2010 Media Guide

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2010 Media Guide


2010 STORM SEASON SCHEDULE

Table of Contnets GENERAL INFORMATION

General Information/WNBA Key Dates............................................ 2 Ticket Information.......................................................................... 3 WNBA Cares................................................................................... 4 Storm in the Community................................................................ 5 Anne Levinson................................................................................ 6 Ginny Gilder................................................................................... 7 Lisa Brummel................................................................................. 8 Dawn Trudeau................................................................................ 9 Karen Bryant ............................................................................... 10 Brian Agler................................................................................... 12 Nancy Darsch, Jenny Boucek........................................................ 14 Missy Bequette, Danielle Yellam.................................................. 15 Melissa Hardin, Tom Spencer....................................................... 16

All-Time Attendance/Franchise Firsts.......................................... 74 Draft History................................................................................. 75 All-Time Transactions................................................................... 76 2000 Season Review.................................................................... 80 2001 Season Review.................................................................... 82 2002 Season Review.................................................................... 84 2003 Season Review.................................................................... 86 2004 Season Review.................................................................... 88 2005 Season Review.................................................................... 90 2006 Season Review.................................................................... 92 2007 Season Review.................................................................... 94 2008 Season Review.................................................................... 96 All-Time Roster............................................................................. 98 All-Time Jersey Numbers............................................................ 107 All-Time College Roster............................................................ 1108

Storm Players

Storm Playoff History

Storm Basketball

2010 Seattle Storm Roster........................................................... 18 Svetlana Abrosimova................................................................... 20 Sue Bird....................................................................................... 22 Abby Bishop................................................................................. 26 Swin Cash.................................................................................... 28 Lauren Jackson............................................................................ 32 Alison Lacey................................................................................. 36 Camille Little............................................................................... 38 Ashley Robinson........................................................................... 40 Jana Veselá ................................................................................. 42 Le’coe Willingham........................................................................ 44 Tanisha Wright............................................................................. 46

2009 Regular Season Review

2009 Team Photo/Regular Season Statistics............................... 50 Miscellaneous Statistics.............................................................. 51 Game-By-Game Results............................................................... 52 Game-By-Game Statistics............................................................ 53 Game Leaders/Starting Lineups/Injuries...................................... 54 Team Highs/Lows......................................................................... 55 Individual Highs........................................................................... 56 Individual and Team Season High Games.................................... 57 Transactions................................................................................ 58

Storm All-Time Records

To purchase single-game tickets, log on to stormbasketball.com, visit any Ticketmaster outlet, call 1-877-WNBA-TIX, or on the day of the game go to the KeyArena Box Office 90 minutes before tipoff.

Storm History

Year-By-Year Record/Overtime Results........................................ 60 Opening Night Records/Lineups................................................... 61 High-Low Scoring Games/Win-Loss Streaks................................. 62 Team Records............................................................................... 64 Opponent Team Records............................................................... 65 Storm/Opponent Individual Records............................................. 66 All-Time 30+ Points Performances.............................................. 67 All-Time Double-Doubles.............................................................. 68 Award Winners/All-Stars/League Leaders.................................... 70 Year-By-Year Statistical Leaders/Year-By-Year Statistics............ 71 All-Time Career Leaders............................................................... 72

Year-By-Year Playoff Results...................................................... 110 Team Playoff Records................................................................. 111 Opponent Team Playoff Records................................................. 112 Storm/Opponent Individual Playoff Records............................... 113 Year-By-Year Playoff Statistics.................................................. 114

Storm Opponents

Atlanta Dream............................................................................ 118 Chicago Sky............................................................................... 120 Connecticut Sun......................................................................... 122 Indiana Fever............................................................................. 124 Los Angeles Sparks.................................................................... 126 Minnesota Lynx........................................................................... 128 New York Liberty......................................................................... 130 Phoenix Mercury......................................................................... 132 San Antonio Silver Stars............................................................ 134 Tulsa Shock................................................................................ 136 Washington Mystics................................................................... 138 WNBA Team PR Contacts........................................................... 140 WNBA League PR Contacts........................................................ 142

2009 WNBA Review

Standings/Head-To-Head Standings/ WNBA Attendance...................................................................... 144 Individual Leaders..................................................................... 145 Team Offensive/Defensive Statistics.......................................... 146 Team Rankings/Miscellaneous Statistics................................... 147 WNBA Playoffs/Award Winners................................................... 148

Media Information/WNBA Information

General Media Information......................................................... 150 Seattle Media Outlets................................................................. 151 Storm Broadcast Team............................................................... 152 WNBA History............................................................................. 153 2010 Seattle Storm Roster Cheat Sheet..................................... 156

All Storm games broadcast on 1150 AM KKNW. stormbasketball.com

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Storm General Information Storm Office Address

Seattle Storm 3421 Thorndyke Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119

Storm Training Facility

Royal Brougham Pavilion, Seattle Pacific University 3414 Third Ave W, Seattle, WA 98119

Telephone

206-217-WNBA (9622)

Home Court

KeyArena (Storm Capacity: 9,686)

Team Colors

Storm Green, Storm Gold, Storm Red and Storm Bronze

KeyArena Ticket Map East Entrance

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Television TBD KKNW 1150 AM

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Website stormbasketball.com Matt Pittman

Play-By-Play Announcer

Dick Fain

Game Analyst

Adia Barnes

Home Game Times

12 p.m., 6 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 7 p.m.

Single-Game Ticket Prices

$14, $19, $28, $34, $46, $49, $55

Storm Ticket Information

206-217-WNBA (9622) or 1-877-WNBA-TIX (9622-849)

May 14 Final Roster Cut-down Date: 11 players, 2:00 pm EDT

April 8 WNBA Draft – 3:00pm on ESPN2 - Secaucus, New Jersey

May 15 Regular Season Begins

April 10 Player Orientation – Secaucus, New Jersey

July 1 Mid-Season “Cutdown” Date

April 9 - 16 Local team tryouts

July 10 WNBA All-Star Game ESPN – 3:30 pm EDT – Mohegan Sun, CT

April 25 Training Camp Begins

July 26 Trade Deadline, 8:00 pm EDT

April 26 Media Day (tentative)

August 22 Regular Season Ends

April 30 Pre-season Games begin

August 25 Playoffs Begin

May 12 Last possible date for Pre-season Games

September 21 Last possible Finals Date

The 2010 Seattle Storm Media Guide was written and edited by Storm public relations manager Jennifer Carroll and Storm web content coordinator Kevin Pelton. Special thanks to Elias Sports Bureau and the WNBA for providing statistical information. Photography by Terrence Vaccaro, PSBJ and NBAE Photos. Design and page layout by Jason Snavlin, graphic artist and illustrator at The Design Farm.

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VISITOR

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April 4 & 6 NCAA Women’s Final Four – San Antonio, TX.

Seattle Storm 3421 Thorndyke Ave. W. Seattle, WA 98119 PR Hotline: 206-281-5847

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COURTSIDE

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2010 WNBA KEY DATES

Produced by:

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PA Announcer

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Radio

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The information contained in this publication was compiled by the Seattle Storm and is provided as a courtesy to fans and the media and may be used only for personal or editorial purposes. Any commercial use of this information is prohibited without the prior written consent of the Seattle Storm.

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SINGLE-GAME TICKET PRICING

$55

$49

$46

$34

$28

$19

$14

COURTSIDE SEATING

$75-$125

To purchase your tickets, log on to stormbasketball.com or call 206-217-WNBA

All WNBA and team insignias depicted in this publication are the property of NBA Properties, Inc. and the respective teams of the WNBA and may not be reproduced for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of NBA Properties, Inc. © Copyright 2010 Seattle Storm

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WNBA CARES

Storm in the Community The Seattle Storm believes that success is not measured solely by wins on the basketball court. Giving back to the community is also a high priority, and the Storm has established a strong connection with its fans throughout the region.

Through WNBA Cares, the WNBA is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on education, youth and family development and health and wellness. WNBA GREEN The WNBA is committed to a longterm environmental plan through the implementation of sustainable business practices and procedures that decrease the league’s carbon footprint and contribute to a clean, healthy environment. The WNBA Greening Initiative is an innovative program designed to reduce the environmental impact of the league’s operations and events.

BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS The WNBA Breast Health Awareness program has focused on generating awareness and educating women about breast cancer in addition to raising funds for the initiative.

WNBA FIT Encourages girls and women of all ages to learn more about their bodies and the importance of physical fitness through programs related to health, fitness, nutrition and self-esteem. Programming inspires girls and women to get started on “being fit” through small changes in their daily routine. The NBA FIT/ WNBA FIT Challenge is free for boys and girls ages 14 and under, and encourages participants to maintain healthy, active lifestyles. The competition will offer more than 100,000 youngsters the chance to demonstrate their physical fitness through a time-based fitness course that includes line sprints, jump rope, speed revolutions, wall passes, and defensive shuffles. The challenge tests participants’ speed, strength, agility, and overall physical fitness.

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Dribble, Dish & Swish is free for boys and girls ages 7 to 12 and encourages participants to be active and to maintain healthy lifestyles. The competition gives participants the opportunity to showcase their fundamental basketball skills and physical fitness through a time-based, half-court obstacle course. The local champion in each age and gender group will receive an all-expense paid trip to NBA All-Star 2010 in Dallas, Texas, where they will compete in the national finals for the chance to serve as a ball kid at a select NBA All-Star event.

The team aims to serve as a powerful community advocate with a focus on literacy, health and fitness, support for women and girls and youth basketball. The Storm strives to strengthen the bond between players and fans by creating meaningful, personal experiences and to enrich their support of local organizations through effective community partnerships. Recognized as one of the WNBA’s most active teams in the community, the Storm is committed to serving others through the team’s community initiatives. Read to Achieve

JR. STORM PROGRAM

READ TO ACHIEVE A year-round, league-wide initiative that promotes the values of reading and on-line literacy and encourages families and adults to read regularly with young children. The program includes special reading time-outs, the donation of books and literacy materials to schools and community based organizations, and the creation of Reading and Learning Centers and Reading Corners throughout the world.

VACCINES FOR TEENS

A national multimedia campaign designed to educate teens and their parents about the importance of vaccination against potentially life-threatening diseases.

With the goal of making “Every Child a Reader,” the Storm continues its partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County to promote summer reading in the Read to Achieve program. Youth participants who complete the program earn Storm tickets, and Storm players visit Boys & Girls Clubs locations to read to children.

The Storm is a positive organization that demonstrates its commitment to the community by investing in local youth. Storm players are strong role models and the organization actively leads community initiatives that encourage youth to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. Through the Storm, Bing too will connect with the Seattle community from the ground level and support positive initiatives to ensure our community can continue to have access to these activities. As the presenting sponsor of the Jr. Storm youth basketball initiative Bing will provide tickets to all program participants during the 2010 season. In April of 2010, the Storm and Bing launched the first Jr. Storm Tour and will host free basketball clinics for youth between Kindergarten and 6th grade at every King County Boys and Girls Club location during the 2010 season.

TICKETS FOR KIDS One of the Storm’s signature community initiatives is Tickets for Kids, a charitable donation program that allows individuals and corporations to purchase Storm tickets for local nonprofit organizations that serve children in the Puget Sound area. Through Tickets for Kids, children have the opportunity to experience the WNBA firsthand and to be exposed to positive female role models.

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FORCE 10 Hoops L.L.C. A long-time resident of Seattle and former public official, Anne led the effort in 2007 to form a local ownership group and negotiate the purchase of the Storm to save women’s professional basketball in the Pacific Northwest.

ANNE LEVINSON

Anne began her career in public service in the City of Seattle, starting in the City’s budget office, then serving variously as a special assistant to the Mayor, Chief of staff, Legal Counsel and Deputy Mayor. She was then appointed by Governor Locke as Chair of Washington State’s Utilities & Transportation Commission, where she helped lead the state’s fight against energy deregulation. After that she served as a judge, creating one of the nation’s first mental health courts, to help ensure that persons with mental illness get appropriately diverted out of jail and connected with treatment, shelter and case management. Upon retiring from the bench she served as an advisor to governments and non-profits, leading several projects directed toward systemic improvements for the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. She has founded or served on the board of directors for dozens of Seattle charitable organizations, and currently serves on the board of directors for the Center for Children & Youth Justice, on a national advisory panel for the MacArthur Foundation, and advisory boards for the Women’s Funding Alliance and NEW (National Education for Women’s) Leadership Puget Sound. In 2006, she chaired the statewide campaign to defeat the attempted repeal of the State’s anti-discrimination law, protecting gay men and lesbians from job and housing discrimination.

FORCE 10 Hoops L.L.C. Ginny Gilder has started several entrepreneurial ventures, both businesses and non-profits. Today she is principal of her own investment business and president of one of her family’s philanthropic entities, which invests in projects throughout the world that seek to level the economic playing field and promote social justice. She established Washington Works, a local non-profit dedicated to supporting welfare recipients obtain and retain livablewage employment, and served as its first Executive Director. She has also served on various non-profit boards, locally and around the country, all focused on education or sports. A rower, she earned four varsity letters at Yale University, and was an All-Ivy Champion twice. Her freshman year she helped usher in the post-Title IX era at Yale by participating in the now-famous women’s crew strip-in protesting the lack of equal facilities. In addition, she represented the United States on four national teams, including two Olympic teams. She was named to the U.S. team which boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984. She has helped launch two community rowing programs, one in Boston, MA and another in Derby, CT. She received an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for community service in 2004. Ginny resides with her partner, Lynn Slaughter, an avid Storm fan, and has three children, all athletes themselves.

Ginny Gilder

Levinson played field hockey in college and as an athlete led a multiyear effort to secure equal funding for the women’s teams, ultimately filing one of the country’s first Title IX complaints, resulting in more equitable treatment for female athletes. As Deputy Mayor, she was instrumental in Seattle acquiring its first professional women’s basketball team, the Seattle Reign.

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FORCE 10 Hoops L.L.C. Lisa Brummel is the senior vice president for Human Resources at Microsoft, and a member of Microsoft’s senior management team. For 10 years prior to that, she served as corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Home & Retail Division. As head of this billion-dollar division, she was responsible for overseeing worldwide development and business strategy for Microsoft’s line of consumer hardware, software and Macintosh products.

Lisa Brummel

As an athlete at Yale University, she was named to the Ivy League Women’s Hall of Fame for Softball, MVP on the All-Ivy teams for both basketball and softball, and held a number of university records. She was drafted by the Dallas Diamonds in the 4th round of the 1981 Women’s Professional Basketball League (WBL) draft. She is active in charitable ventures associated with Hopelink community services, the University of Washington Medical Center, and Yale University.

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FORCE 10 Hoops L.L.C. Dawn Trudeau spent over 20 years in the software industry. During 14 years at Microsoft she held a variety of leadership positions, heading up divisions in Database and Development tools as well as Consumer Products. For the past twelve years she has helped emerging non-profits to develop the capacity to deliver their programs with maximum effectiveness. She is the President of the Seattle Storm Foundation, chairs the Board of the Economic Opportunity Institute and is a member of the University of Washington Women’s Center Advisory Board. She also serves on the Board of Social Venture Partners International and the Advisory Board of the Business Partnership for Early Learning. Trudeau focuses her energies on early learning and social and economic justice programs that help provide equal opportunity for all people to develop economic security and personal success.

Dawn Trudeau Chairperson

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Storm Front Office Karen Bryant has been involved with women’s professional basketball for the past 14 years. She started her career in sports in 1996 as the Director of Operations for the American Basketball League’s Seattle Reign. She then served as General Manager of the Reign before being recruited in June 1999 by the Seattle Sonics to lead the organization’s effort to secure a WNBA expansion franchise.

KAREN BRYANT Ceo, Seattle Storm

Under Bryant’s leadership the past ten seasons, the Storm has been recognized as one of the top franchises in the WNBA. Named the Storm’s Chief Executive Officer in 2008, Bryant is responsible for overseeing business and basketball operations for the franchise. Bryant was recognized as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence in 2005. She is involved with several non-profit organizations and currently serves on the board of the Seattle Sports Commission. Bryant was a standout athlete at Woodway High School in Edmonds before continuing her basketball career at Green River Community College, Seattle University and the University of Washington. She graduated from U.W. with a degree in Communications.

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Storm Basketball The 2010 WNBA season marks Brian Agler’s third campaign as the Seattle Storm head coach, and his seventh year as a head coach in the WNBA. Agler was introduced as the Storm’s head coach on Jan. 8, 2008 and is the third coach in Storm history. He also assumed the role of director of player personnel.

Brian Agler Head Coach and Director of Player Personnel

Prior to joining the Storm is 2008, Agler was the head coach and general manager of the expansion team Minnesota Lynx from 19992002, where he compiled a 42-54 (.438) record. Before being named the first coach of the expansion Lynx, Agler served as the head coach of the Columbus Quest of the ABL from 1996-1999, compiling an 82-22 record. He led the Quest to back-to-back ABL championships in 1997 and 1998 and was named the ABL Coach of the Year for the 1996-97 season. Agler completed his third season as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2007. Prior to joining San Antonio, he served as assistant coach with the Phoenix Mercury and helped guide the team to a 17-17 record after the Mercury finished with an 8-26 record in 2003. Agler spent 15 seasons coaching among the college ranks, including 13 seasons as a head coach. He posted an impressive collegiate record of 248-135 (.648 winning percentage). From 1993-96 he served as the head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State.

WNBA Head Coaching Record Season Team 1999 MIN 2000 MIN 2001 MIN 2002 MIN 2008 SEA 2009 SEA WNBA TOTALS

Record Pct. Playoffs 15-17 .469 DNQ 15-17 .469 DNQ 12-20 .375 DNQ 6-13 .316 --- 22-12 .647 1-2 20-14 .588 1-2 90-93 .492 2-4

Pct. --------.333 .333 .333

ABL Head Coaching Record Season Team 1996-97 COL 1997-98 COL 1998-99 COL ABL TOTALS

Record 31-9 36-8 11-3 78-20

Pct. .775 .818 .786 .796

Record 9-16 17-11 18-10 24-7 17-10 13-14 14-13 11-12 123-93

Pct. .360 .607 .643 .774 .630 .481 .519 .478 .569

Collegiate Head Coaching Record Season Team 1988-89 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1989-90 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1990-91 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1991-92 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1992-93 MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY 1993-94 KANSAS STATE 1994-95 KANSAS STATE 1995-96 KANSAS STATE COLLEGIATE TOTALS

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Playoffs Pct. 5-2* .714 5-2* .714 N/A (ABL folded in Dec. ’98) 10-4 .714

In 1988, Agler took over as the head women’s coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In five seasons at UMKC, Agler was 85-54 and took the Kangaroos from a 9-16 record in 1988-89 to four straight winning seasons with 17 or more victories. Under his direction, UMKC led the NCAA in scoring defense three consecutive seasons from 1990-93. In 1991, UMKC set an NCAA team record, allowing 51.8 points per game. As the head women’s basketball coach at Northeast Oklahoma A&M Junior College from 1984-88, Agler compiled a 124-42 record (.747 winning percentage). In 1985-86, NEO A&M was ranked second nationally and posted a 30-2 record.

Agler attended Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, where he starred on the basketball team for four seasons. He led the Tigers to their only NCAA Division III Championship in basketball as a freshman. He started all 112 games during his college career, leaving the school as the all-time assist leader (481). Agler helped lead his team to a 91-21 record during his four years with the Tigers, and was named most valuable player in the Ohio Athletic Conference and first-team All-America as a senior. In 1995, he was inducted into the Wittenberg Hall of Honor. In 1980, Agler graduated with a degree in special education and physical education. He received his master’s degree in education from Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas) in 1985. Agler and his wife Robin, have one son, Bryce, and one daughter, Taylor.

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Storm Basketball Nancy Darsch, in her third season as an assistant coach for the Seattle Storm, has coached women’s basketball at both the professional and Division I college levels. As head coach for the WNBA’s New York Liberty during the inaugural season in 1997, she led them to the championship game and a 17-11 record. She compiled a 36-24 record with New York over two seasons. Darsch took over the reigns for the Washington Mystics in 1999. After two seasons as head coach of the Mystics, Darsch became an advance scout for the team for three seasons. She later joined the Minnesota Lynx as an assistant coach from 2003-2005.

Nancy Darsch Assistant Coach

In 2006 and 2007 Darsch was an assistant coach at Boston College, helping lead the Eagles to a 13-16 campaign in 2006-07, and a 20-11 record in 200708, including a berth in the post-season WNIT. Prior to her WNBA experience, Darsch was the head coach at Ohio State University for 12 seasons. She compiled a record of 234-125 (.652) while at Ohio State. Darsch led the Buckeyes to four Big Ten Conference Championships and seven NCAA tournament appearances. In 1993, Darsch led Ohio State to an impressive 24-4 record, a Big Ten Championship and the NCAA championship game. Before her arrival at Ohio State, Darsch was an assistant coach at Tennessee for seven seasons under head coach Pat Summitt. Darsch has also been involved with USA Basketball since 1984. She has won two Olympic gold medals as an assistant coach for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

A member of the 2000 inaugural Storm staff, Missy Bequette celebrates her 11th season with the club and has been the director of basketball operations since the 2001 season. She is responsible for all travel arrangements, housing and practice scheduling, in addition to assisting with the draft, scouting and player personnel. A native of Crystal City, Mo., Bequette graduated from the University of MissouriColumbia before earning a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in sport management from the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, Bequette served as the Lady Razorbacks assistant coach during the 1985-86 season. After a year at the Arkansas School of Law, Bequette returned to the University of Missouri as an assistant coach from 1988 through 1997. Bequette’s responsibilities at Missouri included evaluation and recruitment, a task at which she achieved great success by bringing in two Big 8 Freshmen of the Year and several all-conference athletes. Bequette began her career in professional basketball with the Portland Power (ABL) in 1997, assisting former Storm Head Coach Lin Dunn. The Power won the ABL Western Conference with eventual WNBA players Natalie Williams, DeLisha Milton, Elaine Powell and Sylvia Crawley. Prior to joining the Storm in March 2000, Bequette was a teacher and basketball coach at Southridge High School in Beaverton, Ore.

MISSY BEQUETTE Director of Basketball Operations

A native of Plymouth, Mass., Darsch is a 1973 graduate of Springfield College. She earned her master’s degree in physical education from the University of Tennessee.

Boucek joins the Storm in her first season as the director of player development and scouting. Boucek served as an assistant coach for the Storm under Anne Donovan during the 2003, 2004 and 2005 seasons and was an integral part of the 2004 WNBA championship team. Additionally, Boucek served as the head coach for the now-defunct Sacramento Monarchs and compiled a record of 40-41 during her two-plus seasons (2007-2009) with the organization.

JENNY BOUCEK Director of Player Development and Scouting

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After beginning her WNBA coaching career began in 1999 as an assistant with the Washington Mystics, Boucek spent three seasons as an assistant with the Miami Sol. She played professional basketball for two years before joining the coach ranks. In 1997, the WNBA’s inaugural season, Boucek was a member of the Cleveland Rockers. Boucek also played in Iceland in 1998 and was voted the country’s best player after averaging 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists. She returned to Cleveland for the 1998 season but was forced to retire due to a career-ending back injury. A four-year starter at the University of Virginia (1992-96), Boucek helped lead the Cavaliers to four regular-season ACC Championships and three NCAA Elite Eight appearances. She was a two-time GTE Academic AllAmerica team member and two-time ACC selection. Boucek twice earned team Defensive Player of the Year honors and finished her career at Virginia as a member of the 1,000-point club. She also competed in the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1993.

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Danielle Yellam is in her third season as the equipment manager and video coordinator for the Seattle Storm. Her duties include managing the Storm players’ gear, managing and scheduling the team’s ball kids, editing Storm game tapes, helping with the scouting of Storm opponents and assisting the coaching staff with additional video production. Before joining the Storm, Yellam attend Green River Community College on both a soccer and tennis scholarship from 2003 to 2005, winning a Washington state tennis title during her freshman campaign. She transferred to the University of Washington in 2005 and was a member of the crew team as a coxswain her sophomore year. Yellam graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from UW in 2007. A native of Federal Way, Yellam attended Federal Way High School where she played volleyball, basketball and tennis.

DANIELLE YELLAM Equipment Manager and Video Coordinator

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Storm Basketball Melissa Hardin, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA) and Certified Athletic Trainer (NATA), is in her third season with the Storm. A graduate of Western Washington University with a Masters Degree in Human Performance, and Movements she is also a licensed Red Cross First Aid/CPR instructor.

Melissa Hardin

Hardin’s knowledge of athletics and fitness is broad and well formed as a former college NCAA soccer player and through years experience working in collegiate-level athletics. For the past seven years, Hardin has been the Director of Operations and Strength Coach for Triple Play Baseball Club, a college placement baseball program. She also trains a women’s competition team that competes at various races, strength competitions and events and contracts out sport specific training for athletes. Hardin’s husband is Saul, and she has three sons, Cyrus and twins Dominic and Isaiah.

MS, ATC, CSCS*D and Strength and Conditioning Coach

Tom Spencer, in his third season as the head athletic trainer for the Seattle Storm, graduated from Central Washington University in 1990 with a degree in individualized studies: Sports Medicine and Adaptive Physical Education.

TOM SPENCER

Spencer worked for the Milwaukee Brewers for one summer as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Peoria Brewers of the Arizona summer league in 1988. From 1989-1999, Spencer worked for the Cincinnati Reds as a Head Minor League Athletic Trainer at many different levels from Rookie ball to Double A. Most recently, Spencer went back to school to become a Physical Therapist Assistant in 2002 and since then he has been working for Peak Sports and Spine Physical Therapy. Spencer opened an office in the Lake City area in August of 2006. Spencer was born and raised in the Seattle area. He, his wife Margaret and his two daughters Marisa (13) and Mariel (11), live in the greater Seattle area. In Tom’s spare time he likes to watch and coach his daughters’ sports.

A.T., C. PTA

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2010 Storm roster no. player pos. ht.

wt.

d.o.b.

From

25 Svetlana Abrosimova

F

6-2

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7/9/80

Connecticut ’01

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10 Sue Bird

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5-9

144

10/16/80

Connecticut ’02

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F/C

6-3

191

11/29/88

Australia

R

F

6-1

170

9/22/79

Connecticut ’02

8

F/C

6-5

196

5/11/81

Australia

9

G

6-0

155

12/26/87

Iowa State ’10

R

20 Camille Little

F

6-2

188

1/18/85

UNC ’07

3

43 Ashley Robinson

C

6-4

189

8/12/82

Tennessee ’04

6

7 Jana Veselá

F

6-3

195

12/31/83

Czech Republic

R

34 Le’coe Willingham

F

6-0

208

2/10/81

Auburn ’04

6

30 Tanisha Wright

G

5-11

168

11/29/83

Penn State ’05

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5 Abby Bishop 2 Swin Cash 15 Lauren Jackson 40 Alison Lacey

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HEAD COACH: Brian Agler (Wittenburg) ASSISTANT COACH: Nancy Darsch (Springfield College) Director of Player Personnel and Scouting: Jenny Boucek (Virginia) Head Athletic Trainer: Tom Spencer (Central Washington)

2010 NUMERICAL ROSTER 2 5 7 10

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15 Lauren Jackson 20 Camille Little 25 Svetlana Abrosimova 30 Tanisha Wright

34 Le’coe Willingham 40 Alison Lacey 43 Ashley Robinson

STORM PLAYERS


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Forward Height:

6-2 Weight:

169 WNBA Years:

8 From:

Connecticut ’01 Birthdate:

July 9, 1980 Birthplace:

St. Petersburg, Russia Acquired:

Signed as a free agent on April 22, 2010

Svetlana Abrosimova WNBA CAREER:

2008: Joined the Connecticut Sun after signing a free agent contract following the Beijing Olympics…Appeared in the last six games of the season without a start…Had a season-high nine points and six assists against San Antonio (9/7)…Finished with a season-high six rebounds at San Antonio (9/11)…Averaged two assists per game… Collected eight steals. 2007: Wrapped up her seventh season in Minnesota by playing in all 34 games and starting the final 29… Averaged 10.1 ppg, 4.4 rpg and 2.5 apg in 24.8 mpg, while posting career bests in all three shooting categories — 44.3% from the floor (23rd in the WNBA), 44.6% from three-point range (2nd in the league) and 83.7% from the FT line…Also ranked 21st in steals (1.29 spg), swiping a career-high and franchise-record seven in the Aug. 19 finale vs. San Antonio…Registered season highs with 25 points and seven assists Aug. 16 vs. Detroit…Also scored her 2000th career point vs. Detroit…Tallied 15.9 ppg (45.8%) and 4.9 rpg in 13 games after the All-Star Break…Finished with five 20-point games, running her career total to 22…Won the Russian Superleague championship with Spartak Moscow Region (her third straight Superleague title) on May 10…Averaged 9.7 ppg (41.9%) and 5.0 rpg in 36 appearances for Spartak, also helping the team claim its first-ever EuroLeague title on Apr. 1 in Moscow. 2006: Finished her sixth year with the Lynx by playing in every game for the first time in her career…Started two of 34 contests (Jun. 28 at Phoenix, Aug. 13 at Los Angeles); she’d come off the bench just 19 times in her first five seasons… Averaged 7.7 ppg and 3.1 rpg while hitting a career-high 41.1% from the floor and 36.9% from three-point distance…Hauled down a season-high nine rebounds Aug. 13 at Los Angeles…Contributed 18 points and a season-high five assists Jul. 19 vs. Chicago, one of five times she topped Minnesota in assists…Finished with a season-high 21 points (and eight rebounds) May 31 vs. Los Angles, tying Kristin Folkl’s franchise single-game mark for bench points; her 5-5 effort from beyond the arc matches a club record…The Jun. 28 game at Phoenix was the 150th of her WNBA career; she surpassed the 1,500 point plateau Jun. 14 vs. Seattle…Rejoined the Lynx on May 9, having wrapped up her second consecutive Russian Superleague championship with Volgaburmash on Apr. 30…Averaged 8.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg (38 games) for the Samara-based squad that went 54-3 this winter between Russian and EuroLeague play.

