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List Of Women's National Basketball Association Players
The following is a list of Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) players. A * Farhiya Abdi * Tajama Abraham * Svetlana Abrosimova *Natalie Achonwa *Jessica Adair *Danielle Adams *Jordan Adams *Elisa Aguilar *Matee Ajavon * Marcie Alberts * Markita Aldridge * Erin Alexander *Kayla Alexander * Tawona Alhaleem * Charel Allen * Rebecca Allen *Ameryst Alston * Mactabene Amachree *Monique Ambers *Ambrosia Anderson *Chantelle Anderson * Jolene Anderson *Keisha Anderson *Mery Andrade *Yvette Angel *Kristine Anigwe * Nicky Anosike *Jayne Appel *Janeth Arcain *Anne Marie Armstrong * Katasha Artis *Marlies Askamp *La'Tangela Atkinson * Morenike Atunrase * Seimone Augustus * Valériane Ayayi *Angela Aycock *Miranda Ayim * Leigh Aziz * Jennifer Azzi B * Tricia Bader Binford * Sherill Baker *Alison Bales * Rhonda Banchero *Rachel Banham *Elena Baranova * LaQuanda Barksdale *Adia Barnes * Quacy Barnes *Mistie Bass * Suzy Batkovic-Brown *Jacqueline Batteast * Ashley Battle *Cass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA), and league play started in 1997. The regular season is played from May to September, with the All Star game being played midway through the season in July (except in Olympic years) and the WNBA Finals at the end of September until the beginning of October. Five WNBA teams have direct NBA counterparts and normally play in the same arena. They play in the same arena as funding is sparse due to lack of spectators. Indiana Fever, Los Angeles Sparks, Minnesota Lynx, New York Liberty, and Phoenix Mercury. The Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Dallas Wings, Las Vegas Aces, Seattle Storm, and Washington Mystics do not share an arena with a direct NBA counterpart, although four of the seven (t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameryst Alston
Ameryst Alston (born 20 June 1995) is American professional basketball player. She played college basketball for Ohio State University before being selected by the New York Liberty in the 2016 WNBA draft where she played from 2016 to 2017. High school career Alston played for Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. College career After graduating from Canton McKinley, Alston played college basketball for Ohio State University from 2012 to 2016. She was a three-time All-Big Ten First Team selection and scored 2,165 points over her four year career. Professional career Alston was selected by the New York Liberty with the 24th pick in the 2016 WNBA draft and appeared in one game during the 2016 season before being waived when veteran Swin Cash re-signed with New York. She later signed with Spanish club Al-Qazeres Extremadura where she averaged 16.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game during the 2016–2017 season. In April 2018, Alston signed a training camp c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Marie Armstrong
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France ( Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janeth Arcain
Janeth dos Santos Arcain (, born April 11, 1969 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a retired Brazilian professional women's basketball player. She played in the United States for the Houston Comets in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2005. Arcain is one of the players inducted in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019. WNBA career Arcain was one of the original players selected from the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997. She was selected 13th overall in the second round of the Elite draft by the Houston Comets. She played every Comets game in the first seven seasons of the WNBA before skipping the 2004 season to prepare for the Olympics. A key piece of the Comets dynasty that included four championships from 1997 to 2000, Arcain had her best season in 2001, averaging 18.5 points per game en route to Most Improved Player and First Team All-WNBA honors. National team career With the Brazil national t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel-Marinelli (born May 14, 1988) is a retired center who last played for the San Antonio Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2016. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University. High school career Born in Berkeley, California, Jayne has two older brothers, Mike and Tommy, and one younger brother, Nate. Jayne's father, Joseph Appel, played basketball at Saint Mary's College of California. Appel was a four-time letter winner in basketball at Carondelet High School in Concord, California. She was also a three-year letter winner in water polo. As a senior, Appel was a McDonald's All-American as a senior and named MVP of the All-American game. She was named Gatorade State Player of the Year in basketball, rated as the 3rd best in the high school class of 2006 by hsgirlshoop.scout.com and named a WBCA All-American. She played for the U18 women's national team at the FIBA Americas. She was offered scholarships by Connecticut, Tenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Anosike
Nkolika "Nicky" Nonyelum Anosike (born February 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, most recently with the Los Angeles Sparks. Personal Anosike was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Staten Island where she attended St. Peter's High School for Girls. Anosike was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored one point. Her younger brother, O. D. Anosike, plays pro basketball for Scavolini Pesaro in Italy. College Anosike attended college at Tennessee and graduated in 2008. She had a cumulative GPA of 3.78 in her triple major studies in sociology/criminal justice, political science and legal studies. She began playing during the 2008 season and last took the court during the 2012 campaign. While at Tennessee, Anosike won back to back National Champions in 2007 and 2008. Anosike earned academic All-Southeastern Conference honors in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She was also on the Lady V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristine Anigwe
