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1997 Utah Starzz Season
The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Utah Starzz. The Starzz were partially named after the old ABA team, the Utah Stars, but with the zz at the end like the Utah Jazz. The franchise held the distinction of having the worst record in the WNBA in 1997. Offseason Initial Player Allocation WNBA draft Regular season Season standings Season schedule Player stats , - , , 28 , , 28 , , 33.4 , , .374 , , .250 , , .676 , , 8.0 , , 1.7 , , 1.7 , , 0.2 , , 15.8 , - , , 28 , , 27 , , 32.6 , , .390 , , .377 , , .694 , , 7.4 , , 2.2 , , 1.5 , , 2.3 , , 12.2 , - , , 28 , , 10 , , 21.7 , , .384 , , .265 , , .774 , , 2.9 , , 2.1 , , 1.4 , , 0.3 , , 8.1 , - , , 28 , , 26 , , 29.7 , , .312 , , .297 , , .764 , , 2.8 , , 3.1 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 7.7 , - , , 27 , , 4 , , 17.4 , , .390 , , .313 , , .844 , , 2.3 , , 1.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.3 , , 5.7 , - , , 28 , , 24 , , 24.7 , , .347 , , .100 , , .655 , , 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Taylor
Denise Taylor (born 1962 or 1963) is a former college and WNBA basketball coach. After completing assistant coach positions through the 1980s and 1990s, Taylor began her head coaching career with American International College from 1991 to 1993. After coaching for Northeastern Illinois University from 1993 to 1997, Taylor became the first ever Utah Starzz head coach in the WNBA. After her WNBA position ended in 1998, Taylor returned to collegiate sports as the head coach for the Jackson State Lady Tigers basketball team in 2001. With the Lady Tigers until 2011, Taylor won the 2008 SWAC women's basketball tournament while amassing 153 wins and 143 losses. Early life and education In the early 1960s, Taylor was born in Cleveland, Mississippi. For her post-secondary education, Taylor played basketball at Texas Southern University during the early 1980s and received degrees in healthcare. Career Taylor began her coaching career as an assistant coach for TSU from 1986 to 1987 and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded in 1997 and is one of the eight original franchises of the league. The team is owned by Joe Tsai, the majority owner of the Brooklyn Nets. The team's home games are played at Barclays Center. The Liberty have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in seventeen of its twenty-six years. The franchise has been home to many well-known players such as Teresa Weatherspoon, Rebecca Lobo, Becky Hammon, Leilani Mitchell, Essence Carson, Cappie Pondexter, Tina Charles, and the team's first-ever No.1 overall Draft pick Sabrina Ionescu. The Liberty have three conference championships and have played in the WNBA Finals four times, falling to the Houston Comets in 1997, 1999, and 2000, and losing to the Los Angeles Sparks in 2002. They have the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Compain
Megan Helen Compain (born 18 September 1975) is a New Zealand former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Biography She was born 18 September 1975 in , New Zealand. As an exchange student she attended in New Jersey.Staff"New Jersey Olympians in other sports" '' |
Raegan Pebley
Jennifer Raegan Pebley (née Scott; born August 12, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player. Pebley has been the head women's coach at three NCAA Division I institutions, most recently TCU. Pebley played two seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as Raegan Scott. A 6'4" forward, Pebley played college basketball at Colorado. Early life and college playing career Born and raised in Orem, Utah, Pebley (born Jennifer Raegan Scott) graduated from Mountain View High School in Utah in 1993. Pebley then attended the University of Colorado Boulder and played at forward for the Colorado Buffaloes from 1993 to 1997. Pebley averaged 8.4 points and 5.6 rebounds and shot .445 from the field in 124 games. Pebley earned second-team All- Big 12 honors in 1997 and graduated from Colorado with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Professional playing career Pebley was drafted in the third round of the 1997 WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Booker
Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic languages * House of Karen, a historical feudal family of Tabaristan, Iran * Karen (singer), Danish R&B singer Places * Karen, Kenya, a suburb of Nairobi * Karen City or Hualien City, Taiwan * Karen Hills or Karen Hills, Myanmar * Karen State, a state in Myanmar Film and television * ''Karen'' (1964 TV series), an American sitcom * ''Karen'' (1975 TV series), an American sitcom * ''Karen'' (film), a 2021 American crime thriller Other uses * Karen (orangutan), the first to have open heart surgery * AS-10 Karen or Kh-25, a Soviet air-to-ground missile * Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network * Tropical Storm Karen (other) See also * Karren (name) * Karyn (given name) * Keren, Eritrea a cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessie Hicks
Jessie Hicks (born December 2, 1971) is a former professional basketball player. She was chosen to be a member of the 2013 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Legends Roster, a class of 12 former-student-athletes who represent three decades of basketball. Personal life Hicks earned a degree in criminal justice in 1993. She later earned a master's of education in guidance and counseling. She has two children. WNBA Hicks was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft by the Utah Starzz. In her debut game on June 21, 1997, Hicks played for four and half minutes and recorded only one rebound as a statistic, as the Starzz fell to the Sacramento Monarchs 61 - 73. She would only play for the Starzz her rookie year, averaging 3.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 10 minutes per game. Pregnancy and Fight Back into the WNBA At the end of her rookie season, Hicks would discover that she was pregnant. She would be placed on the injury reserve list for the Starzz as she recovered fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greta Koss