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Season G-GS M FG-FGA 2001 - MN 26-23 846 114-293 2002 - MN 27/27 805 119-316 2003 - MN 30/25 792 112-285 2004 - MN 22/11 462 49-139 2005 - MN 31/31 777 109-276 2006 - MN 34/2 720 99-241 2007 - MN 34/29 843 132-298 2008 - CON 6/0 107 11-36 TOTALS 210/148 5351 745-1884

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PCT 3FG-FGA .389 19-76 .377 20-60 .393 25-82 .353 20-53 .395 33-82 .411 24-65 .443 45-101 .306 2-12 .395 188-531

PCT FT-FTA .250 96-132 .333 56-116 .305 69-98 .377 28-46 .402 53-73 .369 41-62 .446 36-43 .167 10-12 .354 389-582

PCT OR/DR REB .727 43/131 174 .483 45/101 146 .704 44/97 141 .609 17/57 74 .726 29/78 107 .661 44/62 106 .837 53/97 150 .833 3/17 20 .668 278/640 918

A 53 60 82 45 60 54 85 12 451

PF ST TO BK 70 42 85 9 73 42 92 10 79 44 90 11 42 30 43 2 86 48 80 6 66 34 61 1 86 44 68 4 13 8 11 0 515 292 530 43

PTS/AVG 343/13.2 314/11.6 318/10.6 146/6.6 304/9.8 263/7.7 345/10.1 34/5.7 2067/9.8

2005: Completed her fifth season with the Lynx by starting all 31 of her appearances, sitting out two games (July 17-19) due to back spasms, Tallied 9.8 ppg and 3.5 rpg, hitting 39.5% from the floor and a career-best 40.2% from three-point distance (ranking 12th in the WNBA), Placed on the Suspended List on Aug. 25 after departing for the European Championships; she helped Russia to a silver-medal finish, netting 6.1 ppg and 4.5 rpg in eight outings, Paced Minnesota in scoring six times and was the top rebounder on five occasions, with a season-high nine-board effort Aug. 7 vs. Los Angeles, Posted 17 double-figure scoring outings overall, including seven in her final 11 games; she tallied 12.5 ppg (43.2%) in that span, Scored a season-high 22 points July 13 vs. Detroit, setting a franchise record (one shy of Michelle Snow’s WNBA mark) with her 8-for-8 effort from the field and tying Andrea Lloyd Curry’s club record by going 5-for-5 from three-point distance, Tied her career high with five steals June 28 vs. San Antonio; she ranked 11th in the WNBA in steals (1.55 spg), Dealt a season-high six assists June 7 at Houston; Minnesota was 7-2 when she handed out 3+ assists, Rejoined the Lynx on May 12, after winning the Russian Superleague championship May 4. 2004: Made her 2004 debut by scoring nine points in 14 minutes June 27 vs. Los Angeles…Had been sidelined the first 12 games of the regular season with a herniated disk in her lower back…Placed on the Suspended List on May 19, and activated on June 7…Appeared in 14 games before the August break, with the Lynx finishing 10-4 in those games…Started the last three games before the break…Scored nine points with a game- and seasonhigh nine rebounds in 24 minutes July 30 vs. Seattle… Scored nine points with a game-high six rebounds July 28 vs. San Antonio…Scored the 1,000th point of her WNBA career July 18 at Phoenix, becoming the 74th player in league history (and the ninth-youngest) to reach that mark…Hauled in her 500th career rebound July 28 vs. San Antonio. 2003: Concluded her third WNBA season as Minnesota’s third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder…Appeared in 30 games, missing four

(July 20-26) due to a strained right hamstring suffered July 17 at Cleveland…Started the final six games (averaging 12.7 ppg and hitting 40.6%), after five straight bench outings (her first since July 2001)… Tallied just 4.4 ppg (30.8%) off the bench…Finished the season 25 points shy of 1,000 for her career…Reached double figures 15 times…The Lynx’ top scorer on five occasions…Had 12 points and 10 rebounds Aug. 16 at San Antonio, her lone point/rebound double-double this year (10th career)…Handed out nine assists May 30 at San Antonio, the second-highest total in franchise history; Andrea Lloyd Curry dealt 11 at Charlotte on July 21, 1999…Ranked 12th in the WNBA in steals (1.47 spg) as well as 20th in assists (a career-high 2.7 apg)…Started in all three playoff games…Averaged 7.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg and 23.0 mpg…Shot 100% (8 for 8) from the free throw line in the series…Recorded a playoff career-high 10 points in Game 1 of the semifinals vs. Los Angeles on Aug. 28. 2002: Finished second on the team in scoring (11.6 ppg) and rebounding (5.4 rpg)…Appeared in 27 games…2001: Finished fourth in the 2001 WNBA Rookie of the Year balloting…Her 6.7 rpg tied for first among rookies and ranked 12th in the league…Finished among the top five in the following categories for rookies: scoring average (13.2 ppg, third), rebounds (6.7 rpg, first), assists (2.0 apg, fifth), steals (1.62 spg, third) and minutes (32.5 mpg, second)…Appeared in 26 games (23 starts) and finished with averages of 13.2 ppg and a team-best 6.7 rpg…Set a franchise single-season record with six point/rebound double-doubles…Recorded three consecutive double-doubles (Aug. 8-12)…Her 42 steals (1.62 spg) led the team and ranked 18th in the league… Had 21 points and a club-record 15 rebounds Aug. 5 vs. Sacramento.

COLLEGE:

Finished fifth on Connecticut’s all-time scoring list with 1,865 points…Completed her UConn career ranked third in steals (299), fifth in assists (473) and seventh in rebounding (814)…Graduated as the only UConn player to rank in the top 10 in points, rebounds, assists and steals…Member of UConn’s 2000 NCAA Division I National Championship Team.

PERSONAL:

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia…Daughter of Oleg and Ludmila Abrosimova…Has one sister, Tatiana…Speaks fluent English and Russian…Lists her favorite foods as ice cream and fruit…Her favorite colors are black, white and purple…Favorite actress is Julia Roberts.

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Guard Height:

5-9 Weight:

150 WNBA Years:

Eight From:

Connecticut ’02 Birthdate:

October 16, 1980 Birthplace:

Syosset, N.Y. Acquired:

Selected by Seattle in the first round (first pick overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft

sue Bird

2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Averaged 12.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 5.8 apg, 1.5 spg and 35.5 mpg in 31 games…Nominated by Storm fans to the Storm All-Decade Team as part of the Seattle Storm’s 10th Anniversary…Won the 2009 WNBA Peak Performer Award for leading the league in assists…Voted as a starter to the WNBA All-Star Game for the sixth time in her career… Named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week twice (Aug. 24-30 and July 20-26)…Reached the 3,000 career-point milestone at Sacramento on Friday, July 17, 2009…Scored a season-high 24 points on 8/29 against Atlanta…Finished the season ranked first in minutes per game (35.5)…Led the team in scoring five times…Led the team in rebounds two times…Led the team in assists 23 times…Scored 20-plus points five times and 10-plus points 22 times…Handed out 10-plus assists twice and five-plus assists 23 times…Started in all 31 games played…Missed the last three games of the regular season due to a sore neck. 2009 Playoffs: Averaged 11.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.3 spg and 36.3 mpg in three games.

WNBA CAREER:

Selected by the Storm as the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft…Named to four consecutive All-WNBA First Teams from 200205…Voted as a starter at the WNBA All-Star Game in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009…Member of the 2004 WNBA champion Storm…Member of the gold-medal-winning 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Senior National Basketball Teams…Named to the 10-member WNBA All-Decade Team in 2006…Ranks as the Storm’s all-time leader in assists…Has recorded 15 career point/assist double-doubles (incl. one playoff game)…Scored a career-high 33 points vs. Portland on 8/9/02…2008: Averaged 14.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 5.1 apg, 1.2 spg and 33.7 mpg in 33 games…Finished third in WNBA MVP voting…Named to All-WNBA Second Team, her first All-WNBA honors since the 2005 season…Finished the season ranked second in the WNBA in total assists (169) and third in assists per game (5.1 apg)… Finished first on team in points (465) and assists (169)…Posted her only double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 assists vs. Minnesota on 7/5…Led team in scoring 11 times…Scored 20-plus points seven times, including scoring 24 points twice…Dished out 10-plus assists twice…Helped Storm finish 8-5 over the last 13 games to clinch second place in the Western Conference without Lauren Jackson…

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2002 W Sea 32 32 1121 151 375 .403 57 142 .401 102 112 .911 17 66 83 191 48 55 109 3 461 2003 W Sea 34 34 1136 155 368 .421 49 140 .350 61 69 .884 22 91 113 221 47 48 110 1 420 2004 W Sea 34 34 1136 151 326 .463 64 146 .438 73 85 .859 22 84 106 184 48 51 87 5 439 2005 W Sea 30 30 1020 130 294 .442 45 103 .437 59 69 .855 21 51 72 176 46 29 87 6 364 2006 W Sea 34 34 1066 137 333 .411 56 153 .366 59 68 .868 24 78 102 162 60 61 88 5 389 2007 W Sea 29 29 919 118 276 .428 45 133 .338 22 26 .846 8 49 57 143 46 43 67 8 303 2008 W Sea 33 33 1111 172 390 .441 47 137 .343 74 85 .871 14 70 84 169 61 39 88 3 465 2009 W Sea 31 31 1101 154 377 .408 54 150 .360 35 41 .854 12 66 78 179 50 47 81 3 397 Totals 257 257 8609 1168 2739 .426 417 1104 .378 485 555 .874 140 555 695 1425 406 373 717 34 3238

WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2002 Sea 2 2 73 9 22 .409 3 11 .273 7 7 1.000 0 0 0 12 6 5 5 0 28 2004 Sea 8 8 233 23 61 .377 6 20 .300 16 21 .762 5 21 26 42 13 12 16 0 68 2005 Sea 3 3 103 9 33 .273 2 15 .133 7 8 .875 1 4 5 13 6 3 4 0 27 2006 Sea 3 3 106 7 21 .361 7 21 .333 5 8 .625 3 5 8 10 3 1 7 2 38 2007 Sea 2 2 71 11 24 .458 7 12 .583 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 10 4 4 6 0 33 2008 Sea 3 3 111 23 50 .460 5 17 .294 8 8 1.000 0 7 7 9 3 4 6 0 59 2009 Sea 3 3 109 11 33 .333 5 12 .417 7 8 .875 1 10 11 12 5 4 7 0 34 Totals 24 24 806 99 259 .382 35 108 .324 54 64 .844 10 51 61 108 40 33 51 2 287

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2008 Playoffs: Averaged 19.7 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 3.0 apg, 1.3 spg and 37.0 mpg in three games…2007: Averaged 10.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.5 spg and 31.7 mpg in 29 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in assists (4.9 apg) and tied for 12th in steals (1.48)…Scored 10-plus points 16 times and 20-plus points twice…Handed out 10-plus assists twice and led the team in assists 16 times… Underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on her left knee on 7/6 and missed five games (7/6-17), with the Storm going 2-3 over that span…Named to her fifth WNBA All-Star Team but did not play due to injury… Posted her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 assists at Chicago on 6/12…Scored a season-high 25 points on 10-of-15 shooting (5-of-7 from three) at Minnesota on 6/22…Grabbed her 500th career rebound at Los Angeles on 6/24…Recorded her

1,000th career assist vs. New York on 7/1, becoming the youngest player in league history to reach the milestone…Posted her second double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 assists vs. Los Angeles on 7/3…Made her 300th career three-pointer at Connecticut on 7/20…2007 Playoffs: Averaged 16.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 spg and 35.5 mpg in two games…2006: Averaged 11.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 4.8 apg, 1.8 spg and 31.3 mpg in 34 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in assists, seventh in steals (1.79 spg) and eighth in free throw percentage (.868)…Swiped a careerhigh and franchise-record seven steals in the season opener vs. Los Angeles on 5/21…Grabbed a career-high five offensive rebounds vs. Phoenix on 6/2…Swiped her 200th career steal at Connecticut on 6/9…Named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team on 6/13…

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assists and 200 steals in her career (Jennifer Rizzotti)… Named as a 2002 Kodak All-American, 2002 Associated Press First Team All-American and 2002 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team selection…Selected as Big East Player of the Year, First Team All-Big East and Big East All-Tournament in 2002…Started in all 39 games in the 2001-02 season and registered the UConn school record for most assists in a season (231)…Led the nation in free throw percentage (.942) in 2001-02.

PERSONAL:

…Handed out a career-high and franchise-record 14 assists vs. Minnesota on 7/1…Made her fourth WNBA All-Star appearance on 7/12, tallying nine points and handing out three assists in 19 minutes of action… Tallied her 2,000th career point at Minnesota on 8/1… Set a WNBA record for three-pointers in a half with six in the opening 20 minutes at Detroit on 8/8…2006 Playoffs: Averaged 12.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.3 apg and 35.0 mpg in three games…2005: Averaged 12.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 5.9 apg, 1.0 spg and 34.0 mpg in 30 games… Named to her third WNBA All-Star Team and her fourth consecutive All-WNBA First Team…Missed four games with fractured right nasal and orbital bones suffered on 6/7 at Connecticut…Led the WNBA in assists per game (5.9) for the first time in her career…Ranked fourth in three-point percentage (.437), fourth in assist-toturnover ratio (2.02) and sixth in free throw percentage (.855)…Dished out her 700th career assist vs. Detroit on 7/23…Hit her 200th career three-pointer vs. Los Angeles on 7/31…2005 Playoffs: Averaged 9.0 ppg, 1.7 apg, 4.3 apg, 1.0 spg and 34.3 mpg in three games…2004: Averaged 12.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.4 apg, 1.50 spg and 33.4 mpg in 34 games…Named All-WNBA First Team for her third straight season…Finished second in the WNBA in assists, fourth in three-point field-goal percentage (.438) and tied for sixth in free throw percentage (.859)… Scored her 1,000th career point vs. Houston on 6/22… Started her 100th consecutive game for the Storm in the season finale on 9/18…Converted the gamewinning layup with two seconds left in overtime against Washington on 7/17…2004 PLAYOFFS: Averaged 8.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 5.3 apg, 1.50 spg and 29.1 mpg in eight games…2003: Averaged 12.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.41 spg and 33.4 mpg in 34 games…Named All-WNBA First Team for the second straight season…Voted as a starter

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starter for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game in Washington D.C. after leading all guards in the league’s fan voting…Handed out a WNBA-All-Star-record seven assists in the midseason classic…Ranked second in the WNBA in assists, eighth in steals, first in free throw percentage (.911) and ninth in three-point percentage (.401)…Scored a then-franchise-record 33 points vs. Portland on 8/9…2002 PLAYOFFS: Averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 assists and 2.50 steals in 36.5 minutes per game.

Born Suzanne Brigit Bird…Earned a degree in communication science at Connecticut…Wears number 10 on her jersey because she and her sister Jennifer were both born in October (the 10th month)…Considers her greatest collegiate basketball memory to be hitting the game-winning shot in the Big East Championship her junior year in college…Named the Best Female College Athlete of the Year at the 10th Annual ESPY Awards on 7/10/02…Chosen as Team Sportswoman of the Year by The Women’s Sports Foundation on 10/21/02…Selected as the Female Sports Star of the Year by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer at the 68th Annual Sports Star of the Year Awards Banquet in Seattle on 1/27/03…Says she’s interested in a career in broadcasting following her playing days and served as a guest color analyst on several of ESPN’s broadcasts of the 2003 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament…Off the court, says she loves to bake chocolate-chip cookies and eat French fries… Considers her favorite basketball-themed movies to be “Hoosiers” and “Blue Chips”…Says her favorite television shows include “The Sopranos,” “Friends” and “Seinfeld”…Enjoys listening to the music of the Dave Matthews Band, Notorious B.I.G. and DMX.

COLLEGE:

for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game where she scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds… Ranked second in the WNBA in assists and fifth in free throw percentage (.884)…Handed out a career-hightying 12 assists at Los Angeles on 6/19 and at Cleveland on 6/27…Recorded a WNBA-record seven point/assist double-doubles…Handed out 10 or more assists in eight games during the season, tying the second-highest total in WNBA history…Became the fifth player in WNBA history to post a 20-point/10-assist game when she registered 21 points and 10 assists vs. Washington on 7/3…Became the third player in WNBA history to amass more than 200 assists in a season (221), joining Ticha Penicheiro and Teresa Weatherspoon…2002: Averaged 14.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.7 spg, 6.0 apg and 35.0 mpg in 32 games…Named All-WNBA First Team, joining Indiana’s Tamika Catchings as the first rookies in league history to attain the distinction…Named runner-up to Catchings for the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award…Named a

A member of the NCAA Division I Champion Connecticut Huskies in 2000 and 2002…Selected as a two-time All-American…Recipient of the Wade Trophy in 2002 and named the 2002 Associated Press and Naismith Player of the Year…Won the 2002 Honda Award for Women’s Basketball…Received the first-annual Senior CLASS Award presented to the nation’s most outstanding senior basketball player…Selected three times as winner of the Conseco/Nancy Lieberman-Cline National Point Guard of the Year Award…Ranks as UConn’s all-time leader in three-point field-goal percentage (.459) and free throw percentage (.892)…Became one of only two players at UConn to amass more than 1,000 points, 500

Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min

2009 Season Highs Career Highs 24 5 12 5 1 49

vs. Atlanta, August 29 at San Antonio, July 26 (5x) at Atlanta, August 15 vs. Detroit, July 15 vs. Atlanta, August 29 (3x) vs. Los Angeles, July 22

33 8 14 7 2 49

vs. Portland, August 9, 2002 vs. Phoenix, June 11, 2008 (5x) vs. Minnesota, July 1, 2006 vs. Los Angeles, May 21, 2006 at Minnesota, August 1, 2006 (2x) vs. Los Angeles, July 22, 2009

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Forward/Center Height:

6-3 Weight:

189

Abby Bishop Bishop, 21, recently concluded the 2009-10 WNBL season with the champion Canberra Capitals. Bishop averaged 12.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. The two-time WNBL Champion won her first title with Canberra during the 2008-09 season and additionally was named the league’s “leading rebounder” after averaging 10.7 rebounds in the regular season. Bishop debuted for the Opals in 2007 during a three-game series on a tour of the United States and played in the 2007 Oceania series against New Zealand and Fiji. She averaged 10.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game during the 2007 U21 World Championship in Russia after tallying 83 points and 59 rebounds while playing 185 minutes in eight games which included winning a silver medal. She then averaged 12.8 points and 10.7 rebounds per game during the 2007 U19 World Championships after tallying 115 points and 96 rebounds in nine games at an average of 26 minutes per game. She is a member of the current Opals squad and toured China and Europe with the team in 2009.

WNBA Years:

Rookie From:

Australia Birth date:

November 29, 1988 Birthplace:

Canberra, Australia Acquired:

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2 Position:

Forward Height:

6-1 Weight:

165 WNBA Years:

Eight From:

Connecticut ’02 Birthdate:

September 22, 1979 Birthplace:

McKeesport, Pa. Acquired:

Traded from the Detroit Shock to Seattle on 2/19/08, in exchange for number four pick in 2008 WNBA Draft.

Swin Cash

2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Averaged 12.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 2.9 apg and 34.2 mpg…Voted as a starter to the WNBA All-Star Game for the second time in her career - her third All-Star appearance overall…Cash is just the third player in WNBA history to start for both the Eastern and Western Conference teams (Becky Hammon and Dawn Staley)…Reached the 3,000 career-point milestone at Atlanta on Aug. 15, 2009 - becoming the 29th player in WNBA history to achieve the mark and the second from the 2002 Draft class…Finished the season ranked fifth in the WNBA in minutes played per game (34.2) and 12th in total rebounds (214)…Led the team in scoring three times…Led the team in rebounds 12 times…Led the team in assists once…Scored 20-plus points once and 10-plus points 23 times…Pulled down 10-plus rebounds five times…Recorded five double-doubles (points and rebounds)…Started in 29 of 32 games played…Recorded three double-doubles in the regular season…Scored in double digits 23 times…Had a season-high 6 assists at Detroit on 8/18…Finished third on the team in points per game (12.2) and rebounds per game (6.7)…Finished second on the team in minutes (1,094)…Grabbed 11 rebounds twice against San Antonio (7/28) and Phoenix (8/4)…Missed the last two games of the regular season due to the passing of her grandmother. 2009 Playoffs: Averaged 21.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.7 apg and 38.7 mpg.

WNBA CAREER:

2008: Averaged 11.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.9 apg and 29.9 mpg…Appeared in 31 games and started 28 times…Posted career-high 5 blocks vs. Houston on 6/14…Led team in scoring twice…Tallied season-high 19 points on 8-for-15 shooting vs. Phoenix on 5/22…Led team in assists once…Grabbed 11 rebounds vs. Minnesota on 7/22…Finished third on team in scoring per game (11.3), total points (351) and minutes per game (29.9)…Finished second on team in blocks…(32)…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 2.7 ppg and 14.7 mpg in three games…2007: Was the team’s leading scorer in three games, including a seasonhigh 21 points vs. Washington on May 30…Was the team’s leading rebounder five times, including a season-high 13 rebounds on June 27 vs. Connecticut…Led the team in assists five times…Finished second on the team in season rebounding average (6.1)…Finished third on the team in assists per game (2.5)…Finished fifth on the team in scoring average (11.1)…Recorded a double-double 11 times…

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2002 W Det 32 32 1079 144 353 .408 13 63 .206 173 227 .762 77 145 222 86 85 37 100 31 474 2003 W Det 33 33 1097 195 430 .453 12 40 .300 146 214 .682 65 128 193 119 76 43 108 23 548 2004 W Det 32 32 1105 180 384 .469 8 23 .348 158 219 .721 78 130 208 135 84 44 81 29 526 2005 W Det 21 21 458 48 126 .381 2 10 .200 21 32 .656 42 46 88 43 44 12 47 6 119 2006 W Det 34 34 991 124 323 .384 1 13 .077 109 143 .762 63 105 168 106 85 20 88 11 358 2007 W Det 31 31 959 126 307 .410 0 3 .000 92 121 .760 54 135 189 79 70 19 81 13 344 2008 W Sea 31 28 927 114 293 .389 1 8 .125 122 158 .772 46 121 167 58 72 21 69 32 351 2009 W Sea 32 29 1,094 139 155 .392 10 31 .323 102 128 .797 62 152 214 82 98 28 91 16 390 Totals 246 240 7,709 1070 2571 .416 47 191 .246 923 1242 .743 487 962 1449 708 614 224 665 161 3110

WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2003 Det 8 8 289 43 104 .413 2 10 .200 42 52 .808 24 27 51 35 21 4 28 5 130 2005 Det 2 2 50 4 13 .308 0 1 .000 8 11 .727 5 4 9 7 4 3 4 2 16 2006 Det 10 10 265 29 80 .363 0 3 .000 18 25 .720 19 42 61 32 22 3 22 3 76 2007 Det 11 11 277 41 91 .451 0 3 .000 13 23 .565 16 26 42 18 5 5 18 2 95 2008 Sea 3 0 44 4 12 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 3 8 11 2 3 1 3 2 8 2009 Sea 3 3 38.7 19 39 .487 4 10 .400 21 25 .840 6 10 16 5 10 7 6 3 63 Totals 37 34 1042 140 339 .413 6 28 .214 102 136 .750 73 117 190 99 83 ’23 81 17 388

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2007 Playoffs:…Started all 11 games during the playoffs for the Shock…Averaged 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game…Shot 45.1% from the field during the 2007 WNBA Playoffs…2006: Finished 19th in the WNBA in assists (3.1)…Posted her first 20+ point, 10+ rebound game since the 2002 WNBA Season on June 1 vs. New York with a season-high 20 points and 12 rebounds…Led or tied for the team lead in scoring on seven occasions, rebounding on one occasion and assists on nine occasions…2006 Playoffs: Was the team’s second leading rebounder in the postseason (6.1) and finished third on the team in assists (3.2)…Led the team in assists (3.6) in the WNBA Finals and finished second on the team in rebounds (5.8)…2005: Named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team as a reserve… Missed the first 12 games of the season rehabbing her injured knee (Shock was 6-6 without her in the

lineup)…Voted by the fans as a starter for the Eastern Conference All-Star Team…Recorded one doubledouble (11 points and a season-high 12 rebounds) vs. New York on August 7…Scored a season-high 12 points on August 21 vs. Washington…Handed out a season-high five assists at Sacramento on July 24… Recorded three double-digit scoring games…Led or tied for the team lead in rebounding once, and in assists on four occasions…2005 Playoffs: Started both games of Detroit’s first-round series loss to Connecticut… Struggled from the field connecting on just 30.8 percent of her field goal attempts, but tied for the team lead in assists and steals…2004: Named Second Team All-WNBA…Won an Olympic Gold Medal as a member of the USA Women’s Senior National Team in Athens… In doing so, became one of only six women to have won an NCAA Championship, a WNBA Championship, and an Olympic gold medal…Led the WNBA in free throws made (158) and attempted (219)…Scored a careerhigh 29 points at Sacramento on June 19…Grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds vs. Charlotte on July 23…Tied a career-high with nine assists at Charlotte on Sept. 4… Picked up a career-high and Shock record six steals vs.

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Houston on July 6…Blocked a season-high four shots vs. San Antonio on July 18…Led team in scoring 14 times, assists 15 times and rebounds six times… Recorded three double-doubles on the season… Scored 20 or more points on nine occasions and 10 or more points on 27 occasions…Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on three occasions…2004 Playoffs: Missed the entire postseason after injuring her knee on September 11 at Phoenix (team was 1-2 without her in the lineup)…2003: Member of the 2003 WNBA Champion Detroit Shock…Named Second Team All-WNBA…Named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team as a reserve…One of two players in the league to rank in Top-20 in points, rebounds and assists (Tamika Catchings, Ind.)…Led the league in free throws made (146) and attempted (214)…Scored a season-high 26 points vs. San Antonio on July 1… Grabbed a season high 10 rebounds vs. Charlotte on May 31…Handed out a season-high six assists on five occasions…Blocked a season-high two shots on four occasions…Picked up a season-high five steals vs. Indiana on June 24…Recorded her lone doubledouble of the year that same evening (16 points, 10 rebounds)…Scored 20 or more points on nine occasions and 10 or more points on 32 occasions… Led team in scoring 19 times, assists 12 times and rebounds three times…2003 Playoffs: Averaged team-best 16.3 points with 6.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 36.1 minutes while starting all eight playoff games…Scored 26 points in Game 1 of the First Round at Cleveland on August 29 and recorded two double-doubles - 20 points and 10 rebounds in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. Connecticut on September 7; and 13 points, 12 rebounds and

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nine assists in Game 3 of the Finals vs. Los Angeles on September 16…2002: Finished third in WNBA Rookieof-the-Year voting… Honored in June with the WNBA’s Community Assist Award…Led the WNBA in free throws made (173) and attempted (227)… Led team in minutes played, field goals (144), field goal attempts (353), free throws, free throw attempts, offensive rebounds (77), defensive rebounds (145), assists (2.7), steals (37), and scoring average…Scored a season-high 25 points at Utah on July 8…Grabbed a season-high 15 rebounds at Washington on July 18…Handed out a season-high five assists on three occasions – at Indiana on June 1, at Minnesota on July 1 and vs. Charlotte on August 6… Picked up a season-high three steals on five occasions… Blocked a season-high four shots vs. Seattle on July 28… Her 15 free throws and 21 free throw attempts on June 28 were the most ever by a Shock player…Led team in scoring 21 times, rebounds 17 times and assists four times…Scored 20 or more points on five occasions and 10 or more points on 23 occasions…Grabbed 10 or more rebounds on eight occasions…Recorded seven doubledoubles.

COLLEGE:

As a senior averaged 14.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists…Earned 2002 Final Four Most Outstanding Player honors after leading the Huskies to an undefeated 39-0 season and second national title in three years…2002 Kodak All-America First Team and 2002 AP All-America Second Team…All-Big East First Team and WBCA All-Star Team selection…Improved her free throw shooting by over 10 percent from junior season (.592 to .700)…As a junior, became 20th player all-time at UCONN to score 1,000 career points, finishing with 1,583…Averaged 12.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists while leading UCONN to the 2001 Final Four and

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earning a spot on the 2001 All-Big East Second Team… As a sophomore, won her first career national title averaging 9.9 points and 5.3 rebounds and earning AllBig East Third Team honors…Started in 14 of 22 games as a freshman despite missing 12 games due to a stress fracture…Scored in double figures in twelve games in 1999 while averaging 9.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game…Wore number 23 as a freshman before changing to 32 for her final three seasons.

PERSONAL:

Born Swintayla Marie Cash on September 22, 1979… Member of Girl Scouts, Boys and Girls Club, YMCA/ YWCA and AAU growing up…Majored in Communication Science at UConn…Launched Cash for Kids, a charitable organization that raises money for children in need, in 2005.

2009 Season Highs Career Highs 22 12 6 3 2 44

at Phoenix, June 21 vs. San Antonio, July 7 at Detroit, August 18 vs. Atlanta, August 29 (2x) vs. Atlanta, August 29 vs. Los Angeles, July 22

29 15 9 6 5 45

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Forward/Center Height:

6-5 Weight:

187 WNBA Years:

Nine From:

Australia Birthdate:

May 11, 1981 Birthplace:

Albury, Australia Acquired:

Selected by Seattle in the first round (first pick overall) of the 2001 WNBA Draft

Lauren Jackson 2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Averaged 19.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 0.8 apg and 32.4 mpg…Nominated by Storm fans to the Storm All-Decade Team as part of the Seattle Storm’s 10th Anniversary…Voted as a starter to the WNBA All-Star Game for the fourth time in her career…Named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 15-21…Reached the 5,000 career-point milestone Saturday, Aug. 15 in Atlanta becoming the fourth player in the WNBA to reach the 5,000 careerpoints milestone…Jackson played in a total of 259 games and was 28 years, 96 days old – the youngest WNBA player to reach 5,000 points in the shortest amount of time…Led the team in scoring 17 times… Led the team in rebounds 16 times…Scored 30-plus points twice, 20-plus points 13 times and 10-plus points 24 times…Pulled down 10-plus rebounds five times…Recorded four double-doubles (points and rebounds)…Started in all 26 games played…Missed the last six games of the regular season due to a stress fracture in her back.