Kristine Chioma Anigwe (born March 31, 1997) is an English-born Nigerian-American professional basketball player. She also plays for Turkish team Çukurova Basketbol in the Women's Basketball Super League. Early life Kristine Anigwe was born in London to Nigerian parents, Christopher and Annette Anigwe. She and her siblings were raised in Phoenix, Arizona and attended Desert Vista High School. At age 17, Anigwe became a U.S. citizen in June 2014. In her upperclassman years, Anigwe won two consecutive FIBA age group World Championships competing for the United States, first with the under-17s in 2014 and then with the under-19s in 2015. Anigwe scored in double figures in all 27 games for Desert Vista in her senior season, leading the state with 21.1 points and 13.3 rebounds per game and registering 17 double-doubles. College career Before her junior year of high school, Anigwe accepted an offer to play college basketball at the University of California, Berkeley, where she w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvette Angel
Yvette is female given name, the French feminine form of Yves, which means yew or archer in some cases. Name days *Czech Republic: ''7 June'' *Hungary: ''13 January'', ''6 May'' and ''29 June'' *Poland: ''13 January'' *Slovakia: ''27 May'' *Bulgaria: ''24 June'' ("Eniovden") *Latvia: 12 December Notable people * Yvette Alexander (born 1961), U.S. politician *Yvette Andréyor (1891–1962), French silent film actress * Yvette Baker (born 1968), British orienteer * Yvette Biro, Hungarian essayist, screenwriter, and professor emerita * Yvetta Blanarovičová, Slovak actress and singer * Yvette Borup Andrews (1891–1959), American photographer * Yvette Brind'Amour (1918–1992), Canadian actor * Yvette Cason, U.S. film and television actress * Yvette Chauviré (1917–2016), French prima ballerina *Yvette Clarke (born 1964), U.S. politician *Yvette Cooper (born 1969), British politician * Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980), Australian artist *Yvette D'Ath (born 1970), Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mery Andrade
Mery Elizabeth Fernandes Andrade (born December 31, 1975) is a former professional basketball player. She played five seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Coaching career After four seasons as an assistant at the University of San Diego, Andrade was added to the coaching staff of the NBA G League The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA De ...’s Erie BayHawks as an assistant for the 2019–20 season. In May 2022, Andrade was an assistant coach for Angolan club Petro de Luanda during the 2022 BAL season. Old Dominion University statistics Source Awards and honors * CAA co-Player of the Year (1999) *three-time All-CAA selection *three-time CAA All-Defensive team selection References External linksMery Andrade Basketball Player Profile, Sacr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisha Anderson
Keisha Anderson is an American basketball player. As a high school senior at Park High School in Racine, Wisconsin she received Miss Wisconsin Basketball and Parade All American. Anderson received a full basketball scholarship to the University of Arizona during 1992-93 and was selected to the all-freshman Pac 10 team. She transferred to University of Wisconsin. Moving from the all-freshman Pac 10 team to First Team All Big 10, she became Wisconsin's eighth all-time in scoring, second all-time in assists and first in all-time steals. Her continued efforts received District IV First team All American and Wisconsin MVP in 1997. During 1997 she also finished her bachelor's degree in criminal justice, along with being a proud 16th overall draft pick to join the American Basketball League's Colorado Xplosion. The ABL came to an ultimate demise, and she went abroad taking her career to Team Elitzur in Holon Israel. Traveling back to the United States, she was drafted by the Women ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolene Anderson (basketball)
Jolene Nancy Anderson (born July 22, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. She was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the 2008 WNBA draft. College career Anderson played four seasons of college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. With 2,312 total points, she is the all-time leading scorer in Badgers women's history. She studied sociology at Wisconsin. Statistics Source Professional career Anderson was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the 2008 WNBA draft and played 24 games for the team during the 2008 WNBA season. Anderson played the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons in France with ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq. She then played in Turkey for Botasspor Adana in 2010–11, in Poland for Lotos Gdynia in 2011–12, and then back in Turkey for Homend Antakya Belediyesi in 2012–13. Between 2013 and 2018, she played five seasons in Italy for Famila Wuber Schio. She continued in Italy between 2018 and 2021, playing two seasons for Reyer Venezia (2018–20) and one for Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chantelle Anderson
Chantelle Denise Anderson ( ; born January 22, 1981) is a retired Lebanese-American collegiate and professional basketball player who has played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and overseas. Personal Chantelle Anderson was born in Loma Linda, California to Maxine and Paul Anderson and is the oldest of four sisters. Her nickname is "Chan". High School years Anderson and her family later moved to Vancouver, Washington where she attended Hudson's Bay High School. College years Anderson graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2003. In her last year she became Vanderbilt’s all-time female leading scorer with 2,604 points as well as setting the Vanderbilt's Career Field Goal Percentage mark of 65.1%. She was named to the All-American team in 2001. Anderson was a member of the Gold Medal-winning USA Basketball Jones Cup Team in 2000 as well as being on the Gold Medal-winning U.S. team at the World University Games in 2001. *Vanderbilt's 2001 Female Athlete of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
