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The Indiana Fever are an American professional
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team based in
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, playing in the Eastern Conference in the
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(WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned by Herb Simon, who also owns the Fever's NBA counterpart, the
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, and
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. The Fever has qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in 13 of its 21 seasons in Indiana. Some of the players who have helped define the history of the Fever include the American players
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, Katie Douglas, and
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from
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. In
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, the Fever went to the
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but fell short to Phoenix. On October 21, 2012, the Fever won the WNBA Championship with a win over the
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.
Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA champi ...
was named the series MVP.


Franchise history


2000–2004

The Indiana Fever team began in 2000, when the state was granted an expansion franchise to coincide with the opening of Gainbridge Fieldhouse (then Conseco Fieldhouse). In their first two seasons, they were coached by women's basketball legends
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and
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. Led by center Kara Wolters, in their inaugural campaign the team posted a record of 9–23. The Fever drafted
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star
Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA champi ...
in the 2001 WNBA Draft. The Fever went into the year with high expectations of a playoff berth, but Catchings
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her ACL during a college game and missed the entire WNBA season. The Fever posted a 10–22 record in 2001. After missing the entire 2001 season, the 2002 season proved to be the breakout season for Tamika Catchings and the Fever. Catchings came out strong and became one of the most versatile players in the WNBA, easily winning Rookie of the Year honors as well as making the WNBA All-Star team. Her team competed well all year and would post a respectable 16–16 record, tying for the final playoff spot with the
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. Indiana would win the tiebreaker and earn their first playoff appearance in franchise history. They drew the #1 seed in the playoffs, the
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; with the Fever losing two games to one. The 2002–2003 offseason brought a lot of change for the Fever. The team added Olympian
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and Charlotte Sting star Kelly Miller before the 2003 season. During the offseason the original coach and GM Nell Fortner would resign. Kelly Krauskopf would replace Fortner as GM and immediately hire Brian Winters to be the head coach. On May 29, 2003, the Fever registered their first sellout of 18,345 and defeated the
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on national television. The team would do better under the new coaching, but missed the playoffs, posting a 16–18 record. The 2004 campaign was very similar to 2003's. The Fever finished with a 15–19 record. They missed the playoffs by one game in the Eastern Conference.


2005–2007

In 2005, the Fever had their best season since joining the league, posting a 21–13 record, and making the playoffs for just the second time. In the first round, the Fever swept the
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two games to none, earning their first playoff series victory in franchise history. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Fever faced the heavily favored
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. Game 1 came down to the final seconds when Katie Douglas hit a crucial three to win the game for the Sun. Game 2 went into overtime, with the Sun winning, thus sweeping the Fever two games to none. In the 2005–2006 offseason, the Fever acquired All-Star
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from the
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in exchange for Kelly Miller. Later that offseason the Fever made another All-Star addition by signing free agent
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from the
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. In the 2006 WNBA Draft they selected athletic swing-forward La'Tangela Atkinson from the
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along with Kasha Terry from the
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. The Fever started the 2006 season off at 4–0 and jumped out to an early lead in the Eastern Conference standings. Teammates
Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA champi ...
and
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led the league in steals, first and second respectively, the first time teammates led the league in one statistical category. The Fever posted a 21–13 record, making the playoffs for the second year in a row. In the first round, the Fever would face arch rival Detroit. Detroit won Game 1 in Indianapolis and held a one-game to nothing lead in the series. Game 2 in
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was a high-scoring affair with Tamika Whitmore scoring a WNBA Playoff record 41 points. Detroit won in the end, 98–83 and won the series two games to none. Going into the 2006–2007 off-season, the Fever looked to improve their post play. In the Dispersal Draft, the Fever would add veteran forward Sheri Sam from the Charlotte Sting. Kelly Krauskopf and the front office then set their eyes on key Free Agent Center Tammy Sutton-Brown, signing her on March 22, 2007. The Fever would also select 6–7 center Alison Bales from
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in the 2007 WNBA Draft to go along with Sutton-Brown. Going into the 2007 season, the Fever had their eyes set on the WNBA Finals. They started off the season strong, winning 16 out of their first 20 games, which was the best 20 game start in history of the Eastern Conference. Then on July 20, key player Tamika Catchings would injure her foot and would miss the rest of the regular season. The injury was later revealed as a partial tear of her
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. The Fever would finish 5–9 without Catchings. They managed to win the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, beating out the Connecticut Sun. They played the same Sun team in first round of the playoffs. Game 1 in Connecticut was an epic battle, going three overtimes with the Sun hanging on to win Game 1, 93–88. The Fever would win Game 2 at home by double digits forcing a decisive Game 3. In game 3, the Fever would find themselves down by 22 points late halfway through the 3rd quarter. The Fever battled back to win Game 3 in overtime by the same score as Game 1 93–88. The 22-point comeback was the largest comeback in WNBA Playoff history. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Fever played their other hated rival, the
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. The Fever would grab an early lead in the series, winning Game 1 at Conseco Fieldhouse. With the team just 1 game away from the
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the Fever traveled to Detroit. In Game 2, the game would be close until the 2nd quarter, when the Shock would blow the game wide open with a 14–0 run, and would easily win the game. With a spot in the Finals up for grabs in Game 3, the Fever would start off the game with an early 17–3 lead. Then late in the first half Catchings went down with another injury; she had completely
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. The Shock ended up winning Game 3, 85–61.


