal in Sydney,
Auriemma also served as head
coach of the 2001 USA Junior World
Championship Team (U19) that
finished with a 6-1 slate and the
bronze medal in Brno, Czech
Republic; the 2000 USA Junior
World Championship Qualifying
Team (U18), which earned a gold
medal in Mar del Plata, Argentina;
the 1996 USA Basketball Women's
Select Team, which trained in
Colorado Springs against the 1996
USA R. William Jones Cup Team and
the 1996 Russian Olympic Team;
and the West Team at the 1993 U.S.
Olympic Festival.
In addition to the 12 gold
medalists on the 2000 U.S. Olympic
Team, which included former Husky
Kara Wolters, prior to his being
named as the USA National Team
head coach, Auriemma coached
12
Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird (2004, 2008), Swin Cash
(2004), Rebecca Lobo (1996) and Diana Taurasi (2004, 2008) at
UConn. Additionally, Auriemma coached 2008 Olympic gold
medalist Cappie Pondexter on a pair of USA Basketball teams
in 2000 and 2001; and coached three international Olympians
at UConn in Russia's Svetlana Abrosimova (2000, 2008), New
Zealand's Jess McCormack (2008) and Nigeria's Rashidat Sadiq
(2004).
Starting with the 2009-10 season Auriemma guided the
Huskies to an NCAA basketball record 90-0 winning streak that
included the 2009 and 2010 NCAA titles and a pair of Big East
Conference regular season and tournament crowns. The first
two years of the streak also marked his third and fourth
undefeated seasons at the helm of the Huskies.
Having recently completed his 27th season at the UConn
helm, Auriemma owns an overall record of 803-129 for a
stunning 86.3 winning percentage. The 2011 co-Associated
Press National Coach of the Year and 2011 Big East Conference
Coach of the Year has steered the Huskies to seven NCAA titles
in 13 NCAA Final Four appearances, 19 Big East regular season
crowns and 18 Big East Tournament titles. Most recently,
Auriemma in what many referred to as a ‘rebuilding year’
steered the Huskies to the 2012 NCAA Final Four, the Big East
Tournament title and a 33-5 record.
In all, Auriemma has earned a share of at least seven
Associated Press National Coach of the Year honors, six times
took home the Naismith Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
award, is a five-time WBCA Coach of the Year award winner,
four times was named U.S.
Basketball Writers Association
National Coach of the Year, thrice
won the Victor Award by the
National Academy of Sports Editors
and has been named Big East Coach
of the Year 10 times.
Auriemma heads up what many
have termed the most successful
basketball program of this decade,
winning six of the 11 NCAA crowns
since 2000.
At the helm of Connecticut
since 1985-86, Auriemma is the first
women's coach to guide a team to
five straight Final Fours (2000-04).
His feats are even more
amazing when you look at the
history of the program prior to his
arrival. Before he took over in
Storrs, the Huskies had posted just
one winning season in their 11 years
on the court.
Under Auriemma, UConn has
swept the Big East regular season and tournament crowns 15
times, racked up 17 30-win seasons in the last 19 years and
four times ran the table to put together undefeated seasons.
The first came in 1994-95 when the Huskies went 35-0.
Auriemma orchestrated an unblemished record again in 200102 with a school record 39-0 mark, which the 2008-09 and
2009-10 squads equaled.
The first coach in NCAA Division I Women's Basketball to
guide a team to five consecutive Final Four appearances, he
also is the fastest D1 women’s basketball coach to reach 600
career wins, a mark he hit on Dec. 31, 2006, in 716 games.
Seven athletes under Auriemma have earned National
Player of the Year honors, including Bird (2002), Tina Charles
(2010), Lobo (1995), Maya Moore (2009, 2010, 2011), Jennifer
Rizzotti (1996), Taurasi (2003, 2004) and Wolters (1997).
He also boasts 13 All-America first team athletes and
three CoSIDA National Academic All-Americans of the Year on
his all-time roster, including Lobo in 1994 and 1995, Rizzotti in
1996 and Moore in 2010 and 2011, while 100 percent of his
student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility have
graduated.
Prior to his 27-year stint at Connecticut, Auriemma spent
four seasons as the primary assistant coach at the University of
Virginia from 1981-1985, helping the Cavaliers to a 74-39
overall record and two NCAA Tournament appearances in 1984
and 1985. Auriemma also was an assistant coach at Saint
Joseph's University before heading to Virginia.
Born on March 23, 1954 in Montella, Italy, Auriemma is a
1981 graduate of West Chester University with a bachelor's
degree in political science.
He and his wife Kathy have three children, Jenna, Alyssa
and Michael, and reside in Manchester, Conn.
Gen
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Team
2011 USA National Team - European Tour
2010 USA World Championship Team
Pre-Worlds Exhibition Games
2010 USA National Team - Stars at the Sun Game
2009 USA National Team - UMMC Ekaterinburg Invit.
2001 USA Junior World Championship Team
Pre-Junior Worlds Exhibition Games
2000 U.S. Olympic Team
Pre-Olympic Exhibition Games
2000 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying Team
1996 USA Select Team
1993 U.S. Olympic Festival West Team
USA Basketball Totals
Head Coach Totals
Assistant Coach Totals
Position
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Asst. Coach
Asst. Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Collegiate Head Coaching Record
Year
2011-12
2010-11
2009-10
2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01
1999-2000
1998-99
1997-98
1996-97
1995-96
1994-95
1993-94
1992-93
1991-92
1990-91
1989-90
1988-89
1987-88
1986-87
1985-86
Totals
School
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
27 Years
W- L
33- 5
36- 2
39- 0
39- 0
36- 2
32- 4
32- 5
25- 8
31- 4
37- 1
39- 0
32- 3
36- 1
29- 5
34- 3
33- 1
34- 4
35- 0
30- 3
18-11
23-11
29- 5
25- 6
24- 6
17-11
14-13
12-15
803-129
PCT
.868
.947
1.000
1.000
.947
.889
.865
.758
.886
.973
1.000
.914
.973
.853
.919
.971
.895
1.000
.936
.621
.676
.853
.806
.800
.607
.519
.444
.862
W-L
3- 2
9- 0
3- 1
1- 0
3- 0
6- 1
4- 0
8- 0
9- 0
5- 0
n/a
0- 4
51- 8
34- 8
17- 0
PCT
.600
1.000
.750
1.000
1.000
.857
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
n/a
.000
.864
.810
1.000
Finish
n/a
Gold Medal
n/a
n/a
Gold Medal
Bronze Medal
n/a
Gold Medal
n/a
Gold Medal
n/a
Fourth Place
4 Gold Medals, 1 Bronze Medal
1 Gold Medal
Notes
NCAA Final Four, Big East tournament champion
NCAA Final Four, Big East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA champions, Big East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Elite Eight, Big East regular season champions
NCAA Elite Eight, Big East tournament champions
NCAA Sweet Sixteen, Big East tournament champions
NCAA champions, Big East regular season champions
NCAA champions, Big East regular season champions
NCAA Sweet Sixteen, Big East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Elite Eight, Big East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament
NCAA Second Round
NCAA Second Round, Big East regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Big East regular season and tournament champions
7 NCAA titles, 23 NCAA Tournaments, 19 Big East regular season titles,
18 Big East Tournament titles
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Doug
BRUNO
ASSISTANT COACH
2012 U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Team
DePaul University head coach
Doug Bruno on Jan. 20, 2012, was
named as an assistant coach for the
2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team after serving as an
assistant coach for the 2010 USA World Championship Team. In
that capacity, Bruno helped the American women earn a 9-0
record, the gold medal and a berth in the 2012 Olympic Games.
He has been involved with USA Basketball teams since 2006.
During his stint as an assistant coach with the 2009-10 USA
National Team, Bruno aided head coach Geno Auriemma and
the USA to a 3-0 mark and gold medal at the 2009 UMMC
Ekaterinburg International Invitational, a victory in the 2010
WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun game and a 3-1
pre-World Championship exhibition record.
Bruno returned in 2011 as a court coach for the USA’s minicamp in Las Vegas and was again on the sideline as the U.S.
earned a 3-2 record during its fall European tour.
In all, and including the 9-0 mark posted by the U.S. at the
’10 Worlds, Bruno has assisted the USA National Team to a 19-3
record, a gold medal and a tournament title.
Prior to assisting the 2010 USA World Championship Team to
gold, Bruno headed up a pair of age-based teams in back-toback summers, compiling a perfect 16-0 record along the way.
For his efforts, Bruno was named the co-recipient of the
2006 and 2007 USA Basketball Developmental National Coach of
the Year awards, becoming the first two-time winner of the
award. In 2007, Bruno guided the USA Basketball U19 World
Championship Team to a 9-0 mark and the gold medal at the
2007 FIBA U19 World Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. The
USA dominated the competition by an average scoring margin of
34.6 points a game. Prior to the U19 Worlds, the USA notched a
3-0 record in an exhibition tournament.
Bruno's first USA Basketball coaching assignment came in
2006 as head coach of the USA U18 FIBA Americas Championship
Team. The USA tallied a 4-0 record in Colorado Springs, Colo.,
captured the gold medal and qualified the USA for the FIBA U19
World Championship.
In his 28 seasons (1976-77 through 1977-78 and 1988-89 to
present) at DePaul and having coached two seasons (1978-79
through 1979-80) in the Women's Basketball League (WBL),
Bruno has compiled a head coach career record of 550-312
(.638 winning percentage) and a collegiate head coaching
record of 510-282 (.644 winning percentage), including a 23-11
mark and a trip to the NCAA Tournament second round in
2011-12.
In all, Bruno has led the DePaul women to 20 postseason
appearances in the past 23 years and 10 straight NCAA
Tournaments since 2003. In 2006 the Blue Demons finished the
year with a 27-7 mark and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen
for the first time in history, a feat he repeated in 2011.
Bruno was selected by his peers in 2005 to serve as the
19th President of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
(WBCA). Bruno became just the second male coach in the
WBCA's history to lead the organization. Prior to his role as
president, he was the Male Coaches of Women's Basketball
representative on the WBCA board of directors.
Before returning to DePaul in 1988, Bruno spent eight
seasons as the associate men's head coach at Loyola of Chicago
under Gene Sullivan. During his stay, the Ramblers won 138
games and posted 17 or more wins in four campaigns, including
a pair of 20-win seasons.
Bruno also spent two seasons as the head coach and
director of player personnel for the Chicago Hustle of the WBL.
His first team won the 1979 Midwest Division and led the WBL
in 11 offensive categories as well as attendance.
A three-year letterwinner for DePaul, Bruno led the
1971-72 squad in assists.
He received his B.A. in English in 1973, and later returned
to earn his M.A., also in English, in 1988.
Doug and his wife, Patty, are the parents of six sons, Bryan,
Kevin, David, Brendan, Patrick and Bradley, and have six
grandchildren.
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Team
2009 USA National Team - UMMC Ekaterinburg Inv.
2007 FIBA U19 World Championship
Pre-U19 Worlds Exhibition Games
2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship
USA Basketball Head Coach Totals
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Position
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
Head Coach
W-L
3- 2
9- 0
3- 1
1- 0
3- 0
9- 0
3- 0
4- 0
35-3
16-0
PCT
.600
1.000
.750
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.921
1.000
Finish
n/a
Gold Medal
n/a
n/a
Gold Medal
Gold Medal
n/a
Gold Medal
4 Gold Medals
2 Gold Medals
Jennifer
GILLOM
ASSISTANT COACH
Olympic and World
Championship gold medalist Jennifer
Gillom, who is an assistant coach for
the WNBA Washington Mystics, has transitioned to the USA
Basketall sidelines and on Jan. 20, 2012, was named as an
assistant coach for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball
Team.
As an assistant for the 2010 USA World Championship Team,
Gillom helped the American women earn a 9-0 record, the gold
medal and a berth in the 2012 Olympic Games.
After serving as an assistant coach to the 2010 USA squad
Gillom returned in 2011 for the USA National Team’s May
training camp in Las Vegas and was an assistant for the USA’s
fall European tour, during which the USA National Team went
3-2 against professional clubs in Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy
and Spain.
Additionally, after returning from Europe, Gillom served as
an assistant coach for the 2011 USA Pan American Games Team
that went 2-2 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Prior to the 2010 Worlds and during her stint as an assistant
coach with the 2009-10 USA National Team, Gillom aided
Auriemma and the USA to a 3-0 mark and gold medal at the
2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational, a victory in
the 2010 WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun game
and a 3-1 pre-World Championship exhibition slate. In all, and
including the 9-0 mark posted by the U.S. at the ’10 Worlds,
Gillom has assisted the USA National Team to a 19-3 record, a
gold medal and a tournament title.
A player on six different USA Basketball teams, Gillom won
five gold medals and one silver medal during her international
basketball career and was named the 1985 USA Basketball
Female Athlete of the Year. A 1988 U.S. Olympic gold medalist,
Gillom aided the 1986 and 2002 USA World Championship teams
to gold, was a member of the 1987 USA Pan American Games
and 1986 USA Goodwill Games squads that earned gold and
garnered a silver medal with the 1985 USA World University
Games Team. In all, USA teams on which Gillom played posted a
39-1 record.
Additionally, Gillom served on the 2005-08 USA Basketball
Cadet and Youth Committee.
Team
The 2009 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee was
hired by the Sparks as head coach on Dec. 14, 2010, after
spending two years with the Minnesota Lynx. She guided Los
Angeles to the 11th WNBA Playoff appearance in franchise
history despite losing Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker to
a shoulder injury just 10 games into the season. Serving as an
assistant coach for the Lynx in 2008, Gillom was elevated to
head coach prior to the start of the 2009 season. Starting the
year 4-1, in their sixth game Gillom and the Lynx lost All-Star
guard and Olympic gold medalist Seimone Augustus to a torn
ACL in her left knee. Despite missing one of the league's top
players, Gillom helped keep the Lynx within striking distance of
the playoffs.
For six seasons (2004-05 to 2009-10) Gillom worked in
Phoenix at Xavier College Preparatory, where she coached the
basketball teams to a 117-27 record for a remarkable 81.3
winning percentage. Gillom, a four-time regional coach of the
year honoree, advanced the Gators to the state tournament
every year and earned one regional title.
The 2002 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship of the Year award
recipient spent the first six years of her seven-year WNBA
career with the Mercury. Traded to Los Angeles for her final
season, Gillom and the Sparks advanced to the 2003 WNBA
Finals. A member of the 1999 All-Star Game West Team, Gillom
also was named to the 1997 All-WNBA first team and 1998
All-WNBA second team. Gillom helped lead the Mercury to
three playoff berths (1997, 1998, 2000), and the club advanced
to the 1998 WNBA Finals.
Gillom enjoyed a lengthy professional career overseas prior
to joining the WNBA, playing for teams in Italy, Greece, Spain
and Turkey.
Gillom played collegiately for Van Chancellor at Ole Miss,
where she was the 1986 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Female
Athlete of the Year. A 1986 Kodak All-American, Gillom earned
1986 NCAA Midwest Regional MVP and 1985 All-Mideast Region
honors and was a four-time All-SEC first team selection. During
her career (1982-83 to 1985-86), Gillom helped her teams to a
103-23 record (.817 winning percentage), four NCAA
appearances, including a pair of Sweet Sixteens (1983, 1984)
and two Elite Eight finishes (1985, 1986), and a share of three
SEC West titles.
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2011 USA Pan American Games Team
2009 USA National Team - UMMC Ekaterinburg Inv.
Position
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Coach
Coach
Coach
Coach
Coach
Coach
W-L
2- 2
3- 2
9- 0
3- 1
1- 0
3- 0
21-5
PCT
.500
.600
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.808
Finish
7th Place
n/a
Gold Medal
n/a
n/a
Gold Medal
2 Gold Medals
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Marynell
MEADORS
ASSISTANT COACH
Having served as an assistant
Under Meadors, the Dream went on to capture back-tocoach to the 2010 USA World
back Eastern Conference championships in 2010 and 2011,
Championship Team that claimed
advancing to the WNBA Finals each of the past two seasons.
the gold medal and as a court coach during the 2011 USA
Additionally, the Dream in 2010 set a franchise record for
National Team’s Las Vegas training camp, Atlanta Dream head
victories wtih 19 and upped the record again in 2011 to 20
coach Marynell Meadors was named on Jan. 20, 2012, as an
wins.
assistant coach for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball
Previously, Meadors spent three years (1997-99) as head
Team.
coach and general manager of the Charlotte Sting and finished
Meadors has been a member of four USA Basketball team
second in the Eastern Conference in 1998 and 1999. Meadors,
staffs. In addition to her stint as an assistant to the 2010 USA
who owns a 105-89 head coaching record in the league, also
World Championship Team that captured gold with an
served a three-year (2005-07) stint as an assistant coach for the
unblemished 9-0 mark to earn the USA’s 2012 Olympic berth,
Washington Mystics, aiding the Mystics to a 50-52 mark and the
Meadors served as the head coach for the 1989 U.S. Olympic
2006 playoffs.
Festival East Team that captured a
In all, Meadors is a 38-year
gold medal. She then was the assiscoaching veteran who got her
tant coach for the gold medal winstart at Tennessee Tech in 1970ning 1992 USA R. William Jones Cup
71. She spent 26 years as a
Team and returned in 1993 as the
collegiate head coach, 16 at
head coach for the USA Jones Cup
Tennessee Tech (1970-71 through
squad that returned home with the
1985-86) and 10 seasons at
bronze medal.
Florida State University (1986-87
A seven-year WNBA head coach,
through 1995-96), and guided
Meadors has spent the last four seateams to a 495-297 record for a
sons (2008-11) as head coach and
62.5 winning percentage.
general manager of the Atlanta
At Tennessee Tech, where
Dream, where she orchestrated the
she never posted a losing season
second-best turnaround in league
and compiled 20 or more
history.
victories in 13 seasons, Meadors
The Dream in its inaugural seawas the 1984 Ohio Valley
son in 2008 finished with a 4-30
Conference Coach of the Year.
mark, but after making some offBetween WNBA coaching
season trades and drafting eventual
jobs, Meadors was an assistant
2009 Rookie of the Year Angel
coach on the sideline at the
McCoughtry, Atlanta posted an 18-18
University of Pittsburgh for
mark and earned a 2009 playoff
two seasons (2003-04 through
berth. For her efforts, she earned
2004-05).
the 2009 WNBA Coach of the Year
USA assistant coach Marynell Meadors and Angel
award.
McCoughtry show off their 2010 FIBA World
Championship gold medal.
Year / Event
M a ry
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2010 FIBA World Championship
1993 R. William Jones Cup
1992 R. William Jones Cup
1989 U.S. Olympic Festival East Team
USA Basketball Head Coach Totals
16
Position
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
Head Coach
Assistant Coach
Head Coach
W-L
9- 0
1- 0
5- 2
8- 0
3- 1
26- 3
8- 3
PCT
1.000
1.000
.714
1.000
.750
.897
.727
Medal
Gold Medal
n/a
Bronze Medal
Gold Medal
Gold Medal
1 Gold Medal, 1 Bronze Medal
Don Roberts
TEAM PHYSICIAN
Don Roberts, M.D. is an
orthopedic surgeon sub-specializing
in sports medicine and disorders of
the knee.
