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1998 Sacramento Monarchs Season
The 1998 WNBA season was the 2nd season for the Sacramento Monarchs. The team tied with the Utah Starzz for the worst record in the Western Conference. Transactions Detroit Shock expansion draft The following player was selected in the Detroit Shock expansion draft from the Sacramento Monarchs: WNBA draft Transactions Roster Schedule Regular season , - style="background:#fcc;" , 1 , June 11 , Phoenix L 70–73, Ruthie Bolton (15) , Linda Burgess (10) , Ticha Penicheiro (5) , ARCO Arena , 0–1 , - style="background:#bbffbb;" , 2 , June 16 , Los Angeles W 73–69, Latasha Byears (21) , Burgess Byears (6) , Ticha Penicheiro (8) , ARCO Arena , 1–1 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 3 , June 18 , New York L 48–64, Latasha Byears (10) , Tangela Smith (5) , Ticha Penicheiro (3) , ARCO Arena , 1–2 , - style="background:#fcc;" , 4 , June 20 , Houston L 68–79, Ruthie Bolton (17) , Latasha Byears (6) , Ticha Penic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi VanDerveer
Heidi Elizabeth VanDerveer (born February 11, 1964) is a women's basketball collegiate and professional coach. She is currently the women's basketball head coach at UC San Diego. A native of Chautauqua, New York, VanDerveer was a four-year letter-winner in basketball at the College of Charleston, serving as team captain as a senior and graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science and English in 1986. She also has a master's degree in physical education and sports psychology from the University of Tennessee. VanDerveer began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Tennessee under Pat Summitt, where she helped guide the Volunteers to the 1987 NCAA National Championship and the Final Four in 1988. She then served as an assistant at South Carolina for six seasons, before taking the head coaching role at Eastern Washington. VanDerveer made the jump to the WNBA in 1997, joining the staff of the Sacramento Monarchs. She was elevated to head coach in the middle of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks (LA Sparks) are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began. Like some other WNBA teams, the Sparks have the distinction of not being affiliated with an NBA counterpart, even though the market is shared with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers. As of 2020, the Sparks are the most recent franchise to win back-to-back titles. Lakers owner Jerry Buss owned the Sparks from 1997 to 2006 when Williams Group Holdings purchased the team. It was previously the sister team of the Los Angeles Lakers. As of 2014, the Sparks are owned by Sparks LA Sports, LLC. The Sparks have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in twenty of their twenty-four years in Los Angeles, more than any other team in the league. The franchise has been home to many high-q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latasha Byears
Latasha Nashay Byears (born August 12, 1973) is a former American professional women's basketball player. She played in the WNBA for the Sacramento Monarchs, the Los Angeles Sparks, the Washington Mystics, and for the Houston Comets. Byears ranked eighth all-time in the WNBA in field goal percentage (.514) and was among the top 10 rebounders in the league's history as of 2003. Nicknamed "Tot", Byears usually played the position of power forward. However, the openly lesbian Byers became associated with legal controversy outside of her basketball career. College years Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Byears grew up in Millington, Tennessee and went to high school in nearby Arlington, Tennessee. Afterwards, Byears played two years in Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, located in Miami, Oklahoma. She later transferred to DePaul University in Chicago, where she averaged 22.8 points and 11.7 rebounds per game during the 1995–1996 season, a performance that earned her a first team All-Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Los Angeles Sparks Season ...
