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2012 Chicago Sky Season
The 2012 WNBA season is the 7th season for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. Transactions WNBA draft Trades and Roster Changes Roster {, class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; width: 100%;" , - ! colspan="2" style="background:#4b90cc; color:#Fbb726", 2012 Chicago Sky Roster , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#Fbb726; color:#FFFFFF;" ! Players !! Coaches , - , valign="top" , {, class="sortable" style="background:transparent; margin:0px; width:100%;" ! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From , - Depth {, style="text-align: center; background:#6495ED; color:#FDE910" !width="50", Pos. !width="250", Starter !width="250", Bench , -style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00" ! style="background:#FDE910" , , Sylvia Fowles , Carolyn SwordsRuth Riley , -style="height:40px; background:white; color:#FFCC00" ! style="background:#FDE910" , , Swin Cash , Le'coe Willingham , -style="height:40px; b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pokey Chatman
Dana "Pokey" Chatman (born June 18, 1969) is currently an assistant coach for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Chatman is the former head coach of the Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky of the WNBA. She is also the former head coach of the LSU Lady Tigers basketball team and the Spartak Moscow women's basketball team. Chatman spent the first 20 years of her adult life at LSU as a player (1987–1991), student assistant (1991–1992), assistant coach (1992–2004) and head coach (2004–2007). After succeeding longtime coach Sue Gunter in 2004, Chatman led the Lady Tigers to three consecutive NCAA Final Fours in 2004 (as acting head coach for the ailing Gunter), 2005, and 2006. Chatman resigned from her post at LSU on March 7, 2007, amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a former player that were alleged to have begun when Chatman was coaching the player. Biography High school career Chatman was born in Ama, Louisiana, played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le'Coe Willingham
Le'coe Willingham (born February 10, 1981) is an American professional basketball player. Attending Hephzibah High School, she won the 1998 AAAA Georgia State Women's state high jump title. She last played the forward position for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA. College career Among Auburn's top ten career leaders in starts, points, field goals made, field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, rebounds. Willingham is Auburn's seventh all-time scorer and sixth all-time rebounder. Auburn statistics Source WNBA career Willingham began her career with the Connecticut Sun. She was not drafted, but instead signed as a free agent by the Sun. During the 2008 offseason, the Phoenix Mercury signed her as a free agent. In the 2010 offseason, she signed a free agent deal with the Seattle Storm. Willingham helped the Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm competes in the Women's National Bask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Michigan University
Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers. In 1957, G. Mennen Williams signed a bill into law that made Western a university and gave the school its current name of Western Michigan University. Western is one of the eight research universities in the State of Michigan and is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The university has seven degree-granting colleges, offering 147 undergraduate degree programs, 73 master's degree programs, 30 doctoral programs, and one specialist degree program. It is governed by an eight-member board of regents whose members are appointed by the governor of Michigan and confirmed by the Michigan Senate for eight-year terms. The university's athletic teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athleti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazareth College (New York)
Nazareth College ("Naz") is a private college in Pittsford, New York. It offers over 60 undergraduate majors and more than two dozen graduate programs. The college was previously the Nazareth College of Rochester. History Founding At the request of Thomas Francis Hickey, Bishop of Rochester, five Sisters of St. Joseph founded Nazareth College of Rochester in 1924. The first class was composed of 25 young women who began their studies in a large mansion on Lake Avenue in Rochester, New York. The original mansion that housed the college was known as "the Glass House." At that time, the college offered Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, each with a liberal arts core. In response to increasing enrollment, the college moved to a larger facility in 1928 at 402 Augustine Street. Move to East Avenue In January 1942, the college moved to its present campus on East Avenue in Pittsford. In the 1950s, the college responded to the need for graduate study by adding majors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (born May 26, 1986) ''PurdueSports.com.'' Retrieved 30 November 2013. is a retired American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She recently played the position for the in the WNBA. Childhood Born in , Indiana, her ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lykendra Johnson