WNBA CAREER:

Selected as the first overall pick by the Storm in the 2001 WNBA Draft…Seven-time WNBA All-Star (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009)…2003 and 2007 WNBA MVP…2007 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year…Six-time All-WNBA First Team selection (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009)…2001 WNBA Rookie of the Year Runner-up…Member of the 2004 WNBA champion Storm…Shares WNBA record for most points in a game (47 at Washington on 7/24/07) and minutes played in a game (55 vs. Washington on 7/3/01 – 4OT)…Ranks among WNBA’s career leaders in scoring (19.4 ppg, 4th), rebounding (7.9 rpg, 5th) and blocks (2.0 bpg, 3rd)…2008: Averaged 20.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.2 apg, 1.5 spg, 1.6 bpg and 33.0 mpg in 21 games…Named to the All-WNBA Second Team…Finished second in the WNBA in free throw percentage (0.934)…Missed five games to train with Australian National Team, then missed last eight games of regular season due to having arthroscopic surgery on her right

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2001 W Sea 29 29 1001 149 406 .367 40 129 .310 104 143 .727 57 136 193 44 97 54 53 64 442 2002 W Sea 28 28 882 186 462 .403 42 120 .350 68 90 .756 66 124 190 41 95 30 47 81 482 2003 W Sea 33 33 1109 254 526 .483 39 123 .317 151 183 .825 82 225 307 62 106 38 69 64 698 2004 W Sea 31 31 1070 220 460 .478 52 115 .452 142 175 .811 64 143 207 51 93 31 67 62 634 2005 W Sea 34 34 1176 206 450 .458 34 118 .288 151 181 .834 96 217 313 57 100 36 59 67 597 2006 W Sea 30 30 853 193 361 .535 29 77 .377 170 189 .899 70 160 230 48 90 24 40 51 585 2007 W Sea 31 31 1020 258 497 .519 49 122 .402 174 197 .883 80 220 300 40 93 31 56 63 739 2008 W Sea 21 21 694 149 330 .452 28 95 .295 99 106 .934 39 108 147 26 67 31 40 33 425 2009 W Sea 26 26 843 168 363 .463 49 114 .430 114 143 .797 48 134 182 22 97 38 43 45 499 Totals 263 263 8647 1783 3855 .463 362 1013 .357 1672 1550 .834 602 1467 2069 391 372 313 474 786 5101

WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2002 Sea 2 2 68 9 26 .346 0 6 .000 5 7 .714 5 5 10 3 9 3 4 6 23 2004 Sea 8 8 287 53 113 .469 16 22 .727 35 39 .897 20 40 60 11 23 8 16 9 157 2005 Sea 3 3 102 17 39 .436 4 13 .308 5 6 .833 4 20 24 2 11 4 8 4 43 2006 Sea 3 3 91 15 28 .536 2 7 .286 22 24 .917 4 20 24 2 8 2 5 7 54 2007 Sea 2 2 68 13 23 .565 3 10 .300 9 9 1.000 4 19 23 1 9 2 5 3 38 Totals 18 18 616 107 229 .467 25 58 .431 76 85 .894 37 104 141 19 60 19 38 29 315

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ankle after the Olympics…Finished 10th in WNBA MVP voting…Scored 20-plus points nine times and 30-plus points three times…Finished first on team in scoring (20.2 ppg), rebounds (7.0 rpg) and blocks per game (1.57)…Recorded her only double-double of the season with 20 points and 14 rebounds vs. Phoenix on 6/11… Scored season-high 34 points on 15-for-22 shooting vs. Minnesota on 7/5…Blocked five shots vs. Los Angeles on 7/12…2007: Averaged 23.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1.0 spg, 2.0 bpg and 32.9 mpg…Led the league and posted career highs in scoring (23.8 ppg), rebounding (9.7 rpg) and double-doubles (17)…Named WNBA MVP for the second time in her career and earned WNBA Defensive Player of the Year honors for the first time…Ranked second in the WNBA in blocks (2.03 bpg), third in fieldgoal percentage (.519), fifth in free throw percentage (.883) and 13th in three-point percentage (.402)…Scored 30-plus points a WNBA-record nine times…Named Western Conference Player of the Week a WNBA-record five times…Missed three games during the season, one due to illness (6/7) and two for personal reasons (8/7-9), with the Storm going 0-3 in those games…Grabbed the 1,500th rebound of her career at Indiana on 6/13… Hit the 250th three-pointer of her career vs. Houston on 6/15…Made her sixth All-Star Game appearance on 7/15, tallying 14 points and five rebounds while shooting 4-of7 from behind the arc…Matched the WNBA record with a career-high 47 points at Washington on 7/24…Scored her 4,000th career point vs. Indiana on 7/27, becoming the fastest (209 games) and youngest (26 years old) player in league history to reach the milestone…Blocked seven shots vs. Sacramento on 7/31, the high game in the league this season…Played just 14 minutes at Sacramento on 8/3 after suffering a groin strain in the first half, ending her streak of consecutive games scoring in double figures at 30…2007 Playoffs: Averaged 19.0 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 1.5 bpg and 34.0 mpg in two games…

2006: Averaged 19.5 ppg, 7.7 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.7 bpg and 28.3 mpg in 30 games…Posted career highs in fieldgoal percentage (.535, second in WNBA) and free throw percentage (.899, fourth in WNBA)…Finished first in the league in efficiency rating (23.7), third in blocks (1.70 bpg), fourth in scoring (19.4 ppg), fifth in rebounding (7.6 rpg) and fifth in double-doubles (eight)…Led the Storm in total points, rebounds and blocks…Scored a career-high and franchise-record 35 points at Phoenix on 5/25…Scored 19 points vs. Chicago on 6/7 to move past the 3,000-point mark for her career, becoming the youngest player (25 years, 27 days old) and the fastest player (162 career games) in league history to reach the milestone…Named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team on 6/13…Named Player of the Week for the seventh time in her career on 7/5 after averaging 20.5 ppg and 11.0 rpg while shooting 77.8 percent from the field in games on 6/27 and 7/1…Made her fifth WNBA All-Star appearance on 7/12, scoring seven points to go along with four rebounds and a game-high four steals…Scored the game winning basket with 10.2 seconds remaining in the Storm’s playoff-clinching win at Detroit on 8/8…

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PERSONAL:

2006 Playoffs: Averaged 18.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 2.3 bpg and 30.3 mpg in three games…2005: Averaged 17.6 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.1 spg and 1.97 bpg in 34.6 mpg… Named to her fourth WNBA All-Star Team…Named to the All-WNBA First Team for the third consecutive year… Started all 34 games (one of just four Storm players to appear in every game)…Led the WNBA in efficiency at 21.68…Finished second in the league in scoring, second in rebounding, fourth in blocks and fifth in minutes… Co-led the WNBA with 12 double-doubles…Named WNBA Player of the Week on 6/6…Scored a season-high 31 points in a win over Sacramento on 7/3…Grabbed her 1,000th career rebound on 6/22 vs. Connecticut… Hit her 1,000th career field goal on 8/20 at Sacramento, becoming the youngest player in WNBA history to reach the milestone…Received the ESPY Award for “Best WNBA Player of 2004” on 7/17…2005 PLAYOFFS: Started all three playoff games and averaged 14.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 0.7 apg, 1.33 spg and 1.33 bpg in 34.0 mpg…2004: Averaged 20.5 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.0 spg and 2.07 bpg in 34.5 mpg…Named to the All-WNBA First Team for her second straight year…Led the WNBA in scoring for the second consecutive year…Led the Storm in points, rebounds, three-point field-goal percentage and blocks… Finished 10th in the league in rebounding, third in blocks, third in three-point field-goal percentage (.491), seventh in field-goal percentage (.452) and tied for third in minutes…Scored in double-figures in all 31 games played to extend her streak to 84 consecutive games, the second-longest streak in WNBA history (92 - Cynthia Cooper)…Named WNBA Player of the Week two times (7/19 and 7/26)…Scored her 2,000th career point at Sacramento on 7/15 to become the youngest WNBA player ever to attain the milestone and the second-fastest to the feat at 109 games (90 - Cynthia Cooper)…Scored 20 or more points in a half in three games, including a

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team-record 23 points vs. Sacramento on 7/3…Missed three games (9/1-4) while on the injured list with a right mid-foot sprain (the Storm went 0-3 during her time on the injured list)…Received the ESPY Award for “Best WNBA Player of 2003” on 7/14…2004 PLAYOFFS: Started all eight playoff games and averaged 19.6 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1.00 spg and 1.13 bpg in 35.9 mpg…2003: Averaged 21.2 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.15 spg, 1.94 bpg and 33.6 mpg in 33 games…Named 2003 WNBA MVP, becoming the first international player and youngest ever to garner the league’s highest honor…Selected to the All-WNBA First Team for the first time…Led the WNBA in scoring and finished fourth in rebounding, sixth in field-goal percentage (.483), third in blocks and 10th in minutes…Recorded the fifth 20-20 game in WNBA history on 7/31 vs. Charlotte, scoring 23 points and grabbing a career-high and team-record 20 rebounds… Became the youngest player in WNBA history to reach the

1,000-point mark for career scoring vs. Phoenix on 6/7… Selected to her third straight WNBA All-Star Game (first time as a starter)…Named WNBA Player of the Week a league-record-tying three times (6/9, 7/28 and 8/11)… Made a WNBA-record 17 field goals vs. Los Angeles on 8/6…Made a franchise-record and WNBA-season-high 14 free throws vs. San Antonio on 8/12…Recorded 13 double-doubles, including a WNBA-record-tying seven consecutive games with double-doubles (7/258/12)…2002: Averaged 17.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.9 bpg, 1.1 spg, 1.5 apg and 31.5 mpg in 28 games…Selected as a reserve for the Western Conference squad at the WNBA All-Star Game for the second straight season…Ranked third in the WNBA in blocks, fourth in scoring and tied for 12th in rebounding…Scored in double-figures in 27 games, including 20 consecutive games to end the regular season (6/26-8/13)…Blocked a career-high and franchise-record eight shots (third-most in WNBA history) vs. Utah on 8/11…Missed four games due to a sprained right ankle (5/30-6/6)…2002 PLAYOFFS: Started both First Round playoff games against Los Angeles and averaged 11.5 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.5 apg, 3.0 bpg and 34.0 mpg…2001: Averaged 15.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.86 spg, 2.21 bpg and 34.5 mpg in 29 games…Led all WNBA rookies in scoring, rebounding, steals, blocks and minutes…Named as a reserve on the Western Conference team at the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game in Orlando where she scored 11 points, grabbed three rebounds, handed out one assist and recorded three steals…Finished second behind Portland’s Jackie Stiles for the 2001 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award…Selected as a nominee for the 2001 Female Athlete of the Year Award at the 67th Annual Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Min

Full name is Lauren Elizabeth Jackson…Nicknames are “Loz,” “Jacko” and “LJ”…Began playing basketball at age 4…Her father Gary and her mother Maree each played for Australia’s national teams (Gary in 1975 and Maree from 1974 to 1982)…Won a gold medal with the Australian National Team at the 2006 FIBA World Championships in Brazil and silver medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the 2004 Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2002 FIBA World Championships in China…Wears jersey number 15 in honor of her mother (Maree also wore 15 in her playing days)…Has been featured in various national and international sports publications…While at home in Australia, says she enjoys surfing and spending time at the beach…Listens to music such as Beck, Tim Freedman, The Whitlams (an Australian band), Nine Inch Nails and Guns ’N Roses…Lists her favorite Australian foods as Vegemite spread and Violet Crumble candy bars.

2009 Season Highs Career Highs 36 13 2 6 4 40

Detroit, August 18 vs. San Antonio, August 1 at Detroit, August 18 (6x) vs. Minnesota, June 19 vs. Connecticut, August 27 (6x) at Los Angeles August 6 (3x)

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at Washington, July 24, 2007 vs. Charlotte, June 19, 2003 vs. Detroit, June 7, 2008 (4x) vs. Minnesota June 19, 2009 vs. Utah, August 11, 2002 vs. Washington, July 3, 2001

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Guard Height:

6-0 Weight:

155 WNBA Years:

Rookie From:

Iowa State Birth Date:

December 26, 1987 Birthplace:

Canberra, Australia Acquired:

Selected by the Storm in the first round (10th overall selection) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Alison Lacey

2006-07:Played in all 35 contests and started 21… scored in double figures 13 times…scored a seasonhigh 25 points, including a trey to put the Cyclones up for good, grabbed five rebounds and passed out three assists against Kansas State…led ISU with 17 points on 4-of-5 shooting from three-point range in the Big 12 title game vs. Oklahoma…had 14 points, including four treys, in ISU’s Big 12 tourney win over Nebraska… tallied 15 points, grabbed six rebounds and passed out four assists vs. Saint Louis…in her collegiate debut, went 4-of-6 from three-point range for 12 points and nearly completed the double-double, grabbing a gamehigh nine rebounds against Cal State Fullerton.

COLLEGE:

2009-10: Lacey concluded her career at Iowa State as the only player in school history and only the seventh player in the history of the Big 12 Conference to record 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in a career…she also became just the second Cyclone in school history to record a triple-double, posting 19 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds in the win over Iowa, which resulted in Big 12 Player of the Week accolades…led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio for the majority of the campaign and ranked second (3.0) to end the season…ranked ninth in NCAA Division I assists with 6.2 per contest…scored in double figures 25 times…ranked ninth in Big 12 scoring with 15.8 points per contest…was a unanimous pick by league coaches to the All-Big 12 First Team…was a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award for the nation’s top point guard and an All-America honorable mention pick by The Associated Press and the WBCA ranked sixth in ISU career scoring with 1,620 points…third in ISU career assists with 528…11th in career rebounds with 578… second in career free-throw percentage, hitting at an 83.3 percent clip…fifth in career three-pointers with 240…was responsible for 43.8 percent of Iowa State’s points, either by scoring or assisting, in final season…posted 12 points and seven assists in NCAA Second Round come-from-behind win over Green Bay…posted seven doubledoubles in addition to her triple-double as a senior…posted 32 points, including 18 straight, in win at Colorado…tallied 20 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, in addition to hitting three-pointer to send game into overtime in win at then-No. 20 Texas…added 23 points, four rebounds and three assists vs. Big 12 Champion Nebraska… scored 22 points, including game-clinching free throws, in win at Kansas. 2008-09: Named an All-Big 12 honorable-mention pick… became 21st player in school history to join the 1,000-point club… ranked 31st in NCAA Division I in assist-to-turnover ratio…scored in double figures 18 times and reached the 20-point mark five times… scored a season-high 29 points, including the final go-ahead threepointer, to go with three rebounds, four assists, and two steals in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen win over Michigan State…went 5-of-6 from long range for 25 points and nine rebounds in Big 12 quarterfinal win over No. 23 Texas…hit six treys, tallying 18 points, five rebounds and five assists in NCAA win over East Tennessee State…knocked down five three-pointers for 20 points at home vs. Nebraska…

PERSONAL:

Communication studies major…full name is Alison Mavis Lacey…born Dec. 26, 1987, in Canberra, Australia…parents are Stephen and Lorraine Lacey… has a twin brother (Mark) and a sister (Melissa)… brother Mark played basketball at Des Moines Area Community College.

2007-08: Led the Cyclones in scoring and ranked 12th in the league with 14.2 points per game…ranked 26th nationally and led the conference in three-point fieldgoal percentage, hitting long-range bombs at a 40.7 percent clip…finished with double-figure scoring in 26 games…named Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 11, after averaging 23 points, six rebounds and five assists in wins over Texas Tech and Missouri…went 9-of-13 from three-point range and 13-of-20 from the field for a career-high 35 points against Michigan…hit a running layup and was fouled for a conventional three-point play with four seconds left to defeat No. 15 Kansas State in the Big 12 quarterfinals…earned double-double with 13-point, 10-assist effort in the win over Colorado in the Big 12 Championship…had 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists vs. Missouri…dished out a season-high 10 assists vs. Pepperdine and matched that effort against Colorado in the Big 12 Championship.

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Forward Height:

6-2 Weight:

180 WNBA Years:

Three From:

North Carolina ’06 Birthdate:

January 18, 1985 Birthplace:

Winston-Salem, NC Acquired:

Via trade with the Atlanta Dream on June 22, 2008 in exchange for second round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft.

Camille Little 2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Averaged 10.0 ppg, 6.5 rpg, played in 34 games and started 34… Finished the season tied for eighth in the WNBA in total rebounds (222)…Led the team in scoring four times…Led the team in rebounds 14 times…Scored 10-plus points 17 times, including a season-high 20 points Aug 4 vs. Phoenix…Pulled down 10-plus rebounds five times…Recorded three double-doubles (points and rebounds)… Grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds vs. Atlanta Aug. 29…Played a career-high 51 minutes July 22 vs. Los Angeles…Only Storm player to start in all 34 games. 2009 Playoffs: Averaged 7.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.0 apg and 34.0 mpg.

2008 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Averaged 12.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg in 13 starts for the Storm after being traded from Atlanta on June 22…In less than a full season in Seattle, Little established herself as one of the Storm’s all-time biggest acquisitions…stepped into the starting lineup when Lauren Jackson missed the final 13 games of the season…As a starter averaged 12.2 points and 5.6 rebounds on 52.9 percent shooting, helping the Storm survive without Jackson…2007: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, and 20.9 mpg in her rookie season with the Silver Stars…Shot 41.2% from the field…Little first played under Storm Head Coach Brian Agler when he was an assistant in San Antonio during her rookie season, which resulted in her being named to the WNBA’s All-Rookie Team.

COLLEGE:

A four-time all-ACC selection, tallied more than 1,700 points, 800 rebounds, 250 assists and 250 steals during her collegiate career…As a senior, averaged 13.7 points and 5.9 rebounds per game along with totaling 99 steals to help guide the Tar Heels to the Final Four… Ranked among the top 20 all-time at UNC in scoring…Named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press following her junior year…Averaged 11.7 points and 5.5 rebound as a junior… As a sophomore, averaged 13.3 points and 8.0 rebounds in the ACC tournament, including a 23-point game against Duke in the finals… Named the 2004 ACC Rookie of the Year…Was the only freshman selected as a finalist for Kodak All-America honors…Became the first Tar Heel to be named first team All-ACC as a freshman…Started every game as a freshman, except Senior Day.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Marissa Camille Little…Parents are Robert and Elaine Little…Has a sister, Brandi…Father played for the Harlem Globetrotters…Named Associated Press North Carolina Player of the Year as a high school senior…Two-time North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year as a prep athlete…Led her high school to a state championship with a 30-0 record in 2001…Member of the National Honor Society…Voted Prom Queen as a high school senior…Majored in communication studies.

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2007 W San 34 7 711 54 131 .412 3 11 .273 21 40 .525 57 95 152 23 70 30 40 11 132 2008 W Atl 13 2 221 21 50 .420 4 10 .400 16 27 .593 18 22 40 9 34 10 18 7 62 W Sea 19 13 442 75 141 .532 5 15 .333 30 45 .667 29 54 83 27 52 18 42 6 185 2009 W Sea 34 34 1044 124 263 .471 7 15 .33 30 45 .667 29 54 83 35 118 39 67 13 341 Totals 100 56 2418 274 585 0.459 19 51 .334 97 157 .613 133 225 358 94 274 97 167 37 720

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2009 Season Highs Career Highs 20 15 4 4 2 51

vs. Phoenix, August 4 vs. Atlanta, August 29 at Phoenix, June 21 at Los Angeles, August 6 (2x) at Washington, Sept. 3 (3x) vs. Los Angeles, July 22

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vs. Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008 vs. Atlanta, August 29, 2009 vs. Atlanta, Sept. 12, 2008 (5x) at Los Angeles, August 6 (2x) vs. Los Angeles, August 4, 2007 (2x) vs. Los Angeles, July 22, 2009

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2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Averaged 0.5 PPG, 0.9 RPG and 6.4 MPG in 26 games…blocked at least one shot in all five September games, averaging 1.6 per game…Started in the last two games of the season. 2009 Playoffs: Averaged 6.0 mpg in three games against the Los Angeles Sparks.

2008 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

Position:

Center Height:

6-4 Weight:

180 WNBA Years:

Six From:

Tennessee ’04 Birthdate:

August 12, 1982 Birthplace:

Dallas, Texas Acquired:

Traded from the Chicago Sky on June 29, 2006 in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and a 2007 secondround draft pick.

Averaged 0.9 ppg, 2.2 rpg and 10.0 mpg in 33 games for the Storm… Scored season-high 5 points and grabbed season-high 6 rebounds vs. Atlanta on 9/12…Played season-high 27 minutes vs. Los Angeles on 9/14…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 2.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 15.3 mpg in three games.

WNBA CAREER:

Acquired by the Chicago Sky in the 2005 WNBA Expansion Draft… Selected by the Mercury in the second round (14th overall pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft…2007: Appeared in 33 games for the Storm and was in the starting lineup five times…Ranked third on the team with 25 total blocks…Grabbed 10-plus rebounds twice and led the team in rebounding three times…Averaged 8.8 rpg over the final six games of the season…Grabbed a career-high-tying 13 rebounds at Detroit on 8/9…2006: Averaged 1.4 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 11.1 mpg in 29 games split between Chicago and Seattle…Traded to Seattle on 6/29… Appeared in 17 games for the Storm, averaging 1.2 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 11.6 mpg…Led the Storm in rebounding twice…Made her Storm debut vs. Minnesota on 7/1, grabbing two rebounds in four minutes of action…Scored her first points in a Storm uniform vs. New York on 7/14…Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Detroit on 7/28…2006 Playoffs: Logged six minutes in two games for the Storm…2005: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 1.0 bpg and 19.4 mpg…Was the only Mercury player to appear in all 34 games…Blocked a career-high five shots and grabbed a then-career-high nine rebounds at Houston on 6/4…Scored a career-high 10 points on 5/24 at Indiana…2004: Averaged 0.9 ppg, 0.7 rpg and 6.8 mpg…Began the season on the injured list and appeared in just 19 games…Finished the season ranked third in the WNBA in blocks per 40 minutes (3.1) and ninth in steals per 40 minutes (2.46)…Played a season-high 17 minutes and had two steals on 7/7 at Los Angeles.

COLLEGE:

2003-04: Started all 35 games for the Lady Vols… Finished the season ranked third in the SEC in blocks per game (2.0)…Averaged 8.1 ppg, 6.4 rpg and 2.0 bpg…2002-03: Led the Lady Vols in blocks with 63 on the season…Averaged 5.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg and 1.7 bpg…2001-02: Averaged 4.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg… Underwent ACL surgery prior to the season…2000-01: Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team…Averaged 8.9 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 1.5 bpg.

PERSONAL:

Enjoys reading, watching TV and completing crossword puzzles…Wants to become a professional makeup artist once her playing days are over…Has been an active member of the community, especially with Race for the Cure and other breast cancer initiatives…Earned a degree in public relations with a minor in business for the University of Tennessee…If given the opportunity to have dinner with anyone she would choose Oprah Winfrey…Drives a 2005 Mustang…Lists her favorite book as “Change the Way you See Everything: Through Asset Based Thinking” by Kathryn D. Cramer and Hank Wasiak…Hired as the ambassador for the team’s 2007 “Stormin’ the Sound” off-season community initiative, where she participated in events with Sonics All-Star Ray Allen and Legend Spencer Haywood.

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2004 W Pho 19 0 130 7 14 .500 0 1 .000 3 7 .429 4 9 13 2 22 8 4 10 17 2005 W Pho 34 15 658 42 129 .326 0 1 .000 19 38 .500 48 70 118 31 108 20 38 34 103 2006 W Chi/Sea 29 5 324 18 54 .333 1 2 .500 5 16 .313 34 44 78 13 53 8 22 16 42 2007 W Sea 33 5 409 22 63 .349 0 1 .000 4 15 .267 30 70 100 14 57 16 26 25 48 2008 W Sea 33 1 329 13 43 .302 0 0 --- 3 10 .300 29 43 72 12 62 12 28 20 29 2009 W Sea 26 2 167 5 25 .200 0 1 --- 2 4 .500 5 19 24 2 31 2 10 13 12 Totals 174 28 2017 107 328 .335 1 6 .200 36 90 .462 150 255 405 74 333 66 128 118 251

WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2006 Sea 2 0 5 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2007 Sea 2 2 52 4 11 .364 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 12 16 6 4 2 3 5 8 2008 Sea 3 1 46 3 6 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 5 7 12 2 9 1 2 2 7 2009 Sea 3 0 18 0 2 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 Totals 10 3 121 7 19 .216 0 0 .000 1 4 .125 10 19 29 8 18 3 6 8 15

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2009 Season Highs Career Highs 2 5 1 1 2 29

vs. Phoenix, Sept. 10 (5x) at Minnesota, Sept. 5 at San Antonio, Sept. 12 (2x) at Minnesota, Sept. 5 (2x) vs. Phoenix, Sept. 5 (3x) at Minnesota, Sept. 5

10 13 4 3 5 35

at Indiana, May 24, 2005 at Detroit, August 9, 2007 (2x) vs. Minnesota, August 21, 2005 at Washington, July 24, 2007 (2x) at Houston, June 4, 2005 vs. Sacramento, May 21, 2005

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Jana Veselรก A native of the Czech Republic who has played a key role for her country in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and is a veteran of Euroleague play, Jana Veselรก will come to the WNBA for the first time in 2010 after signing a training camp contract with the Storm on March 3, 2010. Vesela helped lead the Czech Republic to the 2005 EuroBasket Women championship.

Position:

Forward Height:

6-3 Weight:

N/A WNBA Years:

Rookie From:

Czech Republic Birth Date:

December 31, 1983 Birthplace:

Prague, Czech Republic Acquired:

Invited to 2010 Training Camp

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Forward Height:

6-0 Weight:

200 WNBA Years:

Six From:

Auburn University Birth Date:

February 10, 1981 Birthplace:

Augusta, GA Acquired:

Signed as a free agent on February 9, 2010

Le’coe Willingham 2009 REGULAR SEASON:

Was one of four players to start every game this season…Led team in shooting percentage (.533, 3rd-WNBA)…Averaged 10.0 points per game, marking the second-straight year she’s posted at least 10 points per game…Scored a career-high 26 points on June 13 vs. SAC…Grabbed 5+ rebounds 16 times (12-4)…Posted 10+ points 15 times…Posted 15+ points four times…Recorded 10+ points and 5+ rebounds eight times…Posted 20+ points and 5+ rebounds once… Led the Mercury in rebounding four times…Recorded season highs in assists (5) and steals (3) on Aug. 1 at MIN…2008: Was one of five Mercury players to appear in all 34 games in 2008, including 27 starts Shot a league-best 57.0 percent from the floor, far surpassing the Mercury’s previous franchise record set in 2001 (Maria Stepanova, 50.7 percent)…Recorded career-highs in scoring (10.1 ppg), rebounding (5.9 rpg), assists (0.9 apg), steals (0.7 spg) and minutes (24.5 mpg)…Recorded a career-high 17 points on June 16, 2008 vs. Detroit…Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds at Los Angeles on June 6, 2008…Recorded 10+ points 19 times and 15+ points five times… Recorded 5+ rebounds a team-high tying 23 times and 10+ rebounds three times…Recorded her first two career double-doubles in a three-game span from June 6-14, 2008…Led the team in rebounds 10 times, steals five times, blocks twice and minutes once…Signed with the Mercury on March 10, 2008…2007: Appeared in 28 games, including five starts…Averaged a then-career-high 11.4 minutes per game…Recorded a season-high 10 points on June 23, 2007 against San Antonio…Grabbed a then-career-high eight rebounds on June 2, 2007 against Phoenix…2006: Third-year forward appeared in a career-high 29 games…Scored a season-high 10 points on June 10, 2006 at Charlotte…Made her first career WNBA three-pointer in that game…Finished the season 6-10 (.600) from behind the arc… Matched her season high with six rebounds on August 1, 2006 against New York…Had a career-high three assists twice…2005: Scored a season-high seven points on August 26, 2005 against…Washington, making 3-of-5 shots with three rebounds…Appeared in first six games of the season, averaging just over six minutes per game… Appeared in final 17 games…Scored 12 points on 6-9 shooting on July 21, 2004 at Detroit…Recorded a career-high six made free throws on September 19, 2004 in win over Indiana.

COLLEGE:

Among Auburn’s top ten career leaders in starts, points, field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted and rebounds…Ranks ninth all-time in scoring (1,475 points) and seventh in rebounding (927) on Auburn’s all-time charts…Led Auburn to a 22-9 record and an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a senior in 2003-04…Kodak/WBCA All-America finalist in her senior season 2003-04… Named team MVP as a senior…Three-time All-SEC (2004, 2002 and 2000)…Redshirted 2000-01 season… Named to the All-SEC freshman team…Scored a teamhigh 14 points in WNIT Championship win over Baylor including the game-winning shot

PERSONAL:

Daughter of Louis Willingham and Louise Shivers… Majored in psychology at Auburn University…Has three brothers: Louis, Jr. (30), Gavin (25) and Tony (23)…Has an eight-year-old son named Derrick.

