WNBA All-Star Balloting Begins May 28
May 27, 2005 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release
NEW YORK, MAY 27 â The WNBA All-Star Balloting Program will begin Saturday, May 28 to determine the starting players for the 2005 WNBA All-Star Game. The 2005 WNBA All-Star Game will be hosted by the Connecticut Sun on Saturday, July 9 at the Mohegan Sun Arena. The game will be televised nationally on ABC beginning at 4:00 p.m. EDT.
Fans in all 13 WNBA cities can make their All-Star selections at special in-arena balloting nights and by going online to WNBA.com to cast their ballot. The WNBA All-Star Balloting Program will be conducted from May 28 through June 23, and reserve players will subsequently be selected by Eastern and Western Conference head coaches.
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The 65 players included on the 2005 All-Star ballot represent all 13 WNBA teams. Voters must select two guards, two forwards and one center for each conference. A write-in option is also available, allowing fans to choose players not listed on the ballot.
2005 WNBA All-Star tickets go on sale to the public starting June 1 and may be purchased by calling 1-877-WNBA-TIX, through all Ticketmaster outlets, on-line at WNBA.com and ticketmaster.com and at the Mohegan Sun box office. Ticket prices start at $15.
The WNBA tipped off its ninth season on Saturday, May 21, 2005 under the leadership of new President Donna Orender. In 2004, for the sixth consecutive season, more than two million fans attended WNBA games. Also in 2004, three consecutive WNBA Finals sellout crowds witnessed the Seattle Storm defeat the Connecticut Sun to capture its first WNBA Championship. WNBA programming is broadcast on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and NBA-TV. For more information on the WNBA, visit WNBA.com.
2005 WNBA ALL-STAR BALLOT
Western Conference
Guards Forwards Center
Dominique Canty/Houston Comets Sheryl Swoopes/Houston Comets Michelle Snow/Houston Comets
Adrienne Goodson/Houston Comets Janeth Arcain/Houston Comets Lisa Leslie/Los Angeles Sparks
Tamecka Dixon/Los Angeles Sparks Chamique Holdsclaw/Los Angeles Sparks Nicole Ohlde/Minnesota Lynx
Nikki Teasley/Los Angeles Sparks Mwadi Mabika/Los Angeles Sparks Kamila Vodichkova/Phoenix Mercury
Kristi Harrower/Minnesota Lynx Svetlana Abrosimova/Minnesota Lynx Yolanda Griffith/Sacramento Monarchs
Katie Smith/Minnesota Lynx Tamika Williams/Minnesota Lynx Adrian Williams/San Antonio Silver Stars
Anna DeForge/Phoenix Mercury Sandora Irvin/Phoenix Mercury Suzy Batkovic/Seattle Storm
Diana Taurasi/Phoenix Mercury Penny Taylor/Phoenix Mercury
Kara Lawson/Sacramento Monarchs Rebekkah Brunson/Sacramento Monarchs
Ticha Penicheiro/Sacramento Monarchs DeMya Walker/Sacramento Monarchs
Shannon Johnson/San Antonio Silver Stars Kendra Wecker/San Antonio Silver Stars
Marie Ferdinand/San Antonio Silver Stars LaToya Thomas/San Antonio Silver Stars
Sue Bird/Seattle Storm Lauren Jackson/Seattle Storm
Betty Lennox/Seattle Storm Alicia Thompson/Seattle Storm
Eastern Conference
Guards Forwards Center
Allison Feaster/Charlotte Sting Tammy Sutton-Brown/Charlotte Sting Janel McCarville/Charlotte Sting
Dawn Staley/Charlotte Sting Tangela Smith/Charlotte Sting Margo Dydek/Connecticut Sun
Nykesha Sales/Connecticut Sun Katie Douglas/Connecticut Sun Ruth Riley/Detroit Shock
Lindsay Whalen/Connecticut Sun Taj McWilliams-Franklin/Connecticut Sun Kelly Schumacher/Indiana Fever
Deanna Nolan/Detroit Shock Swin Cash/Detroit Shock Ann Wauters/New York Liberty
Elaine Powell/Detroit Shock Cheryl Ford/Detroit Shock Chasity Melvin/Washington Mystics
Kelly Miller/Indiana Fever Tamika Catchings/Indiana Fever
Tan White/Indiana Fever Natalie Williams/Indiana Fever
Vickie Johnson/New York Liberty Elena Baranova/New York Liberty
Becky Hammon/New York Liberty Crystal Robinson/New York Liberty
Alana Beard/Washington Mystics DeLisha Milton-Jones/Washington Mystics
Coco Miller/Washington Mystics Murriel Page /Washington Mystics
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