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WNBA Teams Set Rosters for 2009 Season

June 5, 2009 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release


NEW YORK, June 5, 2009 - WNBA teams have set their rosters for the 2009 season, which tips off tomorrow with a full slate of six games on opening day. The action gets underway on ABC as Lisa Leslie begins her final WNBA season when the Los Angeles Sparks host the defending champion Detroit Shock at 2:30 p.m. ET. Other key matchups include the San Antonio Silver Stars facing off against the Phoenix Mercury and the Connecticut Sun hosting the Washington Mystics.

WNBA opening day rosters feature 18 international players from 11 different countries.

In addition, WNBA LiveAccess, a new feature on WNBA.com, will provide fans with free access to more than 200 live game Webcasts - the league's most comprehensive offering - throughout the 2009 WNBA season. Overall, the extensive online offering will complement the WNBA's broadcast coverage, which includes live national telecasts of up to 29 regular season and postseason contests on ESPN2 and ABC and another 50 games on NBA TV, as well as games streamed on ESPN360.com.

WNBA PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: 2009 SEASON

(as of June 5, 2009)

Country Player WNBA Team

Australia Suzy Batkovic-Brown Seattle Storm

Australia Tully Bevilaqua Indiana Fever

Australia Kristi Harrower Los Angeles Sparks

Australia Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm

Australia Erin Phillips Connecticut Sun

Australia Belinda Snell San Antonio Silver Stars

Brazil Iziane Castro Marques Atlanta Dream

Brazil Erika de Souza Atlanta Dream

Canada Tammy Sutton-Brown Indiana Fever

China Chen Nan Chicago Sky

France Edwige Lawson-Wade San Antonio Silver Stars

Germany LaToya Pringle Minnesota Lynx

Kenya Josephine Owino Washington Mystics

Liberia Matee Ajavon Washington Mystics

Mali Hamchetou Maiga-Ba Sacramento Monarchs

Portugal Ticha Penicheiro Sacramento Monarchs

St. Vincent Sancho Lyttle Atlanta Dream

St. Vincent Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars

- At the beginning of the 2009 WNBA season, there were 18 players on rosters, hailing from 11 different countries.

- As of August 27, 2008, there were 25 international players on rosters, hailing from 17 different countries.

- At the beginning of the 2008 WNBA season, there were 20 international players on rosters, hailing from 15 different countries.

- At the end of the 2007 WNBA season, there were 24 international players on rosters, hailing from 16 different countries.

- At the end of the 2006 WNBA season, there were 31 international players on rosters, hailing from 19 different countries.

- At the end of the 2005 WNBA season, there were 30 international players on rosters, hailing from 16 different countries.

ATLANTA CHICAGO CONNECTICUT DETROIT

Iziane Castro Marques Dominique Canty Chante Black Kara Braxton

Erika de Souza Candice Dupree Kiesha Brown Barbara Farris

Chamique Holdsclaw Shyra Ely Kristi Cirone Cheryl Ford

Jennifer Lacy Sylvia Fowles Lauren Ervin Kristin Haynie

Shalee Lehning Chen Nan Kerri Gardin Alexis Hornbuckle

Sancho Lyttle Jia Perkins Amber Holt Taj McWilliams

Angel McCoughtry Armintie Price Asjha Jones Deanna Nolan

Coco Miller Kristen Sharp Erin Phillips Plenette Pierson

Michelle Snow Erin Thorn Barbara Turner Olayinka Sanni

Nikki Teasley Kristi Toliver Lindsay Whalen Katie Smith

Tamera Young Brooke Wyckoff Tamika Whitmore Shavonte Zellous

INDIANA LOS ANGELES MINNESOTA

Tully Bevilaqua Shannon Bobbitt Nicky Anosike

Tamika Catchings Marie Ferdinand-Harris Seimone Augustus

Tamecka Dixon Kristi Harrower Roneeka Hodges

Katie Douglas Vanessa Hayden Quanitra Hollingsworth

Yolanda Griffith Betty Lennox Charde Houston

Ebony Hoffman Lisa Leslie Rashanda McCants

Briann January DeLisha Milton-Jones Kelly Miller

Tammy Sutton-Brown Candace Parker Renee Montgomery

Erica White Noelle Quinn LaToya Pringle

Khadijah Whittington Tina Thompson Christi Thomas

Christina Wirth Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Candice Wiggins

NEW YORK PHOENIX SACRAMENTO

Ashley Battle DeWanna Bonner Rebekkah Brunson

Essence Carson Temeka Johnson Laura Harper

Shameka Christon Kelly Mazzante Crystal Kelly

Tiffany Jackson Nicole Ohlde Kara Lawson

Cathrine Kraayeveld Cappie Pondexter Hamchetou Maiga-Ba

Erlana Larkins Allie Quigley Chelsea Newton

Janel McCarville Brooke Smith Courtney Paris

Leilani Mitchell Tangela Smith Ticha Penicheiro

Loree Moore Ketia Swanier Nicole Powell

Sidney Spencer Diana Taurasi Scholanda Robinson

Kia Vaughn Le'Coe Willingham DeMya Walker

SAN ANTONIO SEATTLE WASHINGTON

Shanna Crossley Suzy Batkovic-Brown Matee Ajavon

Helen Darling Sue Bird Alana Beard

Megan Frazee Janell Burse Nikki Blue

Becky Hammon Swin Cash Marissa Coleman

Vickie Johnson Katie Gearlds Monique Currie

Edwige Lawson-Wade Lauren Jackson Lindsey Harding

Katie Mattera Shannon Johnson Tasha Humphrey

Erin Perperoglou Camille Little Crystal Langhorne

Ruth Riley Ashley Robinson Chasity Melvin

Belinda Snell Ashley Walker Josephine Owino

Sophia Young Tanisha Wright Nakia Sanford

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