2008

On October 26, 2007, the Fever announced that they declined the option for head coach Brian Winters, ending his four-year tenure in charge. He compiled a 78–58 regular season record with a 5–7 playoff record. On December 12, 2007, assistant coach Lin Dunn was named his successor to the job as head coach. In one of the biggest trades in WNBA history, the Fever traded
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and their first-round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft for
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native, Katie Douglas on February 19, 2008. The Fever were part of the Liberty Outdoor Classic, which was the first regular-season professional basketball game played outdoors. It was played between the Fever and
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at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing, New York on July 19, 2008, with the Fever winning the game, 71–55. During the 2008 season, the Fever struggled in comparison to the three previous seasons. They finished with a 17–17 record, good for fourth place in the playoffs. Meeting the
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in the first round, the Fever lost in three games.


2009–2012

After a disappointing 2008 season, the Fever were looking to improve in 2009.
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owners had said the Fever have been losing money. The only thing to save the Fever from folding in the near future, the owners inferred, was for the Fever to be successful on the court and at the box office. The Fever took the owners' ultimatum to heart and reached the playoffs as the first seed overall in the Eastern Conference with a franchise best record of 22–12. In the first round, the Fever ousted the
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in a sweep, marking their return to the conference finals. In the East finals, again facing their rival
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, they reached their first ever
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by defeating the Shock in three games. The Fever then lost in 5 games to the
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in the
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. Because of the success in 2009, the Fever announced they would remain in
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for 2010. Their 2011 season in Indianapolis was also confirmed as well. In 2012, the Fever advanced to the 2012 WNBA Finals. Indiana then defeated the
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, 3 games to 1. It was the Fever's first WNBA title.


2012–2016

After the Fever won the 2012 WNBA championship, the ownership group took notice of their management – by promoting general manager Kelly Krauskopf to president of the franchise. Krauskopf has been giving additional duties within the franchise as well as a pay increase. The Fever competed for another title in
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, reaching the finals for the third time in franchise history, but fell short losing to the Minnesota Lynx in five games. In 2016, the Fever made it to the playoffs for the 12th consecutive time (the current WNBA record for most consecutive playoff appearances by a team). However, the Fever were upset in the first round elimination game against the
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after the league's new playoff format was in effect. This game also marked the final game of
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's playing career; she had been known as the Fever's franchise player since 2002.


