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CAREER CAPSULE:
WNBA All-Star in each of her first two seasons (2007, 2006)
2008 US Olympian and gold medalist
2007 WNBA Finals MVP
2006 WNBA All-Rookie Team
Was selected by the Mercury with the second overall pick in the 2006 WNBA Draft
Along with Taurasi, first WNBA teammates to score 30 or more in the same game twice, doing so on June 20, 2008 and on June 6, 2006
Became the fifth player in league history to record 500 or more points in each of her first three seasons, joining teammate Taurasi
Third rookie all-time to break the 600-point mark (Augustus, Cooper), second most points in a single-season for a rookie (Augustus)
Two-time WNBA Player of the Week, July 14-20, 2008, June 5-11,, 2006
Recorded a WNBA rookie-record 226 points in first 10 career games
Has nailed two game-winning shots in her career; June 28, 2006 vs. Minnesota and July 6, 2007 vs. Connecticut (2OT)
2008 WNBA SEASON:
Was WNBA’s second-leading scorer (21.2 ppg)
Appeared in 32 games (32 starts)
Recorded four 30-point efforts, bringing her career total to eight, second-most in franchise history
Recorded career-highs in scoring (21.2 ppg), rebounding (3.7 rpg) and assists (4.2 apg, 8th-WNBA)
Led team in assists per game (4.2 apg)
Led team in scoring 12 times, assists 14 times and rebounds three times
Led team in steals 10 times and minutes eight times
Scored 20+ points in 20-of-32 games in 2008
Reached double-digits in scoring in 31 of 32 games in which she appeared
Recorded 5+ rebounds nine times and 5+ assists 15 times
Named Western Conference POW for week ending July 20, 2008
Along with Taurasi, broke record she set in 2006 as the highest-scoring teammates in league history (45.3 ppg)
2007 WNBA SEASON:
• 2007 WNBA All-Star
• 2007 WNBA Finals MVP
• Appeared in 31 games (31 starts)
• Missed three games due to a strained left groin (6/20-24); Phoenix was 1-2 in those contests
• Became the ninth player in league history to record 500 or more points in each of her first two seasons, joining teammate Taurasi
• Third-leading scorer on team at 17.2 points per game (8th-WNBA)
• Third on team in assists with 4.0 per game (10th-WNBA)
• After the All-Star Break (14 games), averaged 17.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.7 assists compared to 14.1 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists
before the break (20 games)
• Led the team in scoring six times, rebounds once, assists 10 times and minutes four times
• Scored 30 or more once (four times her in her career)
• Scored 20 or more in 11 games
• Despite a slight dip in scoring average in sophomore season, averaged more assists (3.1 in 2006) and rebounds (3.3 in 2006)
• Nailed the game-winning jumper with 2.1 seconds left in double overtime vs. Connecticut on July 6, second game-winning shot of her career
2006 WNBA SEASON:
• 2006 WNBA All-Star
• 2006 WNBA All-Rookie team
• WNBA Player of the Week for the week of June 5-11th
• Fourth in WNBA in scoring (19.5)
• Scored 624 total points, the second-most prolific scoring rookie in league history behind draft-mate Seimone Augustus
• Third rookie in WNBA history to break the 600-point mark (Cynthia Cooper, Augustus)
• Finished in league’s top 20 in scoring, three-point percentage (.373, 17th), free-throw percentage (.853, 10th) and minutes played (33.4, 5th)
• Finished in top five among rookies in eight statistical categories: scoring (2nd), rebounds (3.3, 5th), assists (3.1, 1st), field goal percentage
(.442, 5th), three-point percentage (.373, 3rd), free-throw percentage (.853, 4th), steals (1.2, 4th), minutes (33.4, 1st)
• Scored a league rookie-record 35 points at Detroit on July 6th
• Posted back-to-back 30-point games (6/2, 6/6), joining Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes as the only players in league history to accomplish
such a feat (later joined by teammate Taurasi)
• Along with Taurasi, became the first teammates to score 30 or more in the same game
• Three 30-point games in rookie season (second-most all-time among rookies)
• Scored 20 or more in 18 of 32 games, including six straight (5/25-6/13), and recorded double figures 28 times
• Scored 226 points in first ten career games, the most in league history
• Led the team in scoring 10 times, assists eight times, steals a team-high eight times, minutes 11 times and rebounding once
• Posted first career double-double on May 31 vs. San Antonio (26 points, 10 rebounds), the 16th 20-10 game in Mercury history
• Nailed the game-winning three-point shot with 5.8 seconds remaining in regulation vs. Minnesota (6/28)
COLLEGE CAREER:
• Averaged 18.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game in 121 games (103 starts)
• As a senior, was a finalist for the State Farm Wade Trophy, the Naismith Award, the Women’s Wooden Award, the Bayer Advantage Senior
CLASS Award, the Honda Sports Award for Basketball and the Nancy Lieberman Award (nation’s top point guard)
• Picked as the 2006 Women’s Basketball News Service National Player of the Year
• Unanimous selection as the 2006 BIG EAST Player of the Year and the only player in league history to be named to the All-BIG EAST First
Team four times during her career
• In 2006, was selected to the Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America First Team, the Associated Press All-
America First Team, the ESPN.com All-America First Team, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-America Team, the WBNS All-
America First Team, the Women’s Wooden Award All-America Team, the Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team, the Full Court Press
All-America First Team and the Gballmag.com All-America First Team
• Had 106 double-digit scoring games (57 20+ points, five 30+ points, one 40+ points)
• Three double-digit rebounding games, one double-digit assist game and three double-doubles
• Rutgers all-time career ranks:
First in three-point field-goal percentage (164-385, .426), second in scoring (2,211), free throws made (427), field goals made (810) and field goals
attempted (1,768), third in scoring average (18.3 ppg), three-point field goals made (164) and free throws attempted (539), fourth in three-point
field goals attempted (385), fifth in assists (470), tied for sixth in free-throw percentage (427-539, .792), tied for seventh in steals (213)
International/National Team:
• Spent 2007-08 offseason playing for Fenerbahce in Turkey
• Played overseas during her first WNBA offseason for Fenerbahce in Turkey
• Most Valuable Player of the 2007 Euroleage All-Star Game
• Invited to camp with USA Basketball Women’s Senior National Team with group that competed in 2006 World Championships in Brazil
• Named to the 2006 USA Basketball Senior National Team for the USA team that competed in the 2006 Opals World Challenge
• Won gold medals at the 2005 World University Games
• 2003 FIBA World Championship for Young Women
• 2002 World Championship for Young Women Qualifying Tournament
• 2000 Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament
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