Dr. Roberts has been the team
physician for the Portland Trail
Blazers since 1994 and was the team
physician for the WNBA Portland Fire
while the team was in Portland (2000-2002).
In 2008, he was recognized as Team Physician of the Year
by the National Basketball Trainers Associations.
Dr. Roberts has provided medical coverage at USA
Basketball’s annual Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore., and
has served as a volunteer physician at the U.S. Olympic Training
Center in Chula Vista, Calif. He was also the on-site physician
for the 2002 USA Basketball Men’s National Team exhibition
game, Davis Cup Finals, WUSA All-Star Soccer game and NHL
hockey exhibitions in Portland.
The son of a Cal-Tech professor of chemistry, Dr. Roberts
grew up in Altadena, Calif. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in
Human Biology from Stanford University in 1975. After receiving
his M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine in
1980, Dr. Roberts did an internship in orthopedic surgery at the
University of Washington in Seattle. The following year he
taught Human Anatomy at the Stanford University School of
Medicine and pursued further surgical training at Stanford
University.
Dr. Roberts completed his residency in orthopedic surgery
at the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Program in Boston, Mass.
Following residency, he served as chief resident in orthopedic
surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and
subsequently concluded a fellowship in sports medicine with Dr.
Arthur Boland, the team physician for Harvard University. In
1986, Dr. Roberts joined Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery
in Portland, Ore.
Dr. Roberts is certified by the American Board of
Orthopedic Surgery. He has a Certificate of Added Qualification
in Sports Medicine. He is a member of the American Academy
of Orthopedic Surgeons and the American Orthopedic Society
for Sports Medicine.
Dr. Roberts lives in Vancouver, WA with his wife, Barbara
and has four children, Emily, Molly, Heather and Allen.
D a v i d L . Wa l d e n
TEAM PHYSICIAN
An orthopaedic surgeon in
Colorado Springs since 1991, Dr.
David L. Walden currently works
with Premier Orthopedics, and
returns to the USA Basketball medical staff this summer. He will be
joining the 2012 USA Basketball
Women’s National Team as its team
physician during itsexhibition games and training camps in
Washington, D.C.; Manchester, England; and Istanbul, Turkey.
Walden has extensive experience working with USA
Basketball. In addition to acting as the team physician for the
women's andmen's basketball teams at the 2000 Olympic
Games, Dr. Walden has served as the team physician for the last
four USA Basketball Women’s World Championship Teams (1998,
2002, 2006, 2010)
Additionally, Dr. Walden previously served USA Basketball as
the team physician during the 1997 USA Women's World
Championship Qualifying Team's pre-competition tour in
Germany and Slovakia, the 1999-2000 USA Basketball Women's
National Team during its 2000 Winter European Tour, 2001 USA
Women’s Junior World Championship Team in Czech Republic
and 2003 USA Women's U21 World Championship Team in
Croatia, among others. Since arriving in Colorado Springs, Colo. in 1991, Dr. Walden
boasts of experience as a team physician with the U.S. Olympic
Committee, as well as the U.S. Figure Skating Association
(USFSA), ColoradoSprings Sky Sox AAA baseball team, University
of Colorado at Colorado
Springs athletic department , the Colorado Springs District
11 high schools, and was a member of the USFSA's Sports
Medicine Committee. Walden also served as the head team
physician for the World Winter University Games in Innsbruck,
Austria, in 2004.
Dr. Walden graduated with honors from Northwestern
University (Ill.) with a bachelor's of science in medicine in
1983. He continued his education at the Northwestern Medical
School where he was selected as the top anatomy student and
again graduated with honors. After completing his internship in
general surgery,followed by a residency in orthopaedic surgery
at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Dr.
Walden served his fellowship in sports medicine at the American
Sports Institute (Ala.). During his fellowship, Dr. Walden was a
member of the Troy State University athletic department medical staff and conducted research in motion analysis of sports
and biomechanical analysis of knee reconstructions. While
in Alabama, Dr. Walden also served as a team physician for the
Birmingham Barons AA baseball teamand aided the medical
staffs of several major league baseball teams during spring
training, including the Chicago White Sox, Atlanta Braves and
Toronto Blue Jays.
Dr. Walden, who has had numerous papers published, is a
member of several medical organizations, including the
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, National Board of
Medical Examiners, American Sports Medicine Fellowship
Society and the USA Olympic Sports Medicine Society. He and his wife have seven children and reside in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
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Edward J. Ryan III
ATHLETIC TRAINER
The 2007-12 USA Basketball
Women's National Team and 2008
U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball
Team athletic trainer, Ed Ryan also
serves as a healthcare and
management consultant to the Ferris
Mfg. Corp., the makers of PolyMem
and SportsWrap.
A 21-year accomplished member of the U.S. Olympic
Committee (USOC) Sports Medicine staff, Ryan began his tenure
with the USOC in 1985 as the Head Athletic Trainer at the U.S.
Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Marquette, Mich., before he
accepted the position as Senior Athletic Trainer for the USOTC
in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1990. He was elevated to Manager
of Sports Medicine for the USOC in 1991 and promoted to
Director of Sports Medicine in 2000, where he led all aspects of
the USOC's sports medicine department through 2006.
Previously assigned to work as the athletic trainer with the
1999-2000 USA Basketball Women's National Team and 2000 U.S.
Olympic Team, Ryan has served as the Medical Director and
head athletic trainer for numerous national and international
events, including the 2006 and 2002 Winter Olympics, 2004,
1996 and 1992 Summer Olympics, 1998 Winter Paralympics, and
the 2011, 2003, 1999, 1995 and 1991 Pan American Games.
In addition to his USOC duties, Ryan has worked closely
with USA Basketball, USA Team Handball and U.S. Track & Field
at various international competitions.
The Medical Coordinator for the historical 1995-96 USA
Basketball Women's National Team, Ryan oversaw the medical
staff assigned to the U.S. team and often traveled with the
squad as the athletic trainer. He has been involved with USA
Basketball teams for over two decades, as the USA team athletic trainer for the 2007 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 2006
and 1998 Women's World Championship, 1997 USA Women's
World Championship Qualifying Tournament, 1990 Men's World
Championship, 1989 Men's World Championship Qualifying
Tournament, 1988 Men's R. William Jones Cup and 1983 Men’s
Junior World Championship, and has been involved with the
medical staff at additional USA Basketball trials and training
camps.
Graduating in 1980 from Northeastern University (Mass.)
with his bachelor's of science in physical education, Ryan
completed his master's of science degree in exercise and sport
sciences at the University of Arizona in 1985.
Ryan, an accomplished speaker and author, is a member of
the National Athletic Trainers Association, Inc.; Rocky Mountain
Athletic Trainers Association; Colorado Athletic Trainers
Association, of which he is a past vice president; American
College of Sports Medicine and a member and past secretary of
the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts.
A native of Salem, Mass., Ryan currently resides in
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Tamika Catchings, Diana Taurasi and Ed Ryan
share a laugh on the bench during a
break in action.
The USA's Maya Moore, Angel McCoughtry, Diana Taurasi,
Seimone Augustus and Swin Cash get ready to take the court.
18
2012 USA Basketball
Player Profiles
Seimone
A UG US T U S
#
Forward • 6'1" / 185 cms. • 170 lbs. / 77 kgs.
Minnesota Lynx • Louisiana State University ‘06
USA BASKETBALL NOTES:
Gold Medals: 2008 Olympic Games,
2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament,
2007 FIBA Americas Championship, 2006 Opals World Challenge,
2005 World University Games, 2003 FIBA World Championship For
Young Women (U21).
Silver Medal: 2007 FIBA World League Tournament.
Bronze Medal: 2006 FIBA World Championship.
Honors: 2003 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year, MVP of
the 2003 FIBA World Championship For Young Women (U21).
• Named to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team on March 30, 2012.
• One of 14 finalists for the 2010 USA World Championship Team;
aided the U.S. to a 3-1 exhibition record.
• Unable to participate in the 2009 USA National Team’s fall
training camp due to injury (ACL) and spent the winter in rehab.
• Named to the 2009-12 USA National Team on Aug. 17, 2009.
• A member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that went 8-0,
captured the gold medal in Beijing, China, and qualified the U.S.
for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
• Prior to the Olympics, aided the USA to a 3-0 slate and the 2008
FIBA Diamond Ball title in Haining, China.
• Assisted the USA to a 2-0 mark in its 2008 Spain training.
• Started all eight games of the USA's 2007 College Tour.
• Aided the 2007 USA Select Team to a 3-2 record and the silver
medal at the 2007 FIBA World League Tournament in
Ekaterinburg, Russia.
• Member of the 2007 USA FIBA Americas Championship Team that
competed in Valdivia, Chile, posted an unblemished 5-0 slate,
captured the gold medal and qualified the United States for the
2008 Olympics.
• Prior to the FIBA Americas Championship, aided the USA to a pair
of victories against the Australia National Team.
• Member of the 2006 USA World Championship Team that posted
an 8-1 record and took home the bronze medal from Sao Paulo,
Brazil; aided the U.S. to a 56-49 exhibition victory over eventual
World Championship gold medalist Australia prior to the Worlds.
• One of two WNBA rookies to be named to the 2006 USA
Basketball Senior National Team that recorded a 4-1 slate and
won the Australia-hosted 2006 Opals World Challenge; missed the
first two games due to the WNBA Draft.
• Member of the 2005 USA World University Games Team that
captured gold with a perfect 7-0 record in Izmir, Turkey; finished
the 20-team tournament ranked eighth among all participants for
scoring and third for field goal percentage; missed the first game
due to Sue Gunter's funeral.
• Member of the 2003 USA World Championship For Young Women
Team (U21) that captured the gold medal with a 7-1 record in
Sibenik, Croatia; selected by the media as the MVP after scoring
her tournament best of 18 points in the gold medal game.
• Helped the ‘03 USA U21 team to a 4-0 record in exhibition play
against Australia and Brazil's young women national teams.
• Was the youngest participant and only high school athlete at the
2002 USA Young Women National Team Trials.
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PROFESSIONAL NOTES:
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Drafted: No. 1 in 2006 by the Minnesota Lynx.
WNBA Title: 2011
WNBA Finals MVP: 2011
All-WNBA second team: 2006, 2007, 2011
WNBA All-Star Games: 2006, 2007, 2011
WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2006
WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2006
EuroCup titles: 2007, 2009
EuroLeague All-Star Game: 2011
Competed in 2011-12 for Spartak Moscow Region (Russia) with
Candice Dupree; averaged 16.9 ppg., 4.6 rpg. and 2.0 apg. in 19
EuroLeague contests as Spartak finished sixth in the EuroLeague.
Helped lead the Lynx in 2011 to a league-best 27-7 record,
marking the second-largest turnaround in WNBA history after
Minnesota finished 13-21 in 2010; helped lead the Lynx to the
2011 WNBA crown.
Missed the first nine games of the 2010 WNBA season after
undergoing surgery to remove three non-cancerous fibroid tumors
and her uterus.
Played for Galatasaray in 2010-11 alongside Tamika Catchings and
Sylvia Fowles, aided Gala to the Turkish Cup title and averaged
13.8 ppg., 3.1 rpg. and 1.3 apg. in 12 EuroLeague contests.
Suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee
on June 17, ending her 2009 WNBA season; rebounded from her
injury to average 16.9 ppg. in 2010.
Competed for Galatasary in the 2008-09 season and averaged
20.0 ppg . and 4.6 rpg. in aiding her Turkish sqad to the 2009
EuroCup title.
Played for Moscow Dynamo during the 2007-08 season and aided
the squad to the EuroCup quarterfinals, averaged 16.8 ppg.,
5.0 rpg. and 2.1 apg.
Collected the WNBA Player of the Week honor in the second
week of her rookie campaign, averaged 25.7 ppg. that week.
Finished the 2007 season ranked second among league leaders for
scoring (22.6 ppg.) and capped her rookie season ranked
second in the league for scoring (21.9 ppg.) and fifth for free
throw percentage (.897).
Played the 2006-07 season for Moscow Dynamo; averaged
12.5 ppg. in helping Dynamo to the 2007 EuroCup crown.
COLLEGE NOTES:
• In her four years (2003-06) at Louisiana State University, helped
lead the Lady Tigers to a 121-19 (.864) record, the 2003
Southeastern Conference (SEC) Tournament crown, 2005 SEC
regular season title, advancing as far as the 2003 NCAA Elite
Eight and 2004, 2005 and 2006 NCAA Final Fours.
• Became the first woman to have her LSU jersey retired
(1/24/10), joining former LSU Tigers basketball players Pete
Maravich, Bob Pettit, Rudy Macklin and Shaquille O'Neal.
• Helped lead LSU back to the Final Four and a 31-4 slate in
2005-06; led the nation in scoring (22.7 ppg.).
• National Player of the Year awards: Wade Trophy (2005, 2006),
Naismith Award (2005, 2006), John R. Wooden Award (2005,
2006) and Associated Press (A.P.) (2005, 2006).
• Roy F. Kramer SEC Female Athlete of the Year (2006).
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SEC Player of the Year (2005, 2006).
Senior C.L.A.S.S. Award (2006).
A.P. All-America first team (2005, 2006).
WBCA/Kodak All-America Team (2004, 2005, 2006).
NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (2004, 2005, 2006).
All-SEC Coaches and A.P. first team (2004, 2005, 2006) and
second team (2003).
A four-time SEC All-Tournament Team selection.
SEC Freshman of the Year and SEC All-Freshmen Team (2003).
National Freshman of the Year: U.S. Basketball Writers
Association (USBWA) and Basketball Times (2003).
Capped her career ranked second among all-time LSU scorers and
fifth in the SEC with 2,702 points; also set the NCAA record for
most career double-figure scoring games (132).
Started an LSU-record 140 games during her career.
PERSONAL NOTES:
• Born April 30, 1984, in Baton Rouge, La.; daughter of Seymore
and Kim Augustus.
• Once listed a funeral home as the strangest place she's ever
played basketball.
• Has done volunteer work at the Gus Young Center in Baton Rouge
and received its "Community Service Award" during the 2001
NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet.
• Graduated from LSU in August ‘05 with a general studies degree,
continued working toward a second degree in business during her
senior campaign.
• Enjoys fashion and classic cars, including Chevy Impalas from the
1960's.
• Compiled 3,600 points, 1,728 rebounds, 864 assists, 576 blocks
and 432 steals in her career at Capital High School (La.), where
she led her school to Louisiana state titles in 2001 and 2002.
USA BASKETBALL STATISTICS
TEAM
2010 WWCx
2008 OLY
2008 OLYx
2008 WNT
2007 COLL
2007 FWLT
2007 TOA
2007 WNT
2006 WC
2006 WCX
2006 OWC
2005 WUG
2003 YW
2003 YWx
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
4/ 2
14- 23
8/ 0
27- 58
3/ 0
9- 19
2/ 0
12- 23
8/ 8
48- 79
5/ 2
20- 45
5/ 0
24- 42
2/ 2
9- 13
8/ 0
16- 31
1/ 0
0- 2
3/ 0
12- 21
6/ 3
40- 65
8/ 8
39- 66
4/ 4
10- 28
67/29 280- 515
WNBA STATISTICS
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Totals
G/S
34/ 34
25/ 25
6/6
31/ 31
34/ 34
34/ 34
164/163
FGM-FGA
231- 458
176- 410
49- 86
233- 496
296- 583
283- 620
1268-2653
• Named 2002 USA Today All-USA first team, 2002 Parade Magazine
All-American first team and the 2001 and 2002 Gatorade
Louisiana State Player of the Year.
PCT
.609
.466
.474
.522
.608
.444
.571
.692
.516
.000
.571
.615
.591
.357
.544
3PM-3PA PCT
0- 0
.--0- 1
.000
0- 1
.000
0- 0
.--1- 6
.167
1- 2
.500
0- 1
.000
0- 0
.--0- 3
.000
0- 0
.--0- 0
.--0- 1
.000
3- 3
1.000
0- 0
.--5- 18
.278
FTM-FTA
0- 0
9- 11
3- 4
1- 1
6- 6
4- 4
5- 6
0- 0
6- 7
0- 0
1- 2
5- 8
4- 4
0- 2
44- 55
PCT
.--.818
.750
1.000
1.000
1.000
.833
.000
.857
.--.500
.625
1.000
.000
.800
REB/AVG
11/ 2.8
18/ 2.3
9/ 3.0
8/ 4.0
26/ 3.3
12/ 2.4
11/ 2.2
5/ 2.5
8/ 1.0
2/ 2.0
11/ 3.7
25/ 4.2
30/ 3.8
14/ 3.5
190/ 2.8
PTS/AVG
28/ 7.0
63/ 7.9
21/ 7.0
25/ 12.5
103/ 12.9
45/ 9.0
53/ 10.6
18/ 9.0
38/ 4.8
0/ 0.0
25/ 8.3
85/ 14.2
85/ 10.6
20/ 5.0
609/ 9.1
AST
8
11
3
3
24
11
6
2
3
1
4
14
5
3
98
BLK
3
1
0
5
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
0
18
STL
1
4
2
5
10
2
7
2
3
1
5
16
19
3
80
PCT
.504
.429
.570
.470
.508
.456
.478
3PM-3PA
25- 60
36- 107
9- 14
20- 63
26- 62
30- 85
146- 391
FTM-FTA
64- 74
34- 51
19- 21
105- 118
151- 173
148- 165
521- 602
PCT
.865
.667
.905
.890
.873
.897
.865
REB/AVG
120/ 3.5
81/ 3.2
25/ 4.2
120/ 3.9
136/ 4.0
128/ 3.8
610/ 3.7
PTS/AVG
551/ 16.2
422/ 16.9
126/ 21.0
591/ 19.1
769/ 22.6
774/ 21.9
3203/ 19.5
AST
75
47
9
83
79
50
343
BLK
15
7
3
12
21
18
76
STL
30
17
12
32
41
21
153
PCT
.417
.336
.643
.317
.419
.353
.373
Augustus’ collegiate statistics can be found on page 44.
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BIRD
Guard • 5’9" / 175 cms. • 150 lbs. / 68 kgs.
Seattle Storm • University of Connecticut ‘02
USA Basketball Notes:
Gold Medals: 2002 & 2010 FIBA World
Championship, 2004 & 2008 Olympic
Games, 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2008
FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament, 2007 FIBA Americas Championship,
2002 Opals World Challenge, 2000 R. William Jones Cup.
• One of seven players to have earned an NCAA title, WNBA title
and Olympic gold medal. Swin Cash, Cynthia Cooper, Ruth Riley,
Sheryl Swoopes, Diana Taurasi and Kara Wolters round out the
list; one of six to have added a FIBA World Championship gold
medal (Cash, Cooper, Swoopes, Taurasi, Wolters).