2016–present

On November 18, 2016, it was announced that the Fever hired Pokey Chatman as their new head coach. In February 2017, the Fever traded for five-time all-star
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along with the Mercury's 2017 first-round pick in a three-team deal that sent Camille Little and Jillian Alleyne to the Mercury and the
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receiving the 8th overall pick in the
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along with Lynetta Kizer from the Fever. Despite acquiring a veteran all-star forward and a new head coach, the Fever would have one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history. On August 12, 2017, the Fever were defeated 111–52 by the Minnesota Lynx, marking it the largest margin of defeat in WNBA history, in which they allowed a league record 37–0 scoring run during the game. The Fever finished with the second-worst record in the league of 9–25 in their first season after Catchings's retirement, ending their streak of 12 consecutive playoff seasons. In 2018, disappointment continued for the Fever as they rebuilt their team. They finished in last place, this time with a 6–28 record. On March 4, 2019, Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced Allison Barber, a graduate of Tennessee Temple University and Indiana University, as the new president and chief operating officer of the Fever, while Catchings was named vice president of Fever Basketball Operations. They would wind up with the third selection in the 2019 WNBA draft, selecting Teaira McCowan from Mississippi State. The 2019 season saw some improvement, but the team nonetheless finished 13–21, two games behind the last playoff spot. After the season, coach and general manager Pokey Chatman was fired. On November 27, 2019,
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was introduced as the head coach of the Indiana Fever, making her the seventh coach in the franchise's 20-year WNBA history. In addition, it was also announced that Catchings would be promoted to general manager. Near the end of the 2019 season, the Fever announced that they would move their home games to Butler University's Hinkle Fieldhouse for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, plus at least part of the 2022 season, to accommodate renovations of Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The team plans to return to the renamed Gainbridge Fieldhouse upon project completion. However, the
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has been played in IMG Academy in
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, due to the
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. For the 2021 season, the Fever played their first four home games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, before playing the remaining home games at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. On February 14th, 2022, Tamika Catchings stepped down as the Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager of the Indiana Fever. On February 24th, 2022, former Fever coach Lin Dunn, who guided the team to a WNBA title in 2012, was introduced as the franchise’s interim General Manager and Senior Advisor for Fever Basketball Operations.


Uniforms

*2000–2006: The home jerseys were white with red, dark blue and yellow on the sides. On the front, Fever was written across. The road jersey were dark blue with red and yellow on the sides. Indiana in red letters trimmed with white on the chest. *2007–2010: Home jerseys are white with blue and yellow strips/trim from the neck down the side. Fever is written in red across the front and on the back the player name is written in all dark blue under the number also in red trimmed in dark blue. The new road jerseys are dark blue with yellow and white trim/strips. Indiana is written on the front in red with white trim and on the back the number is in red with white trim with the player's name underneath in all white. Each jersey has the Fever's alternate logo at the top on the back. *2011–2012: As part of the move to
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's Revolution 30 technology, the Fever made subtle changes to the uniforms. Home uniforms remain white, but the 'Fever' wordmark is now written in navy with red and yellow trim. Numbers are now rounded and in red. Away uniforms remain unchanged save for the striping patterns and rounded numbers. *2013–2015: On October 19, 2012, the Fever announced that Finish Line will be their uniform sponsor, beginning with the 2013 season. The uniform stayed the same aside from a new number scheme and the addition of the uniform sponsor. *2016: As part of a league-wide initiative for its 20th season, all games featured all-color uniform matchups. Therefore, the Fever unveiled a yellow jersey as a light-colored uniform to complement its standard navy uniform. *2019: The Fever announced Salesforce as their uniform sponsor, replacing Finish Line. Along with all other WNBA team uniforms, the front of the jersey prominently features both Salesforce and AT&T, a new partner for the WNBA. The number of the player is now just on the back of the jersey.