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2004 W CON 23 0 175 24 38 .632 0 1 .000 20 26 .769 22 21 43 7 16 8 12 2 68 2005 W CON 18 0 91 7 17 .412 0 0 .000 10 20 0.500 10 7 17 3 16 2 14 0 24 2006 W CON 29 0 209 25 53 .472 6 10 .600 7 13 .538 20 35 55 17 23 5 15 0 63 2007 W CON 28 5 320 20 52 .385 0 4 .000 18 25 .720 27 50 77 11 44 8 19 6 58 2008 W PHO 34 27 834 139 244 .570 5 27 .185 60 81 .741 86 116 202 29 116 22 46 7 343 2009 W PHO 34 34 713 136 255 .533 1 8 .125 67 79 .848 64 79 143 35 91 22 46 9 340 Totals 116 66 2342 351 659 .533 12 50 .240 182 244 .746 229 308 537 102 306 67 152 24 896

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2009 Season Highs Career Highs 26 7 5 3 2 33

vs. Sacramento, June 13 vs. Los Angeles, Sept. 13 (6x) at Minnesota, August 1 vs. Washington, August 21 (2x) at San Antonio, August 15 (2x) vs. Detroit, July 18

26 12 5 3 2 33

vs. Sacramento, June 13, 2009 at Los Angeles, June 6, 2008 at Minnesota, August 1, 2009 vs. Washington, August 21 (2x) at San Antonio, August 15 (2x) vs. Detroit, July 18, 2009

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Guard Height:

5-11 Weight:

165 WNBA Years:

Five From:

Penn State ’05 Birthdate:

November 29, 1983 Birthplace:

West Mifflin, Pa. Acquired:

Selected by Seattle in the first round (12th pick overall) of the 2005 WNBA Draft

Tanisha Wright

2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:

2008: Appeared in all 34 games and was in the starting lineup 14 times…Averaged 7.9 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.5 apg and 23.8 mpg…Tallied 10-plus points 14 times…Scored 17 points on 6-for-11 shooting vs. Minnesota on 9/6…Led team in assists four times…Second on the team in assists per game (2.5) and total assists (84)…2008 Playoffs: Averaged 13.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 2.7 apg, 2.0 spg and 34.3 mpg in three games…Scored 20 points on 8-for-15 shooting vs. Los Angeles on 9/23…2007: Averaged 4.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 2.0 apg and 16.1 mpg…One of four Storm players to appear in all 34 games… Posted career highs in scoring (4.1 ppg), assists (2.0 apg) and free throw percentage (.846)…Started five games in place of the injured Sue Bird (7/6-17) and averaged 9.0 ppg and 4.8 apg as a starter… Scored 10-plus points twice and surpassed 20 points once…Led the team in scoring once and in assists four times…Recorded her 100th career assist vs. San Antonio on 6/2…Scored the 100th field goal of her career vs. Chicago on 6/26…Scored a career-high 23 points in a career-high 38 minutes at San Antonio on 7/7…2007 Playoffs: Handed out one assist in 11 total minutes of action in two games…2006: Averaged 3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 1.2 apg and 15.4 mpg in 33 games…Scored in double figures once and led the team in assists three times…Handed out a season-high four assists vs. San Antonio on 6/23, at Phoenix on 7/25 and at Minnesota on 8/1…Hit the first three-pointer of her WNBA career at Los Angeles on 6/28…Grabbed her 100th career rebound vs. Sacramento on 7/18…Scored a seasonhigh 11 points vs. Sacramento on 7/18…2006 Playoffs: Handed out one assist in 11 total minutes of action in two games…2005: Averaged 3.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 1.6 apg and 15.5 mpg in 34 games… One of just four Seattle players to appear in every game…Started eight games, averaging 6.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 3.0 apg in 27.8 mpg… Tallied at least five assists three times and led the Storm in assists four times…

Lg Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2005 W Sea 34 8 528 49 106 .462 0 1 .000 24 36 .667 20 37 57 53 60 18 40 3 122 2006 W Sea 33 0 507 42 119 .353 2 14 .143 38 45 .844 19 41 60 41 53 11 53 2 124 2007 W Sea 34 5 547 50 125 .400 6 22 .273 33 39 .846 17 26 43 69 56 31 55 2 139 2008 W Sea 34 14 808 108 250 .432 4 24 .167 48 61 .787 32 84 116 84 94 31 78 8 268 2009 W Sea 33 33 1072 150 324 .463 8 30 .267 96 106 .906 44 73 117 129 119 50 85 10 404 Totals 168 60 2463 366 729 .422 20 91 .170 547 287 .810 88 261 393 376 382 141 107 25 1057

WNBA CAREER PLAYOFF STATISTICS Tm G GS Min FG FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FT FTA PCT OR DR Reb As PF St TO Blk Pts 2005 Sea 3 0 38 1 5 .200 0 0 .000 7 7 1.000 1 4 5 7 6 3 2 0 9 2006 Sea 2 0 12 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2007 Sea 2 0 42 7 15 .467 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 5 0 5 5 6 1 6 1 18 2008 Sea 3 3 103 14 34 .412 1 3 .500 12 16 .750 4 13 17 8 10 6 11 0 41 2009 Sea 3 3 98 13 38 .342 1 4 .250 8 8 1.00 9 7 16 16 12 5 9 0 35 Totals 13 6 293 35 95 .284 2 10 .150 66 43 .852 10 17 27 21 23 10 21 1 68

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WNBA CAREER:

WNBA CAREER STATISTICS

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with nine vs. Bucknell…Posted a career-best 28 points at Pitt…Scored 10 points vs. Holy Cross in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on 3/23…2001-02: Posted a season-best 19 points in a quarterfinal win over Ohio State…Registered a career-best 26 points in the NCAA second round vs. Florida International.

Averaged 12.2 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 3.9 APG, 1.52 SPG and 32.5 MPG in 33 games…finished the season ranked third in free throw percentage (.906) and 10th in the league in total minutes played… Voted to WNBA All-Defensive First Team…Led the team in scoring six times… Led the team in rebounds three times…Led the team in assists 11 times…Scored 20-plus points five times and 10-plus points 21 times…Handed out five-plus assists 10 times…Started in all 33 games played…Did not play in the last game of the regular season. 2009 Playoffs: Averaged 11.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.7 spg and 32.7 mpg in 3 games against the Los Angeles Sparks.

Scored five-plus points 10 times and 10-plus points three times, including a career-high 17 vs. Phoenix on 8/27… Reached the 100-point mark for her career at San Antonio on 8/23…2005 Playoffs: Averaged 3.0 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 2.3 apg ,1.0 spg and 12.7 mpg in three games.

In college, majored in elementary education with a minor in sociology…Enjoys watching Law & Order SVU as well as Will Smith movies…Has a superstition of wearing two pairs of socks during games…Lists winning the Big Ten Championship in consecutive seasons as her best basketball memories…Enjoys shopping in her spare time, especially for sneakers…Drives a 2002 Dodge Stratus named Ole’ Betty…Played in Israel during 2006-07 and 2007-08 offseasons, and says the best part of playing basketball overseas is that it’s a great opportunity to learn about and experience different cultures…Lists Napoleon Dynamite as her favorite movie to quote, her favorite line being “Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills…You know, like nun chuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills…”

COLLEGE:

2004-05: Selected three times as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2003, 2004 and 2005)…Led the Big Ten in scoring with 19.3 points per game…Named a first-team USBWA All-American, an Associated Press third-team All-American and a Kodak AllAmerican honorable mention selection…2003-04: Won unprecedented back-to-back Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Awards…Also named First-Team All-Big Ten by both the coaches and the media…Recognized by the AP as Honorable Mention All-America…Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week on 2/23…Was selected as the Junkanoo Jam Tourney MVP after scoring 39 points vs. George Washington and Kansas State…Won the Lady Lions’ Robin Lombard Award which recognizes a player who exemplifies the true Lady Lion spirit…Posted a season-high eight assists and hit two three-pointers vs. LSU…Scored a then-season high of 23 points vs. Kansas State…Tallied a season-high 24 points (10-of-17 from the field), six rebounds, three assists, two steals and a block at Iowa…Tied a career high with 28 points vs. Virginia Tech…2002-03: Tied a career high in rebounds Pts Rebs Asts Stls Blks Mins

2009 Season Highs Career Highs 25 8 7 5 3 42

vs. Atlanta, Aug. 29 (2x) vs. Los Angeles, June 26 vs. Phoenix, Aug. 4 vs. Washington, Aug. 25 vs. Sacramento, July 9 vs. Atlanta, Aug. 29

25 (2x) 8 (3x) 7 (5x) 5 3 42 (2x)

vs. Atlanta, Aug. 29, 2009 (2x) vs. Los Angeles, June 26, 2009 (3x) vs. Phoenix, Aug. 4, 2009 (5x) vs. Washington, Aug. 25, 2009 vs. Sacramento, July 9, 2009 vs. Atlanta, Aug. 29, 2009 (2x)

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2009 Miscellaneous Stats Storm vs. the WNBA in 2009

Overall EASTERN WESTERN

Record Home Road

20-14 (.588) 7-7 (.500) 13-7 (.650)

13-4 (.764) 5-2 (.714) 8-2 (.800)

7-10 (.411) 2-5 (.285) 5-5 (.500)

OT

3-3 (.500) 1-0 (1.000) 2-3 (.400)

2009 Margins of Victory/Defeat Margins 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 WON BY: 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 LOST BY: 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 Margins 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46+ WON BY: 1 LOST BY: 1

2009 Winning and Losing Streaks

Back Row (from left): Assistant Coach Shelley Patterson, Assistant Coach Nancy Darsch, Ashley Walker, Suzy Batkovic-Brown, Ashley Robinson, Janell Burse, Katie Gearlds, Head Coach Brian Agler

Front Row from left: Shannon Johnson, Camille Little, Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Tanisha Wright, Swin Cash

2009 REGULAR SEASON STATS (20-14) FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG JACKSON 26 26 843 168 363 .463 49 114 .430 114 143 .797 48 134 182 22 97 2 38 43 45 499 19.2 BIRD 31 31 1101 154 377 .408 54 150 .360 35 41 .854 12 66 78 179 50 0 47 81 3 397 12.8 WRIGHT 33 33 1072 150 324 .463 8 30 .267 96 106 .906 44 73 117 129 119 5 50 85 10 404 12.2 CASH 32 29 1094 139 355 .392 10 31 .323 102 128 .797 62 152 214 82 98 1 28 91 16 390 12.2 LITTLE 34 34 1044 124 263 .471 7 27 .259 86 126 .683 75 147 222 35 118 1 39 67 13 341 10.0 BURSE 34 8 541 74 145 .510 0 0 --- 59 80 .738 31 76 107 10 71 1 21 35 31 207 6.1 GEARLDS 20 0 243 29 74 .392 21 52 .404 3 4 .750 4 22 26 11 14 0 6 12 3 82 4.1 JOHNSON 34 6 618 36 107 .336 18 61 .295 47 55 .855 14 48 62 52 56 0 27 52 7 137 4.0 ATKINSON 2 1 46 2 8 .250 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 6 12 18 5 5 0 10 4 1 5 2.5 BATKOVIC-BROWN 20 0 147 21 43 .488 3 11 .273 2 8 .250 9 20 29 4 29 0 5 24 6 47 2.4 WALKER 13 0 90 7 28 .250 1 6 .167 8 10 .800 6 17 23 4 20 0 2 7 2 23 1.8 ROBINSON 26 2 167 5 25 .200 0 1 .000 2 4 .500 5 19 24 2 31 0 2 10 13 12 0.5 FRANKLIN 2 0 20 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 STORM 34 7025 909 2116 .430 171 486 .352 555 707 .785 316 788 1104 536 710 10 276 555 150 2544 74.8 OPPONENTS 34 7025 882 2150 .410 202 585 .345 510 671 .760 332 746 1078 517 672 7 275 555 131 2476 72.8

2009 STORM SEASON NOTES For the second straight year, the Storm led the WNBA in scoring defense, allowing 72.8 points per game. The Seattle Storm completed the 2009 WNBA regular season with a record of 20-14. It was our fourth 20-win season, our second 20-win season in a row and the second with Coach Brian Agler.

LONG: LAST:

Overall WIN -1 WIN -6 LOSS -3 WIN 09/12 @ SA 64-55 LOSS 09/10 vs PHO 84-92

Home LOSS -1 WIN -5 LOSS -2 WIN 08/29 vs ATL 91-84 LOSS 09/10 vs PHO 84-92

WON LOST OFFENSE VS. OPPONENT JUNE 6 3 70< 6-7 .500< 11-8 JULY 5 4 DEFENSE AUG. 7 4 70+ 8-11 SEP. 2 3 70< 12-3 At Start Of: 2ND-AHEAD: BEHIND: TIED: 3RD-AHEAD: BEHIND: TIED: 4TH-AHEAD: BEHIND: TIED:

Road WIN -1 WIN -2 LOSS -4 WIN 09/12 @ SA 64-55 LOSS 09/05 @ MIN 68-76 HOME ATTENDANCE 133,858 TOTAL 7,874 AVERAGE 10,137 HIGH

OVERALL HOME ROAD FG% OVERALL HOME ROAD 15-2 10-0 5-2 -44% 12-10 8-3 4-7 5-10 3-3 2-7 45-49% 4-3 3-1 1-2 0-2 0-1 0-1 50-54% 3-1 2-0 1-1 13-1 9-0 4-1 55-59% 1-0 0-0 1-0 6-11 3-3 3-8 +60% 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 0-1 15-3 10-0 5-3 4-10 3-3 1-7 1-1 0-1 1-0

Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird and Swin Cash all were voted by fans as starters for the 2009 WNBA All-Star game. Lauren Jackson reached her 5,000-career-point milestone Saturday, Aug. 15 in Atlanta, becoming the fastest in league history to reach the 5,000-points plateau. She also reached her 2,000-career-rebound milestone on Saturday, Aug. 1 at home vs. San Antonio. Swin Cash also reached her 3,000-career-point milestone Saturday, Aug. 15 in Atlanta. Cash was also named the All-Star game MVP. Sue Bird reached the 3,000-career point milestone at Sacramento on Friday, July 17, 2009. She passed Shannon Johnson on the career assists list this season, moving into the 2nd spot on the WNBA career list with 1,425. Sue Bird won the 2009 WNBA Peak Performer Award for assists – she led the WNBA in assists, averaging 5.8 assists per game in 2009. Lauren Jackson and Tanisha Wright were named to the 2009 WNBA All-Defensive First Team. Lauren Jackson was named to the 2009 All-WNBA First Team.

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Result

Record

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W 71-61

1-0

Jun 6 at Sacramento

2009 Game-by-Game Statistics High Scorer

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

Att.

Jackson-23

Little-6

Bird-8

Harper/Penicheiro-11

14,824

Date Opponent

FG-FGA PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-FTA PCT OR DR TR A PF ST TO BS PTS

6/6 Sacramento 27-69 0.391 9-20 0.450 8-11 0.727 14 11 25 18 23 8 13 4 24

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Jun7

SACRAMENTO

W 80-70

2-0

Jackson-25

Tied with-5

Bird-8

Lawson-17

9,686

3

Jun 9

at Indiana

L 66-73

2-1

Jackson-21

Jackson/Little-6

Bird-5

Douglas-20

7,253

4

Jun 12 at Minnesota

W 88-71

3-1

Jackson-22

Jackson-11

Bird-9

Houston-18

6,423

6/9 Indiana

5

Jun 14 at Chicago

L 57-64

3-2

Jackson-22

Jackson/Little-8

Wright-4

Dupree-14

2,681

6/12 Minnesota 35-62 0.565 8-14 0.571 10-16 0.625 4 25 29 23 20 4 13 5 38 6/14 Chicago

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Jun 19 MINNESOTA

W 90-62

4-2

Jackson-26

Johnson/Jackson-6

Bird-10

Wiggins-12

7,607

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Jun 21 at Phoenix

W 93-84

5-2

Jackson-25

Jackson-8

Bird-9

Taurasi-25

6,181

25-51 0.490 3-12 0.250 13-16 0.813 7 19 26 15 29 7 19 5 28

20-56 0.357 5-17 0.294 12-15 0.800 4 25 29 10 19 8 12 3 20

6/19 Minnesota 26-52 0.500 8-14 0.571 30-38 0.789 9 22 31 21 27 14 15 4 28

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Jun 26 LOS ANGELES

W 69-67

6-2

Jackson-32

Jackson/Wright-8

Bird-5

Thompson-20

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Jun 28 at Los Angeles

L 55-82

6-3

Jackson/Little-9

Cash-8

Johnson-3

Ferdinand-Harris-15

10,797

L 81-93

6-4

Cash/Jackson-17

Cash-9

Wright-6

Pondexter/Taurasi-22

6,341

6/26 Los Angeles 27-59 0.458 4-10 0.400 11-17 0.647 13 16 29 14 16 6 12 8 34

10,137

6/28 Los Angeles 18-52 0.346 5-17 0.294 14-20 0.700 7 26 33 12 21 3 21 1 22

10 Jul 1

at Phoenix

9,686

6/7 Sacramento 31-63 0.492 5-15 0.333 13-16 0.813 5 21 26 16 20 10 11 8 36

11 Jul 7

SAN ANTONIO

W 66-53

7-4

Cash-18

Cash/Jackson-12

Bird-3

Hammon-13

12 Jul 9

SACRAMENTO

W 66-55

8-4

Cash-18

Tied with-5

Wright-7

Brunson/Robinson-10

6,838

L 81-86

8-5

Jackson/Wright-18

Jackson/Wright-7

Wright-7

Dupree-28

6,796

13 Jul 12 CHICAGO

6/21 Phoenix

7/1 Phoenix

35-69 0.507 7-14 0.500 16-20 0.800 10 27 37 22 22 3 12 4 42

29-70 0.414 3-10 0.300 20-22 0.909 11 21 32 16 19 9 11 2 32

7/7 San Antonio 24-63 0.381 2-10 0.200 16-21 0.762 14 27 41 8 18 8 16 6 24

14 Jul 15 DETROIT

L 63-66

8-6

Little-12

Little-6

Bird-6

Smith-19

6,821

15 Jul 17 at Sacramento

W 69-56

9-6

Bird-20

Little-9

Bird-6

Powell-13

6,386

16 Jul 19 MINNESOTA

W 72-69

10-6

Little-18

Cash-9

Wright/Bird/Johnson-4

Wiggins/Anosike/Hodges-12

6,912

7/12 Chicago

30-61 0.492 4-16 0.250 17-22 0.773 9 18 27 22 20 8 7 3 40

17 Jul 22 LOS ANGELES

W 98-87(3OT)

11-6

Bird-23

Little-14

Bird-5/Cash-5

Thompson-22

7,154

7/15 Detroit

25-60 0.417 3-13 0.231 10-15 0.667 9 13 22 14 23 10 17 2 30

18 Jul 28 at San Antonio

L 71-74

11-7

Jackson-19

Cash-11

Bird-5

Hammon-24

5,382

7/17 Sacramento 28-59 0.475 8-17 0.471 5-8 0.625 10 27 37 12 20 5 17 0 30

19 Aug 1 SAN ANTONIO

W 85-82(OT)

12-7

Jackson-23

Jackson-13

Bird-5

Hammon-20

8,167

20 Aug 4 PHOENIX

L 90-101(OT)

12-8

Wright-25

Cash/Jackson-11

Wright-7

Taurasi-19

6,728

7/9 Sacramento 23-58 0.397 5-14 0.357 15-18 0.833 8 23 31 17 19 6 18 9 26

7/19 Minnesota 27-60 0.450 4-11 0.364 14-17 0.824 6 18 24 16 22 8 11 2 44 7/22 Los Angeles 34-90 0.378 14-32 0.438 16-19 0.842 10 24 34 18 22 11 11 5 36

21 Aug 6 at Los Angeles

L 75-79(OT)

12-9

Jackson-21

Cash-8

Bird-6/Wright-6

Quinn-23

9,735

22 Aug 8 NEW YORK

W 70-69

13-9

Jackson-21

Jackson-9

Bird-6

McCarville-22

7,496

7/28 San Antonio 27-56 0.482 5-14 0.357 12-17 0.706 8 27 35 16 16 4 16 2 34

23 Aug 13 at Connecticut

L 53-64

13-10

Wright-13

Jackson-10

Bird-3

Gruda-14

6,983

8/1 San Antonio 26-73 0.356 3-11 0.273 30-37 0.811 17 28 45 16 24 5 9 2 36

24 Aug 15 at Atlanta

L 79-88

13-11

Jackson-25

Jackson-9

Bird-12

Lyttle-20

8,751

8/4 Phoenix

25 Aug 18 at Detroit

W 79-75

14-11

Jackson-36

Cash/Jackson-7

Bird-8

Nolan-29

7,392

31-75 0.413 4-11 0.364 24-29 0.828 10 26 36 17 19 9 15 4 44

8/6 Los Angeles 25-68 0.368 7-21 0.333 18-25 0.720 12 19 31 16 23 9 6 5 34

26 Aug 22 INDIANA

W 74-60

15-11

Bird-16

Cash-9

Bird/Wright-5

Douglas-12

8,273

27 Aug 25 WASHINGTON

W 78-68

16-11

Burse-14

Little-7

Wright-6

Currie/Coleman-13

6,791

28 Aug 27 CONNECTICUT

W 86-74

17-11

Bird-21

Little-10

Bird-7

Whalen-18

6,588

8/13 Connecticut 17-56 0.304 3-12 0.250 16-19 0.842 12 24 36 8 18 8 19 3 28

8/8 New York

28-57 0.491 3-10 0.300 11-14 0.786 3 24 27 20 14 7 12 7 32

29 Aug 29 ATLANTA

W 91-84(2OT)

18-11

Wright-25

Little-15

Bird-8

McCoughtry-16

9,089

8/15 Atlanta

31-61 0.508 4-14 0.286 13-18 0.722 4 22 26 23 20 13 19 1 38

30 Sep 1 at New York

W 65-58

19-11

Little-17

Little-13

Wright-3

Kraayeveld-14

8,469

8/18 Detroit

25-56 0.446 6-14 0.429 23-26 0.885 5 23 28 22 25 5 16 3 26

31 Sep 3 at Washington

L 67-78

19-12

Bird-17

Cash-7

Bird-6

Currie-17

32 Sep 5 at Minnesota

L 68-76

19-13

Wright-20

Little-8

Johnson/Wright-4

Houston-22

8/22 Indiana

23-61 0.377 4-18 0.222 24-27 0.889 12 26 38 16 16 6 12 3 30

10,648 8,170

33 Sep 10 PHOENIX

L 84-92(OT)

19-14

Wright-24

Burse/Little-9

Wright-5

Taurasi-22

9,089

34 Sep 12 at San Antonio

W 64-55

20-14

Johnson-16

Little-11

Johnson-5

Crossley-12

10,153

8/25 Washington 26-58 0.448 9-18 0.500 17-22 0.773 9 23 32 18 26 14 19 7 26 8/27 Connecticut 28-56 0.500 5-14 0.357 25-28 0.893 7 27 34 14 17 8 14 6 36 8/29 Atlanta

37-83 0.446 4-13 0.308 13-15 0.867 11 30 41 21 24 10 28 7 52

9/1 New York

19-51 0.373 3-10 0.300 24-29 0.828 13 27 40 8 17 7 20 6 24

9/3 Washington 23-58 0.397 3-11 0.273 18-25 0.720 8 23 31 11 31 11 24 6 28 9/5 Minnesota 27-61 0.443 2-10 0.200 12-17 0.706 6 21 27 11 21 8 16 4 38 9/10 Phoenix

30-71 0.423 3-10 0.300 21-28 0.750 13 32 45 12 20 7 24 6 40

9/12 San Antonio 22-61 0.361 6-19 0.316 14-20 0.700 16 23 39 13 19 17 15 7 28 Reg. Season Totals: 909-2116 0.430 171-486 0.352 555-707 0.785 316 788 1104 536 710 276 520 150 1108 Reg. Season Averages: 26.7-62.2

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16.3-20.8

9.3

23.2

32.5

15.8

20.9

8.1

15.3

4.4

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2009 Regular season review 2009 Game Leaders Player Suzy Batkovic-Brown Sue Bird Janell Burse Swin Cash Katie Gearlds Lauren Jackson Shannon Johnson Camille Little Ashley Robinson Ashley Walker Tanisha Wright

2009 Team Highs and Lows Point Totals 10+ 5+/10+ Double-Doubles Game Leaders 10+ 20+ 30+ Reb Ast Pt/Reb Pt/Ast Pts Reb Ast 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 5 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 23 1 0 5 0 5 0 3 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 13 2 4 0 4 0 17 16 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 17 1 0 5 0 3 0 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 11

2009 Starting Lineups Forward Little Cash Cash Cash Little Robinson Starters Records Batkovic-Brown Bird Burse Cash Gearlds Jackson Johnson Little Robinson Walker Wright Atkinson

Forward Wright Jackson Burse Burse Burse Burse

Center Jackson Little Little Little Robinson Little

Guard Johnson Wright Wright Wright Johnson Johnson

Guard Bird Bird Bird Johnson Wright Atkinson

GS W L 3 2 1 23 13 10 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0

GS W L 0 0 0 31 19 12 8 5 3 29 17 12 0 0 0 26 15 11 6 3 3 34 20 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 33 19 14 1 1 0

2009 Games Lost Due to Injury/Illness Player Ashley Walker Lauren Jackson Katie Gearlds Sue Bird

Date(s) Injured/Ill 7/7-8/15 7/17-7/19 8/29-9/12 8/6-9/12 9/5-9/12

Total games missed (4 players): 39

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Games Missed 14 2 6 14 3

Injury or Illness Jammed Right Toe Strained Left Achilles Tendon Stress Fracture, Back Torn Left Knee Ligament (PCL) Sore Neck

Storm Team Highs

Storm Team Lows

Points 1st Quarter 34 at Phoenix 6/21/09 2nd Quarter 25, 3x, last vs. Chicago 7/12/09 3rd Quarter 30 at Minnesota 9/5/09 4th Quarter 27 vs. Connecticut 8/27/09 1st Half 55 vs. Minnesota 6/19/09 2nd Half 50 vs. Connecticut 8/27/09 Overtime 31, 3OT vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 FG Made 37, 2OT vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 FG Attempted 90 vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 FG Percentage .565 at Minnesota 6/12/09 3P Made 14 vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 3P Attempted 32 vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 3P Percentage .571, 2x, last vs. MIN 6/19/09 FT Made 30, 2x, last vs. S.A. 8/1/09 FT Attempted 38 vs. Minnesota 6/19/09 FT Percentage .909 at Phoenix 7/1/09 Off. Rebounds 17 vs. S.A. 8/1/09 Def. Rebounds 32, 1OT vs. Phoenix 9/10/09 Tot. Rebounds 45, 2x, last 1OT vs. Phoenix 8/1/09 Assists 23, 2x, last at Atlanta 8/15/09 Steals 17 at San Antonio 9/12/09 Turnovers 28, 2OT vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 Blocks 9 vs. Sacramento 7/9/09

5 at Minnesota 9/5/09 8 at New York 9/1/09 10 at Sacramento 7/17/09 9, 3x, last at Minnesota 9/5/09 24, 2x, last at New York 9/1/09 23 at Connecticut 8/13/09 6 vs. Phoenix 8/4/09 17 at Connecticut 8/13/09 51, 2x, last at New York 9/1/09 .304 at Connecticut 8/13/09 2 vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 10, 7x, last 1OT vs. Phoenix 9/10/09 .200, 2x, last at MIN 9/5/09 5 at SAC 7/17/09 8 at SAC 7/17/09 .625, 2x, last at SAC 7/17/09 3 vs. New York 8/8/09 11 at Sacramento 6/6/09 22 vs. Detroit 7/15/09 8, 3x, last at New York 9/1/09 3, 2x, last at LA 6/28/09 6 at Los Angeles 8/6/09 0 at Sacramento 7/17/09

Opponent Team Highs

Opponent Team Lows

Points 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Half 2nd Half Overtime FG Made FG Attempted FG Percentage 3P Made 3P Attempted 3P Percentage FT Made FT Attempted FT Percentage Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Turnovers Blocks

23, 2x, last at Atlanta 8/15/09 26 at Los Angeles 6/28/09 27 at Detroit 8/18/09 27, 2x last at Detroit 8/18/09 47 at Phoenix 7/1/09 54 at Detroit 8/18/09 20, 3OT vs. LA 7/22/09 36 at Atlanta 8/15/09 87, 2OT vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 .608 vs. Chicago 7/12/09 13 vs. Phoenix 8/4/09 29, 2x, last vs. Phoenix 8/4/09 .632 vs. Chicago 7/12/09 26 vs. Phoenix 9/10/09 38 at Washington 9/3/09 .923 vs. Indiana 8/22/09 17 at Sacramento 6/6/09 34 vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 44 vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 23 at Los Angeles 6/28/09 21, 2OT vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 23 vs. Detroit 6/19/09 8 at Phoenix 6/21/09

8 at Detroit 8/18/09 9 vs. Indiana 8/22/09 7 vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 9, 2x, last at CONN 8/13/09 21 at Detroit 8/18/09 19 vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 3 vs. San Antonio 8/1/09 16 at Sacramento 7/17/09 47 vs. Detroit 7/15/09 .293 vs. Minnesota 6/19/09 0, 2OT vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 6, 2x, last at Sacramento 7/17/09 .000, 2OT vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 5 at New York 9/1/09 7, 2x, last at New York 9/1/09 .542 at Minnesota 6/12/09 2 vs. Chicago 7/12/09 11 vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 17 vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 8, 2x, last vs. Minnesota 6/19/09 3, 2x, last at Los Angeles 8/6/09 9, 2x, at San Antonio 6/28/09 1 at Detroit 8/18/09

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2009 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SEASON HIGH GAMES

Storm Individual Highs Minutes FG Made FG Attempted 3P Made 3P Attempted FT Made FT Attempted Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points

High Player 51 Little 14 Jackson 24 Jackson 7 Bird 14 Bird 11 Jackson 14 Jackson 7 Jackson 11 Little 15 Little 12 Bird 6, 2x Atkinson 4, 8x Burse 36 Jackson

Opponent vs. Los Angeles at Detroit at Detroit vs. Los Angeles vs. Los Angeles vs. San Antonio vs. San Antonio vs. San Antonio vs. Atlanta vs. Atlanta at Atlanta last at San Antonio last at New York at Detroit

Date 7/22/09 8/18/09 8/18/09 7/22/09 7/22/09 8/1/09 8/1/09 8/1/09 8/29/09 8/29/09 8/15/09 9/12/09 9/1/09 8/18/09

Storm Top Individual Performances Points 36 Jackson at Detroit 8/18/09 32 Jackson vs. Los Angeles 6/26/09 26 Jackson vs. Minnesota 6/19/09 25, 2x, Wright, last vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 25, 3x, Jackson, last at Atlanta 8/15/09

Assists 12 Bird at Atlanta 8/15/09 10 Bird vs. Minnesota 6/19/09 9, 2x, Bird, last at Phoenix 6/21/09 8, 4x, Bird, last vs. Atlanta 8/29/09

Rebounds 15 Little vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 14 Little vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 13 Little at New York 9/1/09 13 Jackson vs. San Antonio 8/1/09 12 Cash vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 12 Jackson vs. San Antonio 7/7/09 11, 2x, Cash, last vs. Phoenix 8/4/09 11, 2x, Jackson, last at MIN 6/12/09 11 Little at San Antonio 9/12/09

Opponent Individual Highs Minutes FG Made FG Attempted 3P Made 3P Attempted FT Made FT Attempted Off. Rebounds Def. Rebounds Tot. Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks Points

High Player 52 Thompson 12 Nolan 25 Nolan 6, 2x Toliver 11 Taurasi 11 Taurasi 13, 2x Langhorne 6, 3x de Souza 12 Lennox 15 Fowles 8, 3x Pondexter 6 Lyttle 6, 2x de Souza 29 Nolan

Opponent vs. Los Angeles at Detroit at Detroit Last vs. Chicago at Phoenix vs. Phoenix Last at Washington Last vs. Atlanta vs. Los Angeles at Chicago Last vs. Phoenix vs. Atlanta Last vs. Atlanta at Detroit

Date 7/22/09 8/18/09 8/18/09 7/12/09 6/21/09 9/10/09 9/3/09 8/29/09 7/22/09 6/14/09 9/10/09 8/29/09 8/29/09 8/18/09

Opponent Top Individual Performances Points 29 Nolan at Detroit 8/18/09 28 Dupree vs. Chicago 7/12/09 25 Taurasi at Phoenix 6/21/09 24 Hammon at San Antonio 7/28/09 23 Quinn at Los Angeles 8/6/09

Rebounds 15 Fowles at Chicago 6/14/09 13 Parker at Los Angeles 8/6/09 12 Lennox vs. Los Angeles 7/22/09 12 de Souza at Atlanta 8/15/09 11 Langhorne at Washington 9/3/09 11 Lyttle vs. Atlanta 8/29/09 11 Anosike vs. Minnesota 7/19/09 11 Pondexter at Phoenix 7/1/09 11 Perperoglou at San Antonio 9/12/09

Assists 8, 2x, Pondexter last vs. Phoenix 9/10/09 8 Bobbitt at Los Angeles 6/28/09 7 Johnson vs. Phoenix 8/4/09 7 Whalen at Connecticut 8/13/09 7 Catchings vs. Indiana 8/22/09

Field Free Rebounds Blocked Player Min. Goals Throws Off. Def. Total Assists Steals Turnovers Shots Points LA’TANGELA 26 1 (2) 1 5C 7C 10C 3 6C 3 1T 3 atKINSON SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 10 SEP. 12 SEP. 10 SEP. 12 SEP. 10 SEP. 12 SEP. 12 at S.A. at S.A. at S.A. at S.A. vs PHOE. at S.A. vs PHOE. at S.A. vs PHOE. at S.A. at S.A. SUZY 26C BatKOVIC-BROWN SEP. 12 at S.A.