• Member of the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship Team
that posted a 9-0 slate, captured the gold medal and qualified
the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games.
• Dished out 26 assists at the ‘10 Worlds, which ranks fifth among
all-time USA single World Championship competition leaders;
ranks third among all-time USA career leaders with 70 assists
(2.8 apg.) over three FIBA World Championships.
• Helped the USA National Team defeat the WNBA Stars 99-72 in
the “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game on July
10, 2010.
• Aided the USA National Team to a 3-0 mark and the gold medal
at the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.
• A member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that went 8-0,
captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2010 FIBA
World Championship; prior to the Olympics, aided the USA to a
3-0 slate and the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball title.
• Started all eight games of the USA’s 2007 College Tour.
Ekaterinburg, Russia, and collected the award for the
tournament’s best guard.
competed in Valdivia, Chile, posted an perfect 5-0 slate, won the
gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2008 Olympics.
• Prior to the FIBA Americas Championship, aided the USA to a pair
of victories against the Australia National Team.
• Attended part of the USA’s 2007 Tour of Italy training camp, but
was unable to compete due to her team’s EuroLeague schedule.
an 8-1 record and took home the bronze medal; finished as the
tournament’s assist leader (4.6 apg.); and aided the U.S. to a 5649 exhibition victory over eventual World Championship gold
medalist Australia.
• Member of the 2006 USA Basketball National Team for the USA's
March 2-9 European Tour.
• Member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team that rolled up an 8-0
record en route to winning the gold medal in Athens and
qualifying the U.S. for the 2006 FIBA World Championship; on
hand as the USA compiled a 16-0 exhibition record during its
Olympic preparations, including a 13-game spring tour and three
pre-Olympic exhibitions.
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• Helped the 2002 USA World Championship Team capture gold in
China with an unblemished 9-0 record; aided the U.S. to a 4-0
slate and the 2002 Australia-hosted Opal World Challenge title
prior to the Worlds.
• Member of the 2000 USA R. William Jones Cup Team that posted
a perfect 4-0 record in Taipei, Taiwan, and earned the gold
medal.
• Returned less than two months later as a member of the 2000
USA Basketball Select Team that competed against the eventual
gold medal winning 2000 U.S. Olympic Team in an exhibition
contest in Hawaii.
Professional Notes:
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Drafted: No. 1 in 2002 by the Seattle Storm.
WNBA titles: 2004, 2010
All-WNBA first team: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
WNBA All-Star Games: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 (injured),
2009, 2011
WNBA All-Decade Team: 1997-2006
Top 15 Players in WNBA History (15th Anniv. Team): 2011
WNBA Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: 2011 (shared with Ruth
Riley)
EuroLeague titles: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2008, 2011
Competed alongside Candace Parker for UMMC Ekaterinburg
(Russia) in 2011-12, where the duo helped lead their team to a
third-place finish in the EuroLeague.
Helped lead Seattle in 2011 to a 21-13 record and second place
in the Western Conference regular-season standings.
Aided Spartak Moscow Region (Russia) to a 10-6 slate in 2010-11
EuroLeague play as Spartak advanced to its fifth-straight
EuroLeague Final Four and finished in second place.
Helped lead the Storm to a sweep of the 2010 playoffs and
second WNBA title; the 2010 Storm also posted a franchiserecord 28-6 regular-season slate.
Spent a total of four seasons playing for Spartak Moscow Region
with USA teammate Diana Taurasi, also played alongside Tina
Thompson (2006-07, 2007-08) and Sylvia Fowles (2008-09, 200910) and helped Spartak capture four straight EuroLeague crowns.
During the 2009 WNBA season led the league with 5.8 apg. as
Seattle finished second in the Western Conference at 20-14.
After returning from Athens, helped lead the Storm to a 20-12
finish and the 2004 WNBA crown.
Helped her 2002 team to its then-best record and first playoff
berth in franchise history as Seattle finished in fourth place in
the Western Conference with a 17-15 record.
The second leading vote getter for the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the
Year honor.
Spent the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons competing in Russia for
Moscow Dynamo, where she helped her team to the 2005 and
2006 EuroLeague quarterfinals.
Collegiate Notes:
• During her four years (1999-02) at Connecticut, the Huskies
posted a 136-9 record (93.8 winning percentage), won a pair of
NCAA crowns (2000, 2002) while advancing to four NCAA
Tournaments, including the 2001 Final Four, and earned four Big
East Conference regular season and tournament titles.
• National Player of the Year awards: Naismith, Wade Trophy,
Honda Award, Associated Press (A.P.) and U.S. Basketball Writers
Association (2002).
• Presented with the first annual Senior C.L.A.S.S. award (2002).
• Top Female College Athlete of the Year ESPY winner (2002).
• NCAA All-Final Four (2000, 2002), NCAA Mideast Region Most
Outstanding Player (2002) and NCAA All-East Regional (2000).
• Big East Player of the Year (2002), All-Big East first team (2002,
2001), All-Big East second team (2000).
• Big East All-Tournament Team (2002).
Personal Notes:
• Born on October 16, 1980, hails from Syosset, N.Y.
• Daughter of Nancy and Herschel Bird, has one sister, Jennifer.
• Wears No. 10 because she and her sister were both born in the
10th month of the year.
• Attended Christ The King H.S. (N.Y.), where she was the MVP of
the 1998 New York state tournament; also led her squad to a
27-0 record and the USA Today national crown.
• Named to the 1998 Parade Magazine All-America first team and
the USA Today All-USA second team.
• A multi-sport athlete and National Honor Society member in high
school, earned varsity letters twice in soccer and once in track.
• In 2003 was voted by Seattle sports fans to replace SuperSonics
and 2000 U.S. Olympic Team guard Gary Payton's billboard at the
entrance of Seattle's Nike Town. She not only beat out Sonics
guard and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Ray Allen, the runner-up,
but also Lance Armstrong, Mia Hamm and Marion Jones.
• Earned her degree in communication science.
TEAM
G/S FGM-FGA
2010 WC
9/ 9
22- 45
2010 WNT
1/ 1
1- 2
2009 WNT
3/ 3
8- 24
2008 OLY
8/ 8
10- 31
2008 OLYx 3/ 3
9- 14
2007 COLL 8/ 8
24- 52
2007 FWLT 5/ 5
13- 26
2007 TOA
5/ 5
11- 22
2007 WNT
2/ 2
7- 15
2006 WC
9/ 9
27- 56
2006 WCx
1/ 1
3- 6
2006 WNT
3/ 2
5- 10
2004 OLY
7/ 0
9- 30
2004 OLYx 3/ 0
7- 15
2004 WNT 13/ 0
22- 53
2002 WC
7/ 0
9- 27
2002 OWC
4/ 0
6- 16
2000 SEL
1/ 1
0- 5
2000 JCUP
4/ 4
3- 13
Totals
96/61 196- 453
PCT
.489
.500
.333
.323
.643
.462
.500
.500
.467
.482
.500
.500
.300
.467
.415
.333
.375
.000
.231
.433
3PM-3PA
6- 17
0- 1
1- 10
2- 10
4- 7
12- 26
6- 14
2- 7
1- 3
10- 20
0- 1
3- 4
2- 16
2- 6
10- 30
4- 12
1- 4
0- 1
1- 3
67- 192
PCT
.353
.000
.100
.200
.571
.462
.429
.286
.333
.500
.000
.750
.125
.333
.333
.333
.250
.000
.333
.349
FTM-FTA
0- 0
0- 0
2- 2
2- 4
2- 2
12- 12
4- 4
4- 4
3- 4
5- 8
0- 0
2- 2
0- 0
2- 2
3- 4
8- 8
0- 0
0- 0
1- 4
50- 62
PCT
.--.--1.000
.500
1.000
1.000
1.000
1.000
.750
.625
.--1.000
.--1.000
.750
1.000
.--.000
.250
.806
REB/AVG
20/ 2.2
1/ 1.0
7/ 2.3
18/ 2.3
9/ 3.0
18/ 2.3
11/ 2.2
19/ 3.8
8/ 4.0
13/ 1.4
2/ 2.0
9/ 3.0
6/ 0.9
3/ 1.0
28/ 2.2
7/ 1.0
5/ 1.3
2/ 2.0
10/ 2.5
196/ 2.0
PTS/AVG
50/ 5.6
2/ 2.0
19/ 6.3
24/ 3.0
24/ 8.0
72/ 9.0
36/ 7.2
28/ 5.6
18/ 9.0
69/ 7.7
6/ 6.0
15/ 5.0
20/ 2.9
18/ 6.0
57/ 4.4
30/ 4.3
13/ 3.3
0/ 0.0
8/ 2.0
509/ 5.3
AST
26
5
14
14
5
23
15
20
6
41
3
6
8
5
48
3
4
3
17
266
BLK
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
STL
12
0
2
14
5
5
7
10
5
12
1
3
2
4
16
6
1
0
5
110
Bird’s WNBA and collegiate statistics can be found on page 44.
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Swin
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CASH
Chicago Sky • University of Connecticut ‘02
USA BASKETBALL NOTES
Gold Medals: 2010 FIBA World
Championship, 2009 UMMC
Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2007 FIBA Americas
Championship, 2004 Olympic Games.
Silver Medal: 2008 Good Luck Beijing Tournament.
• One of six players to have earned an Olympic gold medal, FIBA
World Championship gold medal, NCAA title and WNBA crown
(Sue Bird, Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl Swoopes, Diana Taurasi and
Kara Wolters).
that posted a 9-0 slate, captured the gold medal in the Czech
Republic and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games.
• Scored 13 points, had two rebounds and dished out two assists
for the USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in
10, 2010.
• Named to the 2010-12 USA National Team on March 3, 2010.
• Aided the USA National Team to a 3-0 mark and the 2009 UMMC
Ekaterinburg International Invitational title.
• Helped lead the USA to a 4-2 mark and the silver medal at the
2008 Good Luck Beijing Tournament.
• Played all eight games of the USA's 2007 College Tour.
captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2008
Olympics.
• Prior to the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, joined the team
in time to aid the USA to a 70-66 victory over Australia in their
second exhibtion game.
• Aided the 2007-08 USA National Team to a 4-0 slate during its
2007 Tour of Italy.
• Member of the 2006 USA National Team that won the Australiahosted 2006 Opals World Challenge and finished with a 4-1
record.
• Member of the 2006 USA National Team for the USA's March 2-9
European Tour.
• As a member of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team, helped the USA to
an 8-0 record and the gold medal in Athens, while earning the
U.S. its 2006 FIBA World Championship berth; on hand as the USA
went 3-0 in its final exhibitions before Athens.
• Made her USA Basketball debut during the 2004 USA National
Team's three-game sweep of Cuba in Havana, Feb. 24-26; during
the USA's March 20-28 European Tour, competed in the USA's final
two contests; returned for the USA's April 2-13 Domestic Tour,
was the USA's second leading scorer and rebounder in the 4-0
run.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES
• Drafted: No. 2 in 2002 by the Detroit Shock; traded to the
Seattle Storm on Feb. 19, 2008; traded to the Chicago Sky on
Jan. 2, 1012.
• WNBA titles: 2003, 2006, 2010
• All-WNBA second team: 2003, 2004
• WNBA All-Defensive first team: 2011
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• All-Star Games: 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
• All-Star Game MVP: 2009, 2011
• Completed in March her third season playing for DongGuan New
Century Club (China).
• Helped lead Seattle in 2011 to a 21-13 record and second place
in the Western Conference regular-season standings.
• Scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the West in the
2011 All-Star Game to earn MVP honors, becoming the first MVP
from the losing team and also becoming just the second player to
garner more than one All-Star Game MVP honor.
• Helped the Storm in 2010 to a franchise-record 28-6 record and
the WNBA title; averaged 16.1 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 3.0 apg. in the
playoffs as the Storm swept all three rounds.
• Competed in 2008-09 for ZVVZ USK Prague, which advanced to
the EuroLeague Eighth-Finals.
• Helped Detroit advance to the 2007 WNBA Finals.
• Averaged 7.6 ppg., 6.1 rpg. and 3.2 apg. during the 2006 WNBA
Playoffs to help Detroit claim the WNBA title.
• Missed the first 12 games of the 2005 season while rehabilitating
her left ACL (injured 9/11/04).
• In the 2003 playoffs, averaged a team best 17.5 ppg. in leading
Detroit to its first WNBA title.
• As a rookie, finished as Detroit's leading scorer and rebounder,
averaged 14.8 ppg. and 6.9 rpg., also posted a franchise singleseason record with seven double-doubles.
• Finished third in the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year voting.
COLLEGE NOTES:
• During her four years (1999-02), Connecticut posted a 136-9
(.938) record, won a pair of NCAA crowns (2000, 2002) in four
NCAA Tournaments, advanced to the 2001 Final Four and earned
four Big East regular season and tourney titles.
• Named to the inaugural class of the Huskies of Honor (2006).
• NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2002).
• NCAA All-Eastern Regional (2001).
• All-America first team: Kodak/WBCA (2002) and U.S. Basketball
Writers Association (2002).
• All-America second team: Associated Press (A.P.) (2002).
• All-America honorable mention: A.P. (2001).
• Big East All-Tournament Team (2000, 2002).
• All-Big East first team (2002), second team (2001) and third team
(2000).
PERSONAL NOTES
• Born Swintayla Marie Cash on Sept. 22, 1979 in her hometown of
McKeesport, Pa.; resides part of the year in Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Atlanta, Ga.
• Raised by her mother Cynthia Cash, stepdaughter of Kevin
Menifee and daughter of Clifford C. Hunt, has three siblings:
Kevin, Angie and Steve Menifee.
• Father Clifford C. Hunt is a retired U.S. Marine and brother Steve
served in the U.S. Army in Iraq.
• Both of her brothers played basketball in college, Steve at NCAA
Division II IUP and Kevin at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
• Name means ‘astounding woman.’
• Has an honorary Doctorate degree from Washington and Jefferson
College (Pa.) for public service.
• Majored in communication science at Connecticut and minored in
women's studies. Aspires to a career in broadcasting, host a TV
talk show, continue the work with her charity and eventually get
married and have children.
• In high school was president of her student council and finished
third in the state as a senior in hurdles.
• Attended McKeesport High School, where she was a 1998 Parade
Magazine, USA Today and Street & Smith's All-America first team
selection and garnered 1998 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the
Year accolades.
• Is the first active WNBA player to be an NBA analyst for ESPN,
ESPN2 and ESPNews.
• Served on the broadcast crew for the 2008 Olympics.
• Wanted to be an actress when she was five. First movie role was
in “Bring It On: All or Nothing” in 2005 alongside pop star
Rihanna.
• Is currently an online blogger for SLAM Magazine and and website
www.stylecaster.com, and has been a guest columnist for
Huffington Post.
• Founder, Cash Building Blocks, an urban development company
that renovates and offers affordable homes for low income
families; also founded Cash for Kids, a charity with the mission to
“motivate, educate, & elevate” kids.
• Essence Magazine, Woman of Strength (2009).
• History Makers Awardee, Heinz History Center (2011).
• Dapper Dan Sportswoman of the Year (2003, 2007).
• Mentor, White House Office of Faith-Based & Neighborhood
Partnerships.
• Recipient, WNBA Community Assist Award.
• Alumnae Hall of Fame, Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
TEAM
G/S FGM-FGA
2010 WWC 9/ 4
25- 41
2010 WNT
1/ 0
6- 10
2009 WNT
3/ 1
8- 16
2008 WNT
8/ 8
23- 54
2007 COLL 8/ 0
20- 34
2007 TOA
4/ 0
8- 17
2007 WNT
5/ 0
12- 28
2006 WNT
5/ 5
11- 27
2004 OLY
7/ 0
16- 35
2004 OLYx 3/ 0
9- 19
2004 WNT 13/ 0
53- 93
Totals
69/18 191- 374
PCT
.610
.600
.500
.426
.588
.471
.429
.407
.457
.474
.570
.511
3PM-3PA PCT
2- 5
.400
1- 1
1.000
0- 0
.--1- 3
.333
0- 0
.--0- 0
.--0- 0
.---0- 0
.--0- 0
.--0- 0
.--1- 1
1.000
5- 10
.500
FTM-FTA
25- 34
0- 0
7- 7
9- 11
11- 17
11- 13
10- 15
6- 7
12- 15
11- 15
18- 26
120- 160
PCT
.735
.--1.000
.818
.647
.846
.667
.857
.800
.733
.692
.750
REB/AVG
29/ 3.2
2/ 2.0
11/ 3.7
33/ 4.1
20/ 2.5
7/ 1.8
22/ 4.4
29/ 5.8
31/ 4.4
14/ 4.7
71/ 5.5
269/ 3.9
PTS/AVG
77/ 8.6
13/13.0
23/ 7.7
56/ 7.0
51/ 6.4
27/ 6.8
34/ 6.8
28/ 5.6
44/ 6.3
29/ 9.7
125/ 9.6
507/ 7.3
AST
7
3
2
14
18
4
5
12
2
3
26
96
BLK
1
1
1
4
2
1
1
2
2
1
2
18
STL
7
1
1
5
3
8
3
2
3
5
18
56
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Totals
PCT
.396
.435
.392
.389
.410
.384
.381
.469
.453
.408
.416
3PM-3PA
35- 123
35- 86
10- 31
1- 8
0- 3
1- 13
2- 10
8- 23
12- 40
13- 63
117- 400
FTM-FTA
115- 136
113- 140
102- 128
122- 158
92- 121
109- 143
21- 32
58- 219
146- 214
173- 227
1151-1518
PCT
.846
.807
.797
.772
.760
.762
.656
.721
.682
.762
.758
REB/AVG
234/ 6.9
203/ 6.0
214/ 6.7
167/ 5.4
189/ 6.1
168/ 4.9
88/ 4.2
208/ 6.5
193/ 5.8
222/ 6.9
1886/ 6.0
PTS/AVG
452/ 13.3
470/ 13.8
390/ 12.2
351/ 11.3
344/ 11.1
358/ 10.5
119/ 5.7
526/ 16.4
548/ 16.6
474/ 14.8
4032/ 12.8
AST
81
68
82
58
79
106
43
135
119
86
857
BLK
2
17
16
32
13
11
6
29
23
31
199
STL
32
19
28
21
19
20
12
44
43
37
275
WNBA STATISTICS
G/S FGM-FGA
34/ 34 151- 381
34/ 34 161- 370
32/ 29 139- 355
31/ 28 114- 293
31/ 31 126- 307
34/ 34 124- 323
21/ 21 48- 126
32/ 32 180- 384
33/ 33 195- 430
32/ 32 144- 353
314/308 1382-3322
PCT
.285
.407
.323
.125
.000
.077
.200
.348
.300
.206
.292
Cash’s collegiate statistics can be found on page 44.