Season-by-season records


Players


Current roster


Former players

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(2005–2010) *
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(2002–2016), served as the team's general manager (2020-2022) *
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(2006–2007) * Katie Douglas (2008–2013) *
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(2017–2020) * Yolanda Griffith (2009) * Ebony Hoffman (2004–2009) * Niele Ivey (2001–2004), currently the head coach of the
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(2002–2003) * Kelly Miller (2004–2005) *
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(2002–2003) * Kristen Rasmussen (2003–2004) * Kelly Schumacher (2001–2005) * Olympia Scott (2001–2002, 2006) * Coquese Washington (2002–2003), currently an associate head coach for the
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(2000–2004), former head coach for the
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(2005–2008) *
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(2006–2007) *
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(2003–2005) * Kara Wolters (2000) * Shavonte Zellous (2010–2015) * Shyra Ely (2011)


Retired numbers


Coaches and staff


Owners

* Herb Simon (2000–present), owner of the
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* Melvin Simon (2000–2009), former co-owner of the
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Head coaches


General managers

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(2000–2003) * Kelly Krauskopf (2004–2017) * Pokey Chatman (2018–2019) *
Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA champi ...
(2020–2022) * Lin Dunn (2022–Present)


Assistant coaches

*
Shelley Patterson Shelley Patterson is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach with the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. College career Patterson played point guard for the Cougars and graduated from Washington State University in 1984. Patters ...
(2000–2003) * Julie Plank (2000–2007) * Lin Dunn (2004–2007) * Jim Lewis (2008–2010) * Gary Kloppenburg (2008–2011, 2015–2016, 2022–present) *
Stephanie White Stephanie Joanne White (formerly Stephanie White-McCarty; born June 20, 1977) is a former professional basketball player and head coach of the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was previously head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores women's basket ...
(2011–2014) * Mickie DeMoss (2012–2013) * Sylvia Crawley (2014) *
Gail Goestenkors Gail Ann Goestenkors (born February 26, 1963) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team. She is perhaps best known as the women's college basketball head coach of Duke ...
(2015) * Steven Key (2016–2017) *Jessica Miller (2017–2019) *Christie Sides (2018–2019) *Steve Smith (2020–2021) *April (McDivitt) Schilling (2020) *
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 Dr ...
(2020) *Jhared Simpson (2021–present) *
Vicki Hall Vicki Hall (born October 3, 1969) is an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever since 2021. Before joining the WNBA team, Hall served as the head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball team from 2018 to 2021. As a basketball playe ...
(2021–present) *
Carlos Knox Carlos Knox (born October 7, 1974) is a former American basketball player . He is considered one of the best players to ever represent Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, leading NCAA in scoring for two straight seasons. Knox ...
(2022)