5 SEP. 12 at S.A.

2 AUG. 15 at atL.

2 4 AUG. 13 SEP. 10 at CONN. vs PHOE.

5 (2) SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

1 (4) SEP. 12 at S.A.

4C SEP. 12 at S.A.

4T JUN. 28 at L.A.

1 (6) SEP. 12 at S.A.

11 SEP. 12 at S.A.

SUE BIRD

49C JUL. 22 vs L.A.

9 (2) AUG. 29 vs atL.

6 AUG. 18 at DET.

3 JUN. 21 at PHOE.

5 (5) JUL. 28 at S.A.

12 AUG. 15 at atL.

5 JUL. 15 vs DET.

7 JUN. 12 at MINN.

1 (3) AUG. 29 vs atL.

24 AUG. 29 vs atL.

JANELL BURSE

42C AUG. 29 vs atL.

7 (2) AUG. 29 vs atL.

9T SEP. 1 at N.Y.

4 (2) 6 (2) SEP. 10 AUG. 25 vs PHOE. vs WASH.

9 SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

2 (2) SEP. 1 at N.Y.

2 (6) SEP. 12 at S.A.

3 JUN. 14 at CHI.

4 (2) SEP. 1 at N.Y.

17 AUG. 29 vs atL.

SWIN CASH

44 JUL. 22 vs L.A.

10 JUN. 21 at PHOE.

8 (2) AUG. 27 vs CONN.

4 9 (2) AUG. 29 AUG. 4 vs atL. vs PHOE.

12 JUL. 7 vs S.A.

6 AUG. 18 at DET.

3 (2) AUG. 29 vs atL.

8 (2) AUG. 29 vs atL.

2 AUG. 29 vs atL.

22 JUN. 21 at PHOE.

A’QUONESIA FRANKLIN

10 (2) 0 0 0 SEP. 12 at S.A.

1 (2) SEP. 12 at S.A.

1 (2) SEP. 12 at S.A.

1 SEP. 12 at S.A.

1 SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

1 SEP. 12 at S.A.

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21 (2) JUN. 28 at L.A.

4 (2) JUL. 15 vs DET.

2 JUN. 21 at PHOE.

1 (4) JUL. 15 vs DET.

2 (7) AUG. 1 vs S.A.

3 JUN. 9 at IND.

2 (3) JUN. 28 at L.A.

2T JUL. 9 vs SAC.

3 JUN. 9 at IND.

1 (3) JUN. 26 vs L.A.

11 JUN. 19 vs MINN.

LAUREN JACKSON

40 (3) AUG. 6 at L.A.

14 AUG. 18 at DET.

11 AUG. 1 vs S.A.

7 AUG. 1 vs S.A.

9 (2) AUG. 15 at atL.

13 AUG. 1 vs S.A.

2 (6) AUG. 15 at atL.

6C JUN. 19 vs MINN.

4 (2) AUG. 13 at CONN.

4 (6) AUG. 27 vs CONN.

36 AUG. 18 at DET.

SHANNON JOHNSON

41 SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

5 (2) SEP. 12 at S.A.

5 AUG. 1 vs S.A.

2 JUL. 7 vs S.A.

5 JUN. 19 vs MINN.

6 JUN. 19 vs MINN.

5 SEP. 12 at S.A.

4 SEP. 12 at S.A.

4 (4) SEP. 12 at S.A.

1 (7) SEP. 12 at S.A.

16 SEP. 12 at S.A.

CAMILLE LITTLE

51C JUL. 22 vs L.A.

9C AUG. 4 vs PHOE.

6 (2) AUG. 22 vs IND.

6T SEP. 1 at N.Y.

11C AUG. 29 vs atL.

15C AUG. 29 vs atL.

4T JUN. 21 at PHOE.

4C(2) AUG. 6 at L.A.

6C SEP. 1 at N.Y.

2T(3) SEP. 3 at WASH.

20 AUG. 4 vs PHOE.

ASHLEY ROBINSON

29 SEP. 5 at MINN.

1 (5) SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

1 (2) SEP. 5 at MINN.

2 SEP. 12 at S.A.

4 (2) SEP. 5 at MINN.

5 SEP. 5 at MINN.

1 (2) SEP. 12 at S.A.

1 (2) SEP. 5 at MINN.

2 (2) SEP. 3 at WASH.

2 (3) SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

2 (5) SEP. 10 vs PHOE.

ASHLEY WALKER

24C 3C 4C 3C 4C 6C(2) 2C 1C(2) 3C 1C(2) 11C SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 10 SEP. 12 SEP. 12 SEP. 10 SEP. 5 JUN. 28 SEP. 12 at S.A. at S.A. at S.A. at S.A. vs PHOE. at S.A. at S.A. vs PHOE. at MINN. at L.A. at S.A.

5 (2) JUL. 28 at S.A.

TANISHA 42C(2) 10C 8C 5C 5T(3) 8T 7T(4) 5C 7 (2) 3C 25C(2) WRIGHT AUG. 29 AUG. 29 AUG. 4 JUN. 26 SEP. 1 JUN. 26 AUG. 4 AUG. 25 SEP. 10 JUL. 9 AUG. 29 vs atL. vs atL. vs PHOE. vs L.A. at N.Y. vs L.A. vs PHOE. vs WASH. vs PHOE. vs SAC. vs atL. STORM HIGH GAMES

275 37 30 (2) 17 32 45 (2) 23 (2) 17 28 9 98 JUL. 22 AUG. 29 AUG. 1 AUG. 1 SEP. 10 SEP. 10 AUG. 15 SEP. 12 AUG. 29 JUL. 9 JUL. 22 vs L.A. vs atL. vs S.A. vs S.A. vs PHOE. vs PHOE. at atL. at S.A. vs atL. vs SAC. vs L.A.

STORM LOW GAMES

200 (28) SEP. 12 at S.A.

17 AUG. 13 at CONN.

5 JUL. 17 at SAC.

3 AUG. 8 vs N.Y.

11 JUN. 6 at SAC.

22 JUL. 15 vs DET.

8 (3) SEP. 1 at N.Y.

3 (2) JUN. 28 at L.A.

8 AUG. 6 at L.A.

0 JUL. 17 at SAC.

53 AUG. 13 at CONN.

OPPONENTS 275 36 26 17 34 44 23 21 27 11 101 HIGH GAMES JUL. 22 AUG. 15 SEP. 10 JUN. 6 JUL. 22 JUL. 22 JUN. 28 AUG. 29 JUL. 22 JUL. 22 AUG. 4 vs L.A. at atL. vs PHOE. at SAC. vs L.A. vs L.A. at L.A. vs atL. vs L.A. vs L.A. vs PHOE. OPPONENTS LOW GAMES

200 (28) SEP. 12 at S.A.

16 JUL. 17 at SAC.

5 SEP. 1 at N.Y.

2 JUL. 12 vs CHI.

11 JUL. 7 vs S.A.

17 JUL. 7 vs S.A.

8 (2) JUN. 19 vs MINN.

3 (2) AUG. 6 at L.A.

9 (2) JUL. 28 at S.A.

1 AUG. 18 at DET.

53 JUL. 7 vs S.A.

"C" indicates a new career-high, "T" a tied career-high. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of games in which a player or team has reached a given total (if more than one).

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2009 Regular season review 2009 Transactions January 7:

Re-signed guard Tanisha Wright and added Kimberly Beck and Kristen O’Neill to training camp roster

February 9:

Re-signed center Janell Burse

February 10:

Re-signed center Ashley Robinson

February 20:

Re-signed center Suzy Batkovic

February 23:

Signed guard Shannon Johnson

March 19:

Added Kasha Terry and Melanie Thomas to training camp roster

April 9:

Selected forward Ashley Walker and guard Mara Freshour in WNBA Draft

April 23:

Kristen O’Neill announced forgoing 2009 training camp due to knee injury

May 3:

Re-signed All-Star forward Lauren Jackson

May 6:

Melanie Thomas announced forgoing 2009 training camp opportunity due to knee injury

May 7:

Added guard/forward La’Tangela Atkinson, guard A’Quonesia Franklin and guard/forward Aja Parham to 2009 training camp roster

May 22:

Waived guard Kimberly Beck and guard Mara Freshour

May 31:

Waived guard/forward La’Tangela Atkinson and center/forward Kasha Terry

June 4:

Waived guard A’Quonesia Franklin and guard/forward Aja Parham

September 9:

Signed guard/forward La’Tangela Atkinson

September 10:

Re-signed guard Sue Bird to multi-year extension

September 10:

Signed guard A’Quonesia Franklin

September 14:

Signed Head Coach Brian Agler to New Contract

December 14:

Selected guard Chelsea Newton in Dispersal Draft

December 17:

Re-signed Assistant Coach Nancy Darsch

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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS Year-by-Year Record

On opening night

Season Home

Road

Total

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Totals *Won WNBA championship

2-14 5-11 7-9 5-12 7-10 6-11 9-8 5-12 6-11 7-10 59-108

6-26 (.188) 10-22 (.313) 17-15 (.531) 18-16 (.529) 20-14 (.588)* 20-14 (.588) 18-16 (.529) 17-17 (.500) 22-12 (.647) 20-14 (.588) 168-166 (.503)

4-12 5-11 10-6 13-4 13-4 14-3 9-8 12-5 16-1 13-4 109-58

Home Openers (6-4) Road Openers (5-5) Date Opponent Result Score Date

Opponent Result Score

6/1/00 Houston

L 47-77 * 5/31/00 Sacramento L 60-76

* 5/31/01

Phoenix

W

83-70 6/3/01

Washington

L

63-68

* 5/30/02

New York

L

61-78 6/2/02

Portland

W

57-47

5/30/03

Los Angeles

L

* 5/22/03

Houston

L

64-75

* 5/20/04

Minnesota

W

74-77 (OT)

88-85 5/28/04

Phoenix

L

76-84

* 5/21/05

Los Angeles

L

50-68 6/2/05

Phoenix

W

78-67

* 5/21/06 Los Angeles W 90-67 5/25/06 Phoenix * 5/19/07

Houston

W

* 5/17/08 Chicago

82-69 5/25/07

San Antonio

L

W 67-61 5/22/08 Phoenix

6/7/09 Sacramento W 80-70

W 94-81 71-82

W 87-83

* 6/6/09 Sacramento W 71-61

* Season Opening Games (6-4) The Storm celebrates the first WNBA championship in franchise history and the first major professional sports title in Seattle in 25 years.

All-Time Overtime Results Date Opponent Result

6/13/00 8/6/00 8/8/00 6/4/01 7/3/01 7/24/01 6/4/02 7/7/02 5/30/03 8/20/03 7/17/04 6/15/05 7/24/07 7/22/09 8/1/09 8/4/09 8/6/09 8/29/09 9/10/09 Totals (Home: 8-6; Road: 1-4)

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W, 69-59 W, 66-58 L, 52-60 W, 74-71 L, 69-72 (4OT) W, 74-69 W, 78-68 L, 61-65 L, 74-77 L, 70-78 W, 85-83 L, 81-86 L, 96-97 W, 98-87 (3OT) W, 85-82 L, 90-101 L, 75-79 W, 91-84 (2OT) L, 84-92 9-10 (.47)

Opening Night Starting Lineups 2000

Sonja Henning Edna Campbell Quacy Barnes Katrina Hibbert Kamila Vodichkova

2003

Sue Bird Sandy Brondello Alisa Burras Adia Barnes Lauren Jackson

2006

Sue Bird Betty Lennox Wendy Palmer Iziane Castro Marques Lauren Jackson

2001

Sonja Henning Semeka Randall Simone Edwards Katy Steding Lauren Jackson

2004

Sue Bird Betty Lennox Kamila Vodichkova Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson

2007

Sue Bird Betty Lennox Janell Burse Iziane Castro Marques Lauren Jackson

2002

Sue Bird Semeka Randall Simone Edwards Adia Barnes Danielle McCulley

2005

Sue Bird Betty Lennox Janell Burse Mandisa Stevenson Lauren Jackson

2008

Sue Bird Sheryl Swoopes Yolanda Griffith Swin Cash Lauren Jackson

2009

Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Shannon Johnson Camille Little Tanisha Wright

Storm Leaders for Most Starts on Opening Night Sue Bird

8

Sonja Henning

2

Lauren Jackson

8

Semeka Randall

2

Kamila Vodichkova

2

Betty Lennox

4

Adia Barnes

2

Simone Edwards

2

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Result

111 Phoenix 8/4/07 111-101 100 Phoenix 5/23/07 100-87 98 Los Angeles 7/22/09 98-87 97 Phoenix 6/2/06 97-87 97 Los Angeles 8/17/07 97-77 96 Minnesota 9/6/08 96-88 96 at Washington 7/24/07 96-97 95 Connecticut 6/22/05 95-86 94 Chicago 6/26/07 94-76 94 at Phoenix 5/25/06 94-81 Storm Lowest Scoring Games Points opponent Date

36 Cleveland 38 at Charlotte 42 at Miami 43 at Portland 45 at Indiana 46 at Sacramento 47 at Houston 47 Houston

WIN/LOSs STREAKS - Margins of Victory/defeat Longest Home Winning Streaks

Opponents Highest Scoring Games Result

Streak Dates of Streak

End of Streak

Streak Ended By

Score

101 Phoenix 8/4/09 90-101 101 Phoenix 8/4/07 111-101 97 at Washington 7/24/07 96-97 97 at Detroit 8/9/07 70-97 95 at Minnesota 8/7/07 74-95 95 Detroit 8/17/03 86-95 94 at Phoenix 7/25/08 80-94 92 San Antonio 7/29/07 88-92 92 Connecticut 7/16/06 83-92 90 at Indiana 6/13/07 62-90

15* 6/20/08 to 7/9/09 10* 8/4/07 to 6/11/08 10* 7/15/05 to 5/21/06 8 6/22/03 to 8/8/03 7 7/1/04 to 8/1/04 6* 8/23/03 to 6/11/04 * Streak over two seasons

7/12/09 6/16/08 5/23/06 8/12/03 9/1/04 6/22/04

Chicago Connecticut Houston San Antonio Sacramento Houston

81-86 67-74 59-84 77-87 65-73 57-63

Streak Dates of Streak

End of Streak

Streak Ended By

Score

5 4 4

8/10/06 7/7/04 8/4/02

at San Antonio at Washington at Minnesota

65-75 69-72 60-73

Streak Dates of Streak

End of Streak

Streak Ended By

Score

7 4 4

7/21/00 8/3/06 7/24/01

Minnesota Washington Detroit

67-61 86-78 74-69

Streak Dates of Streak

End of Streak

Streak Ended By

Score

10* 7/6/00 to 6/3/01 9* 7/18/03 to 6/1/04 8 7/7/01 to 8/11/01 5 6/24/05 to 7/6/05 * Streak over two seasons

6/4/01 6/5/04 6/2/02 7/16/05

at Indiana at Sacramento at Portland at Los Angeles

74-71 (OT) 65-63 57-47 78-70

Points Opponent Date

Opponents Lowest Scoring Games Result

6/14/01 36-58 7/7/01 38-48 7/10/00 42-59 6/19/01 43-58 7/14/00 45-64 8/9/00 46-79 8/19/03 47-52 6/1/00 47-77

Points opponent Date

Result

45 Phoenix 6/3/04 72-45 47 at Portland 6/2/02 57-47 47 at Utah 6/25/01 65-47 47 at Los Angeles 7/10/07 82-47 48 Phoenix 7/19/02 89-48 48 at Charlotte 7/7/01 38-48 49 Washington 6/29/08 64-49 49 Houston 8/28/08 66-49 51 at San Antonio 8/23/05 78-51 51 San Antonio 5/29/05 79-51 51 Indiana 6/10/03 78-51 51 Indiana 6/21/02 63-51

Longest Winning Streaks Streak Dates of Streak

End of Streak

Streak Ended By

Score

7 6/29/08 to 7/18/08 6 8/18/09 to 9/1/09 6* 8/11/07 to 5/22/08 6 7/15/05 to 7/31/05 6 6/3/04 to 6/19/04 5 7/12/04 to 7/24/04 5 7/25/02 to 8/1/02 4 8/1/06 to 8/8/06 4* 8/23/05 to 5/21/06 4 5/27/05 to 6/4/05 4* 8/23/03 to 5/22/04 * Streak over two seasons

7/20/08 9/3/09 5/24/08 8/4/05 6/22/04 7/27/04 8/4/02 8/10/06 5/23/06 6/7/05 5/28/04

at Washington at Washington at San Antonio at Indiana Houston at Houston at Minnesota at San Antonio Houston at Connecticut at Phoenix

57-89 67-78 72-87 68-78 57-63 55-80 60-73 65-75 59-84 69-81 76-84

Streak Dates of Streak

End of Streak

Streak Ended By

Score

8 7 6 5

7/5/00 7/24/01 7/21/00 8/23/03

at Minnesota Detroit Minnesota Houston

67-60 74-69 67-61 71-64

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Longest Home Losing Streaks

6/15/00 to 7/19/00 7/16/06 to 7/30/06 6/30/01 to 7/20/01

Longest Road Losing Streaks

Largest Margins of Victory/Defeat Largest Margins of Victory Margin Opponent Date Score

Largest Margins of Defeat Margin Opponent Date

Score

41 Phoenix 7/19/02 89-48 33 at Sacramento 8/9/00 46-79 40

San Antonio

6/22/03

93-53

33

at Phoenix

6/7/00

49-82

37

at New York

7/22/06

91-54

32

at Washington

7/20/08

57-89

36

Los Angeles

8/6/03

92-56

30

at Houston

7/6/00

50-80

35

at Los Angeles

7/10/07

82-47

30

Houston

6/1/00

47-77

32 Charlotte 8/1/04 87-55 28 at Indiana 6/13/07 62-90 31

New York

7/1/07

84-53

27

at Detroit

8/9/07

70-97

30

San Antonio

6/23/06

87-57

27

at Los Angeles

6/28/09

55-82

29 Phoenix 7/25/03 82-53 26 at Houston 7/25/00 53-79

Longest Losing Streaks

6/15/00 to 7/3/00 7/7/01 to 7/21/01 7/6/00 to 7/19/00 8/12/03 to 8/20/03

Longest Road Winning Streaks

28 San Antonio 5/29/05 79-51 25 Houston 5/23/06 59-84 28 Minnesota 6/19/09 90-62 25 at Houston 7/27/04 55-80

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Opponent Team Records

Most Points Scored Game: Half:

111 Phoenix 61 Phoenix

Free Throw Percentage 8/4/07 8/4/07

Fewest Points Scored Game: Half:

36 Cleveland 9 Cleveland

6/14/01 5/14/01

Field Goals Made Game: Low game:

39 at New York 13 Phoenix 13 at Miami

7/22/06 7/27/01 7/10/00

Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

91 Washington 90 Los Angeles 42 at Charlotte

7/3/01 (4OT) 7/22/09 (3OT) 7/7/01

Field Goal Percentage Highest: .587 at Sacramento (27-46) Lowest: .237 Los Angeles (18-76)

6/05/04 5/21/05

Three-Point Field Goals Made Game: Low game:

14 Los Angeles 0 Houston 0 at Charlotte 32 Los Angeles 32 Los Angeles 3 Connecticut

7/22/09 (3OT) 5/21/05 9/12/04

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .750 New York (6-8) Low game: .000 Houston (0-9) .000 at Charlotte (0-6) 33 Minnesota 1 at Los Angeles

7/23/03 6/1/08 6/12/05

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Game: Low game:

52 Phoenix 15 at Sacramento

6/11/08 8/9/00

Offensive Rebounds Game: Low game:

23 Phoenix 2 Detroit 2 at Los Angeles

6/11/08 6/7/08 7/27/00

Defensive Rebounds Game: Low game:

38 New York 10 at Sacramento

7/14/06 8/9/00

26 Minnesota 5 Phoenix 5 at Miami

7/5/08 7/27/01 7/10/00

Assists Game: Low game: Game: Low game:

9/6/08 9/14/08

101 Phoenix 58 Detroit 58 Phoenix

Game: Half:

45 Phoenix 15 at Washington

Game: Low game:

37 at Washington 35 at Sacramento 10 at Miami

6/3/04 7/3/01 7/24/07 (OT) 5/31/06 7/10/00

Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

79 Charlotte 41 at Miami

8/5/06 7/10/00

Field Goal Percentage Highest: .636 at Phoenix (28-44) Lowest: .244 at Miami (10-41)

8/3/00 7/10/00

Game: Low game:

17 at San Antonio 1 at Phoenix 1 at Houston 1 Connecticut

9/12/09 7/25/06 6/28/05 6/22/05

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted

8/29/09 (2OT) 7/9/06 6/30/03

Blocked Shots 12 Utah 0 9 times, last at Sacramento

8/11/02 7/17/09

Game: Low game:

11 Phoenix 11 Phoenix 0 8 times, last, vs. Houston 30 Phoenix 1 at San Antonio

6/21/06 5/23/07 8/28/08 5/23/07 6/19/04

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: 1.000 at Houston (3-3) 1.000 at San Antonio (1-1) Low Game: .000 8 times, last vs. Houston (0-11) 38 at Miami 1 Miami 1 at Houston

6/20/08 7/30/00 7/22/04

Rebounds Game: Low game:

50 Washington 48 at Los Angeles 17 Phoenix

Game: Low game:

19 Phoenix 19 at Los Angeles 1 at San Antonio 1 at New York

7/3/01 (4OT) 8/4/01 6/03/04

Offensive Rebounds 8/27/05 6/24/05 6/30/05 7/2/02

Defensive Rebounds Game: Low game: Game: Low game:

36 Washington 33 at Los Angeles 11 Phoenix

7/3/01 (4OT) 8/4/01 6/03/04

Game: Low game:

6/19/04

Turnovers

7/10/00 7/30/00 7/6/07

8/7/07 8/8/03

31 Los Angeles 7 Houston

7/3/07 5/22/03

19 at Washington 1 Connecticut

7/20/08 6/22/05

27 Los Angeles 6 at San Antonio 6 Connecticut 6 at Minnesota

7/22/09 8/23/05 6/22/05 8/7/07

Steals Game: Low game:

8/28/08

29 at Minnesota 3 Minnesota

Personal Fouls

6/28/05

Free Throws Made Game: Low game:

Game: 1.000 Indiana (10-10) 1.000 Miami (1-1) Low Game: .286 Indiana (2-7)

Assists

Three-Point Field Goals Made 7/10/00 7/30/00

Game: 28 Atlanta Indiana Low game: 5 at Charlotte

Free Throw Percentage 8/4/07 8/17/03 8/4/07

Field Goals Made

35 at Miami 6 Miami

Steals Game: Low game:

Game: Half:

Fewest Points Scored

Rebounds

Game: Low game:

Free Throws Attempted Game: Low Game:

8/19/03

Turnovers

Free Throws Made Game: Low game:

7/17/07

Personal Fouls 7/22/09 (3OT) 6/1/08 6/12/05

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

Most Points Scored

Game: 1.000 6 times, last at Phoenix (13-13) Low Game: .400 at Houston (4-10)

Game: Low game:

Blocked Shots Game: Low game:

12 at Phoenix 0 12 times, last vs. Detroit

7/6/05 6/7/08

Free Throws Attempted 9/6/08 9/14/08 7/6/05

Game: Low Game:

55 at Miami 1 Miami

7/10/00 7/30/00

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All-Time 30+ Points Performances

High Player

Opponent Date

Player Opponent Date Points

Minutes

55

Lauren Jackson

Washington

7/3/01 (4OT)

Lauren Jackson

at Washington

7/24/07

51

Camille Little

Los Angeles

7/22/09 (3OT)

Lauren Jackson

at Detroit

8/18/09

47 (OT) 36

49

Sue Bird

Los Angeles

7/22/09 (3OT)

Lauren Jackson

at Los Angeles

6/24/07

35

44

Swin Cash

Los Angeles

7/22/09 (3OT)

Lauren Jackson

at Phoenix

5/25/06

35

Points

47

Lauren Jackson

at Washington

7/24/07 (OT)

Lauren Jackson

Minnesota

7/5/08

34

36

Lauren Jackson

at Detroit

8/18/09

Betty Lennox

Washington

8/11/07

34

Rebounds

20

Lauren Jackson

Charlotte

7/31/03

Lauren Jackson

Los Angeles

8/6/03

34

Assists

14

Sue Bird

Minnesota

7/1/06

Lauren Jackson

New York

Steals

7

Sue Bird

Los Angeles

5/21/06

Lauren Jackson

Washington

Blocked Shots

7/3/08

33

7/17/04

33

8

Lauren Jackson

Utah

8/11/02

Sue Bird

Portland

8/9/02

33

Field Goals Made

18

Lauren Jackson

at Washington

7/24/07

Lauren Jackson

Chicago

6/26/07

33

Field Goals Attempted

29

Lauren Jackson

Washington

7/3/01 (4OT)

Lauren Jackson

at Phoenix

7/17/07

33

28

Lauren Jackson

at Washington

7/24/07 (OT)

Lauren Jackson

Los Angeles

6/26/09

32

7

Sue Bird

Los Angeles

7/22/09 (3OT)

Lauren Jackson

Los Angeles

8/17/07

32

14

Sue Bird

Los Angeles

7/22/09 (3OT)

Lauren Jackson

Sacramento

7/3/04

32

Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made

15

Lauren Jackson

Los Angeles

8/17/07

Lauren Jackson

San Antonio

8/12/03

32

Free Throws Attempted

16

Lauren Jackson

San Antonio

8/12/03

Lauren Jackson

Phoenix

5/23/07

31

16

Lauren Jackson

Los Angeles

8/17/07

Opponent Individual Records

High Player

Opponent Date

Minutes

55

Vicky Bullet

Washington

7/3/01 (4OT)

52

Tina Thompson

Los Angeles

7/22/09 (3OT)

Points

37

Diana Taurasi

Phoenix

6/11/08

Rebounds

18

Cheryl Ford

Detroit

7/28/06

Assists

11

Temeka Johnson

Los Angeles

5/21/06

11

9/18/04

Nikki Teasley

Los Angeles

Steals

7

Tamika Catchings

at Indiana

Blocked Shots

6

Erika de Souza

Atlanta

8/29/09

6

Tangela Smith

Charlotte

7/29/05

Field Goals Made

15

Sheryl Swoopes

Houston

Field Goals Attempted

26

Seimone Augustus

at Minnesota

8/9/05 6/14/06

Three-Point Field Goals Made

7

Katie Smith

Minnesota

6/14/03

7

Diana Taurasi

Phoenix

6/11/08

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted

12

Diana Taurasi

Phoenix

6/11/08

Free Throws Made

13

Marlies Askamp

at Miami

7/10/00

Free Throws Attempted

18

Marlies Askamp

at Miami

7/10/00

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7/3/05

31

10/1/04

31*

Lauren Jackson

Minnesota

5/20/04

31

Lauren Jackson

at Phoenix

5/22/08

30

Lauren Jackson

at Minnesota

7/20/03

30

Lauren Jackson

Minnesota

6/9/07

30

Lauren Jackson

Houston

6/15/07

30

Lauren Jackson

Sacramento

6/31/07

30

Total: 25 * Playoffs

8/4/05

66

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Lauren Jackson matched the WNBA record with a career-high 47 points at Washington on 7/24

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All-Time Double-Doubles

Player Date

Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Simone Edwards Sue Bird Sue Bird Kamila Vodichkova Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Lauren Jackson Kamila Vodichkova Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sheri Sam Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Betty Lennox Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Wendy Palmer Janell Burse Janell Burse Lauren Jackson

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Washington at Portland at Minnesota Phoenix Minnesota Los Angeles at Sacramento at Cleveland at Miami at Orlando at Washington at Los Angeles at Los Angeles Portland at Houston Sacramento Phoenix at Phoenix at Los Angeles at Cleveland at Indiana at Indiana Washington Houston New York Phoenix at Sacramento Charlotte at Minnesota Los Angeles Los Angeles Minnesota San Antonio Detroit at Houston at San Antonio Minnesota at Phoenix Connecticut at New York Houston San Antonio Sacramento at Minnesota* at Sacramento* Sacramento* Sacramento* Connecticut* Houston at Phoenix Indiana Indiana at Charlotte Connecticut San Antonio Sacramento at Phoenix Phoenix Los Angeles at New York at Minnesota at Houston Minnesota at Sacramento at San Antonio at Houston* Los Angeles Phoenix at Connecticut at Chicago

Pts Reb Ast

24 18 21 16 12 23 15 12 13 10 25 18 17 23 19 22 27 23 15 11 11 14 21 13 14 26 23 23 16 10 34 16 32 23 16 22 18 20 18 16 10 11 32 11 31 10 12 15 17 12 15 24 17 23 17 31 17 15 17 12 17 15 18 16 10 19 18 12 23 27

12 12 10 13 12 10 11 --- 11 --- 10 10 --- 13 --- 13 14 10 --- --- --- 11 --- --- 10 10 10 20 12 --- 13 11 18 13 15 14 10 11 10 12 12 10 12 10 13 --- 10 11 12 14 10 15 14 17 15 13 11 11 10 --- 10 11 11 15 11 13 13 10 14 10

--------------12 --11 ----10 --10 ------12 12 11 --10 10 ----------10 ------------------------------14 --------------------------10 ---------------------