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Tamika
C AT C HI N GS
10
#
Forward • 6’1" / 185 cms. • 167 lbs. / 76 kgs.
Indiana Fever • University of Tennessee ‘01
Gold Medals: 2002 & 2010 FIBA World
Games, 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament, 2002 Opals World
Challenge, 1998 R. William Jones Cup, 1997 FIBA Junior World
Championship (U19).
Silver Medal: 1997 COPABA Junior World Championship Qualifying
Tournament (U18).
• Aided the USA to a 3-1 pre-World Championship exhibition slate.
• Scored 13 points and dished out four assists for the USA National
Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in the “WNBA vs. USA
Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game on July 10, 2010.
• Member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team that captured the USA’s
fourth consecutive gold medal with a perfect 8-0 record and
qualified the U.S. for the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
• Aided the USA to the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball gold medal and a
3-0 slate prior to the Olympics against Latvia and eventual
Olympic bronze and silver medalists Russia and Australia,
respectively.
• Aided the 2007-08 USA to a 4-0 slate during its 2007 Tour of Italy.
an 8-1 record and took home the bronze medal; started all nine
games and averaged team-highs of 6.9 rpg. and 2.0 spg.; aided
the U.S. to a 56-49 exhibition victory over eventual World
Championship gold medalist Australia.
• As a member of the 2004 U.S. Women’s Olympic Team, notched a
team-high 2.8 spg. en route to the gold medal and an 8-0 mark
as the U.S. qualified for the 2006 FIBA World Championship.
• Aided the U.S. to a 3-0 record in pre-Olympic exhbition games.
• Provided a strong spark off the bench during the USA's 13-0 spring
training run over teams in Cuba, Europe and the USA.
• As a USA National Team rookie, averaged a USA third-best
10.0 ppg. en route to helping the U.S. to the gold medal and a
9-0 slate at the 2002 FIBA World Championship, qualifying the
U.S. for the 2004 Olympics.
• Member of the 1998 USA R. William Jones Cup Team that posted
a 5-0 record in Taipei, Taiwan.
• Member of the 1997 USA Junior World Championship (U19) Team
that won the gold medal with a 6-1 record in Natal, Brazil.
• The first American woman to claim gold at both the junior (1997)
and senior level (2002, 2010) FIBA World Championships.
• Member of the 1996 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying
(U18) Team that earned the silver medal with a 4-1 record in
Chetumal, Mexico.
Professional Notes
•
•
•
•
•
Drafted: No. 3 in 2001 by the Indiana Fever.
WNBA MVP: 2011
All-WNBA first team: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
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• WNBA All-Defensive first team: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011
• WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2002
• WNBA All-Star Games: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 (injured), 2007,
2009, 2011
• WNBA All-Decade Team: 1997-06
• Top 15 Players in WNBA History (15th Anniv. Team): 2011
• Korean League titles: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
• Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: 2010
• Suffered a torn plantar fascia in her right foot in the second
game of the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals (09/25/11) and
spent the off-season rehabilitating her foot.
• In 2010 became the first player in WNBA history to earn a fourth
Defensive Player of the Year award and is the only player to be
named to the All-Defensive first team all six years.
• Led Indiana to the 2010 and 2011 Eastern Conference Finals.
• Played for Galatasaray in 2010-11, joined Seimone Augustus and
Sylvia Fowles in aiding Gala to the Turkish Cup title; also played
for Gala in 2009-10.
• Helped the Fever clinch the top spot in the Eastern Conference
with a 22-12 record and advance to the 2009 WNBA Finals.
• Tore her Achilles tendon on Sept. 3, 2007, and underwent surgery
on Sept. 5; prior to injury, helped lead the Fever to a 21-13
record and the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals.
• The leading vote-getter for the 2006 WNBA All-Star Game.
• Sat out the 2001 WNBA season while recovering from a torn right
ACL, which cut short her final season at Tennessee. She then
suffered torn cartilage in the same knee during practice on
July 5, underwent surgery and missed the rest of the season.
• Named WNBA Player of the Week in her first week as a pro.
• Received 48 out of a possible 60 WNBA Rookie of the Year votes
in 2002 and finished as the second vote getter for WNBA
Defensive Player of the Year after aiding the Fever to its best
record and first playoff berth in franchise history.
• Finished as runner-up for the 2003 WNBA MVP award.
• Won four Korean titles with Woori Bank Hansae (2002, 2003,
2006, 2007) and played for Spartak Moscow Region in 2005-06.
College Notes
• During her four years at Tennessee, the Lady Vols posted a 134-10
overall record (.931) as UT collected four Southeastern
Conference (SEC) regular season crowns, three SEC Tournament
titles, competed in four NCAA Tournaments, won the NCAA title
in 1998, advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 2000 and made Elite
Eight (1999) and Sweet Sixteen (2001) appearances.
• ESPY award winner as the College Women's Basketball Player of
the Year (2001).
• Consensus National Player of the Year (2000).
• NCAA All-Final Four (1998, 2000), NCAA Regional Most
Outstanding Player (2000), NCAA All-Regional (1999, 2000).
• Four-time Kodak/WBCA All-America first team.
• National Rookie of the Year by The Sporting News and the U.S.
Basketball Writers Association (1998).
• All-SEC first team (1998, 1999, 2000), All-SEC second team
(2001), SEC All-Tournament Team (1998, 1999, 2000), SEC
Newcomer of the Year by the A.P. (1998) and SEC Freshman of
the Year (1998).
Personal Notes
• Born July 21, 1979 in Stratford, N.J.; finished high school in
Duncanville, Texas; after spending her first two years of high
school playing basketball with her sister, Tauja, in Lincolnshire,
Ill.; currently resides in Indianapolis, Ind.
• Daughter of Wanda and Harvey Catchings, has two brothers,
Kenyon and Bryce and two sisters, Tauja and Chrystie.
• Her father competed 11 years in the NBA for the LA Clippers,
Milwaukee, New Jersey and Philadelphia. She then worked in the
league office as the Director, NBA Player Programs.
• Has career ambitions of being a general manager of a pro team.
• Annually hosts ‘Catch The Stars,' a holiday basketball camp that
in 2011 celebrated its 11th year. She is the lead instructor at the
three-day camp, which features over 100 kids ages 9-14.
• Involved heavily in her community, was called upon by President
Bush to attend his 2004 State of the Union speech as a
representative of all 2004 Olympians and Olympic hopefuls.
• Honored by the WNBA for her work, Catchings has received
several Off-Season WNBA Community Assist awards.
• In addition to hosting camps and clinics and raising money to
enable disadvantaged youths to attend basketball camps,
Catchings created the Catch the Stars Foundation in 2004. Taking
advice from three-time Olympian Dawn Staley, the foundation is
targeted towards at-risk youths and its goal is to provide both
academics and athletics programs. In 2008 Catchings was
awarded the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award.
• Has some hearing loss and was honored during her junior season
at UT with the Reynolds Society Achievement Award by the
world-famous Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston. The
annual award is presented to an individual who has overcome
hearing, vision or voice loss and who has distinguished
themselves and provided inspiration to others.
USA Basketball Statistics
TEAM
G/ S FGM-FGA
2010 WC
9/ 9
28- 54
2010 WCx
4/ 2
10- 25
2010 WNT
1/ 1
1- 3
2008 OLY
8/ 0
21- 29
2008 OLYx 2/ 0
0- 3
2007 WNT
4/ 4
21- 46
2006 WC
9/ 9
20- 46
2006 WCx
1/ 1
2- 7
2004 OLY
8/ 8
19- 47
2004 WNT 16/ 7
57- 115
2002 WC
9/ 9
33- 59
2002 WCX
4/ 4
15- 32
2002 WNT
1/ 1
4- 11
1998 JCUP
5/ 5
12- 30
1997 JWC
6/ 4
30- 54
1997 JWCx 3/ 1
11- 27
1996 JWCQ 5/ Totals
95/65 284- 588
PCT
.519
.400
.333
.724
.000
.457
.435
.286
.404
.496
.559
.469
.364
.400
.556
.407
.483
3PM-3PA PCT
6- 14
.429
0- 7
.000
1- 1
1.000
5- 7
.714
0- 1
.000
4- 9
.444
3- 11
.273
0- 3
.000
2- 8
.250
15- 33
.455
13- 27
.481
3- 10
.300
1- 3
.333
2- 8
.250
4- 12
.333
0- 6
.000
59-160
.369
• Collected numerous national accolades as a prep star, including
the 1997 Naismith and WBCA National Prep Player of the Year
awards. A four-time Parade Magazine All-American, also was
named to the 1997 USA Today Girls High School All-USA first
team, as well as Texas Player of the Year by USA Today.
• Named Illinois Miss Basketball as a sophomore (1995), becoming
the first underclassman in Illinois to receive the award.
FTM-FTA
17- 21
10- 11
0- 0
7- 12
2- 2
5- 6
20- 27
0- 2
15- 18
17- 20
11- 16
1- 5
0- 0
6- 9
15- 20
5- 10
131-179
PCT
.810
.909
.--.583
1.000
.833
.741
.000
.833
.850
.688
.200
.--.667
.750
.500
.732
REB/AVG
25/ 2.8
17/ 4.3
1/ 1.0
35/ 4.4
6/ 3.0
36/ 9.0
62/ 6.9
2/ 2.0
43/ 5.4
92/ 5.8
51/ 5.7
24/ 6.0
4/ 4.0
19/ 3.8
43/ 7.2
16/ 5.3
*10/ 5.0
*486/ 5.3
PTS/AVG
79/ 8.8
30/ 7.5
3/ 3.0
54/ 6.8
2/ 1.0
51/ 12.8
63/ 7.0
4/ 4.0
55/ 6.9
146/ 9.1
90/ 10.0
34/ 8.5
9/ 9.0
32/ 6.4
79/ 13.2
27/ 9.0
*42/ 14.0
*800/ 8.6
AST
12
8
4
14
4
6
13
1
3
19
9
7
1
9
9
6
125
BLK
3
4
3
4
0
2
3
1
4
10
0
3
0
7
3
47
STL
12
8
1
14
5
15
18
3
22
28
22
6
0
9
19
9
191
NOTE: Blocks were not kept at the 1997 FIBA Junior World Championship. Complete statistics are unavailable for the 1996 Junior World Championship
Qualifying Tournament.
* Catchings’ rebound totals at the 1996 Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament are for two games; her points reflect three games only; and starts are
unknown. Therefore, her rebound average is over 92 instead of 95 games and scoring average is over 93 instead of 95 games.
Catchings’ WNBA and college statistics can be found on page 44.
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Tina
C H AR L ES
14
#
Center • 6'4" / 193 cms. • 198 lbs. / 90 kgs.
Connecticut Sun • University of Connecticut ‘10
Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2009 World University
Games, 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
Bronze Medal: 2005 Youth Development Festival.
Honors: Named the 2009 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the
Year.
the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; started six games and was
the USA’s third-leading scorer (10.7 ppg.) and second-best
rebounder (4.8 rpg.).
• Scored six points, grabbed five boards and had a pair of blocked
shots for the USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars
99-72 in the “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game
on July 10, 2010.
• One of two then-collegiate players named to the 2010-12 USA
Basketball Women’s National Team on March 3, 2010.
• One of three then-collegiate players invited to attend the 2009
USA Basketball Women’s National Team’s fall training camp.
• Member of the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team
that posted a perfect 7-0 record to collect the gold medal in
Belgrade, Serbia; notched 28 points and 18 rebounds in the USA’s
83-64 gold medal victory over Russia.
• Member of the 2006 U18 National Team that went 4-0 to win the
gold medal at the 2006 FIBA Americas Championship.
• Set a USA U18 all-time record for rebounding.
• Member of the 2005 Youth Development Festival Red Team that
finished 3-2 and earned the bronze medal.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES
Drafted: No. 1 in 2010 by the Connecticut Sun.
All-WNBA first team: 2011
All-WNBA second team: 2010
WNBA All-Defensive second team: 2011
WNBA All-Star Game: 2011
EuroLeague All-Star Game: 2011
Played alongside Diana Taurasi for Galatasaray (Turkey), where
they helped lead their club to the EuroLeague Final Eight and a
fifth-place finish on the season in the EuroLeague; averaged
18.7 ppg. and 8.9 rpg. in 16 EuroLeague contests, while earning
one EuroLeague Player of the Week honor.
• Averaged 11.0 rpg. in 2011 to lead the WNBA in rebounding,
established a new league-high for double-doubles with 23,
eclipsing the record of 22 she set in 2010; also averaged
17.6 ppg. in leading the Sun to a 21-13 record and the playoffs.
• Competed for Nadezhda (Russia) in 2010-11 and averaged league
second-bests of 19.0 ppg. and 12.3 rpg., while also leading the
field in double-doubles with nine in 12 EuroLeague contests.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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• The unanimous choice of a panel of 39 media members for 2010
WNBA Rookie of the Year; led all rookies with 15.5 ppg. and led
the league with 11.7 rpg.
• Established a new WNBA single-season record for rebounds with
398, eclipsing Cheryl Ford’s 363 in 2006; also had a league-record
22 double-doubles (19, Natalie Williams in 2000).
COLLEGE NOTES
• During her four years at Connecticut, helped the Huskies to a
146-6 record (.961), including a NCAA women’s basketball record
streak of 78 straight victories to close out her career, captured
the 2009 and 2010 NCAA titles, three Big East Conference
Tournament championships, four Big East regular season crowns
and advanced to the 2008 Final Four and 2007 Elite Eight.
• Capped her collegiate career ranked first among all-time UConn
career leaders for points (2,346) and rebounds (1,367) and third
for blocked shots (304). Was passed by USA teammate Maya
Moore in points and currently lists second.
• National Player of the Year (2010): John R. Wooden Award,
Naismith Trophy, U.S. Basketball Writers Association and
Associated Press (A.P.) National Player of the Year.
• NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2009), All-NCAA Final
Four (2009, 2010) and All-NCAA Regional (2009, 2010).
• A.P. All-America first team (2010), third team (2008) and
honorable mention (2007).
• USBWA All-America Team (2010).
• Big East Conference Player of the Year (2010).
• All-Big East first team (2008, 2009, 2010) and second team
(2007).
• Big East All-Tournament Team (2008, 2009, 2010).
• WBCA All-America (2009) and WBCA All-Region Team (2007-10).
• Wade Trophy finalist (2009).
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2007).
• Big East Freshman of the Year and all-freshman team (2007).
• Only freshman in the nation selected to the 52-member Kodak
All-District Teams (2007).
PERSONAL NOTES
• Born on Dec. 5, 1988, in Flushing, N.Y.
• Daughter of Angella Holgate, who is from Jamaica, and Rawlston
Charles, from Trinidad and Tobago.
• Grandmother was a teacher in Kingston, Jamaica.
• Post-basketball career ambitions include becoming a forensic
psychologist.
• If she could be a standout athlete in any sport, it would be golf.
• Wanted to be a police officer at age five and a veterinarian at
15.
• Named the 2006 National High School Player of the Year by USA
Today, McDonald's, Parade Magazine, Gatorade and SI.com.
• Compiled 1,750 points, 1,224 rebounds, 440 assists and 432
blocked shots in three varsity seasons at Christ the King High
School (N.Y.); led her team to a pair of USA Today No. 1 final
national rankings and state titles in 2005 and 2006 to go with a
two-year 57-0 record.
• Recently became Omni Peace’s first sports ambassador and
donated $32,000 to build a school in Mali. She is hoping to help
raise money for more schools to be built in Africa.
TEAM
2010 WC
2010 WCx
2010 WNT
2009 WNT
2009 WUG
2006 U18
2005 DF-Wh
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
9/ 6
40- 68
4/ 3
23- 37
1/ 0
3- 7
3/ 0
16- 30
7/ 5
47- 94
4/ 2
20- 48
5/ 3
43- 100
33/19 192- 384
PCT
.588
.622
.429
.533
.500
.417
.430
.500
3PM-3PA
0- 1
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 1
PCT
.000
.--.--.--.--.--.--.000
FTM-FTA
16- 25
7- 11
0- 0
5- 9
19- 29
8- 12
19- 37
75-123
PCT
.640
.636
.--.556
.655
.667
.514
.610
REB/AVG
43/ 4.8
28/ 7.0
5/ 5.0
20/ 6.7
57/ 8.1
38/ 9.5
67/ 13.4
258/ 7.8
PTS/AVG
96/ 10.7
53/ 13.3
6/ 6.0
37/ 12.3
113/ 16.1
48/ 12.0
105/ 21.0
458/ 13.9
AST
6
5
1
3
5
2
6
28
BLK
1
1
2
4
1
1
11
21
STL
5
2
1
1
8
3
12
32
YEAR
2011
2010
Totals
G / S FGM-FGA
34/34 254- 543
34/34 206- 423
68/68 460- 966
PCT
.468
.487
.476
3PM-3PA
0- 3
0- 1
0- 4
PCT
.000
.000
.000
FTM-FTA
92- 134
116- 152
208- 286
PCT
.687
.763
.727
REB/AVG
374/ 11.0
398/ 11.7
772/ 11.4
PTS/AVG
600/ 17.6
528/ 15.5
1128/ 16.6
AST
63
51
114
BLK
60
57
117
STL
26
25
51
YEAR
2010
2009
2008
2007
Totals
G / S FGM-FGA
39/ 39 299- 484
39/ 39 259- 418
38/ 33 220- 364
36/ 32 190- 322
152/143 968-1588
PCT
.618
.620
.604
.590
.610
3PM-3PA
0- 1
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 1
PCT
.000
.--.--.--.000
FTM-FTA
110- 161
124- 182
100- 173
76- 128
410- 644
PCT
.683
.681
.578
.594
.637
REB/AVG
372/ 9.5
348/ 8.9
351/ 9.2
296/ 8.2
1367/ 9.0
PTS/AVG
708/ 18.2
642/ 16.5
540/ 14.2
456/ 12.7
2346/ 15.43
AST
63
41
49
30
183
BLK
93
62
68
81
304
STL
22
35
28
13
98
WNBA STATISTICS
COLLEGE STATISTICS
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F OW L E S
Center • 6'6" / 198 cms. • 200 lbs. / 91 kgs.
Chicago Sky • Louisiana State University ‘08
Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2008 Olympic Games, 2008
FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament, 2007 FIBA Americas Championship,
2006 Opals World Challenge, 2005 World University Games.
Silver Medals: 2008 Good Luck Beijing Tournament, 2003 USA
Basketball Youth Development Festival.
the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; missed the USA’s four
exhibition games while rehabbing her right knee, which was
scoped and a cyst removed following the season.
• Named game MVP after posting 23 points and eight boards for
the USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in
10, 2010.
• Led the USA in scoring with 26 points in its Olympic quarterfinal
win over South Korea and held or shared team-high rebounding
honors in five games.
respectively.