Statistics

, - , 2000 , K. Wolters (11.9) , K. Wolters (5.3) , R. Williams (3.2) , 69.2 vs 71.6 , 29.1 vs 29.8 , .433 vs .449 , - ,
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
, R. Williams (11.9) , J. Streimikyte (5.1) , R. Williams (3.6) , 67.3 vs 70.3 , 29.2 vs 30.2 , .418 vs .449 , - ,
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
, T. Catchings (18.6) , T. Catchings (8.6) , T. Catchings (3.7) , 65.5 vs 66.5 , 29.6 vs 29.1 , .401 vs .442 , - ,
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
, T. Catchings (19.7) , T. Catchings (8.0) , T. Catchings (3.4) , 68.7 vs 68.3 , 29.1 vs 29.0 , .417 vs .439 , - ,
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
, T. Catchings (16.7) , T. Catchings (7.3) , T. Catchings (3.4) , 64.6 vs 66.0 , 32.4 vs 28.5 , .393 vs .431 , - ,
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
, T. Catchings (14.7) , T. Catchings (7.8) , T. Catchings (4.2) , 63.8 vs 62.7 , 29.8 vs 29.1 , .400 vs .431 , - ,
2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...
, T. Catchings (16.3) , T. Catchings (7.5) , T. Catchings (3.7) , 71.6 vs 68.1 , 32.2 vs 31.2 , .407 vs .432 , - ,
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...
, T. Catchings (16.6) , T. Catchings (9.0) , T. Catchings (4.7) , 72.9 vs 69.7 , 33.9 vs 34.2 , .419 vs .402 , - ,
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
, K. Douglas (15.6) , E. Hoffman (7.8) , T. Catchings (3.3) , 72.7 vs 72.3 , 33.1 vs 34.4 , .402 vs .419 , - ,
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
, K. Douglas (17.6) , T. Catchings (7.2) , T. Catchings (3.1) , 76.6 vs 73.6 , 33.0 vs 34.3 , .402 vs .429 , - , - ,
2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
, T. Catchings (18.2) , T. Catchings (7.1) , T. Catchings (4.0) , 78.3 vs 74.1 , 32.5 vs 33.0 , .438 vs .416 , - ,
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
, T. Catchings (15.5) , T. Catchings (7.1) , T. Catchings (3.5) , 77.7 vs 73.8 , 31.6 vs 33.4 , .443 vs .424 , - ,
2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...
, T. Catchings (17.4) , T. Catchings (7.6) , B. January (3.9) , 78.3 vs 72.3 , 32.2 vs 34.4 , .418 vs .429 , - ,
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
, T. Catchings (17.7) , E. Larkins (7.8) , B. January (3.7) , 70.8 vs 70.5 , 32.0 vs 33.6 , .393 vs .437 , - ,
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
, T. Catchings (16.1) , E. Larkins (9.2) , B. January (3.7) , 74.1 vs 75.1 , 32.3 vs 31.9 , .418 vs .443 , - ,
2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
, T. Catchings (13.1) , T. Catchings (7.1) , B. January (3.4) , 77.7 vs 75.8 , 32.4 vs 32.8 , .424 vs .440 , - , 2016 , T. Catchings (12.9) , E. Larkins (7.4) , B. January (4.7) , 80.5 vs 80.9 , 30.9 vs 31.5 , .447 vs .467 , - , 2017 , C. Dupree (15.0) , C. Dupree (5.8) , E. Wheeler (4.1) , 75.1 vs 84.3 , 28.2 vs 35.2 , .429 vs .473 , - ,
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
, C. Dupree (14.2) , N. Achonwa (6.9) , E. Wheeler (4.1) , 76.4 vs 85.7 , 33.0 vs 37.0 , .406 vs .473 , - , 2019 , K. Mitchell (13.6) , T. McCowan (9.0) , E. Wheeler (5.0) , 77.6 vs 80.3 , 35.1 vs 34.7 , .422 vs .422 , - , - , 2020 , K. Mitchell (17.9) , T. McCowan (7.3) , J. Allemand (5.8) , 81.7 vs 89.5 , 33.7 vs 32.7 , .442 vs .472 , - , 2021 , K. Mitchell (17.8) , T. McCowan (9.8) , D. Robinson (3.7) , 75.3 vs 85.1 , 34.3 vs 33.4 , .416 vs .459 , - , 2022 , K. Mitchell (18.4) , N. Smith (7.9) , K. Mitchell (4.2) , 78.0 vs 89.1 , 33.3 vs 35.8 , .409 vs .474 , -


Media coverage

Currently, most Fever games are broadcast online through FeverBasketball.com and the Indiana Fever Facebook Page. Select games air instead on
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. Select games air nationally on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV, CBS, and CBS Sports Network. Broadcasters for the Fever games are Pat Boylan,
Debbie Antonelli Debbie Antonelli is a college basketball analyst who works for ESPN, Big Ten Network, CBS, FOX, and Westwood One. She also does WNBA games for ESPN and NBATV, and has been the main play-by-play voice of the Indiana Fever; since its inception, in ...
, and
Tully Bevilaqua Tully Louise Bevilaqua (née Crook on 19 July 1972) is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She formerly played for the San Antonio Stars in the WNBA and the Perth Lynx in Australia's WNBL. The 5'7" Bevilaqua's play style is ...
. Chris Denari served as the team's Play-by-Play Announcer from 2000 to 2017 before stepping down. All games (excluding blackout games, which are available on
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) are broadcast to the WNBA League Pass game feeds on the league website. Furthermore, some Fever games are broadcast nationally on
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,
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and ABC. The WNBA has reached an eight-year agreement with
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, which will pay right fees to the Fever, as well as other teams in the league.