Player Date

Lauren Jackson 6/21/06 Lauren Jackson 6/27/06 Sue Bird 7/1/06 Lauren Jackson 7/1/06 Janell Burse 7/14/06 Janell Burse 7/16/06 Lauren Jackson 7/16/06 Betty Lennox 7/20/06 Lauren Jackson 7/23/06 Lauren Jackson 7/25/06 Janell Burse 8/5/06 Lauren Jackson 8/5/06 Lauren Jackson 8/22/06 Lauren Jackson 5/19/07 Janell Burse 5/23/07 Lauren Jackson 5/25/07 Janell Burse 5/25/07 Lauren Jackson 6/2/07 Sue Bird 6/12/07 Lauren Jackson 6/22/07 Lauren Jackson 6/24/07 Lauren Jackson 6/26/07 Lauren Jackson 7/1/07 Sue Bird 7/3/07 Lauren Jackson 7/6/07 Lauren Jackson 7/7/07 Lauren Jackson 7/10/07 Lauren Jackson 7/17/07 Lauren Jackson 7/20/07 Lauren Jackson 7/22/07 Lauren Jackson 7/24/07 Lauren Jackson 7/27/07 Janell Burse 8/3/07 Lauren Jackson 8/4/07 Lauren Jackson 8/17/07 Lauren Jackson 8/26/07 Lauren Jackson 6/11/08 Sue Bird 7/5/08 Camille Little 7/20/08 Swin Cash 7/22/08 Lauren Jackson 6/12/09 Swin Cash 7/7/09 Camille Little 7/22/09 Swin Cash 7/28/09 Swin Cash 8/1/09 Lauren Jackson 8/1/09 Swin Cash 8/4/09 Lauren Jackson 8/4/09 Lauren Jackson 8/13/09 Camille Little 8/27/09 Swin Cash 8/29/09 Camille Little 9/1/09 Swin Cash 9/20/09 Total: 123 (Regular Season: 114; Playoffs: 9) * Playoffs

Opponent

Phoenix Sacramento Minnesota Minnesota New York Connecticut Connecticut at Charlotte at Washington at Phoenix Charlotte Charlotte at Los Angeles* Houston Phoenix at San Antonio at San Antonio San Antonio at Chicago at Minnesota at Los Angeles Chicago New York Los Angeles at Houston at San Antonio at Los Angeles at Phoenix at Connecticut at New York at Washington Indiana at Sacramento Phoenix Los Angeles Phoenix* Phoenix Minnesota Washington at Minnestoa at Minnesota San Antonio Los Angeles at San Antonio San Antonio San Antonio Phoenix Phoenix at Connecticut Connecticut Atlanta at New York Los Angeles*

Pts Reb Ast

28 16 11 25 12 10 20 13 18 16 23 20 19 23 13 16 19 20 13 16 35 33 12 10 28 15 18 33 19 23 47 27 10 23 32 22 20 12 10 17 22 18 17 10 12 23 12 18 12 13 15 17 21

14 12 --- 10 14 13 11 10 11 12 12 11 10 10 19 11 11 14 --- 10 10 12 11 --- 13 13 13 11 14 17 14 10 11 12 15 14 14 --- 12 11 11 12 14 11 10 13 11 11 10 10 10 13 10

----14 ------------------------------11 --------11 --------------------------11 -------------------------------

Storm Double-Double Leaders Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Janell Burse Swin Cash Kamila Vodichkova Camille Little Betty Lennox Sheri Sam Simone Edwards Wendy Palmer

72 (incl. 5 playoff games) 16 (incl. 1 playoff game) 11 7 (incl. 1 playoff game) 5 4 3 3 (incl. 2 playoff games) 1 1

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Year-by-Year Statistical Leaders

WNBA Most Valuable Player

Scoring (Min. 200 Points)

2003 2007

Year

Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

WNBA Finals Most Valuable Player 2004

Betty Lennox

All-WNBA Team 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2009

Sue Bird (First Team) Sue Bird (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Sue Bird (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Sue Bird (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team) Sue Bird (Second Team) Lauren Jackson (Second Team) Lauren Jackson (First Team)

Year

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Year

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Storm League Leaders Player Year Category

2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2007 2009

Edna Campbell Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson

16 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 33 26

222 442 482 698 634 597 585 739 465 499

13.9 15.2 17.2 21.2 20.5 17.6 19.5 23.8 14.1 19.2

Free Throw Pct. Scoring Scoring Assists Scoring Rebounding Assists

Player

Simone Edwards Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Yolanda Griffith Camille Little

Avg/Pct

.911 21.2 20.5 5.9 23.8 9.7 5.7

Player

Sonja Henning Sonja Henning Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird

29 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 30 34

107 193 190 307 207 313 227 300 189 222

3.7 6.7 6.8 9.3 6.7 9.2 7.6 9.7 6.3 6.5

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Player

Simone Edwards Simone Edwards Simone Edwards Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Janell Burse Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Camille Little Camille Little

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Player

Kamila Vodichkova Kamila Vodichkova Sue Bird Sue Bird Sue Bird Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Tanisha Wright

FT FTA PCT

60 38 102 61 73 76 170 110 99 96

78 44 112 69 85 87 189 121 106 106

.769 .864 .911 .884 .859 .874 .899 .909 .934 .906

Year

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Player

Sonja Henning Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sue Bird Sheri Sam Betty Lennox Sue Bird Sue Bird Griffith/Swoopes Tanisha Wright

G STL AVG

32 29 32 34 34 28 34 29 30/29 33

61 1.91 54 1.86 55 1.72 48 1.41 53 1.56 35 1.25 61 1.79 43 1.48 43 1.43/1.48 50 1.5

Blocked Shots (Min. 30 Blocks) G AST AVG

32 32 32 34 34 30 34 29 33 31

79 93 191 221 184 176 162 143 169 179

2.5 2.9 6.0 6.5 5.4 5.9 4.8 4.9 5.1 5.7

Field Goal Percentage (Min. 75 FG Made) Year

Year

Steals (Min. 30 Steals) G REB AVG

Assists (Min. 75 Assists)

Lauren Jackson Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson (No All-Star Game held due to Olympics) Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson Coaches: Anne Donovan, Jenny Boucek , Jessie Kenlaw Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson (No All-Star Game held due to Olympics) Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Lauren Jackson

Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird

G PTS AVG

Rebounding (Min. 100 Rebounds)

Storm All-Star Game Participants 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Free Throw Percentage (Min. 30 FT Made)

Player

182 190 158 526 460 243 359 497 141 263

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Player

Adia Barnes Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson

G BS AVG

31 29 28 33 31 34 30 31 21 26

33 64 81 64 62 67 51 63 33 45

1.06 2.21 2.89 1.94 2.00 1.97 1.70 2.03 1.57 1.73

Minutes Played (Min. 900 Minutes)

FG FGA PCT

83 91 84 254 220 127 192 258 75 124

Year

.456 .479 .532 .483 .478 .523 .535 .519 .532 .471

Year

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Player

Sonja Henning Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Sue Bird

G MIN AVG

32 29 32 33 31 34 34 31 33 31

980 1001 1121 1109 1070 1176 1065 1020 1111 1101

30.6 34.5 35.0 33.6 34.5 34.6 31.3 32.9 33.7 35.5

Year-by-Year Statistics Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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G FGM FGA PCT 3FGM 3FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT REB AST STL TO BS PTS AVG 32 667 1741 .383 109 364 .299 376 561 .676 793 390 255 525 93 1822 56.9 32 689 1821 .378 128 412 .311 415 606 .685 891 412 273 431 127 1921 60.0 32 794 1948 .408 182 506 .360 418 543 .770 995 514 282 477 151 2188 68.4 34 890 2045 .435 166 500 .332 442 567 .780 1074 548 232 465 138 2388 70.2 34 873 2025 .431 167 439 .380 524 676 .775 1059 552 302 499 131 2437 71.7 34 906 2066 .439 142 429 .331 544 688 .791 1099 520 201 516 158 2498 73.5 34 960 2122 .452 160 475 .337 562 712 .789 1147 514 232 570 127 2642 77.7 34 964 2210 .436 224 639 .351 582 715 .814 1164 533 620 533 151 2734 80.4 34 899 2112 .426 143 453 .316 552 728 .758 1162 530 684 526 140 2493 73.3 34 909 2116 .430 171 486 .352 555 707 .785 1104 536 710 555 150 2544 74.8

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STORM ALL-TIME RECORDS Storm All-Time Career Statistical Leaders Points

Blocked Shots

1. Lauren Jackson 2. Sue Bird 3. Betty Lennox 4. Kamila Vodichkova 5. Janell Burse

5,101 3,238 1,623 1,244 1,202

Rebounds 1. Lauren Jackson 2. Janell Burse 3. Kamila Vodhickkova 4. Simone Edwards 5. Sue Bird

1. Lauren Jackson 2. Janell Burse 3. Kamila Vodichkova 4. Simone Edwards 5. Ashley Robinson

530 160 70 56 53

Games Played 2,069 734 655 625 617

Assists

1. Lauren Jackson 2. Sue Bird 3. Simone Edwards 4. Tanisha Wright 5. Kamila Vodichkova

263 257 178 168 146

Minutes Played

1. Sue Bird 2. Lauren Jackson 3. Tanisha Wright 4. Betty Lennox 5. Iziane Castro Marques

1,425 391 376 301 191

Steals

1. Lauren Jackson 2. Sue Bird 3. Betty Lennox 4. Tanisha Wright 5. Kamila Vodichkova

8,647 8,609 3,544 3,462 3,293

Personal Fouls

1. Sue Bird 2. Lauren Jackson 3. Betty Lennox 4. Tanisha Wright 5. Sonja Henning

373 313 141 141 122

1. Lauren Jackson 2. Kamila Vodichkova 3. Janell Burse 4. Sue Bird 5. Betty Lennox

838 471 426 406 382

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Lisa Leslie 6,263

Tina Thompson 5,865

Katie Smith 5,446

Lauren Jackson 5,101

Sheryl Swoopes 4,604

Tangela Smith 4,459

Chamique Holdsclaw 4,323

Vickie Johnson 4,243

Yolanda Griffith 4,238

Taj McWilliams-Franklin 4,094

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Storm History Storm All-Time Attendance Year

Games

2000 16 2001 16 2002 16 2003 17 2004 17 2005 17 2006 17 2007 17 2008 17 2009 17

Attendance

142,594 95,257 111,774 120,857 135,320 150,760 145,142 135,396 140,503 133,858

Storm Draft History Average

Total Games

8,912 5,954 6,986 7,109 7,960 8,868 8,538 7,964 8,265 7,874

16 32 48 65 82 99 116 133 150 167

Total Attendance

Total Average

142,594 237,851 349,625 470,482 605,802 756,562 901,704 1,037,100 1,177,603 1,311,461

8,912 7,433 7,284 7,238 7,388 7,642 7,773 7,798 7,851 7,853

Storm Franchise Firsts

2000 WNBA Expansion Draft

2005 WNBA Draft

Round Pick 1 2 2 7 3 10 4 15 5 18 6 23

Round Pick 1 12 2 25 3 38

Player Edna Campbell Sonja Henning Angela Aycock Nina Bjedov Toni Foster Charmin Smith

From Phoenix Mercury Houston Comets Minnesota Lynx Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx

2000 WNBA Draft Round Pick 1 9 2 25 3 41 4 57

Player Kamila Vodichkova Charisse Sampson Kirra Jordan Katrina Hibbert

From Czech Republic Kansas Rice Louisiana State

First Game:

at Sacramento, 5/31/00 (L, 60-76)

First Field Goal:

Katrina Hibbert (at 16:04 off own rebound), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

First Three-Pointer:

Edna Campbell (at 11:22 in first half to give Seattle a 15-8 lead), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

2001 WNBA Draft

First Made Free Throw:

Edna Campbell (at 1:15 in first half to cut Sacramento’s lead to four), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

First Blocked Shot:

Quacy Barnes (blocked Lady Hardmon’s attempt), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

First Rebound:

Quacy Barnes (off Tangela Smith miss), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

Round Pick 1 1 2 17 4 49

First Assist

Katrina Hibbert (to Kamila Vodichkova), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

First Lead:

6-4 on Edna Campbell’s layup at 14:40 in the first half, at Sacramento, 5/31/00

First Win:

67-62, at Charlotte, 6/9/00

First Home Win:

69-59, vs. Los Angeles, 6/13/00

First Road Win:

67-62, at Charlotte, 6/9/00

First Overtime Game:

69-59 (W), vs. Los Angeles, 6/13/00

First 20-Point Performance:

Edna Campbell (22 points), at Sacramento, 5/31/00

First 30-Point Performance:

Sue Bird (33 points), vs. Portland, 8/9/02

2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft

First 40-Point Performance:

Lauren Jackson (47 points), at Washington, 7/24/07

First 10-Rebound Performance:

Simone Edwards (14 rebounds), vs. Orlando, 6/12/01

Round Pick 1 9

First 10-Assist Performance:

Sue Bird (12 assists), at Cleveland, 7/5/02

First Double-Double:

Lauren Jackson (24 points and 12 rebounds), vs. Washington, 7/3/01

Player Lauren Jackson Semeka Randall Juana Brown

From Australia Tennessee North Carolina

2002 WNBA Draft Round Pick 1 1 2 19 2 28 3 35

Player Sue Bird Lucienne Berthieu Felicia Ragland Takeisha Lewis

Player Tanisha Wright Ashley Battle Steffanie Blackmon

From Penn State Connecticut Baylor

2006 WNBA Draft Round Pick 1 11 2 25 3 39

Player Barbara Turner Dalila Eshe Erin Grant

From Connecticut Florida Texas Tech

2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft Round Pick 1 7

Player Tye’sha Fluker

From Charlotte Sting

2007 WNBA Draft Round Pick 1 7 3 33

Player Katie Gearlds Brandie Hoskins

From Purdue Ohio State

2008 WNBA Draft From Connecticut Old Dominion Oregon State Louisiana Tech

Round Pick 2 22 3 36

Player Allie Quigley Kimberly Beck

From DePaul George Washington

2009 WNBA DRAFT Player Alisa Burras

From Portland Fire

Player Jung Sun-Min Suzy Batkovic Chrissy Floyd

From Korea Australia Clemson

2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft Round Pick 1 6

Player Betty Lennox

Player Ashley Walker Mara Freshour

From California Florida State

2009 WNBA DISPERSAL DRAFT

2003 WNBA Draft Round Pick 1 8 2 22 3 37

Round Pick 1 12 3 38

From Cleveland Rockers

Round Pick 2 22

Player Chelsea Newton

From Sacramento Monarchs

2010 WNBA DRAFT Round Pick 1 10 2 22 3 34

Player Alison Lacey Tanisha Smith Tijana Krivacevic

From Iowa State Texas A&M Hungary

2004 WNBA Draft Round Pick 2 19

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From Louisiana Tech

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Storm History ALL-time transactions

May 27, 2001

2000 May 15, 2000 May 24, 2000 May 26, 2000 May 27, 2000 May 28, 2000

June 5, 2000 June 8, 2000 June 10, 2000 June 11, 2000 June 28, 2000 July 3, 2000 July 8, 2000 July 19, 2000 Aug. 2, 2000

Waived Laura Baker, Toni Foster and Tomika Patterson. Acquired Roshonda Reed off waivers from Washington; acquired Darla Simpson off waivers from Detroit. Placed Nina Bjedov on the suspended list. Traded 2001 third round draft pick to Houston for Andrea Garner. Waived Kirra Jordan, Roshonda Reed, Darla Simpson and Dana Wynne; placed Tajama Abraham and Angela Aycock on the injured reserve list. Placed Robin Threatt on the injured reserve list; activated Angela Aycock. Waived Tajama Abraham and Angela Aycock; acquired free agent Stacey Lovelace. Placed Jamie Redd on the injured reserve list. Traded the rights of Nina Bjedov (suspended list) to the Cleveland Rockers for Michelle Edwards. Activated Jamie Redd and Robin Threatt; placed Simone Edwards and Charisse Sampson on the injured list. Activated Charisse Sampson and Simone Edwards; placed Edna Campbell and Kamila Vodichkova on the injured list. Activated Kamila Vodichkova; placed Michelle Edwards on the injured list. Activated Edna Campbell and Michelle Edwards; placed Stacey Lovelace and Robin Threatt on the injured list. Activated Katrina Hibbert and placed Edna Campbell on the injured list.

June 19, 2001 June 28, 2001 July 7, 2001 July 13, 2001

Aug. 3, 2001 Aug. 10, 2001

2002 April 2, 2002 April 16, 2002 April 17, 2002 April 17, 2002 April 19, 2002

April 25, 2002

2001 April 20, 2001

April 24, 2001

April 30, 2001

April 26, 2001 May 4, 2001 May 11, 2001 May 25, 2001

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June 6, 2001 June 8, 2001

Selected Australian center Lauren Jackson with the first overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft, Tennessee guard Semeka Randall with the second round pick (17th overall) and North Carolina guard Juana Brown with the fourth round pick (49th overall). Acquired Katy Steding and a second round draft pick from the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Edna Campbell and a fourth-round pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft. The WNBA allotted the Storm free agents Janice Felder, Amber Hall, Linda Miles and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira for training camp. Waived Charisse Sampson. Waived Janice Felder. Waived Amber Hall and Linda Miles and Robin Threatt-Elliott Waived Juana Brown and Andrea Garner.

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Placed Katrina Hibbert on the injured list and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira on the suspended list. Waived Katrina Hibbert Acquired Michelle Marciniak off waivers and added her to the active roster. Placed Michelle Edwards and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira on the injured list. Activated Alessandra Santos de Oliveira. Placed Quacy Barnes on the injured list. Activated Quacy Barnes. Placed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira on the injured list. Activated Michelle Edwards. Placed Katy Steding on the injured list. Activated Katy Steding and Alessandra Santos de Oliveira. Placed Michelle Edwards and Stacey Lovelace on the injured list. Activated Stacey Lovelace and placed Quacy Barnes on the injured list. Activated Quacy Barnes and placed Kamila Vodichkova on the injured list.

May 5, 2002 May 9, 2002 May 13, 2002 May 14, 2002 May 21, 2002 May 24, 2002 May 28, 2002 May 28, 2002 June 6, 2002

Announced the retirement of Katy Steding. Announced the hiring of assistant coach Carrie Graf. Announced the retirement of Michelle Edwards. Waived Stacey Lovelace. Selected guard Sue Bird with the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft. Selected forward/center Lucienne Berthieu (19th pick overall) in the second round, guard Felicia Ragland (28th pick overall) in the second round and Takeisha Lewis (35th pick overall ) in the third round of the 2002 WNBA Draft. The WNBA allocated free agents Adia Barnes, Katie Cronin, Crystal Givens, Danielle McCulley, Carla Morrow, Beth Record and Angelina Wolvert to the Storm’s training camp roster. Waived Katie Cronin and Carla Morrow. Waived Angelina Wolvert. Signed free agent Elizabeth Pickney. Waived Beth Record and Elizabeth Pickney. Claimed Kate Paye off waivers; waived Charmin Smith. Waived Quacy Barnes. Placed Jamie Redd on the injured list; placed Kamila Vodichkova on the suspended list. Waived Lucienne Berthieu; placed Michelle Marciniak on the injured list. Activated Kamila Vodichkova from the suspended list. Placed Takeisha Lewis on the injured list; activated Jamie Redd.

June 12, 2002

June 13, 2002 June 17, 2002

June 27, 2002 July 11, 2002 July 22, 2002 Sept. 3, 2002

Dec. 18, 2002

The WNBA suspended Michelle Marciniak for one game for an altercation with Latasha Byears of Los Angeles Sparks on July 11. Placed Danielle McCulley on the injured list; activated Takeisha Lewis. Acquired Amanda Lassister from the Houston Comets in exchange for Sonja Henning; placed Adia Barnes on the injured list and activated Michelle Marciniak. Placed Takeisha Lewis on the injured list; activated Adia Barnes. Placed Jamie Redd on the injured list; activated Takeisha Lewis. Acquired Kate Starbird from the Utah Starzz in exchange for Semeka Randall. General Manager & Head Coach Lin Dunn resigned after three seasons leading the team. Sonics & Storm Executive Vice President Billy McKinney was named general manager. Announced the hiring of Anne Donovan as the Storm’s new head coach.

2003 Feb. 21, 2003 April 14, 2003 April 24, 2003 April 25, 2003

May 8, 2003 May 9, 2003 May 19, 2003 May 20, 2003 May 21, 2003

July 4, 2003 July 8, 2003 July 14, 2003 July 20, 2003 July 22, 2003 July 28, 2003

Announced the hiring of Jenny Boucek and Jessie Kenlaw as assistant coaches. Announced the retirement of Michelle Marciniak. Selected forward Alisa Burras from Portland with the ninth pick in the WNBA Dispersal Draft. Selected forward Jung Sun-Min with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 2003 WNBA Draft. Selected center Suzy Batkovic in the second round (22nd pick overall) and guard Chrissy Floyd in the third round (37th pick overall). Waived Takeisha Lewis. Waived Felicia Ragland and Jamie Redd. Waived Kate Paye. Waived Chrissy Floyd, Kate Starbird and Stacey Thomas. Acquired Rita Williams from the Houston Comets in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft; placed Danielle McCulley on the injured list and Suzy Batkovic on the draft reserve list. Activated Danielle McCulley and placed Alisa Burras on the injured list. Placed Adia Barnes on the injured list. Signed Mactabene Amachree to a sevenday contract. Signed Mactabene Amachree to a second seven-day contract. Activated Alisa Burras and placed Danielle McCulley on the injured list. Signed Tonya Massaline to a seven-day contract.

Aug. 4, 2003

Signed Tonya Massaline for the remainder of the season. Aug. 14, 2003 Activated Danielle McCulley and placed Kamila Vodichkova on the injured list.

2004 Jan. 6, 2004

Acquire Betty Lennox in 2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft of the Cleveland Rockers. Feb. 10, 2004 Signed free agent Alicia “Chelle” Thompson. Feb. 18, 2004 Signed Tully Bevilaqua. Feb. 25, 2004 Signed Danielle McCulley as a free agent. March 4, 2004 Signed Sue Bird to a three-year contract. March 31, 2004 Signed Maren Walseth as a free agent. April 15, 2004 The Storm traded its first round selection (6th overall) in the 2004 WNBA Draft and forward Amanda Lassiter to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for forward Sheri Sam and center Janell Burse. April 17, 2004 Selected Trina Frierson in the second round (19th overall pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft. April 27, 2004 Signed Andrea Lalum and Stacy Clinesmith as free agents. April 28, 2004 Signed Lindsey Wilson and Michelle Greco as free agents. April 29, 2004 Trina Frierson underwent arthroscopic surgery (left knee). May 1, 2004 Waived Andrea Lalum and Lindsey Wilson from training camp. May 3, 2004 Waived Danielle McCulley and Stacey Clinesmith from training camp. May 5, 2004 Signed Andrea Gardner-Combs as a free agent. May 10, 2004 Waived Rita Williams and Tonya Massaline from training camp. May 11, 2004 Signed Shaquala Williams as a free agent. May 17, 2004 Waived Shaquala Williams, Andrea Gardner-Combs and Maren Walseth from training camp. June 30, 2004 Betty Lennox underwent nose realignment surgery. July 22, 2004 Placed Janell Burse on the injured list (right hip bursitis) and activated Trina Frierson. Sept. 1, 2004 Activated Janell Burse and placed Lauren Jackson on the injured list (right mid-foot sprain). Sept. 8, 2004 Activated Lauren Jackson and placed Trina Frierson on the injured list (chronic left knee effusion).

2005 Feb. 23, 2005 March 2, 2005 March 3, 2005

Re-signed Lauren Jackson and Alicia Thompson. Re-signed Betty Lennox. Signed Jessica Bibby and Adrienne Johnson as free agents and re-signed Janell Burse.

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Storm History March 15, 2005 Signed Suzy Batkovic. April 6, 2005 Signed Eva Montesdeoca Lopez, Iziane Castro Marques, Natalia Vodopyanova and Shaquala Wiliams as free agents. April 16, 2005 Drafted Tanisha Wright in the first round (12th overall pick), Ashley Battle in the second round (25th overall pick) and Steffanie Blackmon in the third round (38th overall pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft. April 19, 2005 Re-signed Michelle Greco. April 20, 2005 Signed Amy Taylor, Mandissa Stevenson and Dionne Brown as free agents. April 25, 2005 Re-signed Simone Edwards. April 28, 2005 Waived Steffanie Blackmon. April 29, 2005 Re-signed Adia Barnes. May 3, 2005 Waived Amy Taylor. May 9, 2005 Waived Eva Montesdeoca Lopez and Michelle Greco. May 12, 2005 Waived Trina Frierson and Dionne Brown. May 17, 2005 Signed Francesca Zara as a free agent. May 18, 2005 Waived Adia Barnes. May 20, 2005 Placed Natalia Vodopyanova on the Iinjured List and Suzy Batkovic on the Suspended List; waived Shaquala Williams. June 1, 2005 Activated Natalia Vodopyanova and placed Ashley Battle on the injured list. June 6, 2005 Activated Suzy Batkovic and placed Mandisa Stevenson on the injured list. June 17, 2005 Waived Ashley Battle. June 28, 2005 League suspended Iziane Castro Marques for one game. July 6, 2005 Waived Mandisa Stevenson.

2006 Feb. 6, 2006 Feb. 17, 2006 Feb. 22, 2006 Feb. 23, 2006

Named Heidi VanDerveer assistant coach. Re-signed Betty Lennox. Signed free agent Wendy Palmer. Signed free agents Tiffani Johnson and Toccara Williams. Feb. 27, 2006 Re-signed assistant coach Jessie Kenlaw. March 15, 2006 Signed free agent Shaunzinski Gortman. March 28, 2006 Signed free agents Leah Metcalf and Lindsey Yamasaki. April 5, 2006 Selected Barbara Turner in the first round (11th pick overall), Dalila Eshe in the second round (25th pick overall) and Erin Grant in the third round (39th pick overall) of the 2006 WNBA Draft. April 11, 2006 Signed free agent Jordan Adams. April 13, 2006 Signed free agent Lindsay Taylor. April 17, 2006 Re-signed Lauren Jackson. April 26, 2006 Waived Jordan Adams and Leah Metcalf. May 2, 2006 Waived Erin Grant. May 3, 2006 Waived Lindsey Yamasaki.

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May 4, 2006 May 17, 2006 May 19, 2006 May 20, 2006 May 23, 2006 May 26, 2006 May 27, 2006 June 29, 2006 July 25, 2006 July 31, 2006 Aug. 1, 2006

Waived Dalila Eshe and Toccara Williams. Waived Lindsay Taylor. Announced the retirement of center Simone Edwards. Signed free agent Kaayla Chones. Signed free agent Edwige Lawson-Wade. Waived Kaayla Chones. Signed free agent Cisti Greenwalt. Acquired Ashley Robinson from the Chicago Sky in exchange for Cisti Greenwalt and a 2007 second-round draft pick. Signed free agent Cisti Greenwalt to a seven-day contract. Signed free agent Willnett Crockett to a seven-day contract. Waived Willnett Crockett.

2007 Nov. 16, 2007

Re-signed Assistant Coach Heidi VanDerveer. Jan. 8, 2007 Selected Tye’sha Fluker with the seventh pick in the 2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft. Feb. 21, 2007 Named Shelley Patterson assistant coach. Feb. 23, 2007 Re-signed Shaunzinski Gortman. March 8, 2007 Re-signed Janell Burse. March 13, 2007 Signed free agents Andrea Bills, Yolanda Paige, Brooke Queenan, Aya Traore and Shereka Wright. March 15, 2007 Signed free agent Chameka Scott. March 29, 2007 Re-signed Iziane Castro Marques. April 4, 2007 Selected Katie Gearlds in the first round (seventh overall pick) and Brandie Hoskins in the third round (33rd overall pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft. April 11, 2007 Signed free agent Debbie Merrill. April 17, 2007 Signed free agents Alexis Kendrick, Victoria Lucas-Perry and Sarah McKay. April 19, 2007 Signed free agents Kerri Gardin and Cameo Hicks. April 20, 2007 Signed free agent Francesca Zara. April 23, 2007 Waived Shaunzinski Gortman and Debbie Merrill. April 24, 2007 Waived Andrea Bills, Cameo Hicks, Alexis Kendrick, Victoria Lucas-Perry, Chameka Scott and Shereka Wright. April 25, 2007 Signed free agent Shyra Ely; Waived Kerri Gardin. April 26, 2007 Waived Sarah McKay and Aya Traore. April 28, 2007 Waived Yolanda Paige. May 1, 2007 Waived Brooke Queenan. May 12, 2007 Re-signed Sue Bird. May 13, 2007 Placed Francesca Zara on the Suspended List. May 16, 2007 Waived Barbara Turner. July 1, 2007 Waived Tye’sha Fluker.

July 5, 2007 July 16, 2007 July 23, 2007 July 30, 2007 Aug. 7, 2007 Aug. 14, 2007

Signed free agent Shona Thorburn to a seven-day contract. Signed free agent Doneeka Lewis to a seven-day contract. Re-signed Doneeka Lewis to a second seven-day contract. Re-signed Doneeka Lewis for the remainder of the season. Signed free agent Astou Ndiaye-Diatta to a seven-day contract. Signed free agent Astou Ndiaye-Diatta for the remainder of the season.