• Aided the USA to a 4-2 mark and the silver medal at the 2008
Good Luck Beijing Tournament, averaged team highs of 17.0 ppg.
and 10.5 rpg., which ranked first and second, respectively,
among the six-team field. Also ranked first among all tournament
leaders in field goal percentage (.629) and blocks (2.5 bpg.).
• Trained with the 2007 USA National Team during its September
camp in New York, but was unable to continue with the squad for
the remainder of training due to school commitments.
• Aided the 2007-08 USA Basketball National Team to a 4-0 slate
during its 2007 Tour of Italy.
• One of just four 2006-07 collegiate players named to the 2007-08
USA Women's National Team on March 6, 2007.
• One of three returning college players named to the 2006 USA
Senior National Team that won the Australia-hosted 2006 Opals
World Challenge and finished with a 4-1 mark; dislocated her
right shoulder in the second game against Australia and was
sidelined the remainder of the tournament.
• Leading scorer (15.0 ppg.) and rebounder (7.3 rpg.) on the 2005
USA World University Games Team that rolled through its
competition for a 7-0 record and the gold medal in Turkey;
missed the first game due to Sue Gunter's funeral.
• Member of the 2003 USA Youth Development Festival South Team
that won the silver medal and finished with a 2-3 record.
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• Pulled down a then-Festival record 18 rebounds in 23 minutes in
the opening game against the North before being sidelined for
the rest of the game and tournament with a back injury.
Professional Notes:
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Drafted: No. 2 in 2008 by the Chicago Sky.
WNBA Defensive Player of the Year: 2011
All-Defensive first team: 2010, 2011
All-Defensive second team: 2008
WNBA All-Star Games: 2009, 2011
EuroLeague Titles: 2009, 2010
Listed on the Galatasaray Medical Park (Turkey) roster during the
2011-12 season with Tina Charles and Diana Taurasi, but only
competed for Gala in Turkish League games.
Increased her scoring and rebounding averages each of her four
years in the WNBA and averaged her first double-double with a
league third-best 20.0 ppg. and a league second-best 10.2 rpg. in
2011.
Played for Galatasaray in 2010-11 alongside Seimone Augustus
and Tamika Catchings; aided Gala to the Turkish Cup title and
averaged 16.2 ppg., 9.5 rpg. and 1.5 bpg. in 12 EuroLeague
contests, while posting five double-doubles.
Spent the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons competing alongside USA
teammates Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi in helping Spartak Moscow
Region collect a pair of EuroLeague crowns and the 2009 Russia
Super League title.
Sidelined for much of her WNBA rookie season, averaged
10.5 ppg., 7.5 rpg. and 2.1 bpg., which would have placed her
third and second, respectively, among rookie leaders had she
played enough games to qualify.
Named September 2008 WNBA Rookie of the Month.
Collegiate Notes:
• During her four years, helped lead LSU to a 125-21 record (.856),
three Southeastern Conference regular season titles, twice
earning perfect league records, and four NCAA Final Fours.
• WBCA National Defensive Player of the Year (2008).
• John R. Wooden, U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and
WBCA/State Farm All-American (2008); ESPN.com All-America
first team (2008).
• National Player of the Year finalist for: Wade Trophy, John R.
Wooden Award, Naismith and Senior CLASS award (2008).
• NCAA All-Final Four (2008), NCAA Regional Most Outstanding
Player and All-Regional (2006, 2007, 2008).
• SEC Player of the Year and SEC Defensive Player of the Year
(2008).
• National Player of the Year finalist for: John R. Wooden Award
and State Farm Wade Trophy (2007).
• ESPN.com, the John R. Wooden Award and the U.S. Basketball
Writers Association All-American (2007)
• Associated Press (A.P.) All-America first team (2008), second
team (2007), third team (2006) and honorable mention (2005).
• SEC All-Tournament Team (2006, 2007, 2008) honors; and a
unanimous All-SEC first team selection (2006, 2007, 2008).
• Listed as one of 12 finalists for the 2006 State Farm Wade Trophy.
• SEC Sixth Woman of the Year, All-SEC second team and SEC
All-Freshman team (2005).
• Capped her college career ranked No. 1 among all-time SEC and
LSU career rebounders with 1,570 rebounds and owns both the
SEC and LSU marks for double-doubles with 86, including 10 in
NCAA Tournament action.
• Lists fifth on LSU's all-time scoring charts (2,234 points), first for
blocked shots (321) and eighth for steals (218).
• Lists as the only player in LSU history with at least 2,000 points,
1,500 rebounds and 300 blocked shots.
Personal Notes:
• Born on October 6, 1985, in Miami, Fla., hails from Liberty City,
Fla.
• Daughter of Arrittio Fowles; has three brothers, Walter, Morris
and Jeremy, and one sister, Dorothy.
• Her full name is Sylvia Shaqueria Fowles.
• Averaged 20.6 ppg. and 11.6 rpg. in 2003-04 and helped lead
Gulliver Prep (Fla.) to the Florida Class 6A state title.
• As a junior at Edison High School (Fla.) in 2002-03, averaged
21.1 ppg. and 15.6 rpg. in helping the team to a state title.
• A 2004 Parade Magazine and WBCA All-America first team
selection and a 2003 Parade All-America fourth team honoree.
• Earned MVP honors following the 2004 WBCA All-Star Game.
TEAM
G/S FGM-FGA
2010 WC
9/ 3
26- 42
2010 WNT
1/ 1
9- 11
2009 WNT
3/ 3
10- 19
2008 OLY
8/ 0
45- 70
2008 OLYX 3/ 0
12- 17
2008 WNT
6/ 6
44- 70
2007 WNT
4/ 0
18- 33
2006 OWC
2/ 0
7- 11
2005 WUG
6/ 0
39- 54
2003 DF-S
1/ 1
2- 12
Totals
43/14 212- 339
PCT
.619
.818
.526
.643
.706
.629
.545
.636
.722
.167
.625
3PM-3PA
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
PCT
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FTM-FTA
28- 42
5- 7
1- 5
17- 25
5- 11
14- 21
5- 12
4- 4
12- 17
3- 8
94- 152
PCT
.667
.714
.200
.680
.455
.667
.417
1.000
.706
.375
.618
REB/AVG
39/ 4.3
8/ 8.0
19/ 6.3
67/ 8.4
10/ 3.3
63/ 10.5
28/ 7.0
4/ 2.0
44/ 7.3
18/ 18.0
300/ 7.0
PTS/AVG
80/ 8.9
23/ 23.0
21/ 7.0
107/ 13.4
29/ 9.7
102/ 17.0
41/ 10.3
18/ 9.0
90/ 15.0
7/ 7.0
518/ 12.0
AST
4
0
0
7
0
3
1
1
4
0
20
BLK
4
0
0
7
0
15
0
1
5
5
37
STL
5
0
6
3
5
4
3
1
9
0
36
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
Totals
G/S
34/ 34
34/ 34
24/ 20
17/ 14
109/102
FGM-FGA
263- 445
228- 392
103- 172
77- 150
671-1157
PCT
.591
.582
.599
.513
.580
3PM-3PA PCT
0- 0
.--1- 1
1.000
0- 0
.--0- 0
.--1- 1
1.000
FTM-FTA
154- 201
149- 196
64- 99
24- 41
391- 537
PCT
.766
.760
.646
.585
.728
REB/AVG
347/ 10.2
338/ 9.9
188/ 7.8
127/ 7.5
1000/ 9.2
PTS/AVG
680/ 20.0
606/ 17.8
270/ 11.3
178/ 10.5
1734/ 15.9
AST
22
51
19
5
97
BLK
68
88
35
36
227
STL
41
39
21
19
119
YEAR
2008
2007
2006
2005
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
35/ 34 239- 409
38/ 38 253- 443
35/ 35 215- 354
36/ 0 163- 283
144/107 870-1489
PCT
.584
.571
.607
.576
.584
3PM-3PA
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
FTM-FTA
130- 211
137- 224
127- 218
100- 169
494- 822
PCT
.616
.612
.583
.592
.601
REB/AVG
361/ 10.3
477/ 12.6
407/ 11.6
325/ 9.0
1570/ 10.9
PTS/AVG
608/ 17.4
643/ 16.9
557/ 15.9
426/ 11.8
2234/ 15.5
AST
21
16
11
10
58
BLK
69
78
75
99
321
STL
54
47
66
51
218
WNBA STATISTICS
COLLEGE STATISTICS
PCT
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J O N ES
Connecticut Sun • University of Connecticut ‘02
Ekaterinburg International Invitational.
• Named to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team on
April 23, 2012.
• Helped the USA National Team finish with a 3-2 record during its
2011 European Tour, sat out the first two games due to a sore
knee.
• Participated in the USA’s July 2010 training camp.
• Named to the 2010-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team on
March 3, 2010.
at the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational, played
the first two games for the USA and the final game for UMMC
Ekaterinburg due to contractual obligations, averaged 12.0 ppg.
and 4.5 rpg. for the USA in its first two games.
• Named to the 2007-08 USA Basketball Women's National Team on
Sept. 7, 2007.
• Attended the USA's September 2007 training camp in New York,
but was injured and unable to participate in the drills.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES:
• Drafted: No. 4 by the Washington Mystics in 2002, traded to the
Connecticut Sun on March 25, 2003.
• All-WNBA second team: 2008
• WNBA All-Star Game: 2007, 2009
• EuroLeague Final Eight MVP: 2012
• Competed for Rivas Acopolis (Spain) and was named MVP of the
2012 EuroLeague Final Eight after propelling her squad to the
championship game; closed out the season averaging a
EuroLeague career-high 17.9 ppg. and 9.0 rpg. for Rivas in
EuroLeague games.
• Helped lead the Sun in 2011 to a 21-13 mark and the playoffs.
• Averaged in 2011 13.3 ppg. and 6.4 rpg. in leading the Sun to a
21-13 mark and the playoffs.
• Played for UMMC Ekaterinburg in 2008-09 and 2009-10 alongside
USA National Team member Cappie Pondexter. Averaged
11.2 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 1.3 apg. in 16 2008-09 contests as UMMC
finished in third place at the 2009 EuroLeague Final Four;
averaged 7.0 ppg. and 4.5 rpg. as UMMC again finished in third
place at the 2010 EuroLeagu Final Four.
• Compted part of the 2007-08 season for CSKA Moscow, before
transferring to UMMC Ekaterinburg, where she helped her squad
to the 2008 EuroLeague Final Four, where UMMC finished third,
averaged 8.3 ppg. and 4.0 rpg.
• Averaged 16.3 ppg. and 6.1 rpg. during the 2007 season to help
propel the Sun into the WNBA playoffs.
• Helped lead the Sun to the WNBA Finals in 2004 and 2005.
• Played two seasons (2005-06; 2006-07) for Dynamo Energiya in
Russia.
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• Competed during the 2004-05 season in China, for Delta Basket
Allessandria in Italy in 2003-04 and began her international
career in Russia in 2002-03.
COLLEGIATE NOTES:
• During her four years at the University of Connecticut, the
Huskies posted 136-9 record (.938), won a pair of NCAA crowns
(2000, 2002) while advancing to four NCAA Tournaments,
including the 2001 Final Four, and earned four Big East regular
season and tournament titles.
• Helped lead UConn to an unblemished 39-0 season culminating
with the 2002 NCAA championship.
• NCAA All-Final Four Team (1999, 2000, 2002) and NCAA
Tournament All-Regional Team (2002).
• Associated Press All-America third team (2002).
• Big East Tournament MVP (2002).
• All-Big East first team (2002).
• Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District I honors.
• UConn Club Outstanding Senior Scholar-Athlete (2002).
• Three-time Big East All-Tournament Team (1999, 2001, 2002).
• Big East All-Rookie Team (1999).
• Four-time Big East Academic All-Star.
PERSONAL NOTES:
• Born Asjha Taker Jones on August 1, 1980.
• Majored in business at UConn.
• Honored as a 1998 Parade Magazine, USA Today and Street &
Smith's All-America first teamer.
TEAM
2011 WNT
2010 WC
2010 WCx
2009 WNT
Totals
G/S
3/0
9/0
4/1
2/0
18/1
FGM-FGA
8- 15
22- 38
9- 21
10- 14
49- 88
PCT
.533
.579
.429
.714
.557
3PM-3PA
0- 0
0- 0
0- 1
0- 0
0- 1
PCT
.--.--.000
.--.000
FTM-FTA
1- 2
2- 3
2- 2
4- 5
9- 12
PCT
.500
.667
1.000
.800
.750
REB/AVG
5/ 1.7
21/ 2.3
15/ 3.8
9/ 4.5
50/ 2.8
PTS/AVG
17/ 5.7
46/ 5.1
20/ 5.0
24/ 12.0
107/ 5.9
AST
2
6
4
3
15
BLK
0
2
0
0
2
STL
0
6
2
1
9
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Totals
G/S
34/ 34
30/ 29
23/ 23
33/ 33
30/ 30
34/ 2
33/ 4
34/ 1
34/ 10
32/ 5
317/158
FGM-FGA
198- 446
139- 310
159- 339
223- 461
193- 430
155- 334
133- 275
96- 239
121- 279
93- 233
1510-3346
PCT
.444
.448
.469
.484
.449
.464
.484
.402
.434
.399
.451
3PM-3PA
3- 10
6- 20
5- 16
5- 23
1- 12
5- 19
2- 5
2- 6
7- 17
2- 10
38- 138
PCT
.300
.300
.313
.217
.083
.263
.400
.333
.412
.200
.275
FTM-FTA
54- 76
39- 46
61- 80
110- 139
72- 94
62- 79
33- 56
41- 48
41- 55
20- 33
533- 707
PCT
.711
.848
.763
.791
.766
.785
.589
.854
.745
.606
.754
REB/AVG
217/ 6.4
147/ 4.9
136/ 5.9
201/ 6.1
183/ 6.1
183/ 5.4
121/ 3.7
118/ 3.5
135/ 4.0
89/ 2.8
1530/ 4.8
PTS/AVG
453/ 13.3
323/ 10.8
384/ 16.7
561/ 17.0
459/ 15.3
377/ 11.1
301/ 9.1
235/ 6.9
290/ 8.5
208/ 6.5
3591/ 11.3
AST
64
66
56
81
75
46
40
39
52
28
547
BLK
16
13
13
26
23
20
7
18
25
17
178
STL
21
13
20
20
25
23
10
20
16
13
181
YEAR
2002
2001
2000
1999
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
39/39 247- 445
35/23 128- 291
36/ 127- 251
34/ 140- 284
144/62 642-1271
PCT
.555
.440
.506
.493
.505
3PM-3PA
8- 25
4- 16
5- 10
0- 0
17- 51
PCT
.320
.250
.500
.--.333
FTM-FTA
45- 75
44- 73
60- 95
52- 73
201- 316
PCT
.600
.603
.632
.712
.636
REB/AVG
257/ 6.6
190/ 5.4
177/ 4.9
170/ 5.0
794/ 5.5
PTS/AVG
547/ 14.0
304/ 8.7
319/ 8.9
332/ 9.8
1502/ 10.4
AST
66
50
33
45
194
BLK
61
38
27
25
151
STL
41
32
20
26
119
WNBA STATISTICS
COLLEGE STATISTICS
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Atlanta Dream • University of Louisville ‘09
Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2007 Pan American Games.
the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; credited for a team-high
24 steals (2.67 spg.), which ranked second among the 16-team
field.
• Scored 11 points and had three steals and three assists for the
USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in the
“WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game on July 10,
2010.
• Member of the 2007 USA team that went 5-0 and collected the
gold medal at the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
playing against national teams preparing for the 2007 FIBA
Americas Championship.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES:
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Drafted: No. 1 by the Atlanta Dream in 2009.
WNBA All-Defensive first team: 2010, 2011
WNBA All-Defensive second team: 2009
Competed in 2011-12 for Fenerbache (Turkey), where she helped
her team to a fourth-place finish among the 2012 EuroLeague
Final Eight and helped Fener down Galatasaray for the 2012
Turkish league title; averaged 17.8 ppg., 5.7 rpg. and 2.7 apg. in
18 EuroLeague games, while earning one EuroLeague Player of
the Week honor in 2011-12.
Finished as the WNBA’s second-leading scorer in 2011, averaged
21.6 ppg., which trailed Diana Taurasi by just 0.07 ppg., in
leading the Dream to a 20-14 record and the WNBA Finals.
Signed to play for MKB Euroleasing Sopron (Hungary) during the
2010-11 EuroLeague season, transferred to Fenerbache midway
through the season and helped Fener capture the Turkish League
title; scored 34 points in Fener’s title-clinching game over
Galatasaray.
Led the Dream to the 2010 WNBA Finals.
Tied with USA National Team member Cappie Pondexter as the
league’s 2010 second-leading scorer, averaged 21.4 ppg.
Competed in 2009-10 alongside Candice Dupree for Good Angels
Kosice (Slovakia) and helped the team to its first EuroLeague
playoff victory as the team advanced to the quarterfinals and
finished with a 8-6 record; helped Good Angels capture the
Slovakia League title.
Finished the 2009-10 season averaging a EuroLeague second-best
19.0 ppg., trailing only Diana Taurasi.
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• Helped the Dream turn around from a 4-30 record in 2008 to an
18-16 mark in 2009 and a second-place finish in the Eastern
Conference.
• Earned WNBA Rookie of the Month honors in July and August.
COLLEGE NOTES
• During her four years at the University of Louisville the Cardinals
posted a 106-33 record (.763), played in four NCAA Tournaments,
advancing as far as the 2008 Sweet Sixteen and the 2009 NCAA
championship game.
• Capped her career as Louisville’s all-time leading scorer and
rebounder with 2,779 points and 1,261 rebounds and became
Louisville’s first 2,000 point scorer.
• Naismith and Wade trophy finalist (2009).
• WBCA/State Farm All-American (2007, 2008, 2009).
• All-America first team by Associated Press (A.P.), U.S. Basketball
Writers Association, ESPN.com and CBSSportsline.com (2009).
• A.P. All-America second team (2008) and third team (2007) and
USBWA All-America first team (2008).
• NCAA All-Regional (2008).
• In 2006-07 became just the second player in Big East history to
average a double-double on the season.
• Big East Conference Player of the Year (2007), Defensive Player
of the Year (2009), All-Big East first team (2007, 2008, 2009), Big
East All-Rookie Team (2006) and Big East All-Tournament Team
(2008, 2009).
• Set Louisville’s all-time single-season scoring record with 747 in
2006-07, shattering the previous record of 620, then broke the
record again as a junior (858 points) and senior (901 points).
PERSONAL NOTES
• Born in her hometown of Baltimore, Md., to Sharon and Roi
McCoughtry, has two younger sisters, Kristina and Joy.
• Is a budding pop star, currently has two songs available for
purchase on iTunes: Baby I’m a Star and Illusion.
• Father played basketball at Coppin State.
• Majored in communications at Louisville.
• Member of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, Class of 2012.
