Liberty Acquires Guard Leilani Mitchell
May 7, 2008 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
New York Liberty News Release
NEW YORK, N.Y. [May 7, 2008] - The New York Liberty, through a sign-and-trade deal, has acquired guard Leilani Mitchell from the Phoenix Mercury for the 2008 WNBA season, it was announced today by team president and general manager Carol Blazejowski. As per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. The Mercury will receive New York's third round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft.
Mitchell was selected by Phoenix as the 25th overall pick in the second round of the 2008 WNBA Draft from the University of Utah. The 5-5 guard completed her Utes career averaging 17.1 ppg, 5.8 apg and 3.7 spg. After transferring from Idaho, Mitchell helped lead Utah to a 27-5 record and a NCAA Tournament bid this past spring. Throughout her collegiate career, she was honored as an honorable mention All-American by The Associated Press and WBCA.
New York's season will open on Sunday, May 18 at 4:00 p.m. against the Connecticut Sun in front of the Madison Square Garden crowd. Individual game tickets are on sale now by visiting The Garden Box Office, logging onto NYLiberty.com, calling (877) WNBA-TIX or stopping by any Ticketmaster outlet. Liberty ticket plans start at just three games, call 212-465-6073 to purchase. Group ticket orders of 20 or more can be purchased by calling 212-465-6080.
The New York Liberty basketball team, in its twelfth year of operation with the 2008 season, is a part of Madison Square Garden, L.P., which is owned by Cablevision Systems Corporation, and includes the New York Knicks (NBA); the New York Rangers (NHL); the Hartford Wolf Pack (American Hockey League); MSG Entertainment, which includes concerts and events at Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theatre, as well as the legendary Chicago Theatre, and which manages wholly-owned live entertainment properties including the Radio City Rockettes and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular; MSG Media, which is comprised of MSG and MSG Plus; Fuse, the music television network; and the Madison Square Garden arena complex, located in the heart of the New York metropolitan area.
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