2008 Feb. 19, 2008

Traded #4 pick in 2008 WNBA Draft to the Detroit Shock for Swin Cash March 3, 2008 Signed forward Sheryl Swoopes March 6, 2008 Re-signed forward Shyra Ely to training camp contract March 14, 2008 Re-signed guard Sue Bird April 2, 2008 Re-signed guard Doneeka Lewis and signed Dee Davis, Leah Rush and Kristen O’Neill to training camp contracts April 8, 2008 Signed forward/center Yolanda Griffith April 9, 2008 Selected guard Allie Quigley (#22) and guard Kimberly Beck (#36) in the 2008 WNBA Draft April 10, 2008 Signed guard Brandie Hoskins and signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract April 14, 2008 Re-signed forward Janell Burse April 21, 2008 Re-signed forward Ashley Robinson April 26, 2008 Released guard Brandie Hoskins May 2, 2008 Released guard Dee Davis and forward Leah Rush May 8, 2008 Released forward Natalie Doma and guard Allie Quigley May 13, 2008 Released guard Daphanie Kennedy May 14, 2008 Released guard Roneeka Hodges May 14, 2008 Signed center Florina Pascalau May 15, 2008 Released guard Kristen O’Neill May 16, 2008 Released guard Doneeka Lewis June 1, 2008 Placed center Kelly Santos on suspended list June 22, 2008 Released center Florina Pascalau June 22, 2008 Traded second round pick in 2009 WNBA Draft to Atlanta Dream in exchange for forward Camille Little June 28, 2008 Released guard Kimberly Beck July 1, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a seven-day contract July 8, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a second seven-day contract July 15, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a third seven-day contract

July 23, 2008

Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a fourth seven-day contract August 28, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a fifth seven-day contract Sept. 5, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill to a sixth seven-day contract Sept. 11, 2008 Signed guard Kimberly Beck for the remainder of the regular season Sept. 12, 2008 Signed guard Kristen O’Neill for remainder of the regular season

2009 January 7, 2009 Re-signed guard Tanisha Wright and added Kimberly Beck and Kristen O’Neill to training camp roster Feb. 9,2009 Re-signed center Janell Burse Feb. 10,2009 Re-signed center Ashley Robinson Feb. 20,2009 Re-signed center Suzy Batkovic Feb. 23, 2009 Signed guard Shannon Johnson March 19, 2009 Added Kasha Terry and Melanie Thomas to training camp roster April 9,2009 Selected forward Ashley Walker and guard Mara Freshour in WNBA Draft April 23, 2009 Kristen O’Neill announced forgoing 2009 training camp due to knee injury May 3, 2009 Re-signed All-Star forward Lauren Jackson May 6, 2009 Melanie Thomas announced forgoing 2009 training camp opportunity due to knee injury May 7, 2009 Added guard/forward La’Tangela Atkinson, guard A’Quonesia Franklin and guard/ forward Aja Parham to 2009 training camp roster May 22, 2009 Waived guard Kimberly Beck and guard Mara Freshour May 31, 2009 Waived guard/forward La’Tangela Atkinson and center/forward Kasha Terry June 4, 2009 Waived guard A’Quonesia Franklin and guard/forward Aja Parham Sept. 9, 2009 Signed guard/forward La’Tangela Atkinson Sept. 10, 2009 Re-signed guard Sue Bird to multi-year extension Sept. 10, 2009 Signed guard A’Quonesia Franklin Sept. 14, 2009 Signed Head Coach Brian Agler to New Contract Dec. 14, 2009 Selected guard Chelsea Newton in Dispersal Draft Dec. 17, 2009 Re-signed Assistant Coach Nancy Darsch

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2000 Game-by-Game Results (6-26) G Date Opponent

Result

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

Att.

1

5/31

at Sacramento

L, 60-76

0-1

Campbell 22

Vodichkova 9

Hibbert 3

Byears 17

9,013

2

6/1

Houston

L, 47-77

0-2

Barnes 16

Vodichkova 7

Henning 3

Swoopes 20

10,840

3

6/3

Portland

L, 58-65

0-3

Campbell 18

Vodichkova 8

Smith 4

Crawley 18

10,182

4

6/7

at Phoenix

L, 49-82

0-4

Vodichkova 12

S. Edwards 8

Henning 2

Reed 24

9,509

5

6/9

at Charlotte

W, 67-62

1-4

Campbell 19

Lovelace 9

Campbell 5

Mapp 19

3,946

6

6/10

at Cleveland

L, 49-61

1-5

S. Edwards 17

3 players 4

Campbell 3

Wauters 12

5,830

7

6/13

Los Angeles

W, 69-59 (OT)

2-5

Campbell 22

S. Edwards 8

M. Edwards 4

Milton 13

7,700

8

6/15

Sacramento

L, 50-54

2-6

Campbell 17

Vodichkova 9

3 players 2

Griffith 13

7,656

9

6/18

Utah

L, 53-56

2-7

Campbell 21

S. Edwards 9

S. Edwards/Henning 2

Dydek 16

8,492

10 6/20

at Utah

L, 63-66

2-8

Campbell 17

M. Edwards 5

Henning 5

Goodson 23

5,376

11 6/23

at Portland

L, 61-72

2-9

Hibbert 17

Vodichkova 5

M. Edwards 5

Crawley 20

9,390

12 6/28

Detroit

L, 78-82

2-10

Vodichkova 22

Vodichkova/Henning 4

M.Edwards/Henning 5

Palmer 32

7,929

13 6/30

Minnesota

L, 53-65

2-11

Vodichkova 15

Garner 5

3 players 2

Smith 19

9,131

14 7/1

Utah

L, 60-81

2-12

Threatt 22

3 players 4

Smith 6

Williams 18

8,260

15 7/3

Washington

L, 55-60

2-13

S. Edwards 14

3 players 4

M. Edwards 5

Holdsclaw 21

8,446

16 7/5

at Minnesota

W, 67-60

3-13

Threatt 24

Garner 8

Henning 4

Dickerson/Folkl 15

17 7/6

at Houston

L, 50-80

3-14

Sampson 12

Garner/S. Edwards 5

Hibbert 3

Thompson 23

10,695

18 7/8

at Orlando

L, 53-64

3-15

S. Edwards 18

Sampson 7

Smith 5

A. Johnson 18

8,266

2000 Regular Season Statistics (6-26)

19 7/10

at Miami

L, 42-59

3-16

Lovelace 11

S. Edwards 5

Smith 2

Askamp 21

7,041

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Campbell 16 16 510 84 215 .391 13 49 .265 41 58 .707 8 26 34 37 35 0 19 40 4 222 13.9 Vodichkova 23 19 489 68 171 .398 4 20 .200 60 78 .769 28 69 97 22 63 0 13 57 12 200 8.7 Threatt 20 7 377 60 158 .380 12 37 .324 23 35 .657 10 22 32 18 36 1 13 30 3 155 7.8 S. Edwards 29 7 645 83 182 .456 0 0 --- 50 80 .625 38 69 107 22 57 0 16 45 10 216 7.4 Barnes 31 23 705 89 213 .418 1 9 .111 30 56 .536 27 57 84 33 103 2 19 62 33 209 6.7 M. Edwards (TOT) 23 13 472 55 153 .359 6 35 .171 23 35 .657 7 29 36 41 32 0 14 42 5 139 6.0 M. Edwards (SEA) 20 13 455 51 143 .357 6 32 .188 23 35 .657 7 27 34 40 29 0 14 38 5 131 6.6 Redd 26 8 387 49 125 .392 18 52 .346 24 34 .706 18 27 45 16 53 0 19 35 1 140 5.4 Henning 32 32 980 53 151 .351 25 66 .379 37 61 .607 22 64 86 79 73 1 61 54 3 168 5.3 Lovelace (TOT) 23 1 324 36 103 .350 2 9 .222 25 31 .806 19 38 57 16 42 0 13 35 2 99 4.3 Lovelace (SEA) 23 1 324 36 103 .350 2 9 .222 25 31 .806 19 38 57 16 42 0 13 35 2 99 4.3 Sampson 21 6 280 22 47 .468 9 23 .391 25 28 .893 14 27 41 11 37 0 18 14 6 78 3.7 Garner (TOT) 32 19 560 37 115 .322 1 2 .500 24 38 .632 42 55 97 25 44 0 27 43 10 99 3.1 Garner (SEA) 32 19 560 37 115 .322 1 2 .500 24 38 .632 42 55 97 25 44 0 27 43 10 99 3.1 Hibbert 20 6 240 19 59 .322 8 31 .254 7 9 .778 8 22 30 18 22 0 7 17 1 53 2.7 Smith 32 3 516 16 56 .286 10 32 .313 10 18 .556 14 33 47 53 52 0 16 32 3 52 1.6 Aycock 1 0 7 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 STORM 32 6475 667 1741 .383 109 364 .299 376 561 .676 256 537 793 390 648 4 255 525 93 1822 56.9 OPPONENTS 32 6475 778 1721 .452 117 334 .350 498 654 .761 288 721 1009 506 618 9 284 529 123 2171 67.8

20 7/12

at Detroit

L, 56-61

3-17

Redd 17

Garner 7

Threatt 3

Canty 15

21 7/14

at Indiana

L, 45-64

3-18

Threatt 13

Henning 5

Henning/Sampson 2

McCarty 16

10,920

22 7/19

New York

L, 55-78

3-19

Barnes/Vodichkova 12

M. Edwards 4

Campbell/Smith 3

Johnson 18

9,395

23 7/21

Minnesota

W, 67-61

4-19

Campbell 17

Sampson 6

Henning 4

Smith 20

9,246

24 7/25

at Houston

L, 53-79

4-20

Henning 10

Vodichkova 6

Campbell 3

Cooper 28

11,539

25 7/27

at Los Angeles

L, 63-76

4-21

Henning 19

Vodichkova/Sampson 5

Campbell 6

Leslie 18

6,455

26 7/28

Phoenix

L, 55-65

4-22

Campbell 14

Garner 6

Smith 7

Reed 25

8,767

27 7/30

Miami

L, 51-64

4-23

Barnes 16

Henning 7

Henning 4

Sam 17

8,616

28 8/1

Indiana

W, 66-60

5-23

Redd 17

S. Edwards/Garner 5

Henning 6

3 players 15

8,670

29 8/3

at Phoenix

L, 63-85

5-24

Barnes 17

M. Edwards 5

M. Edwards 4

Harrison 15

9,439

30 8/6

Portland

W, 66-58 (OT)

6-24

Redd 14

Barnes 8

3 players 3

Nygaard 14

9,328

31 8/8

Los Angeles

L, 52-60 (OT)

6-25

M. Edwards 20

M. Edwards 6

Henning 4

Dixon 17

9,936

32 8/9

at Sacramento

L, 46-79

6-26

Redd 14

S. Edwards 4

Smith 4

Bolton-Holifield 17

7,156

BACK ROW (from left): Equipment Manager Andy Costabel, Assistant Equipment Manager Ryan Bragdon,

General Manager and Head Coach Lin Dunn, Assistant Coach Missy Bequette, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, Stacey Lovelace, Quacy Barnes, Simone Edwards, Kamila Vodichkova, Andrea Garner, Assistant Coach Kathy Anderson, Strength and Conditioning Coach Daniel Shapiro, Senior Director of Storm Operations Karen Bryant, President John Dresel

FRONT ROW (from left): Michelle Edwards, Charisse Sampson, Katrina Hibbert, Charmin Smith, Jamie Redd, Robin Threatt, Sonja Henning, Athletic Trainer Tamara Poole

2000 STORM SEASON NOTES

Record High Scorer

6,264

9,853

City of Seattle was awarded a WNBA franchise on June 7, 1999. Ginger Ackerley headed the first Storm ownership group. First head coach and general manager was Lin Dunn. The first player chosen in expansion draft was Edna Campbell from the Phoenix Mercury. The Storm played its inaugural regular-season game vs. the Sacramento Monarchs on May 31, 2000. The Storm finished eighth in the Western Conference, 22 games behind Los Angeles.

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Storm History 2001 Seattle storm

2001 Game-by-Game Results (10-22) G Date Opponent

Result

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

Att.

1

5/31

Phoenix

W, 83-70

1-0

Jackson 21

S. Edwards 8

Henning 5

Harrison/Edwards 14

7,567

2

6/03

at Washington

L, 63-68

1-1

Randall 16

S. Edwards/Jackson 7

Henning 6

Holdsclaw 18

3

6/04

at Indiana

W, 74-71 (OT)

2-1

Jackson 18

Steding 8

Henning 6

Scott-Richardson 18

7,021

4

6/07

Miami

L, 57-70

2-2

Jackson 16

Barnes 5

Henning 4

Brondello 23

6,430

5

6/09

at Utah

W, 73-65

3-2

Steding 16

S. Edwards 8

Henning 4

Ferdinand 17

6,323

6

6/12

Orlando

W, 70-63

4-2

Randall 28

S. Edwards 14

3 players 3

McWilliams-Franklin 14

3,873

7

6/14

Cleveland

L, 36-58

4-3

Jackson 12

Randall/Smith 5

Randall 3

Melvin 16

3,821

8

6/16

Los Angeles

L, 60-73

4-4

Jackson 19

Randall 7

Lovelace 3

Leslie 22

6,964

9

6/18

Charlotte

W, 60-52

5-4

Jackson 18

Jackson 9

Jackson 3

Stinson 13

4,016

10 6/19

at Portland

L, 43-58

5-5

Jackson 11

Jackson 8

Redd 2

Bevilaqua 12

8,151

11 6/22

at Phoenix

W, 58-55

6-5

Jackson 17

Jackson/S.Edwards 8

Henning/Vodichkova 3

Fallon 12

7,123

12 6/25

at Utah

W, 65-47

7-5

Jackson 14

Jackson 9

Jackson/Smith 3

Williams 14

5,833

13 6/28

at Minnesota

L, 59-68

7-6

Vodichkova 14

Vodichkova/S.Edwards 5

Henning 4

Smith 26

7,505

14 6/30

Sacramento

L, 59-65

7-7

Jackson 18

Jackson 5

Randall 6

Griffith 15

7,048

15 7/03

Washington

L, 69-72 (4OT)

7-8

Jackson 24

Jackson 12

3 players 4

McCray 20

4,312

16 7/04

at Portland

W, 61-56

8-8

Jackson/Redd 18

Jackson 12

Randall 4

Stiles 18

7,928

17 7/07

at Charlotte

L, 38-48

8-9

S. Edwards 14

S. Edwards/Randall 5

Henning 3

Staley 15

7,007

18 7/10

at Cleveland

L, 53-59

8-10

Jackson 17

Jackson 7

Henning 6

Brown 18

19 7/11

at New York

L, 53-67

8-11

S. Edwards 16

S. Edwards 7

Henning/Smith 3

Hammon 16

14,176

20 7/13

Houston

L, 55-58

8-12

S. Edwards 19

S. Edwards/Jackson 5

Henning 7

Thompson 22

5,026

21 7/18

at Minnesota

L, 58-68

8-13

Jackson 21

Jackson 10

3 players 3

Abrosimova 21

5,627

22 7/20

Portland

L, 49-56

8-14

Randall 14

Randall 6

Henning 5

Witherspoon 21

23 7/21

at Los Angeles

L, 79-85

8-15

Redd 24

Jackson 6

Marciniak 4

Leslie 19

24 7/24

Detroit

W, 74-69 (OT)

9-15

Jackson 25

Jackson 9

Henning 4

Ndiaye-Diatta 23

25 7/27

Phoenix

L, 54-56

9-16

Randall 19

Jackson 13

Jackson 2

Stepanova 11

26 7/30

at Houston

L, 51-55

9-17

Jackson 16

4 players 4

Vodichkova/Redd 2

Arcain 16

27 8/03

Utah

L, 61-64

9-18

Jackson 16

Jackson 6

4 players 2

Goodson/Ferdinand 15

5,873

28 8/04

at Los Angeles

L, 60-79

9-19

Jackson 26

Jackson 7

Marciniak 8

Leslie 22

9,493

29 8/08

Houston

W, 72-55

10-19

S. Edwards 17

Jackson/Marciniak 6

Redd/Marciniak 5

Arcain 24

6,003

2001 STORM SEASON NOTES

30 8/10

Minnesota

L, 51-65

10-20

Jackson 13

Barnes 6

Henning 4

Smith 22

7,823

The Storm finished eighth in the Western Conference, 18 games behind Los Angeles.

31 8/11

at Sacramento

L, 61-81

10-21

Redd 24

Barnes 8

Marciniak 5

Griffith 25

13,873

The team’s 10-22 record was a four-game improvement over the inaugural season.

32 8/14

Sacramento

L, 62-72

10-22

Redd/Lovelace 14

Edwards 7

Marciniak 4

Griffith 19

7,668

BACK ROW (from left): Athletic Trainer Sheri Hedlund, General Manager and Head Coach Lin Dunn, Assistant Coach Kay James, Quacy Barnes, Alessandra Santos de Oliveira, Lauren Jackson, Kamila Vodichkova, Simone Edwards, Stacey Lovelace, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, Equipment Manager Ryan Bragdon, Player Development Coach Daniel Shapiro, Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette FRONT ROW (from left): Katy Steding, Semeka Randall, Charmin Smith, Sonja Henning, Jamie Redd, Michelle Marciniak, Michelle Edwards

2001 Regular Season Statistics (10-22) FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 29 29 1001 149 406 .367 40 129 .310 104 143 .727 57 136 193 44 97 3 54 53 64 442 15.2 Randall 32 30 884 117 315 .371 0 4 .000 66 100 .660 32 73 105 44 45 0 29 73 4 300 9.4 S. Edwards 32 27 810 91 190 .479 0 0 --- 55 83 .663 67 90 157 26 54 0 24 37 20 237 7.4 Redd 32 6 659 82 216 .380 22 77 .286 45 66 .682 29 53 82 48 101 0 17 48 3 231 7.2 Vodichkova 29 4 405 51 122 .418 10 25 .400 38 44 .864 25 46 71 23 56 0 16 34 7 150 5.2 Marciniak 27 5 392 51 139 .367 10 33 .303 20 37 .541 17 21 38 47 49 0 30 30 2 132 4.9 Steding 26 17 393 35 94 .372 16 35 .457 16 20 .800 9 26 35 24 23 1 16 22 9 102 3.9 Lovelace 22 2 211 27 71 .380 10 26 .385 12 17 .706 14 18 32 9 23 0 8 18 5 76 3.5 Barnes 20 3 229 23 59 .390 1 1 1.000 21 27 .778 14 20 34 11 29 0 9 16 6 68 3.4 Henning 32 28 902 41 129 .318 8 44 .182 18 35 .514 14 57 71 93 62 2 52 43 6 108 3.4 Smith 32 8 589 17 63 .270 11 38 .289 13 21 .619 18 37 55 39 52 0 17 26 1 58 1.8 M. Edwards 3 0 13 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 4 2 0 1 3 0 4 1.3 Santos de Oliveira 10 1 62 4 14 .286 0 0 --- 5 11 .455 10 6 16 0 12 0 0 3 0 13 1.3 STORM 32 6550 689 1821 .378 128 412 .311 415 606 .685 306 585 891 412 605 6 273 431 127 1921 60.0 OPPONENTS 32 6550 753 1750 .430 125 325 .385 417 559 .746 296 756 1052 492 588 3 228 519 127 2048 64.0

Record High Scorer

17,310

7,018

9,232 11,519 4,323 5,278 12,573

Rookie forward Lauren Jackson, the first overall pick in the 2001 WNBA Draft, became the first Storm player to be named a WNBA All-Star and played in the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game. Jackson led all WNBA rookies in scoring, rebounding, steals and blocked shots and was the WNBA Rookie of the Year runner-up. Rookie guard Semeka Randall scored a then-franchise-record 28 points vs. Orlando on June 12, 2001.

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2002 Game-by-Game Results (17-15) G Date Opponent

Result

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

Att.

1

5/30

New York

L, 61-78

0-1

Bird 18

Ragland 8

Bird 6

Robinson 17

7,842

2

6/2

at Portland

W, 57-47

1-1

Bird 14

Vodichkova 10

Bird 5

Crawley 16

8,627

3

6/4

Minnesota

W, 78-68 (OT)

2-1

Bird 27

Vodichkova 12

Bird 7

Abrosimova 16

4,318

4

6/6

Charlotte

W, 65-59

3-1

Bird 17

Henning 8

Bird 7

Sutton-Brown 11

3,927

5

6/9

Utah

L, 68-71

3-2

Randall 21

3 players 5

Bird/Randall 3

Dydek 22

5,139

6

6/11 Portland

L, 63-70

3-3

Bird 19

Vodichkova 9

Bird 3

Figgs 16

3,715

7

6/14

W, 90-82

4-3

Jackson 23

Vodichkova 9

Bird 8

Gillom 25

8,237

8

6/15 at Utah

L, 54-61

4-4

Bird 19

Jackson 13

Bird 4

Ferdinand 16

5,852

9

6/18

at Phoenix

Los Angeles

Record High Scorer

L, 68-80

4-5

Jackson 23

Jackson 10

Bird 5

Mabika 23

6,410

10 6/20 at Sacramento

L, 64-72

4-6

Jackson 15

Jackson/Vodichkova 11

Vodichkova 4

Smith 20

7,259

11 6/21

W, 63-51

5-6

Vodichkova 20

Jackson/Vodichkova 6

Jackson 5

Scott-Richard 12

5,232

12 6/23 Sacramento

Indiana

W, 86-60

6-6

Vodichkova 15

Vodichkova 8

Bird 7

Smith 14

6,138

13 6/26

L, 62-53

6-7

Jackson 13

Edwards 6

Bird 7

Harrison 22

7,836

14 6/27 Orlando

W, 73-71

7-7

Marciniak 18

Vodichkova 5

Bird 7

Sales 15

4,718

15 7/2

at New York

L, 74-63

7-8

Jackson 17

Vodichkova 9

Bird 6

Phillips 19

14,401

16 7/5

at Cleveland

W, 73-65

8-8

Jackson 19

Randall 10

Bird 12

Taylor 16

11,114

17 7/7

at Miami

L, 61-65 (OT)

8-9

Jackson 13

Jackson 11

Bird 11

Lennox 19

18 7/9

at Houston

L, 59-67

8-10

Jackson 16

Vodichkova 8

Bird 5

Swoopes 24

2002 Regular Season Statistics (17-15)

19 7/11

Los Angeles

W, 79-60

9-10

Jackson 21

Barnes 8

Bird 5

Leslie 21

6,357

PLAYER Jackson Bird Vodichkova Edwards Redd Ragland Lassiter (TOT) Lassiter (SEA) Barnes Starbird (TOT) Starbird (SEA) Marciniak Lewis Paye McCulley STORM OPPONENTS

20 7/12 Cleveland

L, 58-62

9-11

Jackson 22

Jackson 7

Bird 7

Wauters 16

8,072

21 7/19

BACK ROW (from left): Athletic Trainer Sheri Hedlund, Strength and Conditioning Coach Daniel Shapiro, Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette, Adia Barnes, Kate Starbird, Danielle McCulley, Simone Edwards, Kamila Vodichkova, Takeisha Lewis, Assistant Coach Gary Kloppenburg, General Manager and Head Coach Lin Dunn, Coordinator of Individual Player Development Chris Bown, Assistant Coach Carrie Graf FRONT ROW (from left): Amanda Lassiter, Lauren Jackson, Jamie Redd, Sue Bird, Michelle Marciniak, Felicia Ragland, Kate Paye

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 28 28 882 186 462 .403 42 120 .350 68 90 .756 66 124 190 41 95 1 30 47 81 482 17.2 32 32 1121 151 375 .403 57 142 .401 102 112 .911 17 66 83 191 48 0 55 109 3 461 14.4 32 30 817 114 245 .465 13 38 .342 54 67 .806 61 115 176 47 96 1 36 55 18 295 9.2 32 5 694 84 158 .532 1 1 1.000 54 73 .740 46 95 141 19 66 0 21 44 12 223 7.0 10 0 112 17 34 .500 9 18 .500 9 12 .750 8 5 13 7 17 0 2 7 0 52 5.2 31 3 432 48 125 .384 22 55 .400 23 28 .821 27 21 48 23 44 0 27 29 1 141 4.5 30 22 600 47 140 .336 20 71 .282 13 19 .684 24 45 69 57 62 1 29 51 21 127 4.2 24 22 554 47 130 .362 20 66 .303 12 17 .706 23 40 63 55 58 1 27 49 19 126 5.3 26 17 493 37 111 .333 1 4 .250 15 29 .517 45 57 102 28 64 1 32 25 9 90 3.5 24 0 274 30 69 .435 7 19 .368 12 16 .750 3 23 26 19 35 0 15 13 8 79 3.3 9 0 186 20 44 .455 5 11 .455 8 9 .889 3 16 19 12 19 0 6 11 4 53 5.9 23 1 280 24 68 .353 2 8 .250 22 29 .759 8 20 28 38 33 0 11 25 2 72 3.1 14 0 57 4 10 .400 0 1 .000 10 18 .556 7 17 24 3 12 0 2 7 0 18 1.3 19 0 114 7 19 .368 6 16 .375 1 2 .500 2 5 7 5 18 1 3 8 0 21 1.1 4 1 43 0 12 .000 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 3 4 7 1 5 0 1 2 0 2 0.5 32 6450 794 1948 .408 182 506 .360 418 543 .770 362 633 995 514 623 5 282 477 151 2188 68.4 32 6450 783 1818 .431 102 342 .298 435 587 .741 307 662 969 488 563 5 254 531 125 2103 65.7

2002 STORM SEASON NOTES The Storm finished fourth in the Western Conference with a 17-15 record. Seattle set franchise records with 17 wins, a five-game winning streak and four straight sellouts.

at Phoenix

7,973 10,051

Phoenix

W, 89-48

10-11

Jackson 22

3 players 9

Marciniak 5

Williams 10

6,759

22 7/20 Houston

L, 54-56

10-12

Bird 21

Vodichkova 8

3 players 3

Thompson 18

9,686

23 7/23

L, 54-66

10-13

Bird 20

Barnes 6

Bird 7

Swoopes 19

24 7/25 at Orlando

at Houston

W, 79-76

11-13

Jackson 27

Edwards 9

Bird 11

Johnson 17

6,449

25 7/27

W, 80-71

12-13

Jackson 25

Jackson 10

Bird 5

Holdsclaw 32

18,311

26 7/28 at Detroit

W, 72-59

13-13

Bird 18

Starbird 7

Bird 5

Cash 15

27 7/31

Minnesota

W, 75-63

14-13

Bird 22

Jackson 7

Bird 4

Smith 13

9,686

28 8/1

at Los Angeles

W, 81-76

15-13

Jackson 19

Vodichkova 10

Bird 10

Leslie 30

11,915

29 8/4

at Minnesota

L, 60-73

15-14

Jackson 19

Vodichkova 6

Bird 5

Smith/Schweitzer 17

30 8/9

Portland

W, 83-74

16-14

Bird 33

Jackson 13

Lassiter 7

Stiles 18

31 8/11

Utah

W, 74-57

17-14

Jackson 27

Jackson 7

Bird 8

Azzi/Ferdinand 10

11,448

L, 59-51

17-15

Edwards 18

Jackson 9

4 players 2

Griffith 19

10,691

at Washington

32 8/13 at Sacramento

10.205

6,308

6,777 12,327

The Storm qualified for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in franchise history, earning the fourth seed. Seattle fell to Los Angeles 2-0 in the first round of the 2002 WNBA Playoffs. No. 1 draft pick Sue Bird was named All-WNBA First Team, voted as a starter at the 2002 WNBA All-Star Game and selected as the runner-up for Rookie of the Year. Lauren Jackson was named to the WNBA All-Star Game for the second straight season. Bird scored a franchise-record 33 points vs. Portland on Aug. 9, 2002. Bird was second in the WNBA in assists per game (6.0 apg) and first in free throw percentage (91.1 percent). Jackson registered a franchise-record eight blocks vs. Utah on Aug. 11, 2002. Jackson finished fourth in the WNBA in scoring (17.2 ppg) and third in blocks (2.89 bpg). The team’s original general manager and head coach Lin Dunn resigned on Sept. 3, 2002.

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2003 Game-by-Game Results (18-16) G Date Opponent

Result

High Scorer

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

Att.

1

5/22

L, 64-75

0-1

Bird 19

Barnes/Jackson 5

Bird 10

Swoopes 27

9,658

2

5/24 at San Antonio

L, 56-65

0-2

Jackson 15

Jackson 7

Bird 5

Ferdinand 20

3

5/30

Los Angeles

L, 74-77 (OT)

0-3

Bird 22

Jackson/Vodichkova 8

Bird 7

Leslie 20

9,686

4

6/3

Sacramento

W, 70-56

1-3

Jackson 22

Jackson 13

Bird 5

Smith 14

4,528

5

6/7

Phoenix

W, 66-57

2-3

Jackson 27

Jackson 14

Bird 10

DeForge 16

6,549

6

6/10 Indiana

W, 78 -51

3-3

Jackson 20

Edwards 7

Bird 8

Catchings/White 13

5,638

7

6/14

L, 72-77

3-4

Jackson 18

Vodichkova 7

Bird 4

Smith 32

6,486

8

6/17 at Phoenix

W, 61-60

4-4

Jackson 23

Jackson 10

Bird 5

DeForge 22

8,950

9

6/19

at Houston

Minnesota

Record

15,593

at Los Angeles

W, 69-67

5-4

Brondello 21

Jackson 9

Bird 12

Leslie 21

8,861

10 6/21 at Sacramento

L, 64-69

5-5

Jackson 19

Jackson 9

Bird 6

Griffith 22

9,269

11 6/22

W, 93-53

6-5

Jackson 24

Jackson 9

Bird 6

Goodson 15

6,395

12 6/27 at Cleveland

San Antonio

W, 71-59

7-5

Jackson 16

Bird 7

Bird 12

Melvin 15

6,065

13 6/28

L, 70-79

7-6

Brondello 19

Edwards 11

Bird 11

Catchings 20

7,890

14 6/30 at Charlotte

W, 83-71

8-6

Jackson 22

Burras 6

Bird 5

Feaster 18

5,003

Simone Edwards, Kamila Vodichkova, Alisa Burras, Lauren Jackson, Head Coach Anne Donovan

15 7/3

Washington

W, 76-72

9-6

Jackson 25

Vodichkova 9

Bird 10

Holdsclaw 21

7,042

FRONT ROW (from left): Rita Williams, Tully Bevilaqua, Jung Sun-Min, Amanda Lassiter,

16 7/5

at Los Angeles

L, 75-84

9-7

Bird 27

Barnes 9

Brondello 7

Leslie 23

9,820

17 7/15

Houston

BACK ROW (from left): Assistant Coach Jenny Boucek, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw, Adia Barnes, Danielle McCulley,

Sue Bird, Sandy Brondello, Athletic Trainer Sheri Hedlund

at Indiana

W, 69-55

10-7

Jackson/Vodichkova 18

Bird 8

Bird 10

Swoopes 17

6,718

2003 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (18-16)

18 7/17 at Connecticut

W, 67-65

11-7

Jackson 20

Edwards 9

Bird 7

McWilliams-Franklin 9

9,341

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 33 33 1109 254 526 .483 39 123 .317 151 183 .825 82 225 307 62 106 1 38 69 64 698 21.2 Bird 34 34 1136 155 368 .421 49 140 .350 61 69 .884 22 91 113 221 47 0 48 110 1 420 12.4 Vodichkova 28 27 709 101 213 .474 0 5 .000 82 101 .812 55 88 143 31 101 4 20 53 21 284 10.1 Brondello 34 34 975 117 282 .415 21 48 .438 25 31 .806 19 37 56 69 58 0 31 37 2 280 8.2 Barnes 16 16 396 32 84 .381 12 31 .387 12 21 .571 26 39 65 23 36 1 11 18 7 88 5.5 Lassiter 32 18 733 60 156 .385 24 73 .329 19 30 .633 33 79 112 42 92 2 27 42 26 163 5.1 Edwards 34 6 577 61 134 .455 0 0 --- 35 56 .625 54 79 133 16 55 0 10 31 9 157 4.6 Burras 27 2 270 35 75 .467 0 0 --- 19 27 .704 27 34 61 5 58 0 5 25 5 89 3.3 Williams 32 0 381 28 75 .373 11 43 .256 11 15 .733 3 19 22 41 34 0 14 27 0 78 2.4 Massaline (TOT) 24 0 222 20 63 .317 6 20 .300 7 7 1.000 12 9 21 8 12 0 5 10 0 53 2.2 Massaline (SEA) 11 0 121 13 33 .394 2 8 .250 5 5 1.000 7 4 11 5 8 0 4 5 0 33 3.0 Bevilaqua 31 0 252 17 51 .333 8 21 .381 16 21 .762 9 17 26 32 30 0 14 20 1 58 1.9 Jung 17 0 118 13 32 .406 0 7 .000 4 4 1.000 1 9 10 1 13 0 5 5 0 30 1.8 McCulley 7 0 26 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 0 2 0.3 STORM 34 6850 890 2045 .435 166 500 .332 442 567 .780 342 732 1074 548 644 8 232 465 138 2388 70.2 OPPONENTS 34 6850 844 2039 .414 145 437 .332 441 591 .746 352 689 1041 456 570 9 245 459 104 2274 66.9

19 7/18

28 8/12 San Antonio

2003 STORM SEASON NOTES

29 8/15

The Storm finished fifth in the Western Conference with a 18-16 record.