• Competed one season (2005-06) for Patterson Prep (N.C.) where
she aided Patterson to its first National Association of Christian
Athletes (NACA) national title.
• Named the NACA Tournament Offensive MVP, earned
all-tournament team honors and was a NACA All-American.
• Attended St. Francis High School (Md.), where she was named
the 2003 Baltimore Sun Metro Player of the Year.
• Helped guide her team to a 26-3 record and the 2003 Catholic
League Championship as a senior.
• Named all-county and all-league as a junior and senior.
TEAM
2010 WC
2010 WNT
2009 WNT
2007 PAG
Totals
G/S
9/ 0
1/ 0
3/ 3
5/ 0
18/ 3
FGM-FGA
41- 75
4- 8
20- 32
25- 50
90-165
PCT
.547
.500
.625
.500
.545
3PM-3PA PCT
2- 12
.167
2- 2
1.000
2- 6
.333
7- 10
.700
13- 30
.433
FTM-FTA
18- 25
1- 2
4- 7
6- 9
29- 43
PCT
.720
.500
.571
.667
.674
REB/AVG
32/ 3.6
1/ 1.0
22/ 7.3
28/ 5.6
83/ 4.6
PTS/AVG
102/ 11.3
11/ 11.0
46/ 15.3
63/ 12.6
222/ 12.3
AST
9
3
8
4
24
BLK
3
0
4
2
9
STL
24
3
6
6
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YEAR
2011
2010
2009
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
33/30 235- 554
34/34 246- 603
34/10 160- 336
101/74 641-1493
PCT
.424
.408
.476
.429
3PM-3PA
19- 72
33-126
15- 51
67- 249
PCT
.264
.262
.294
.269
FTM-FTA
223- 287
191- 238
100- 135
514- 660
PCT
.777
.803
.741
.779
REB/AVG
173/ 5.2
167/ 4.9
105/ 3.1
445/ 4.4
PTS/AVG
712/ 21.6
716/ 21.1
435/ 12.8
1863/ 18.4
AST
84
105
71
260
BLK
32
21
12
65
STL
72
66
74
212
YEAR
2009
2008
2007
2006
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
39/ 39 329- 753
36/ 35 321- 688
34/ 34 282- 556
29/ 0 107- 229
138/108 1039-2226
PCT
.437
.467
.507
.467
.467
3PM-3PA
43- 140
50- 169
43- 118
6- 20
142- 447
PCT
.307
.296
.364
.300
.318
FTM-FTA
200- 269
166- 228
140- 193
46- 83
552- 773
PCT
.743
.728
.725
.554
.714
REB/AVG
362/ 9.3
321/ 8.9
359/ 10.6
216/ 7.4
1258/ 9.1
PTS/AVG
901/ 23.1
858/ 23.8
747/ 22.0
266/ 9.2
2772/ 20.1
AST
73
54
59
46
232
BLK
42
41
55
23
161
STL
164
148
109
57
478
WNBA STATISTICS
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M O OR E
Minnesota Lynx • University of Connecticut ‘11
Championship, 2009 World University
Games, 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship, 2006 FIBA Americas
U18 Championship.
• Posted 12 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three steals for
the USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in
10, 2010.
• The youngest player named to the 2010-12 USA Basketball
National Team on March 3, 2010.
• One of three collegiate players invited to attend the 2009 USA
Basketball Women’s National Team’s fall training camp; was
unable to play in the UMMC Ekaterinburg International
Invitational due to school conflicts.
• Member of the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team
that posted a perfect 7-0 record to collect the gold medal in
Belgrade, Serbia; did not play due to a sprained knee.
• Member of the 2007 USA U19 squad that wrapped up a 9-0 record
and gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship; scored in
double figures in each of USA's nine games.
• Member of the 2006 USA U18 National Team that went 4-0 and
won a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES
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Drafted: No. 1 by the Minnesota Lynx in 2011.
WNBA Title: 2011
EuroLeague Title: 2012
Competed during the 2011-12 EuroLeague season for Ros Casares
Valencia (Spain) and helped her team capture the EuroLeague
and Spanish titles; averaged 12.7 ppg. and 6.2 rpg. in her 10
EuroLeague contests.
In helping the Lynx capture the 2011 WNBA title, averaged
13.8 ppg., 5.9 rpg. and 2.3 apg. in eight playoff games.
Helped lead the Lynx in 2011 to a league-best 27-7 record,
marking the second-best turnaround in WNBA history after
Minnesota finished 13-21 in 2010.
Won two of the three 2011 WNBA Rookie of the Month awards
and finished the season leading all rookies in scoring (13.2 ppg.),
minutes (28.0 mpg.) and steals (1.4 spg.), and ranked second
overall among rookies in rebounds (4.6 rpg.) and third in assists
(2.7 apg.).
Became the first rookie to be voted as a starter for the WNBA
All-Star Game since Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings in 2002.
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COLLEGE NOTES
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• During her four years at Connecticut, the Huskies posted a
stunning 150-4 record (.974), including a perfect 90-0 streak that
spanned three seasons, captured the 2009 and 2010 NCAA titles,
advanced to the 2008 and 2011 Final Fours and won four Big East
Conference Tournament championships and four Big East regular
season crowns.
• Is the fourth-leading scorer in NCAA history with 3,036 points,
ranking first among all-time leading scorers at UConn.
• In addition to owning UConn’s all-time career scoring record and
the all-time scoring average (19.7 ppg.), ranks second among
all-time Husky leaders for rebounds (1,276); 3-point field goals
made (311) and games played (154); third for steals (310); fourth
for blocked shots (204); and sixth for assists (544) and rebound
average (8.3 rpg.).
• Honda-Broderick Cup winner as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of
the Year (2010); and twice won the Honda Sports Award for
basketball (2010, 2011).
• 2011 NCAA Elite 88 Award for achieving the highest GPA of all
student-athletes competing in the Final Four, owned a 3.669 GPA
in sports media and promotion.
• Capital One University Division Academic All-American of the
Year (2010, 2011) and Big East Conference Scholar-Athlete of the
Year (2010, 2011).
• Four-time Associated Press (A.P.) All-American first team and
WBCA/State Farm All-American first team.
• Unanimous National Player of the Year (2009, 2011): Naismith
Award, Wade Trophy, A.P. Player of the Year, USBWA Player of the
Year and John R. Wooden Award.
• Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award (2011).
• NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2010), NCAA All-Final
Four (2009, 2010, 2011), NCAA Regional MOP and All-Regional
(2009, 2010, 2011).
• First three-time winner of the State Farm Wade Trophy (2009,
2010, 2011); in winning in 2009, became just the second
sophomore to earn the distinction.
• Big East Player of the Year (2008, 2009, 2011), four-time All-Big
East first team selection, Big East Tournament MVP (2009, 2011),
Big East All-Tournament Team (2009, 2010, 2011), Big East
Freshman of the Year (2008, unanimous).
• Top Female College Athlete ESPY Award Winner (2009, 2010).
• In 2008, became first freshman in conference basketball history
(men or women) to be named as the Big East Player of the Year.
• Only second freshman in history to be named to the A.P.
All-America first team.
• USBWA National Freshman of the Year and USBWA All-America
first team (2008).
• Capped her college career with 50 double-doubles and registered
double-figure points in an NCAA all-time record 149 games.
• Tallied 754 points in ‘08-'09 to become UConn's single-season
scoring leader and upped that to 868 in 2010-11.
• Owns four of the top seven, including the top three, all-time
UConn single-season scoring marks.
• Became the fastest player to 1,000 points in Husky history.
• Sank 10 3-pointers on Jan. 17, 2009, to set Big East and UConn
single game records for 3-pointers made.
• Owns the Big East Freshman scoring record with 678 points.
• Named Big East Freshman of the Week a record 10 times.
• Became the first-ever freshman in Big East history to be
recognized as Player of the Week (March 4); also named
Freshman of the Week marking the first time the conference
weekly honors were swept by the same player.
PERSONAL NOTES
• Born Maya April Moore on June 11, 1989, in Jefferson City, Mo.,
and grew up in Lawrenceville, Ga.
• The only child of Kathryn Moore, who played volleyball at
Occidental College (Calif.).
• Attended Collins Hill High School (Ga.), where she helped lead
her teams to three Georgia state titles and one runner-up finish.
• As a senior in 2006-07, her school posted a perfect 31-0 record
and captured a third-straight Georgia Class 5A title.
• Helped Collins Hill to a USA Today and SI.com No. 2 national
ranking in 2006.
• A two-time Naismith High School Player of the Year (2006, 2007),
was named the 2007 USA Today, WBCA/State Farm and Gatorade
National Player of the Year.
• 2007 McDonald's, WBCA and EA Sports All-American.
• A 2006 and 2007 Parade Magazine All-America first team and
Gatorade Georgia Player of the Year selection.
• An all-county track and field athlete, with a regional high jump
title (5'8") and a state runner-up finish in 2005.
• Has post-basketball career ambitions of getting into broadcast
journalism.
• Wanted to be a singer at age five and a pro basketball player at
15.
• Hates peanut butter.
• First trip overseas was with the 2007 USA U19 World
Championship Team.
TEAM
2010 WC
2010 WCx
2010 WNT
2009 WUG
2007 U19
2006 U18
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
9/ 0
31- 71
3/ 1
16- 31
1/ 0
6- 13
DNP -- Injured
9/ 9
60-122
4/ 3
14- 40
26/13 127-277
PCT
.437
.516
.462
3PM-3PA
9- 26
4- 8
0- 3
PCT
.346
.500
.000
FTM-FTA
7- 8
3- 4
0- 0
PCT
.875
.750
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REB/AVG
30/ 3.3
16/ 5.3
8/ 8.0
PTS/AVG
78/ 8.7
39/ 13.0
12/ 12.0
AST
19
7
5
BLK
3
1
0
STL
8
3
3
YEAR
2011
G/S FGM-FGA
34/34 164- 374
PCT
.439
3PM-3PA
58- 157
PCT
.369
FTM-FTA
63- 80
PCT
.787
REB/AVG
157/ 4.6
PTS/AVG
449/ 13.2
AST
90
BLK
16
STL
48
PCT
.524
.515
.521
.543
.525
3PM-3PA
68- 177
80- 192
90- 226
73- 174
311- 769
PCT
.384
.417
.398
.420
.404
FTM-FTA
134- 159
98- 124
96- 123
55- 74
383- 480
PCT
.843
.790
.780
.743
.798
REB/AVG
313/ 8.2
325/ 8.3
348/ 8.9
290/ 7.6
1276/ 8.3
PTS/AVG
868/ 22.8
736/ 18.9
754/ 19.3
678/ 17.8
3036/ 19.7
AST
151
150
127
116
544
BLK
46
40
59
59
204
STL
89
82
76
63
310
WNBA STATISTICS
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YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
Totals
G/S
38/ 38
39/ 38
39/ 38
38/ 30
154/144
FGM-FGA
333- 636
279- 542
284- 545
275- 506
1171-2229
.492
.350
.458
6- 21
1- 7
20- 65
.286
.143
.308
21- 26
9- 13
40- 51
.808
.692
.784
58/ 6.4
22/ 5.5
134/ 5.2
147/ 16.3
38/ 9.5
314/ 12.1
21
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61
8
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PA R K ER
Fwd/Center/Guard • 6'4" / 190 cms. • 172 lbs. / 78 kgs.
Los Angeles Sparks • University of Tennessee ‘08
Gold Medals: 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg
International Invitational, 2008
Olympics, 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament, 2007 FIBA Americas
Championship, 2006 Opals World Challenge, 2004 Junior World
Championship Qualifying Tournament (U18).
Honors: 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball All-Tournament Team, 2006 Opals
World Challenge All-Tournament Team.
• Aided the USA to a 3-0 slate and the 2009 UMMC International
Invitational championship; played in eight minutes of the first
game before injuring her shoulder and scored eight points and
grabbed three boards during that time.
fourth consecutive gold medal with a perfect 8-0 record.
• Aided the USA National Team to the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball gold
medal and a 3-0 slate prior to the Olympics against Latvia and
eventual Olympic bronze and silver medalists Russia and
Australia, respectively; was named to the All-Tournament Team.
captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2008
Olympics; tied as the team's high scorer with 13.8 ppg.
• Aided the USA to a pair of pre-FIBA Americas Championship
exhibition victories over the Australia National Team.
• One of four 2006-07 collegiate players named to the 2007-08 USA
Women's National Team on March 6, 2007.
• Youngest member and only collegiate player on the 2006 USA
Basketball Women's World Championship Team that posted an
8-1 record in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and took home the bronze medal.
• Aided the U.S. to a 56-49 exhibition victory over eventual World
• Eclipsed three-time Olympian Katrina McClain's all-time World
Championship record for blocked shots with 14 (was 11).
• The youngest member and one of just three returning collegians
named to the 2006 USA National Team that won the Australiahosted 2006 Opals World Challenge and finished with a 4-1 slate;
finished the tournament as the USA's leading scorer (18.0 ppg.)
and second leading rebounder (8.4 rpg.).
• Member of the 2004 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying
Team (U18) that captured the gold medal in Puerto Rico, rolled
up a 5-0 record and qualified the United States for the 2005 FIBA
Junior World Championship (U19).
• Member of the 2003 USA Youth Development Festival North Team
that went 1-4 and finished in fourth place.
Professional Notes:
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WNBA MVP: 2008
WNBA All-Star Game: 2011 (injured)
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• Competed three seasons for UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) and this
year played alongside Sue Bird in helping lead Ekat to a thirdplace finish in the EuroLeague; previously helped Ekat advance to
a pair of EuroLeague Final Fours (2010, 2011).
• Missed 15 games of the 2011 season after being sidelined by a
right knee injury on June 26.
• Played in 10 games in 2010 before dislocating her left shoulder
on June 13, was out for the remainder of the season.
• Helped LA clinch a 2009 playoff spot with an 18-16 record,
averaged a league-best 9.8 rpg. in 25 games after giving birth to
her daughter on May 13.
• Garnered all 45 votes for 2008 WNBA Rookie of the Year honors;
led all rookies in 2008 in scoring (18.5 ppg.), rebounding
(9.5 rpg.), blocks (2.3 bpg.) and minutes (33.6 mpg.).
• Led the league in double-doubles (17) in 2008, scored more than
20 points in 12 games, 30 or more points in three games and
collected more than 10 rebounds in 17 games.
• Led all 2008 WNBA competitors in rebounds, ranked fourth in
points and second in blocks.
• Recorded the best rookie debut in WNBA history; posted 34
points, 12 rebounds and eight assists.
• On May 29 against the Indiana Fever tallied the first "5x5"
performance in league history with 16 points, 16 rebounds, six
blocked shots, five assists and five steals.
• Aided LA, which finished 10-24 in 2007, to the 2008 WNBA
Playoffs and improved its victories by 10 games.
Collegiate Notes:
• During her three-year collegiate career led Tennessee to a 101-10
record (.910), two Southeastern Conference (SEC) Tournament
titles (2006, 2008), one SEC regular season crown (2007), three
NCAA Tournaments, winning a pair of championships (2007, 2008)
and advancing to the 2006 Elite Eight.
• National Player of the Year honors (2008) including: Naismith
Award, John R. Wooden Award, Sports Illustrated and ESPN.
• Two-time Honda Award winner as the nation’s top basketball
player and U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) National
Player of the Year (2007, 2008).
• All-America first team by the Associated Press (A.P.), Sports
Illustrated and John R. Wooden All-America Team (2008).
• Became the fourth player in NCAA Tournament history to be
named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player twice (2007 and
2008), also twice named NCAA Regional MOP (2007, 2008).
• CoSIDA Academic Athlete of the Year (2008).
• The youngest woman ever to earn the State Farm Wade Trophy
and the John R. Wooden Player of the Year awards (2007).
• One of four finalists for the 2007 Naismith Award and was named
a 2007 WBCA/Kodak All-American, John R. Wooden All-American,
A.P. All-American first team and an ESPN.com All-American.
• Named the 2007 SEC Player of the Year (2007), All-SEC first team
(2006, 2007, 2008), SEC Tournament MVP (2006, 2008) and SEC
Rookie of the Year (2006).
• Named ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-America second team
and was the youngest player on either the first or second team.
• Dunked twice in Tennessee's 2006 NCAA opener against Army.
• Missed the 2004-05 season recovering from a pair of knee
surgeries.
Personal Notes:
• Born on April 19, 1986, in St. Louis, Mo., hails from Naperville,
Ill.
• Married to New Jersey Nets forward Shelden Williams, a 2005
USA World University Games Team gold medalist; gave birth to
the couple’s first child, Lailaa, on May 13, 2009.
• Daughter of Sara and Larry Parker, has two older brothers,
Anthony and Marcus.
• Brother Anthony, now playing with the NBA Cleveland Cavaliers,
played on the 1996 USA 22 And Under World Championship
Qualifying Team that won a gold medal in Puerto Rico.
• Hopes to one day become a television broadcaster/announcer
and lists ABC's Robin Roberts and media mogul Oprah Winfrey as
celebrities she admires.
• Attended Naperville Central High School (Ill.), where she was the
Naismith and Gatorade National Prep Player of the Year (2003
and 2004) and a two-time USA Today's National High School
Player of the Year (2003 and 2004).
• A three-time Gatorade Illinois State Player of the Year (2002,
2003 and 2004) and three-time Ms. Illinois Basketball (2002,
2003, 2004).
• Became the first woman ever to win a slam-dunk contest,
winning the 2004 Powerade Jam Fest that was part of the
McDonald's All American Game festivities. In the process
defeated five men, including J.R. Smith and Rudy Gay.
• Earned a spot on her school's High Honor Roll every semester in
high school.
• Graduated in May 2008 with a major in sport management and a
minor in psychology from UT.
• Worked with community service organizations such as D.A.R.E,
Loaves & Fishes and the Ronald McDonald House.