All-time notes


Regular season attendance

* A sellout for a basketball game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse is: ** 18,345 from 2000 to 2006. ** 18,165 from 2007 to 2016. ** 17,923 from 2017 to 2021. * A sellout for a basketball game at Indiana Farmers Coliseum, the team's home during part of the 2021 and 2022 seasons, is 6,800. * A sellout for a basketball game at Hinkle Fieldhouse, the team's home for the end of the 2022 season, is 9,100.


Draft picks

*2000 Expansion Draft: Gordana Grubin (1), Sandy Brondello (8), Nyree Roberts (9), Kara Wolters (16), Rita Williams (17), Chantel Tremitiere (24) *2000: Jurgita Streimikyte (26), Usha Gilmore (42), Latina Davis (50), Renee Robinson (58) *2001: Tamika Catchings (3), Kelly Schumacher (14), Niele Ivey (19), Marlene Williams (35), April Brown (51) *2002: Tawana McDonald (13), Zuzi Klimesova (17), Kelly Komara (34), LaKeisha Taylor (49), Jillian Danker (52) *2003
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/ Portland Dispersal Draft: Sylvia Crawley (7) *2003: Gwen Jackson (6), DeTrina White (20), Ashley McElhiney (35) *2004
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Dispersal Draft: Deanna Jackson (5) *2004: Ebony Hoffman (9), Ieva Kublina (31) *2005: Tan White (2), Yolanda Paige (16), Ashley Earley (29) *2006: La'Tangela Atkinson (9), Kasha Terry (26),
Jessica Foley Jessica Mary Ellen Foley (born 20 April 1983) is a retired Australian basketballer and Australian rules footballer. As a basketballer, Foley represented Australia at both junior and senior levels and played for Duke in college basketball in th ...
(38), Marina Kuzina (40) *2007
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Dispersal Draft: selection waived *2007: Alison Bales (9), Lyndsey Medders (22), Ashley Key (35) *2008: Khadijah Whittington (26) *2009
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Dispersal Draft: selection waived *2009: Briann January (6), Christina Wirth (19), Danielle Campbell (32) *2010
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Dispersal Draft: selection waived *2010: Jene Morris (11), Armelie Lumanu (23), Joy Cheek (35) *2011: Jeanette Pohlen (9), Jori Davis (33) *2012: Sasha Goodlett (11), Courtney Hurt (34) *2014: Natasha Howard (5), Natalie Achonwa (9), Haiden Palmer (29) *2015: Chelsea Gardner (21) *2016: Tiffany Mitchell (9), Brene Moseley (21), Julie Allemand (33) *2017: Erica McCall (17), *2018: Kelsey Mitchell (2), Victoria Vivians (8), Stephanie Mavunga (14) *2019: Teaira McCowan (3), Paris Kea (25), Caliya Robinson (28) *2020: Lauren Cox (3), Kathleen Doyle (14), Kamiah Smalls (28) *2021: Kysre Gondrezick (4), Unique Thompson (19), Trinity Baptiste (24), Chelsey Perry (26), Florencia Chagas (31), Maya Caldwell (33) *2022:
NaLyssa Smith NaLyssa Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Baylor, winning the NCAA Division I Championship in ...
(2),
Emily Engstler Emily Ann Engstler (born May 1, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Syracuse during her first three years at the colle ...
(4),
Lexie Hull Lexie Lauren Hull (born September 13, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal, with whom she was a ...
(6),
Queen Egbo Queen Kamsiyochukwu Egbo (born June 29, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Baylor. She represented the United St ...
(10),
Destanni Henderson Destanni Mone Henderson (born February 2, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Henderson played college basketball for the South Carolina Gamecocks, helpi ...
(20), Ameshya Williams-Holliday (25), Ali Patberg (34)