Greta may refer to: *Greta (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name Places * Greta Bridge, village in County Durham, England * Greta, New South Wales, town in Australia ** Greta railway station ** Greta Army Camp, former Australian Army camp near the town of Greta * Greta, Victoria, town in Australia Natural history * ''Greta'' (genus), butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae ** ''Greta morgane'' (thick-tipped greta) ** ''Greta oto'' (glasswing) Other * ''Greta'' (2018 film), a thriller film directed by Neil Jordan * ''Greta'' (2020 film), a documentary film about activist Greta Thunberg * Greta (band), hard rock band * Greta Van Fleet, hard rock band * River Greta (other), one of three UK rivers * Hurricane Greta A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Carter
Deborah Carter (born January 3, 1972) is a former professional basketball player who played in the WNBA for the Utah Starzz in 1997 and Washington Mystics in 1998. WNBA Carter participated in the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997 as a member of the Utah Starzz. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 61 - 73 loss to the Sacramento Monarchs where she recorded 8 points on 4-5 FG shooting. In her rookie season, Carter played in 18 of the Starzz' 28 games (missing an entire 3 weeks from July 22 to August 12) and averaged 3.9 points and 2.7 rebounds as the Starzz finished with a 7 - 21 record. On February 18, 1998, Carter was selected by the Washington Mystics in the 1998 Expansion Draft. For her time with the Mystics, she averaged 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds in 15.0 mpg. The Mystics finished with a league worst 3 - 27 record (which as of 2023, still stands as the worst record in WNBA history). Carter did not play in the WNBA after the 1998 season and thus the final game o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Grooms
Lady Grooms (born September 12, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player, who was one of the 16 original WNBA players allocated to the teams in the new league's Initial Player Allocation draft (as Lady Hardmon). After a college career at the University of Georgia, she played 8 WNBA seasons and had career averages of 4.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, scoring over 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. Georgia statistics Source WNBA career Grooms was selected in the initial player allocation of the 1997 WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz on January 22, 1997. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997, in a 61–73 loss to the Sacramento Monarchs where she recorded 6 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds. Grooms would only play for the Starzz for one season, playing in 28 games and averaging 5.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists. On May 5, 1998, was Grooms was traded to the Monarchs for Chantel Tremitiere and she would play for the Monarchs for the remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dena Head
Dena Head (born August 16, 1970) is an American retired women's basketball player. She is best remembered as the first player drafted in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). High school years At Salem high school in Canton, Michigan, Head was named Miss Basketball of Michigan. She won two National Championships and was an All-American. Dena played for Coach Fred Thomann, a former Michigan State University standout. College years Head attended the University of Tennessee and earned a degree in sports management. She played four years of basketball, winning the NCAA women's college basketball championship in 1989 and 1991. Head was named to the 1992 Kodak All-America Team. She was the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year as a senior, and was the 1989 SEC Freshman of the Year. As a senior, she was named to the Naismith All America Team, and in 1990 she was named to the NCAA All Regional Tournament Team East. She later attended Baker College. USA Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tammi Reiss
Tammi Reiss (born April 2, 1970) is an American actress and former professional basketball player. She is currently the coach for the University of Rhode Island. Reiss is a native of New York state. Reiss graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 with a major in sports management. As a professional, she was chosen in the first round of the first-ever WNBA draft, and she played for two years with the Utah Starzz. Biography Reiss was born in New York, and she attended Eldred Central School, a high-school in the area. Reiss began playing in her high-school's team as an eighth-grader. She led Eldred Central to a state championship in 1988, and finished her high school basketball career with 2,871 points scored. That total places her, as of 2014, in fifth place among New York state's all-time high school girls' scoring leaders. At Eldred Central, Reiss was coached by Ken Bjorn and Frank Kean, with boys' team coach Paul Tylawsky, a former basketball player with a Boston Cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Williams (basketball)
Kimberly Williams (born October 14, 1974) is a former professional basketball player who played two seasons for the Utah Starzz of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Early life and college career Born and raised in South Side, Chicago, Williams graduated from Marshall High School in 1993 and was Illinois "Ms. Basketball" as a senior. She helped guide the Westark Community College (now University of Arkansas-Fort Smith) to back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The team were national runner-us in 1994 and won the national championship in 1995, going 67–2 cumulatively in Williams' two seasons. She was the first women's basketball player from Arkansas-Fort Smith to be drafted in the WNBA. Williams transferred to DePaul University, where she played from 1995 to 1997. As a senior at DePaul in 1996–97, Williams was Conference USA Player of the Year after scoring 25.1 points per game, second highest nationally, and leading C-USA in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