USA Basketball Statistics
TEAM
G/S FGM-FGA
2009 UMMC 1/ 1
3- 4
2008 OLY
8/ 0
27- 44
2008 OLYX 3/ 0
10- 16
2007 TOA
5/ 5
29- 47
2007 WNT
2/ 2
13- 24
2006 WC
9/ 0
42- 72
2006 WCX
1/ 0
0- 6
2006 OWC
5/ 0
40- 58
2004 JWCQ 5/ 5
34- 54
2003 DF-N
4/ 4
19- 63
Totals
43/17 217- 388
PCT
.750
.614
.625
.617
.542
.583
.--.690
.630
.302
.559
3PM-3PA
0- 0
0- 1
0- 0
0- 2
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
1- 6
1- 8
2- 17
PCT
.--.000
.--.000
.--.--.--.--.167
.125
.118
FTM-FTA
2- 3
21- 31
12- 13
11- 16
5- 6
31- 47
1- 2
10- 20
14- 21
24- 32
131- 191
PCT
.667
.677
.923
.688
.833
.660
.500
.500
.667
.750
.686
REB/AVG
3/ 3.0
36/ 4.5
14/ 4.7
20/ 4.0
7/ 3.5
55/ 6.1
5/ 5.0
42/ 8.4
44/ 8.8
43/ 10.8
269/ 6.3
PTS/AVG
8/ 8.0
75/ 9.4
32/ 10.7
69/ 13.8
31/ 15.5
115/ 12.8
1/ 1.0
90/ 18.0
83/ 16.6
63/ 15.8
567/ 13.2
AST
1
6
1
4
2
11
0
10
24
8
67
BLK
0
4
0
4
2
14
3
7
12
9
55
STL
0
7
5
12
5
8
0
7
17
4
65
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
17/16 116- 227
10/10
81- 162
25/24 131- 270
33/33 231- 442
85/83 559-1101
PCT
.511
.500
.485
.523
.508
3PM-3PA
18- 43
3- 12
5- 24
11- 26
37- 105
PCT
.419
.250
.208
.423
.352
FTM-FTA
64- 87
41- 56
61- 80
137- 187
303- 410
PCT
.736
.732
.763
.733
.739
REB/AVG
146/ 8.6
101/ 10.1
244/ 9.8
313/ 9.5
804/ 9.5
PTS/AVG
314/ 18.5
206/ 20.6
328/ 13.1
610/ 18.5
1458/ 17.2
AST
47
22
64
113
246
BLK
27
22
53
75
177
STL
21
10
15
42
88
YEAR
2008
2007
2006
2005
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
38/ 37 300- 560
36/ 36 267- 505
36/ 36 230- 417
DNP -- Injured
110/109 797-1482
PCT
.536
.529
.552
3PM-3PA
8- 30
6- 18
3- 12
PCT
.267
.333
.250
FTM-FTA
201- 288
166- 233
159- 218
PCT
.698
.712
.729
REB/AVG
322/ 8.5
352/ 9.8
298/ 8.3
PTS/AVG
809/ 21.3
706/ 19.6
622/ 17.3
AST
96
88
103
BLK
90
99
86
STL
88
64
56
WNBA Statistics
College Statistics
.538
17- 60
.283
526- 738
.713
972/ 8.8
2137/ 19.4
287
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Guard/Forward • 6'0" / 183 cms. • 165 lbs. / 75 kgs.
Phoenix Mercury • University of Connecticut ‘04
Games, 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament, 2007 FIBA Americas
Championship, 2000 Junior World Championship Qualifying
Tournament (U18).
Bronze Medals: 2006 FIBA World Championship, 2001 Junior World
Championship (U19).
Honors: two-time USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2006,
2010), named to the five-member 2010 All-FIBA World
Championship Team, awarded the 3-point trophy at the 2006 FIBA
World Championship, named to the five-member 2001 FIBA
All-Junior World Championship Team, July 2001 USOC Female
Athlete of the Month.
• One of six players to have earned a World Championship gold
medal, Olympic gold medal, an NCAA title and WNBA
championship (Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Cynthia Cooper, Sheryl
Swoopes and Kara Wolters).
the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; started all nine games,
played fewer than 21 minutes a contest and averaged a teamhigh 12.0 ppg., dished out a team second-best 2.6 apg., shot a
sizzling 50 percent (14-28 3pt FGs) from 3-point range and was
named to the all-tournament team.
• Aided the USA to a 3-1 pre-World Championship exhibition slate,
arrived in Hartford, Conn., after being eliminated in the playoffs
just in time to suit up for the USA’s first game.
• Scored nine points for the USA National Team that defeated the
WNBA Stars 99-72 in the “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the
Sun” game on July 10, 2010.
respectively; named to the All-Tournament Team.
• Started all eight games of the USA's 2007 College Tour.
Ekaterinburg, Russia.
played in Valdivia, Chile, posted a perfect 5-0 slate, captured the
gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2008 Olympics.
• Attended part of the USA's 2007 Tour of Italy training camp, but
was unable to compete due to her team's EuroLeague schedule.
an 8-1 record in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and took home the bronze
medal.
• Earned the ‘08 World Championship's 3-point trophy after nailing
50 percent of her 50 attempts from afar.
• Taurasi’s 6-of-7 shooting from 3-point in the bronze medal game
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set the new USA World Championship single-game record for
made 3-pointers and tied the record for attempts.
Aided the U.S. to a 56-49 exhibition victory over eventual World
Member of the 2006 USA National Team for its March 2-9
European Tour as the USA posted a 3-0 mark.
Youngest player on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team that went
8-0, claimed gold in Athens and qualified the U.S. for the 2006
FIBA World Championship; helped the USA to a 3-0 pre-Olympic
exhibition record.
Joined the 2004 USA National Team less than 48 hours after
winning her third NCAA title and averaged 9.0 ppg. and 4.0 apg.
in the USA's three spring exhibition games.
Member of the 2001 USA Junior World Championship (U19) Team
that posted a 6-1 record and earned the bronze medal in Brno,
Czech Republic; named to the five-member All-FIBA Junior World
Championship Team.
Prior to the Junior Worlds, helped the U.S. women capture the
USA Basketball International Invitational with a 4-0 record
against Brazil, China and Japan.
Member of the 2000 USA Basketball Women's Junior World
Championship Qualifying (U18) Team that recorded a 5-0 record
in Mar del Plata, Argentina, earned the gold medal and received
a berth in the 2001 Junior Worlds.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES:
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Drafted: No. 1 overall in 2004 by the Phoenix Mercury.
WNBA titles: 2007, 2009
WNBA MVP: 2009
WNBA Finals MVP: 2009
All-WNBA first team: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
WNBA All-Star Games: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
WNBA All-Decade Team honorable mention: 1997-2006
Top 15 Players in WNBA History (15th Anniv. Team): 2011
WNBA Scoring Champion: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
EuroLeague titles: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
EuroLeague Finals MVP: 2009, 2010
EuroLeague Scoring Champion: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Played alongisde Tina Charles for Galatasaray (Turkey) and led
the EuroLeague in scoring (20.9 ppg.), while also helping lead
Gala to the EuroLeague Final Eight.
Played seven EuroLeague contests for Fenerbache (Turkey) in
2010-11, during which time Fener went undefeated.
Aided the Mercury to the 2011 Western Conference Finals.
Averaged a EuroLeague best 24.9 ppg. in leading Spartak Moscow
Region to a perfect 16-0 record and the 2009-10 EuroLeague
championship.
Named 2009 WNBA Finals MVP after averaging 20.4 ppg.,
6.8 rpg., 2.8 spg. and 1.6 bpg. during the ‘09 Finals.
Led the WNBA for scoring in 2009 (20.4 ppg.) and was the leading
vote-getter for 2009 All-WNBA honors.
Spent a total of four seasons playing for Spartak Moscow Region
with USA teammate Sue Bird, also played alongside Tina
Thompson (2006-07 and 2007-08) and Sylvia Fowles (2008-09,
2009-10) and helped Spartak capture four consecutive
EuroLeague championships.
• Helped the Mercury to a league second-best 23-11 record in
2007; averaged 19.9 ppg., 4.3 rpg. and 3.0 apg. during the
playoffs in leading the Mercury to the ‘07 WNBA title.
• Became the first WNBA player to reach the 800-point mark in a
single season, finishing the 2006 campaign with 860 points;
bettered the previous marks (23.1 ppg., 739 points) established
in 2001 by Katie Smith.
• Competed during the 2005-06 season for Moscow Dynamo and
helped the club reach the 2006 EuroLeague quarterfinals.
COLLEGE NOTES:
• All-told, in her collegiate career, helped the University of
Connecticut Huskies to a 139-8 (.946) overall record, including an
equally impressive 22-1 (.957) mark in NCAA tournaments,
winning three in her career, along with four Big East Conference
regular season and two Big East Tournament crowns.
• The fifth two-time winner of the Naismith Player of the Year
award (2003, 2004) and was a two-time Honda Award winner for
women’s college basketball (2003, 2004).
• National Player of the Year (2003), including: Wade Trophy,
Associated Press (A.P.) and U.S. Basketball Writers Association.
• Collected 2003 and 2004 NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding
Player (2003, 2004), NCAA All-Regional MOP (2001, 2003, 2004)
and NCAA All-Regional all four years.
• A three-time All-Big East Tournament pick, was the league's first
rookie to collect All-Big East Tournament MVP accolades.
• Big East Player of the Year (2003, 2004) and All-Big East first
team (2002, 2003, 2004).
• Named to the Big East Silver Anniversary Team, the only thencurrent student-athlete selected to the squad.
PERSONAL NOTES:
• Born on June 11, 1982, in Glendale, Calif., hails from Chino,
Calif., and majored in sociology at UConn.
• Daughter of Mario, who was born in Italy and raised in Argentina,
and Liliana, a native Argentinian; has one sister, Jessika, who
played basketball at UC Riverside.
• Her father played professional soccer as a goalie.
TEAM
G / S FGM-FGA
2010 WC
9/ 9
38- 76
2010 WCx
4/ 2
12- 25
2010 WNT
1/ 1
4- 7
2008 OLY
8/ 8
30- 61
2008 OLYX 3/ 3
14- 26
2007 COLL 8/ 8
40- 84
2007 FWLT 5/ 5
25- 74
2007 TOA
5/ 5
19- 36
2006 WC
9/ 9
48- 96
2006 WCX
1/ 1
4- 8
2006 WNT
3/ 2
8- 24
2004 OLY
8/ 0
26- 69
2004 WNT
6/ 0
17- 38
2001 JWC
7/ 7
47-100
2001 JWCX 4/ 4
21- 41
2000 JWCQ 5/ 5
21- 40
Totals
86/69 374-805
PCT
.500
.480
.571
.492
.538
.476
.338
.528
.500
.500
.333
.377
.447
.470
.512
.525
.465
3PM-3PA
14- 28
3- 10
1- 4
12- 28
3- 9
23- 52
11- 33
9- 19
25- 50
2- 3
4- 15
11- 33
6- 19
22- 51
8- 18
11- 26
165-398
PCT
.500
.300
.250
.429
.333
.442
.333
.474
.500
.667
.267
.333
.316
.431
.444
.423
.415
• Her family moved to Southern California before Dee was born,
but she can speak Spanish thanks to her parents.
• Attended Don Lugo High School (Calif.), where she was named
the 2000 Naismith and Parade Magazine National High School
Player of the Year.
• Makes some killer stuffed bell peppers.
• First overseas was in 1996 when the USA Junior World
Championship Team went to Mar del Plata, Argentina.
FTM-FTA
18- 20
4- 5
0- 0
15- 15
3- 3
15- 18
12- 15
8- 9
8- 15
0- 0
0- 0
5- 7
0- 3
19- 24
5- 9
10- 13
122-156
PCT
.900
.800
.--1.000
1.000
.833
.800
.889
.533
.--.--.714
.000
.792
.556
.769
.782
REB/AVG
22/ 2.4
4/ 1.0
1/ 1.0
31/ 3.9
9/ 3.0
50/ 6.3
23/ 4.6
28/ 5.6
28/ 3.1
1/ 1.0
5/ 1.7
24/ 3.0
14/ 2.3
31/ 4.4
13/ 3.3
21/ 4.2
304/ 3.5
PTS/AVG
108/ 12.0
31/ 7.8
9/ 9.0
87/ 10.9
34/ 11.3
118/ 14.8
73/ 14.6
55/ 11.0
129/ 14.3
10/ 10.0
20/ 6.7
68/ 8.5
40/ 6.7
135/ 19.3
55/ 13.8
63/ 12.6
1035/ 12.0
AST
23
9
0
19
5
34
10
17
20
2
10
8
15
19
16
23
230
BLK
1
0
1
2
0
6
1
4
3
1
1
3
2
4
2
2
33
STL
9
1
1
7
4
12
8
5
4
0
2
7
4
7
11
13
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Lindsay
W HA L E N
#
Guard • 5'9" / 175 cms. • 169 lbs. / 77 kgs.
Minnesota Lynx • University of Minnesota ‘04
Championship, 2003 FIBA World
Championship For Young Women (U21), 2002 World Championship
For Young Women Qualifying Tournament (U20).
• Invited to attend the 2009 USA National Team’s fall training
camp, but was unable to participate due to an injury (eye).
• Member of the 2007-08 USA National Team; joined the USA's 2008
Chicago training camp but was unable to participate in the Good
Luck Beijing Tournament due to her European team
commitments.
(U21) Team that won the gold medal with a 7-1 record in Sibenik,
Croatia.
• Helped the U.S. to a 4-0 record in exhibition play against
Australia and Brazil's young women national teams.
Qualifying (U20) Team that finished with a 4-0 record and the
gold medal in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. The squad also earned a
pair of exhibition victories over the Brazil senior and young
women teams.
PROFESSIONAL NOTES:
• Drafted: No. 4 by the Connecticut Sun in 2004, traded to the
Minnesota Lynx on Jan. 12, 2010.
• WNBA title: 2011
• All-WNBA first team: 2008, 2011
• WNBA All-Star Games: 2006, 2011 (Also played as a member of
the 2004 WNBA All-Star Team in an exhibition game against the
2004 USA Basketball Senior National Team.).
• EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2008, 2009, 2010
• Recently completed her fifth season for ZVVZ USK Prague (Czech
Republic).
• Averaged 12.0 ppg., 3.6 rpg., 3.8 apg. ad 1.5 spg. during the
2011 WNBA playoffs to help lead Minnesota to the WNBA title.
• Finished the 2011 WNBA season as the league’s top playmaker,
dishing out 5.9 apg. in helping lead the Lynx to a 27-7 mark and
the top spot in the Western Conference.
• Minnesota’s league-best 27-7 record in 2011 marked the secondlargest turnaround in WNBA history after Minnesota finished
13-21 in 2010.
• Completed her fourth season in 2010-11 with ZVVZ USK Prague,
where she helped ZVVZ USK to a 6-7 mark and the 2011
EuroLeague Eighth Finals; helped lead her team to the 2010
EuroLeague Sweet Sixteen and the 2009 EuroLeague EighthFinals.
• Runner-up for the 2008 WNBA MVP award.
• Dished out a WNBA-leading 5.0 apg. in 2007.
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• Aided the Sun to the WNBA Finals in 2004 and 2005, posted twoyear averages of 12.3 ppg., 4.3 apg. and 1.1 spg. in the playoffs.
• Played during 2006-07 for UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) and helped
her squad advance to the 2007 EuroLeague Eighth-Finals.
COLLEGIATE NOTES:
• In her four years, helped lead Minnesota to an 80-43 (.650)
record, including a 72-23 (.758) slate her final three seasons,
advancing to three NCAA Tournaments, including the 2003 Sweet
Sixteen and to Minnesota's first Final Four in history in 2004.
• NCAA All-Regional (2002, 2003, 2004).
• Kodak/WBCA All-America first team (2003, 2004).
• Associated Press (A.P.) All-America second team (2003, 2004).
• U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-American first team (2002,
2003) and second team (2004).
• Verizon Academic All-America third team (2003) and Academic
All-Big Ten (2002, 2003, 2004).
• Big Ten Player of the Year (2002), one of three sophomores in
conference history to earn the honor; All-Big Ten first team
(2002, 2003, 2004) and honorable mention (2001).
• The fastest female Gopher to reach 1,000 career points after
doing so in 51 games; lists as Minnesota's all-time career scoring
leader with 2,285 points.
• Was a member of the 2001 Big Ten All-Star Team that earned a
5-0 record in a tour France and Switzerland.
PERSONAL NOTES
• Born Lindsay Marie Whalen on May 9, 1982, in Hutchinson, Minn.
• Married former University of Minnesota All-American golfer Ben
Greve on Oct. 6, 2008 in Hutchinson, Minn.
• Daughter of Neil and Kathy Whalen, is the oldest of five children.
• Majored in sports management.
• First woman to be named the Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sportsperson of the Year in 2004, beating out Cy Young award
winner Johan Santana and NBA MVP Kevin Garnett.
• Attended Hutchinson High School (Minn.), where she was a
four-time All-Minnesota Conference selection and also earned
all-conference honors in high school in tennis and track and field.