The 1998 WNBA season was the second for the Los Angeles Sparks. The Sparks missed out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season. It would be the last season they missed the playoffs until the 2007 season. Offseason WNBA draft Trades Regular season Season standings Season schedule Player stats References External linksSparks on Basketball Reference {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Los Angeles Sparks Season Los Angeles Sparks seasons Los Angeles Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks (LA Sparks) are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The team was foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthie Bolton
Alice Ruth Bolton (born May 25, 1967), known as Ruthie Bolton, is an American former professional women's basketball player. Born in Lucedale, Mississippi, she played at the collegiate, Olympic and professional levels of women's basketball. Bolton played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 through 2004 with the Sacramento Monarchs. She played collegiately at Auburn University, teaming with her older sister, Mae Ola Bolton. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011. Bolton has also served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves as a transportation officer. Professional career Bolton started her professional career for the Visby Ladies in Sweden during the 1990–91 season. The following season, she played in Hungary, becoming the first USA woman to play professionally in the country. She spent the 1992–93 season with C.A. Fainzia in Italy, averaging 26 points per game. In 1994, Bolton moved to Italy to play fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Phoenix Mercury Season
The 1998 WNBA season was the second season for the Phoenix Mercury. The Mercury reached their first WNBA Finals, but championship hopes were denied when they lost to the Houston Comets in three games. Offseason Tara Williams (basketball), Tara Williams was picked up by the Detroit Shock in the 1998 WNBA Expansion Draft. WNBA Draft Regular season Season standings Season schedule Playoffs Player stats References External linksMercury on Basketball Reference {{DEFAULTSORT:1998 Phoenix Mercury Season Phoenix Mercury seasons 1998 WNBA season, Phoenix 1998 in sports in Arizona, Phoenix Mercury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Domond
Nadine Domond (born September 28, 1975) is an American professional basketball coach and former player and All-American formerly ranked as the number one point guard in the country coming out of high school. Domond played for the Sacramento Monarchs of the Women's National Basketball Association. She coached Grambling State women's basketball team in 2014. Biography Nadine Domond is a basketball player and entrepreneur, who was born in 1975 in Stamford, Connecticut. Her two parents, Evelyne and Delouis Domond, emigrated here to America from Haiti. Domond was already playing basketball at an elite level since high school when she led her team to the state title. She graduated as an All-American basketball star from Bridgeport Central High School in Connecticut in 1994 as the #1 point guard in the country her senior year. Soon after, she went on to play at University of Iowa for the next four years. Here she played under the Hall of Famer Vivian Stringer (1994–1995) and earned se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 WNBA season, 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises. The team is owned by Robert Sarver, who also owns the NBA team Phoenix Suns. The Mercury have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in fifteen of its twenty-four years in Phoenix. The franchise has been home to players such as former University of Connecticut, UConn Diana Taurasi, Rutgers University, Rutgers grad Cappie Pondexter, former Temple University, Temple power forward Candice Dupree, former Baylor University, Baylor center Brittney Griner, and Australian guard Penny Taylor. In 1998 WNBA season, 1998, 2007 WNBA season, 2007, 2009 WNBA season, 2009, 2014 WNBA season, 2014, and 2021 WNBA season, 2021 the Mercury went to the WNBA Finals; they lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffani Johnson
Tiffani Tamara Johnson (born December 27, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for the Sacramento Monarchs, Houston Comets and Seattle Storm. Johnson won a WNBA championship with the Comets in 2000. She played college basketball for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers and won two NCAA championships in 1996 and 1997. High school career Johnson attended Garinger High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was selected as North Carolina Miss Basketball in 1994. She was considered one of the most dominant players in state history as she averaged 28 points and 20 rebounds per game during her senior season. Johnson committed to play college basketball for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers for its tradition and intensity level. College career Johnson won her first NCAA championship with the Lady Volunteers in 1996 as she scored 16 points in the title game. At the end of the season, she was suspended for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rehema Stephens
Rehema Stephens (born December 28, 1969) is a former professional basketball player for the Sacramento Monarchs. She played basketball at Oakland Technical High School Oakland Technical High School, known locally as Oakland Tech or simply "Tech", is a public high school in Oakland, California, United States, and is operated under the jurisdiction of the Oakland Unified School District. It is one of six compre ..., making all-league in 1985, 1987, and 1988. In 1986-87 she was named first team All-State and third team Parade All American. In college, she played one season for the University of Colorado and three seasons for the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA she led the Pac-10 Conference in scoring in her first and second seasons; in her second season she was the fifth-highest scorer in the country. She reached 1,000 points faster than any other Lady Bruin and is still the school's second-highest career scorer in women's basketball. She graduated from UCLA w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corissa Yasen
Corissa Lee Yasen (December 5, 1973 – May 12, 2001) was an American collegiate and professional athlete. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended high school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Yasen attended Purdue University and became a nine-time All-American and 10-time Big Ten Conference champion in track and field. She was Purdue's Female Athlete-of-the-Year as a junior and senior and was a Big Ten Medal of Honor winner, as well as Big Ten Athlete of the Year. She also won the NCAA heptathlon title in 1996. Yasen also joined the Purdue women's basketball program, as a starter, during her final year of eligibility. She graduated in 1997 with a degree in pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal .... She went on to play for the Sacramento Monarchs in 1997, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denique Graves
Denique Monai Graves (born September 16, 1975) is a former professional basketball player. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the Women's National Basketball Association's first season. College Graves left Howard as its fifth all-time leading scorer and fourth all-time leading rebounder. WNBA Graves was selected with the 14th overall pick (2nd round, 7th pick) by the Sacramento Monarchs on April 28, 1997. This made her the first player in the WNBA to be drafted from a HBCU (Historically Black College or University). Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 73 - 61 win over the Utah Starzz where she recorded 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks in 3 minutes of playing time. Graves' WNBA career ended up being incredibly short. Her rookie season was not only her only season in the league, but she also hardly saw any playing time, averaging 4.9 minutes a game in 22 games played. After the 1997 season ended, Graves was waived by the Monarchs on May 25, 1998. After mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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