Lykendra Johnson (born March 20, 1989) is a retired American professional basketball player for Olympiacos of the Greek Women's Basketball League The Greek women's Basketball League, also known as A1 Ethniki (A1 National) Women's Basketball is the most important competition of Greek women's professional basketball. It is organised by the EOK (Hellenic Basketball Federation). It began with th .... She has two children. Career She was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2011. Michigan State statistics Source References External links Lykendra Johnson – Michigan State Spartans {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Lykendra 1989 births Living people American women's basketball players Centers (basketball) Olympiacos women's basketball players Michigan State Spartans women's basketball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Vasić
Sonja Vasić (; sr-cyr, Соња Петровић Васић, born February 18, 1989) is a Serbian former professional women's basketball player. Standing at , she played at the small forward position. She represented the Serbia women's national basketball team. Playing career Before she came to the WNBA, she played for Crvena zvezda, UB-Barça, Tango Bourges Basket and Spartak Moscow Region. National team career Vasić was a member of the Serbian national basketball team at the EuroBasket 2015 and at EuroBasket 2021 where they won the gold medal, they also qualified for the 2016 Olympics, first in the history for the Serbian team where they won bronze medal. Career achievements and awards * EuroLeague champion: 3 (with Spartak Moscow Region: 2008–09, 2009–10; with USK Praha: 2014–15) * FIBA Europe SuperCup Women winner: 2 (with Spartak Moscow Region: 2009; with USK Praha: 2015) * Czech League champion: 3 (with USK Praha: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17) * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; then moved to San Antonio before the 2003 season and became the San Antonio Silver Stars, then simply the San Antonio Stars in 2014. The team was owned by Spurs Sports & Entertainment, which also owned the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA. The team was sold to MGM Resorts International in 2017 and became the Las Vegas Aces for the 2018 season. The Stars qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in seven of their fourteen years in San Antonio. The franchise has been home to many high-quality players such as all-star point guard Becky Hammon, solid power-forward Sophia Young, former first-overall draft pick Ann Wauters, and seven-foot-two-inch center Margo Dydek. In 2008, the Silver Stars went to the WNBA Finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicia Chester
Felicia Chester (born March 24, 1988) is a basketball player who most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association. DePaul statistics Source WNBA Chester was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (14th overall) by the Minnesota Lynx.http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board She was then traded to Atlanta. She was waived before the season, but New York signed her on July 4, 2011. References External linksDePaul bio {{DEFAULTSORT:Chester, Felicia Living people 1988 births American women's basketball players Basketball players from St. Louis DePaul Blue Demons women's basketball players Forwards (basketball) Minnesota Lynx draft picks New York Liberty players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticha Penicheiro
Patrícia Nunes "Ticha" Penicheiro, OIH (September 18, 1974) is a Portuguese sports agent and former basketball player. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the WNBA for most of her professional career. She was a four-time WNBA All-Star and a three-time All-WNBA selection. Penicheiro is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, ranking 2nd all-time for most career assists and leading the WNBA in assists seven times, as well as winning a WNBA championship with the Monarchs in 2005. She is a 2019 inductee of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. College years Penicheiro was born and raised in Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Penicheiro has played for professional clubs since her young teens, although she did not play at the senior level until after she starred in U.S. college basketball at Old Dominion University. She played at Old Dominion from 1994 to 1998 and helped lead the Lady Monarchs to the 1997 NCAA Championship game. In 1997, Penicheiro was named to the Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Riley
Ruth Ellen Riley Hunter (born August 28, 1979) is a retired American professional basketball player (a center), playing most recently for the Atlanta Dream in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her Notre Dame team won the NCAA women's championship in 2001, and her Detroit Shock team won the WNBA championship in 2003 and 2006. Riley was the Most Valuable Player in the 2001 and 2003 championship series, becoming the first person to win the MVP awards in both the NCAA and the WNBA championships. She has also played on teams that won the National Women's Basketball League (NWBL) championship, the gold medal at the Olympic Games, and the 2010 EuroCup Championship. In 2019, Riley was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. In March 2016, Riley participated in Mogul's IAmAMogul campaign for inspiring women to believe that they have the "power to shape the world through their voices and actions." She was the general manager for the San Antonio Stars from Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