TEAM
2010 WC
2010 WCx
2008 WNT
2003 YW
2003 YWX
2002 YWQ
2002 YWQX
Totals
G/S
9/ 0
4/ 2
2/ 0
8/ 0
3/ 0
4/ 0
2/ 0
32/ 2
FGM-FGA
19- 39
16- 19
9- 18
10- 25
4- 8
10- 15
4- 7
72-131
PCT
.487
.842
.500
.400
.500
.667
.571
.550
3PM-3PA PCT
1- 5
.200
2- 2
1.000
1- 3
.333
3- 13
.231
3- 4
.750
2- 4
.500
0- 0
.--12- 31
.387
FTM-FTA
14- 21
2- 4
5- 6
4- 5
4- 4
8- 10
7- 8
44- 58
PCT
.667
.500
.833
.800
1.000
.800
.875
.759
REB/AVG
19/ 2.1
12/ 3.0
13/ 6.5
11/ 1.4
7/ 2.3
7/ 1.8
2/ 1.0
71/ 2.2
PTS/AVG
53/ 5.9
36/ 9.0
24/ 12.0
27/ 3.4
15/ 5.0
30/ 7.5
15/ 7.5
200/ 6.3
AST
14
9
5
7
6
17
4
62
BLK
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
STL
12
3
2
6
2
11
4
40
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Totals
G/S
34/34
33/33
34/34
31/31
34/34
33/33
34/34
31/ 1
264/263
FGM-FGA
179- 350
134- 327
141- 328
141- 306
156- 333
88- 226
135- 290
83- 183
1057-2343
PCT
.511
.410
.430
.461
.468
.389
.466
.454
.451
3PM-3PA
17- 42
15- 66
22- 83
27- 80
18- 86
8- 62
16- 46
20- 57
143- 522
PCT
.405
.227
.265
.338
.209
.129
.348
.351
.274
FTM-FTA
89- 122
133- 148
115- 129
126- 157
124- 158
112- 124
125- 156
89- 122
913-1116
PCT
.730
.899
.891
.803
.785
.903
.801
.730
.818
REB/AVG
119/ 3.5
131/ 4.0
156/ 4.6
174/ 5.6
162/ 3.8
122/ 4.8
128/ 3.8
90/ 2.9
1082/ 4.1
PTS/AVG
464/ 13.6
416/ 12.6
419/ 12.3
435/ 14.0
454/ 13.4
296/ 9.0
411/ 12.1
275/ 8.9
3170/ 12.0
AST
199
184
156
166
169
153
172
148
1347
BLK
5
5
5
1
3
2
2
0
23
STL
37
46
43
45
73
34
42
39
359
YEAR
2004
2003
2002
2001
Totals
G/S
27/ 27
31/ 31
30/ 30
25/ 25
113/113
FGM-FGA
185- 360
225- 412
245- 437
149- 313
804-1522
PCT
.514
.546
.561
.476
.528
3PM-3PA
40- 100
34- 105
30- 86
16- 53
120-344
PCT
.400
.324
.349
.302
.349
FTM-FTA
144- 173
155- 183
147- 191
111- 151
557- 698
PCT
.832
.847
.770
.735
.798
REB/AVG
138/ 5.1
155/ 5.0
166/ 5.5
100/ 4.0
559/ 4.9
PTS/AVG
554/ 20.5
639/ 20.6
667/ 22.2
425/ 17.0
2285/ 20.2
AST
145
192
159
82
578
BLK
0
1
7
2
10
STL
52
60
81
42
235
WNBA STATISTICS
COLLEGIATE STATISTICS
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SEIMONE AUGUSTUS
COLLEGE STATISTICS
YEAR
2006
2005
2004
2003
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
35/ 35 334- 595
36/ 36 303- 562
35/ 35 285- 540
34/ 34 212- 386
140/140 1134-2083
SUE BIRD
WNBA STATISTICS
PCT
.561
.539
.528
.549
.544
3PM-3PA
18- 40
5- 18
9- 24
1- 3
33- 85
PCT
.450
.278
.375
.333
.388
FTM-FTA
109- 138
113- 130
100- 111
79- 89
401- 468
PCT
.790
.869
.901
.888
.857
REB/AVG
165/ 4.7
166/ 4.6
210/ 6.0
187/ 5.5
728/ 5.2
PTS/AVG
795/ 22.7
724/ 20.1
679/ 19.4
504/ 14.8
2702/ 19.3
AST
64
76
72
64
276
BLK
15
17
25
15
72
STL
53
51
55
35
194
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
34/ 34 183- 408
33/ 33 135- 311
31/ 31 154- 377
33/ 33 172- 390
29/ 29 118- 276
34/ 34 137- 333
30/ 30 130- 294
34/ 34 151- 326
34/ 34 155- 368
32/ 32 151- 375
324/324 1486-3458
PCT
.449
.434
.408
.441
.428
.411
.442
.463
.421
.403
.430
3PM-3PA
71- 166
59- 148
54- 150
47- 137
45- 133
56- 153
45- 103
64- 146
49- 140
57- 142
547-1418
PCT
.428
.399
.360
.343
.338
.366
.437
.438
.350
.401
.386
FTM-FTA
63- 72
36- 42
35- 41
74- 85
22- 26
59- 68
59- 69
73- 85
61- 69
102- 112
584- 669
PCT
.875
.857
.854
.871
.846
.868
.855
.859
.884
.911
.873
REB/AVG
99/ 2.9
88/ 2.7
78/ 2.5
84/ 2.5
57/ 2.0
102/ 3.0
72/ 2.4
106/ 3.1
113/ 3.3
83/ 2.6
882/ 2.7
PTS/AVG
500/ 14.7
365/ 11.1
397/ 12.8
465/ 14.1
303/ 10.4
389/ 11.4
364/ 12.1
439/ 12.9
420/ 12.4
461/ 14.4
4103/ 12.7
AST
165
190
179
169
143
162
176
184
221
191
1780
BLK
6
5
3
3
8
5
6
5
1
3
45
STL
48
50
47
39
43
61
29
51
48
55
471
YEAR
2002
2001
2000
1999
Totals
G/S
39/ 39
34/ 34
37/ 37
8/ 8
118/118
PCT
.505
.443
.502
.316
.481
3PM-3PA
69- 148
60- 139
72- 145
6- 19
207- 451
PCT
.466
.432
.497
.316
.459
FTM-FTA
98-104
35- 45
53- 59
3- 4
189-212
PCT
.942
.778
.898
.750
.892
REB/AVG
131/ 3.4
89/ 2.6
94/ 2.5
16/ 2.0
330/ 2.8
PTS/AVG
563/ 14.4
369/ 10.9
405/ 10.9
41/ 5.1
1378/ 11.7
AST
231
169
160
25
585
BLK
9
4
1
1
15
STL
96
63
69
15
24
PCT
.549
.555
.532
.591
.551
3PM-3PA
0- 1
0- 0
0- 0
0- 0
0- 1
PCT
.000
.--.--.--.000
FTM-FTA
140- 200
103- 174
85- 132
59- 92
387- 598
PCT
.700
.592
.644
.634
.647
REB/AVG
336/ 8.6
263/ 7.5
196/ 5.3
115/ 5.2
910/ 6.8
PTS/AVG
580/ 14.9
427/ 12.2
367/ 9.9
209/ 9.5
1583/ 11.9
AST
86
51
24
14
175
BLK
55
34
26
15
130
STL
55
33
40
20
148
FTM-FTA
143- 162
157- 185
158- 181
92- 115
109- 133
165- 204
152- 193
152- 178
155- 183
150- 184
PCT
.883
.849
.873
.800
.820
.809
.788
.854
.847
.815
.834
REB/AVG
233/ 7.1
242/ 7.1
245/ 7.2
157/ 6.3
189/ 9.0
240/ 7.5
264/ 7.8
249/ 7.3
272/ 8.0
276/ 8.6
2367/ 7.6
PTS/AVG
511/ 15.5
618/ 18.2
512/ 15.1
332/ 13.3
348/ 16.6
521/ 16.3
501/ 14.7
568/ 16.7
671/ 19.7
594/ 18.6
5176/ 16.5
AST
115
135
107
83
98
119
143
115
114
118
1147
BLK
30
30
18
11
22
35
16
38
35
43
278
STL
67
77
99
49
66
94
90
67
72
94
775
PCT
.806
.767
.775
.760
.771
REB/AVG
150/ 8.8
292/ 7.9
249/ 7.3
313/ 8.0
1004/ 7.9
PTS/AVG
259/ 15.2
580/ 15.7
563/ 16.6
711/ 18.2
2113/ 16.6
AST
50
101
95
92
338
BLK
20
28
31
61
140
STL
31
92
88
100
311
COLLEGE STATISTICS
FGM-FGA
198- 392
137- 309
140- 279
16- 41
491-1021
SWIN CASH
COLLEGE STATISTICS
YEAR
2002
2001
2000
1999
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
39/ 39 220- 401
35/ 33 162- 292
37/ 34 141- 265
22/ 14 75- 127
133/120 598-1085
TAMIKA CATCHINGS
WNBA STATISTICS
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
33/ 33 168- 384
34/ 34 207- 428
34/ 34 157- 407
25/ 17 101- 258
21/ 21 108- 259
32/ 32 162- 398
34/ 34 157- 410
34/ 33 180- 468
34/ 34 221- 512
32/ 32 184- 439
DNP -- injured
313/304 1645-3963
PCT
.438
.484
.386
.391
.417
.407
.383
.385
.432
.419
3PM-3PA
32- 92
47- 105
40- 122
38- 88
23- 74
32- 107
35- 123
56- 167
74- 191
76- 193
PCT
.348
.448
.328
.432
.311
.299
.285
.385
.387
.394
.359
1433-1718
YEAR
2001
2000
1999
1998
Totals
G/S
17/ 17
37/ 37
34/ 34
39/ 37
127/125
PCT
.477
.475
.513
.537
.505
3PM-3PA
23- 67
40- 121
19- 68
40- 110
122- 366
PCT
.343
.331
.279
.364
.333
FTM-FTA
50- 62
122- 159
134- 173
165- 217
471- 611
COLLEGE STATISTICS
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FGM-FGA
93- 195
209- 440
205- 400
253- 471
760-1506
.415
453-1262
DIANA TAURASI
WNBA STATISTICS
YEAR
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
32/ 32 208- 463
31/ 31 212- 497
31/ 31 200- 434
34/ 34 258- 579
32/ 32 206- 468
34/ 34 298- 660
33/ 33 175- 427
34/ 34 209- 503
261/261 1766-4031
PCT
.449
.427
.461
.446
.440
.452
.410
.416
.438
3PM-3PA
81- 205
80- 214
79- 194
89- 247
95- 259
121- 305
56- 179
62- 188
663-1791
PCT
.395
.374
.407
.360
.367
.397
.313
.330
.370
FTM-FTA
195- 216
198- 217
152- 170
215- 247
106- 127
143- 183
121- 151
98- 129
1228-1440
PCT
.903
.912
.894
.870
.835
.781
.801
.760
.853
REB/AVG
101/ 3.2
132/ 4.3
178/ 5.7
172/ 5.1
135/ 4.2
122/ 3.6
138/ 4.2
149/ 4.4
1127/ 4.3
PTS/AVG
692/ 21.6
702/ 22.6
631/ 20.4
820/ 24.1
613/ 19.2
860/ 25.3
527/ 16.0
578/ 17.0
5423/ 20.8
AST
114
146
109
121
137
139
150
132
1048
BLK
20
19
43
46
34
27
28
25
242
STL
24
38
36
46
45
42
38
43
312
YEAR
2004
2003
2002
2001
Totals
G/S FGM-FGA
35/ 35 197- 432
37/ 37 237- 498
39/ 38 200- 405
33/ 14 127- 286
144/124 761-1621
PCT
.456
.476
.494
.444
.469
3PM-3PA
85- 218
70- 200
92- 209
71- 184
318- 811
PCT
.390
.350
.440
.386
.392
FTM-FTA
89- 112
119- 146
72- 87
36- 41
316- 386
PCT
.795
.815
.828
.878
.819
REB/AVG
139/ 4.0
225/ 6.1
158/ 4.1
106/ 3.2
628/ 4.4
PTS/AVG
568/ 16.2
663/ 17.9
564/ 14.5
361/ 10.9
2156/ 15.0
AST
170
161
208
109
648
BLK
27
45
46
29
147
STL
53
32
50
39
174
COLLEGE STATISTICS
Two-time Olympic and two-time FIBA World
Championship gold medalist Tamika Catchings hoists the
2010 FIBA World Championship trophy.
Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi together have won NCAA and
EuroLeague crowns, FIBA World Championship and
Olympic gold medals.
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RULE
Duration of Game
FIBA, NCAA & WNBA Rules Differences
FIBA
Four, 10 minute quarters
WNBA
Four, 10 minute quarters
NCAA
Two, 20 minute halves
Overtime Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 minutes
Duration Between First-Second . . .2 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Not Applicable
and Third-Fourth Periods
Length of Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 minutes
Court Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91' 10" x 49' 2.5" / 28m x 15m . . . . .94' x 50' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94' x 50'
Size of Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16’ x 19' / 4.9m x 5.8m . . . . . . . . . . .16' x 19' / 4.88m x 5.79m . . . . . . . . . . . .12' x 19' / 3.65m x 5.79m
Three-Point FG Distance . . . . . . . . .22' 1.75" / 6.75m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20’ 6.25” / 6.25m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20’9” / 6.3m
No Charge Semicircles . . . . . . . . . . .Yes (4’1.25” / 1.25m) . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes (4’ / 1.22m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No
(from Center of Basket)
Shot Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 seconds
Shot Clock Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FG attempt hits rim . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FG attempt hits rim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FG attempt hits rim
Back Court Violation . . . . . . . . . . . .8 seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No restriction
Game Clock Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Last two minutes of 4th quarter . . . . .Last minute of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and . . . . . .Last minute of second half and
After Successful FG
and overtime
4th quarters and overtime
last minute of overtime
Advance Ball to Frontcourt . . . . . .Yes, last 2 minutes of 4th quarter . . .Yes, last 2 minutes of 4th quarter . . . . .No
at Timeout
and OT (top of 3-point line)
and OT (at the 28’ line)
Player Foul Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Bonus Free Throw . . . . . . . . . . . . . .On 5th foul per quarter (2 FTs) . . . . .On 5th foul per quarter (2 FTs) . . . . . . .On 7th foul per half (1-and-1)
Fourth quarter carries into OT
On 4th foul in OT (2 FTs)
On 10th foul per half (2 FTs)
Number of Players Permitted . . . . .5 (three defensive, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 (three defensive, two . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 (four defensive, two
On Free Throw Lane
two offensive)
offensive)
offensive)
Jump Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teams alternate possession . . . . . . . .Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teams alternate possession
after opening tip-off
after opening tip-off
Closely Guarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes, while holding the ball . . . . . . . . .No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yes, while holding the ball
For Five Seconds
Number of Referees . . . . . . . . . . . . .Three (two can be used in . . . . . . . . .Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Three
competitions if the Zone or
host federation wish to)
Timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Two 60-second in the 1st half, . . . . .Two full (120/60-second) and one . . . .Four 75-second and two
Non-Televised Game . . . . . . . . . . . .three 60-second in the 2nd half . . . . .20 second per team each half. . . . . . . .30-second per game
Unused first half 20-second
carries over to second half.
Timeouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .One additional TV timeout . . . . . . . .Two full (120/60-second) and one . . . .Up to four additional TV timeouts
Televised Game
is permissible per quarter.
20 second per team each half.
are permissible per half.
Teams get two timeouts in the 1st
Unused first half 20-second
Teams get one 60-second, four
half, three in the 2nd half; timeouts carries over to second half.
30-second, and a max of three
are 60, 75 or 100 seconds, based on
unused 30-second timeouts
TV agreement.
can carry over to second half
Timeouts - Overtime . . . . . . . . . . . .One additional 60-second . . . . . . . . . .One 120-second, one 20-second; . . . . . .Any not used in regulation
One unused 20-second second half
carry over plus one additional
timeout can carry over
30-second each OT
Timeouts Called By . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head coach or assistant coach . . . . . .Head coach or player in game . . . . . . . .Head coach or player in game
Size of Basketball . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Size 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Size 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Size 6
Legal Jersey Numbers . . . . . . . . . .4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00, 0-99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15
13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52,
53, 54, 55
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2012 USA Basketball
Olympic Team History
1976-2008
Games of the XXIXth Olympiad -- 2008
Beijing, China • August 8-24, 2008
Dominance. That’s the word used by eventual four-time
Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie at the 2008 U.S. Olympic
Women’s Basketball Team’s pre-Olympic Games press conference on Aug. 6. She, along with her teammates and
coaches, lived up to that prediction by blowing away their
competition by an average margin of victory of 37.6 points
a game en route to a 8-0 slate, the USA’s fourth straight
gold medal and sixth overall in eight Olympiads.
Leslie, the first to win her four golds in succession, joins
five-time Olympian Teresa Edwards, the most decorated
person to ever step onto the Olympic hardwood, as the only
two athletes, male or female, to capture four Olympic basketball gold medals. Edwards’ four golds (1984, 1988, 1996,
2000) were interrupted in 1992 with a bronze medal.
Making the USA’s gold-medal run more impressive was
the fact that the U.S. had limited time to train together.
Prior to its first game on Aug. 9, the team had nine days of
practice together as a full 12-member unit.
Opening with a 97-57 victory over the Czech Republic on
Aug. 9, the U.S. was led by 17 points from Diana Taurasi as
all 12 U.S. players scored. Facing China on Aug. 11, the
hosts proved no match for the deep U.S. squad as the
Americans zoomed to a 108-63 victory, led by 27 points
from Tina Thompson. The U.S. needed just 10 minutes to
build a double-digit lead and went on to secure a 97-41 win
against overmatched Mali on Aug. 13 as Leslie scored a
game-high 16 points. The Americans were simply too strong
for Spain and collected a 93-55 victory on Aug. 15 as
NAME
POS
Seimone Augustus
F
Sue Bird
G
Tamika Catchings
F
Sylvia Fowles
C
Kara Lawson
G
Lisa Leslie
C
DeLisha Milton-Jones F
Candace Parker
F/C/G
Cappie Pondexter
G
Katie Smith
G
Diana Taurasi
G/F
Tina Thompson
F
Thompson led five U.S. players in double figures with 17
points and seven rebounds. Closing out preliminary round
play on Aug. 17 against New Zealand, the USA women
pounded their opponents 96-60 behind a team-best 15
points from Thompson.
Advancing to the quarterfinals, the U.S. again took a
lead in the first quarter and never relinquished it. Led by
26 points and 14 rebounds from Fowles, the U.S. used its
size and a monster 26-9 second quarter to wear down South
Korea early to advance to the semifinals with a dominating
104-60 performance.
Meeting up with the team that knocked the U.S. out of
the gold medal game at the 2006 FIBA World Championship,
the United States would exact a measure of revenge in the
Aug. 21 semifinal match. While the U.S. had to rally back
from a 38-33 third quarter deficit, it eventually handed
Russia a 67-52 loss and earned a spot in the gold medal
game. Taurasi led all scorers with 21 points.
Advancing to the gold medal match-up everyone was
anticipating since the start of the tournament, the USA
expanded its 22-15 first-quarter lead to 47-30 at halftime.
Never letting the score fall below double digits in the
second half en route to a crushing 92-65 blowout of previously unbeaten Australia, the USA earned its fourth straight
Olympic gold medal in style. Kara Lawson led the way with
15 points off the bench on a flawless 5-of-5 shooting from
the field and 4-of-4 accuracy from the foul line, followed by
14 points and seven rebounds from the 36-year-old Leslie.
2008 USA Women's Olympic Games Roster
HGT
6-1
5-9
6-1
6-5
5-9
6-5
6-1
6-4
5-9
5-11
6-0
6-2
WGT
179
150
167
200
165
170
185
172
160
174
172
178
AGE
24
27
29
22
27
36
33
22
25
34
26
33
WNBA TEAM / COLLEGE
Minnesota Lynx / Louisiana State
Seattle Storm / Connecticut
Indiana Fever / Tennessee
Chicago Sky / Louisiana State
Sacramento Monarchs / Tennessee
Los Angeles Sparks / Southern Cal
Los Angeles Sparks / Florida
Los Angeles Sparks / Tennessee
Phoenix Mercury / Rutgers
Detroit Shock / Ohio State
Phoenix Mercury / Connecticut
Houston Comets / Southern Cal
HOMETOWN
Baton Rouge, LA
Syosset, NY
Duncanville, TX
Miami, FL
Alexandria, VA
Hawthorne, CA
Riceboro, GA
Naperville, IL
Chicago, IL
Logan, OH
Chino, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Head Coach: Anne Donovan, USA Basketball
Assistant Coach: Gail Goestenkors, University of Texas
Assistant Coach: Dawn Staley, Univ. of South Carolina Assistant Coach: Mike Thibault, Connecticut Sun
Team Physician: Sheldon Burns, Minnesota Lynx
Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, Colorado Springs, Colorado
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
48
97
108
97
93
96
104
67
2008 USA RESULTS (8-0)
Czech Republic
China
Mali
Spain
New Zealand
South Korea
Russia
USA
57
63
41
55
60
60
52
92
Australia
65
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
2008 OLYMPIC GAMES FINAL STANDINGS
USA (8-0)
Australia (7-1)
Russia (6-2)
China (5-3)
Spain (3-3)
Belarus (2-4)
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Czech Rep. (2-4)
South Korea (2-4)
Latvia (1-4)
New Zealand (1-4)
Brazil (1-4)
Mali (0-5)

2012 USA Basketball Women`s National Team Media Guide

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