Trades

*December 15, 1999: The Fever acquired Monica Maxwell from the Washington Mystics in exchange for agreeing to select Nyree Roberts in the expansion draft. *December 15, 1999: The Fever traded Sandy Brondello and a first-round pick in the 2000 Draft to the Miami Sol in exchange for Stephanie White. *April 25, 2000: The Fever traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets in exchange for Latavia Coleman. *April 11, 2001: The Fever traded Kara Wolters to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2001 Draft. *May 27, 2001: The Fever traded a second-round pick in the 2002 Draft to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Olympia Scott and a third-round pick in the 2002 Draft. *December 5, 2001: The Fever traded Angie Braziel to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Nikki McCray and the right to swap second- and fourth-round picks in the 2002 Draft. *March 4, 2002: The Fever traded Gordana Grubin to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Bridget Pettis and a first-round pick in the 2002 Draft. *July 20, 2002: The Fever traded Rita Williams to the Houston Comets in exchange for Coquese Washington. *May 1, 2003: The Fever traded Sylvia Crawley and Gwen Jackson to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Coretta Brown and Natalie Williams. *February 5, 2004: The Fever traded the 3rd overall and the 18th overall picks in the 2004 Draft to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Kelly Miller and the 9th overall pick in the 2004 Draft. *February 3, 2006: The Fever traded Kelly Miller to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Anna DeForge. *February 24, 2006: The Fever traded Kelly Schumacher and the 12th overall pick in the 2006 Draft to the New York Liberty in exchange for the 9th overall pick in the 2006 Draft. *March 7, 2007: The Fever traded Olympia Scott to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Ann Strother. *March 23, 2007: The Fever traded La'Tangela Atkinson to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2008 Draft. *February 19, 2008: The Fever traded Tamika Whitmore, the 9th overall pick in the 2008 Draft and the rights to Jessica Foley to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Katie Douglas. *May 14, 2008: The Fever traded K.B. Sharp to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Bernadette Ngoyisa. *July 4, 2008: The Fever traded Alison Bales to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for Kristen Mann. *May 27, 2010: The Fever traded a second-round pick in the 2011 Draft to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Shavonte Zellous. *April 29, 2011: The Fever traded second- and third-round picks to the Seattle Storm and the Washington Mystics in exchange for Erin Phillips and Seattle's third-round pick in the 2012 Draft. *March 1, 2012: The Fever traded Tangela Smith to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for Roneeka Hodges. *July 2, 2012: The Fever traded Roneeka Hodges to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for Karima Christmas. *March 11, 2014: The Fever traded Erin Phillips to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Lynetta Kizer. *May 12, 2014: The Fever traded a second-round pick in the 2015 Draft to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Maggie Lucas. *March 12, 2015: The Fever traded a first- and third-round picks in the 2015 Draft to the San Antonio Stars in exchange for Shenise Johnson and the second-round pick in the 2015 Draft. *February 2, 2016: The Fever traded Natasha Howard to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Devereaux Peters. *February 21, 2017: In a three-way trade, the Fever traded Lynetta Kizer and a first-round pick in the 2017 Draft to the Connecticut Sun. The Fever received Candice Dupree and a second-round pick in the 2017 Draft from the Phoenix Mercury. *February 1, 2018: The Fever acquired C
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and 2019 WNBA Draft third round pick via trade from Las Vegas Aces for 2019 WNBA Draft second round pick. *March 6, 2018: The Fever acquired 8th overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft via trade from
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for Briann January. *March 6, 2020: The Fever acquired the 14th pick in the 2020 Draft and Minnesota's second round pick in the 2021 Draft in exchange for Shenise Johnson and the 16th pick in the 2020 Draft. *February 8, 2021: The Fever acquired Lindsay Allen from Las Vegas and the 24th pick in the 2021 Draft in exchange for the 14th pick in the 2021 Draft. *February 15, 2021: The Fever acquired the Minnesota Lynx's 1st and 3rd round picks in the 2022 Draft, Odyssey Sims and negotiating rights to Temi Fagbenle in exchange for the Fever's 2nd round pick in the 2022 Draft. *February 20, 2022: The Fever acquired Bria Hartley, the 7th pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft, Chicago's 2023 First Round Draft pick, and Phoenix's 2022 and 2023 Second Round Draft picks in exchange for Julie Allemand. *March 8, 2022: The Fever acquired the 4th and 6th picks in the 2022 Draft and Dallas' 2023 First Round pick in exchange for Teaira McCowan, the 7th pick in the 2022 Draft and the 2023 First Round pick from Chicago.


All-Stars

*2000: None *2001: Rita Williams *2002: Tamika Catchings *2003: Tamika Catchings, Natalie Williams *2004: Natalie Williams *2005: Tamika Catchings *2006: Tamika Catchings, Tamika Whitmore *2007: Tamika Catchings, Anna DeForge, Tammy Sutton-Brown *2008: No All-Star Game *2009: Tamika Catchings, Katie Douglas *2010: Tamika Catchings, Katie Douglas *2011: Tamika Catchings, Katie Douglas *2012: No All-Star Game *2013: Tamika Catchings, Shavonte Zellous *2014: Tamika Catchings, Briann January *2015: Tamika Catchings, Marissa Coleman *2016: No All-Star Game *2017: Candice Dupree *2018: None *2019: Candice Dupree, Erica Wheeler *2020: No All-Star Game *2021: None *2022: None


Olympians

*2000: Kara Wolters *2004: Tamika Catchings *2008: Tamika Catchings, Tully Bevilaqua ( AUS) *2012: Tamika Catchings *2016: Tamika Catchings, Natalie Achonwa ( CAN) *2020: Julie Allemand, (
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Honors and awards

*2002 ''Rookie of the Year'': Tamika Catchings *2002 ''All-WNBA First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2003 ''All-WNBA First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2004 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2004 ''Most Improved Player'': Kelly Miller *2005 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2005 ''Defensive Player of the Year'': Tamika Catchings *2005 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2005 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tully Bevilaqua *2005 ''All-Rookie Team'': Tan White *2006 ''All-Decade Team'': Tamika Catchings *2006 ''All-WNBA First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2006 ''Defensive Player of the Year'': Tamika Catchings *2006 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2006 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tully Bevilaqua *2007 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2007 ''Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award'': Tully Bevilaqua *2007 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2007 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Tully Bevilaqua *2008 ''Most Improved Player'': Ebony Hoffman *2008 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2008 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tully Bevilaqua *2009 ''All-WNBA First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2009 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Katie Douglas *2009 ''Defensive Player of the Year'': Tamika Catchings *2009 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2009 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tully Bevilaqua *2010 ''All-WNBA First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2010 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Katie Douglas *2010 ''Defensive Player of the Year'': Tamika Catchings *2010 ''Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award'': Tamika Catchings *2010 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2010 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Tully Bevilaqua *2010 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Katie Douglas *2011 ''Most Valuable Player'': Tamika Catchings *2011 ''All-WNBA First Team:'' Tamika Catchings *2011 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2011 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Katie Douglas *2012 ''Finals Most Valuable Player'': Tamika Catchings *2012 ''Defensive Player of the Year'': Tamika Catchings *2012 ''All-WNBA First Team:'' Tamika Catchings *2012 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2012 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Briann January *2013 ''Most Improved Player'': Shavonte Zellous *2013 ''Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award'': Tamika Catchings *2013 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2013 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2013 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Briann January *2014 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Briann January *2014 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2015 ''All-Rookie Team'': Natalie Achonwa *2015 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Tamika Catchings *2015 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Briann January *2015 ''All-WNBA Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2016 ''Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award'': Tamika Catchings *2016 ''All-Defensive First Team'': Briann January *2016 ''All-Defensive Second Team'': Tamika Catchings *2016 ''All-Rookie Team'': Tiffany Mitchell *2018 ''All-Rookie Team'': Kelsey Mitchell *2019 ''All-Star Game MVP'': Erica Wheeler *2019 ''All-Rookie Team'': Teaira McCowan *2020 ''All-Rookie Team'': Julie Allemand *2022 ''All-Rookie Team'': Queen Egbo, NaLyssa Smith


References


External links

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