30 8/17 Detroit

Seattle set a franchise record with 18 wins.

31 8/19

Sue Bird was named All-WNBA First Team and was voted a starter at the 2003 WNBA All-Star Game.

32 8/20 at San Antonio 33 8/23

Lauren Jackson was named 2003 WNBA MVP, All-WNBA First Team and was voted to the 2003 Western Conference All-Star Team for the third straight season. On June 7, Jackson became the youngest player in WNBA history to reach 1,000 career points at 22 years, 27 days old. Jackson recorded the fifth 20-20 game in WNBA history vs. Charlotte on July 31, 2003 finishing with 23 points and a team-record and career-high 20 rebounds.

L, 61-74

11-8

Jackson 23

Jackson 7

Jackson 4

Powell 16

6,923

20 7/20 at Minnesota

at Detroit

L, 58-69

11-9

Jackson 30

Vodichkova 6

Williams 5

Smith 19

6,992

21 7/23

New York

W, 75-65

12-9

Jackson 27

Vodichkova 10

Bird 8

Johnson 17

8,003

22 7/25 Phoenix

W, 82-53

13-9

Jackson 26

Jackson 10

Bird 6

Jackson 13

6,753

23 7/26

L, 63-76

13-10

Jackson 23

Jackson 10

Bird/Brondello 5

Walker 21

7,411

24 7/31 Charlotte

at Sacramento

W, 69-54

14-10

Jackson 23

Jackson 20

Bird 8

Staley 16

6,289

25 8/2

at Minnesota

L, 71-73

14-11

Bird 17

Jackson 12

Bird 4

Burse 20

6,555

26 8/6

Los Angeles

W, 92-56

15-11

Jackson 34

Jackson 13

Bird 10

Mabika/Teasley 15

8,305

27 8/8

Minnesota

W, 68-65

16-11

Jackson 16

Jackson 11

Bird 5

Smith 20

8,494

L, 77-87

16-12

Jackson 32

Jackson 18

Bird 8

Azzi/Ferdinand 18

7,300

L, 50-64

16-13

BirdJackson 14

Jackson/Lassiter 8

Brondello 4

Jackson 20

9,423

L, 86-95

16-14

Jackson 23

Jackson 13

Bird 5

Nolan 18

7,590

L, 47-52

16-15

Jackson 16

Jackson 15

Bird 5

Swoopes 17

8,306

L, 70-78 (OT)

16-16

Jackson 22

Jackson 14

Bird 5

Goodson 26

9,045

W, 71-64

17-16

Jackson 22

Jackson 8

Bird 5

Thompson 18

7,786

W, 70-57

18-16

Jackson 18

Jackson 9

Bird 8

Smith 13

7,295

at Phoenix

at Houston

Houston

34 8/25 Sacramento

Jackson set a career-high and Storm record with 34 points on a WNBA-record 17 field goals on Aug. 6, 2003 vs. Los Angeles. Jackson finished first in the WNBA in scoring (21.2 ppg), third in blocks (1.94 bpg) and fourth in rebounds per game (9.3 rpg). Through the 2003 season, Jackson was the Storm’s all-time leading scorer (1,622 points) and rebounder (690 rebounds).

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1

W, 88-85

1-0

Jackson 31

5/20

Minnesota

Record High Scorer

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

Att.

Lennox 10

3 players 4

Edwards/Smith 17

6,624 9,686

2

5/22 Los Angeles

W, 93-67

2-0

Lennox 20

Jackson 7

Bird 5

Leslie 20

3

5/28

at Phoenix

L, 76-84

2-1

Bird 22

Jackson 11

Bird/Lennox 2

DeForge 24

5,368

4

6/1

at Los Angeles

L, 70-73

2-2

Jackson 17

Sam 9

Bird 5

Mabika 19

8,652

5

6/3

Phoenix

W, 72-45

3-2

Lennox 17

Lennox 7

Bird/Vodichkova 4

DeForge 12

7,668

6

6/5

at Sacramento

W, 65-63

4-2

Sam 17

Jackson 8

Sam 8

Griffith 20

7,094

7

6/11

Connecticut

W, 68-63

5-2

Jackson 22

Sam 12

Bird 6

Douglas/Derevjanik 13

7,012

8

6/15 at New York

W, 86-62

6-2

Jackson 16

Jackson 12

Bird/Lennox 5

Wauters 15

9,769

9

6/18

W, 69-63

7-2

Jackson 18

Jackson 6

Bird 6

Swoopes 33

7,409

10 6/19 at San Antonio

at Houston

W, 74-61

8-2

Jackson 27

Lennox 9

Bird 9

Thomas 16

8,558

11 6/22

L, 57-63

8-3

Jackson 16

Vodichkova 12

Bird 6

Swoopes 18

8,265

12 6/26 New York

Houston

L, 62-67

8-4

Vodichkova 15

Jackson 8

Bevilaqua 5

Hammon 15

4,527

13 7/1

San Antonio

W, 76-52

9-4

Jackson/Bird 20

Sam 10

Bird 7

Goodson 10

6,371

BACK ROW (from left): Janell Burse, Assistant Coach Jenny Boucek, Kamila Vodichkova, Simone Edwards,

14 7/3

Sacramento

W, 75-61

10-4

Jackson 32

Jackson 12

Bird 6

Maiga 17

7,467

Head Coach Anne Donovan, Lauren Jackson, Sheri Sam, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw

15 7/7

at Washington

L, 69-72

10-5

Jackson 22

Jackson 7

Bird 6

Holdsclaw 23

FRONT ROW (from left): Adia Barnes, Betty Lennox, Tully Bevilaqua, Michelle Greco, Sue Bird, Trina Frierson, Alicia Thompson

16 7/8

at Charlotte

L, 67-70

10-6

Jackson 24

Jackson 8

Bird 9

Feaster/Lewis 19

17 7/10

at Detroit

L, 65-70

10-7

Bird 21

Vodichkova 9

Bird 6

Nolan 21

18 7/12 San Antonio

W, 75-59

11-7

Jackson 25

Bird 8

Bird 9

Dydek 15

6,800

19 7/15

W, 66-63

12-7

Jackson 18

Vodichkova 7

Lennox 6

Bolton 14

11,275 7,867

2004 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (20-14) PLAYER Jackson Bird Lennox Sam Vodichkova Burse Bevilaqua Thompson Greco Edwards Barnes Frierson STORM OPPONENTS

G Date Opponent

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 31 31 1070 220 460 .478 52 115 .452 142 175 .811 64 143 207 51 93 0 31 67 62 634 20.5 34 34 1136 151 326 .463 64 146 .438 73 85 .859 22 84 106 184 48 0 51 87 5 439 12.9 32 32 920 139 330 .421 22 83 .265 58 68 .853 28 131 159 79 89 0 34 77 3 358 11.2 34 32 1018 117 284 .412 11 42 .262 65 76 .855 42 97 139 82 108 1 53 63 6 310 9.1 34 34 873 94 241 .390 1 2 .500 84 108 .778 65 103 168 55 110 5 32 73 12 273 8.0 29 0 514 51 119 .429 0 0 --- 39 67 .582 51 45 96 19 84 2 23 41 36 141 4.9 34 0 358 24 60 .400 11 26 .423 20 29 .690 6 20 26 29 48 0 38 26 2 79 2.3 23 2 182 24 54 .444 3 16 .188 1 2 .500 8 16 24 9 9 0 6 7 0 52 2.3 13 0 73 10 18 .556 0 2 .000 9 13 .692 3 7 10 8 6 0 3 8 0 29 2.2 23 3 257 20 55 .364 0 0 --- 8 19 .421 25 31 56 5 25 0 8 13 3 48 2.1 34 2 402 21 69 .304 3 6 .500 22 31 .710 33 30 63 31 38 0 23 24 2 67 2.0 5 0 22 2 9 .222 0 1 .000 3 3 1.000 3 2 5 0 7 0 0 1 0 7 1.4 34 6825 873 2025 .431 167 439 .380 524 676 .775 350 709 1059 552 665 8 302 499 131 2437 71.7 34 6825 851 1989 .428 139 391 .355 423 592 .715 303 679 982 507 678 4 252 527 137 2264 66.6

2004 STORM SEASON NOTES The Storm finished second in the Western Conference with a 20-14 record, setting the then franchise mark for regular-season wins. Seattle won its first WNBA Championship, the city’s first professional sports title in 25 years. Betty Lennox, who was selected by the Storm in the 2004 WNBA Dispersal Draft, was named the WNBA Finals MVP after leading all players in the championship series by scoring an average of 22.3 points per game. Lauren Jackson averaged 20.5 points per game to lead the WNBA in scoring for the second consecutive year. Sue Bird and Jackson were named to the All-WNBA First Team. It was Bird’s third year in a row and Jackson’s second straight year receiving the honor. Head Coach Anne Donovan became the first female coach to win the WNBA Championship. During the season, she also served as an assistant coach on the 2004 gold-medal winning U.S. Women’s Senior National Team at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece. Bird was also a member of the Olympic-champion U.S. squad.

at Sacramento

11,502 5,493 10,741

20 7/17 Washington

W, 85-83 (OT) 13-7

Jackson 33

Lennox 7

Bird/Lennox 5

Beard 18

21 7/22

Indiana

W, 59-54

14-7

Jackson 25

Vodichkova 10

Bird 4

Catchings/Miller 15

8,579

22 7/24 Houston

W, 67-63

15-7

Jackson 26

Jackson 9

Bird 4

Swoopes 23

8,107

23 7/27

L, 55-80

15-8

Jackson 14

Vodichkova 6

3 players 3

Thompson 22

6,663

24 7/30 at Minnesota

at Houston

W, 70-55

16-8

Lennox 23

Edwards 9

Bird 5

Hayden 12

8,788

25 8/1

Charlotte

W, 87-55

17-8

Jackson 25

Jackson/Edwards 8

Bird 5

Powell 14

8,338

26 9/1

Sacramento

L, 65-73

17-9

Lennox 19

Vodichkova 7

Barnes 4

Griffith 18

8,408

27 9/3

at Los Angeles

L, 81-82

17-10

Bird 25

Vodichkova 8

Bird/Thompson 5

Leslie 26

9,721

28 9/4

at Phoenix

L, 55-63

17-11

Vodichkova/Bird 12

Vodichkova 8

Bird 3

Taurasi/Taylor 18

8,887

29 9/8

Detroit

W, 86-67

18-11

Bird 23

Jackson 7

Bird 8

Ford 16

30 9/10 at Minnesota

L, 61-64

18-12

Bird 15

Bird 7

Bird/Lenox 5

Edwards 18

31 9/12

at Connecticut

6,862 11,402

L, 64-71

18-13

Jackson 24

Jackson/Bird 5

Bird 7

Douglass 21

9,341

32 9/13 at Indiana

W, 76-70

19-13

Jackson 20

Jackson 9

Bird 7

Catchings 16

9,656

33 9/15

W, 73-58

20-13

Jackson 25

Lennox 8

Bird 8

Taurasi 20

7,855

L, 80-83

20-14

Jackson 22

Jackson 8

Bird/Lennox 6

Teasley 8

14,884

Phoenix

34 9/18 Los Angeles

Jackson won the silver medal, leading the Australian National Team to the Olympic final against the U.S.

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BACK ROW (from left): Equipment Manager Skyler Young, Head Coach Anne Donovan, Suzy Batkovic, Janell Burse, Lauren Jackson, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw, Strength and Conditioning Coach Chattin Hill, Video Coordinator Ayana Clinton MIDDLE ROW (from left): Assistant Coach Jenny Boucek, Alicia Thompson, Natalia Vodopyanova, Simone Edwards, Iziane Castro Marques, Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette

FRONT ROW (from left): Assistant Athletic Trainer Kate Fitzmaurice, Tanisha Wright, Sue Bird, Betty Lennox, Francesca Zara, Athletic Trainer Annmarie Henkel

2005 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (20-14) FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 34 34 1176 206 450 .458 34 118 .288 151 181 .834 96 217 313 57 100 2 36 59 67 597 17.6 Lennox 28 26 800 123 314 .392 24 78 .308 76 87 .874 21 103 124 57 82 0 35 75 5 346 12.4 Bird 30 30 1020 130 294 .442 45 103 .437 59 69 .855 21 51 72 176 46 0 29 87 6 364 12.1 Burse 34 34 859 127 243 .523 0 0 --- 86 123 .699 81 118 199 23 139 6 19 78 40 340 10.0 Castro Marques 33 32 879 93 242 .384 24 72 .333 59 73 .808 23 74 97 49 73 0 18 59 4 269 8.2 Batkovic 29 0 461 76 174 .437 2 7 .286 45 58 .776 26 68 94 26 85 1 17 32 24 199 6.9 Wright 34 8 528 49 106 .462 0 1 .000 24 36 .667 20 37 57 53 60 1 18 40 3 122 3.6 Thompson 30 1 329 32 81 .395 7 22 .318 12 16 .750 10 35 45 14 17 0 4 18 4 83 2.8 Zara 34 4 413 34 85 .400 5 22 .227 17 21 .810 11 28 39 51 29 0 16 41 1 90 2.6 Edwards 28 0 201 24 41 .585 0 0 --- 7 12 .583 9 22 31 3 13 0 4 4 2 55 2.0 Stevenson 4 1 53 3 12 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 2 4 6 1 3 0 2 4 0 6 1.5 Vodopyanova 17 0 98 8 22 .364 1 5 .200 8 12 .667 3 17 20 10 9 0 3 8 2 25 1.5 Battle 2 0 8 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1.0 STORM 34 6825 906 2066 .439 142 429 .331 544 688 .791 323 776 1099 520 657 10 201 516 158 2498 73.5 OPPONENTS 34 6825 892 2163 .412 133 419 .317 490 646 .759 334 686 1020 568 691 5 267 438 154 2407 70.8

G Date Opponent

Result

High Scorer

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

1

5/21

Los Angeles

L, 50-68

Record

0-1

Lennox 14

Burse 11

Bird 3

Leslie 23

11,726

Att.

2

5/27

Houston

W, 79-69

1-1

Lennox 24

Jackson 12

Bird 7

Snow 17

7,219

3

5/29

San Antonio

W, 79-51

2-1

Jackson 21

Jackson 7

Bird 5

Palmer-Daniel 9

6,910

4

6/2

at Phoenix

W, 78-67

3-1

Burse 21

Jackson 14

Bird 6

Taurasi 27

7,132

5

6/4

Indiana

W, 83-77

4-1

Jackson 24

Jackson 15

Bird 7

White 26

8,651

6

6/7

at Connecticut

L, 69-81

4-2

Jackson 20

Jackson 6

Bird 4

Douglas 20

7,080

7

6/8

at Detroit

W, 76-61

5-2

Burse 18

3 players 7

Lennox 4

Nolan 23

5,841

8

6/10

at Washington

L, 52-64

5-3

Jackson/Lennox 18

Jackson 9

Zara 4

Beard 16

10,024

9

6/12

at Charlotte

W, 62-60

6-3

Jackson 17

Jackson 14

Jackson 4

Sam 14

4,551

10 6/15

Minnesota

L, 81-86(OT)

6-4

Jackson 26

Castro Marques 9

Wright 6

Smith 21

7,789

11 6/22

Connecticut

W, 95-86

7-4

Lennox 29

Jackson 17

Bird 7

McWilliams-Franklin 21

8,120

12 6/24

at Los Angeles

L, 65-76

7-5

Jackson 21

Lennox 6

Bird 10

Holdsclaw 27

7,833

13 6/26

at Minnesota

L, 70-73

7-6

Batkovic 12

Jackson 13

Castro Marques 5

Smith 22

5,352

14 6/28

at Houston

L, 67-71

7-7

Batkovic 16

Jackson 7

Bird 7

Swoopes 21

5,610

15

6/30 at San Antonio

L, 69-81

7-8

Jackson 17

Jackson 15

Jackson 3

Johnson 18

7,451

16

7/3

Sacramento

W, 74-67

8-8

Jackson 31

Jackson 13

Bird 8

Walker 14

8,371

17 7/6

at Phoenix

L, 61-73

8-9

Lennox 17

Lennox 11

Bird 5

Taylor 17

18 7/13

Washington

L, 71-78

8-10

Castro Marques 19

Jackson 8

Bird 7

Beard/Milton-Jones 15

19 7/15

San Antonio

6,919 11,080

W, 92-70

9-10

Jackson 27

Jackson 9

Bird 7

Feenstra/Ferdinand 17

20

7/16 at Los Angeles

W, 78-70

10-10

Jackson 20

Jackson 8

Bird 8

Leslie 19

7,447

21

7/19 New York

W, 87-78

11-10

Castro Marques 20

Burse 11

Bird 5

Hammon 18

7,361

22

7/23 Detroit

W, 74-71

12-10

Jackson 21

Jackson 7

Bird/Jackson 4

Nolan 22

8,819

10,151

23 7/29

Charlotte

W, 79-68

13-10

Burse 27

Burse 6

Bird 7

Perkins 21

8,213

24 7/31

Los Angeles

W, 77-72

14-10

Jackson/Lennox 17

Jackson 10

Bird 7

Leslie 18

10,097

25 8/4

at Indiana

L, 68-78

14-11

Jackson 14

Jackson 9

Bird 6

Catchings 24

26 8/6

at New, York

L, 67-79

14-12

Jackson 25

Jackson 7

Bird 10

Wauters 18

11,226

27

8/9

Houston

W, 71-68

15-12

Jackson 27

Jackson 9

3 players 3

Swoopes 34

9,470

28

8/12 at Minnesota

W, 72-66

16-12

Bird 20

Jackson 10

Bird 6

Jones 16

6,352

29

8/14 at Houston

L, 72-75

16-13

Jackson 18

Burse 11

Bird 4

Swoopes 23

7,992

30

8/18 Minnesota

W, 76-60

17-13

Jackson 18

Jackson 11

Bird 9

Ohlde 17

9,245

2005 STORM SEASON NOTES

31

8/20 at Sacramento

L, 65-75

17-14

Jackson 16

Jackson 15

Wright 7

Griffith 26

13,027

The Storm finished second in the Western Conference with a 20-14 record, matching the then franchise mark for regular-season wins.

32

8/23 at San Antonio

W, 78-51

18-14

Wright/Lennox 12

Jackson 11

Bird 7

Feenstra 14

5,508

33

8/25 Sacramento

W, 76-63

19-14

Burse 17

Castro Marques 8

3 players 5

Powell 17

9,686

34

8/27 Phoenix

W, 85-74

20-14

Bird 20

Batkovic 6

Bird 7

Taurasi 31

11,206

Seattle made its third postseason appearance, falling 2-1 to Houston in the First Round. The Storm set a club record by posting a 14-3 mark at KeyArena. The Storm finished the season with a nine-game home winning streak, the longest in team history.

9,290

Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named to the All-WNBA First Team. Bird received the honor for the fourth consecutive year and Jackson for her third straight year. Both Bird and Jackson were named as starters for the Western Conference in the 2005 WNBA All-Star Game. Anne Donovan became the first female coach in WNBA history to win 100 games when the Storm beat the Minnesota Lynx at KeyArena on Aug. 18. Donovan became the fourth coach overall to reach the 100-win plateau. Sue Bird won the WNBA’s assist title after finishing second the previous three seasons. The Storm broke the 150,000 barrier in attendance as 150,760 fans attended games at KeyArena. Seattle’s 11 percent increase over 2004 attendance was the largest in the league. On Aug. 27, Donovan signed a contract extension to remain head coach of the Storm.

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2006 Game-by-Game Results (18-16) G Date Opponent

Result Record High Scorer

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer Att.

1

5/21

Los Angeles

W, 90-67

1-0

Jackson 23

Palmer 13

Bird 9

Leslie 24

2

5/23

Houston

L, 59-84

1-1

Bird 12

Jackson 6

Bird 3

Canty/Thompson 19

3

5/25

at Phoenix

W, 94-81

2-1

Jackson 35

Jackson 9

Bird 6

Taurasi 28

10,401

4

5/31

at Sacramento

L, 66-87

2-2

Jackson 20

Jackson 8

Wright 2

Griffith 21

6,055

5

6/2

Phoenix

W, 97-87

3-2

Jackson 27

Burse 10

Lennox 6

Pondexter 30

7,753

6

6/4

San Antonio

L, 87-89

3-3

Jackson 21

Jackson/Burse 6

Bird/Jackson 5

Thomas/Wecker 15

7,746

7

6/7

Chicago

W, 86-73

4-3

Jackson 19

Burse 8

Bird 5

Dupree/Ngoyisa 16

5,741

8

6/9

at Connecticut

L, 81-85

4-4

Burse 23

Burse 14

Bird 10

Douglas 18

8,138

9

6/11

at Indiana

L, 62-69

4-5

Lennox 20

Bird/Jackson 8

Bird 5

Catchings 18

7,654

10 6/14

at Minnesota

W, 74-66

5-5

Lennox 15

Jackson/Lennox 7

Bird 8

Augustus 32

5,273

11 6/15

at Chicago

W, 74-61

6-5

Jackson 27

Jackson 10

Bird 5

Lovelace 15

2,956

12 6/17

at Sacramento

L, 74-76

6-6

Lennox 23

Jackson 9

Bird 4

Lawson 16

7,331

13 6/21

Phoenix

L, 80-87

6-7

Jackson 28

Jackson 14

Bird 8

Pondexter 27

7,536

14 6/23

San Antonio

W, 87-57

7-7

Jackson 27

Burse 9

3 players 4

Feenstra 12

8,555

15 6/25

at Houston

L, 74-84

7-8

Lennox 29

Burse 8

Bird/Castro Marques 2

Thompson 21

7,557

16 6/27

Sacramento

W, 68-53

8-8

Bird 18

Jackson 12

Turner 7

Buescher 12

7,961

17 6/28

at Los Angeles

W, 75-67

9-8

Lennox 27

Lennox 8

Bird 4

Moore 16

6,774

18 7/1

Minnesota

W, 92-75

10-8

Jackson 25

Jackson 10

Bird 14

Augustus 24

7,240

19 7/9

Indiana

L, 62-74

10-9

Jackson 19

Jackson 6

Bird 4

Catchings 20

8,222

20 7/14

New York

W, 86-66

11-9

Jackson 26

Burse 14

Bird 5

Christon 25

8,755

21 7/16

Connecticut

L, 83-92

11-10

Jackson 20

Burse 13

Bird 6

Douglas 26

8,952

22 7/18

Sacramento

L, 61-74

11-11

Lennox 16

3 players 6

Lawson 4

Brunson 15

11,221

23 7/20

at Charlotte

L, 72-86

11-12

Bird 19

Lennox 10

Bird 4

Sam 23

10,898

24 7/22

at New York

W, 91-54

12-12

Castro Marques 26

Jackson 9

Lawson-Wade 4

Thorn 19

9,172

25 7/23

at Washington

W, 73-71

13-12

Jackson 18

Jackson 11

Lennox 5

Beard 30

7,911

26 7/25

at Phoenix

W, 91-85

14-12

Bird 25

Jackson 12

Turner 5

Taurasi 27

7,164

27 7/28

Detroit

L, 67-77

14-13

Johnson 15

Robinson 13

Castro Marques/Robinson 2

Nolan 23

9,686

28 7/30

Los Angeles

L, 70-71

14-14

Jackson 27

Jackson 8

Bird 7

Leslie 31

9,686

29 8/1

at Minnesota

W, 77-75

15-14

Bird 21

Burse 7

Bird 7

Mann 19

4,704

30 8/3

Washington

W, 86-78

16-14

Jackson 27

Bird 8

Bird 8

Beard 23

9,340

The Storm finished fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 18-16 and earned a playoff berth for the third consecutive season. Seattle’s nine road victories were a franchise record.

31 8/5

Charlotte

W, 87-81

17-14

Burse 23

Burse 12

3 players 3

McCarville 17

9,521

Seattle fell to Los Angeles 2-1 in the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs.

32 8/8

at Detroit

W, 81-79

18-14

Bird 24

3 players 5

Lennox 5

Smith 25

9,783

Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team.

33 8/10

at San Antonio

L, 65-75

18-15

Lennox 17

Burse/Castro Marques 8

Lennox/Wright 3

Thomas 16

9,082

Both Bird and Jackson were also named as starters for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game.

34 8/12

at Houston

L, 72-89

18-16

Lennox 16

Robinson 6

Bird 5

Thompson 31

6,579

BACK ROW (from left): Athletic Trainer Annmarie Henkel, Equipment Manager Andrew Starmer, Assistant Coach Heidi VanDerveer, Assistant Coach Jessie Kenlaw, Wendy Palmer, Janell Burse, Lauren Jackson, Ashley Robinson, Tiffani Johnson, Tanisha Wright, Player Development Specialist Talvin Skinner, Head Coach Anne Donovan, Strength and Conditioning Coach Chattin Hill

FRONT ROW (from left): Director of Basketball Operations Missy Bequette, Iziane Castro Marques, Betty Lennox, Edwige Lawson-Wade, Sue Bird, Barbara Turner, Shaunzinski Gortman, Video Coordinator Ayana Clinton

2006 Regular Season Statistics (18-16) FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS PLAYER G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 30 30 848 193 361 .535 29 77 .377 170 189 .899 70 160 230 48 90 1 24 40 51 585 19.5 Lennox 34 34 891 191 423 .452 29 90 .322 54 71 .761 34 103 137 73 92 2 36 98 5 465 13.7 Bird 34 34 1065 137 333 .411 56 153 .366 59 68 .868 24 78 102 162 60 1 61 88 5 389 11.4 Burse 27 27 737 113 221 .511 1 1 1.000 73 109 .670 63 115 178 22 91 1 17 55 25 300 11.1 Palmer 5 2 120 16 33 .485 1 3 .333 14 19 .737 13 25 38 3 17 0 5 10 3 47 9.4 Castro Marques 34 26 655 91 194 .469 25 65 .385 39 59 .661 16 56 72 47 58 0 23 49 2 246 7.2 Turner 34 9 622 71 159 .447 10 40 .250 64 77 .831 26 60 86 48 56 0 13 47 6 216 6.4 Johnson 32 8 643 61 147 .415 0 0 --- 28 37 .757 31 93 124 17 66 0 10 31 17 150 4.7 Wright 33 0 508 42 119 .353 2 14 .143 38 45 .844 19 41 60 41 53 0 11 52 2 124 3.8 Gortman 20 0 265 20 55 .364 2 12 .167 14 18 .778 9 39 48 17 32 0 11 25 2 56 2.8 Lawson-Wade 26 0 209 17 45 .378 5 19 .263 4 6 .667 2 19 21 29 20 0 15 19 1 43 1.7 Robinson 17 0 197 9 25 .360 0 1 .000 3 10 .300 18 26 44 7 34 0 6 12 8 21 1.2 Greenwalt 5 0 24 0 7 .000 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 2 6 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 Chones 3 0 16 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 STORM 34 6800 961 2124 .452 160 475 .337 562 712 .789 327 821 1148 514 682 5 232 570 127 2644 77.8 OPPONENTS 34 6800 940 2218 .424 164 484 .339 531 707 .751 322 709 1031 520 683 8 297 485 115 2575 75.7

2006 STORM SEASON NOTES

9,686 7,541

Jackson tallied her 3,000th career point on June 7 at Chicago, becoming the youngest (25 years, 33 days) and fastest (162 career games) player in WNBA history to reach the milestone. The victory over Charlotte on Aug. 5 was the 120th of Anne Donovan’s career, moving her past Michael Cooper and into third place on the league’s all-time wins list.

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Storm History 2007 Seattle storm

2007 Game-by-Game Results (17-17) G Date Opponent

Result Record High Scorer

High Rebounder

High Assists

Opp. High Scorer Att.

1

5/19

Houston

W, 82- 69

1-0

Castro Marques 25

Jackson 10

Lennox 4

Shields 19

9,686

2

5/23

Phoenix

W, 100- 87

2-0

Jackson 31

Burse 19

Bird/Lennox 5

Pondexter 31

6,833

3

5/25 At San Antonio

L, 71- 82

2-1

Burse 19

Burse/Jackson 11

Bird 6

Hammon 21

5,806

4

6/2

San Antonio

L, 68- 78

2-2

Jackson 20

Jackson 14

Bird/Gearlds 3

Crossley 14

7,035

5

6/7

At Sacramento

L, 72- 81

2-3

Bird 21

Palmer 13

Castro Marques 5

Lawson 16

6,600

6

6/9

Minnesota

W, 90- 76

3-3

Jackson 30

Jackson 9

Bird 8

Abrosimova 15

8,105

7

6/12 At Chicago

W, 81- 69

4-3

Jackson 19

Burse 9

Bird 11

Dupree 18

2,645

8

6/13

At Indiana

L, 62- 90

4-4

Burse 18

Jackson 7

Bird 4

White 23

5,838

9

6/15

Houston

W, 84- 71

5-4

Jackson 30

Burse/Jackson 7

Castro Marques 4

Maiga-Ba 18

7,756

10 6/20

Detroit

L, 71- 87

5-5

Burse 21

Jackson 7

Lennox 4

K. Smith 23

7,335

11 6/22

At Minnesota

L, 76- 78

5-6

Bird 25

Jackson 10

Bird 4

Augustus 23

6,482

12 6/24

At Los Angeles

W, 83- 71

6-6

Jackson 35

Jackson 10

Lennox 6

Baker/Spencer 15

8,127

13 6/26

Chicago

W, 94- 76

7-6

JackSon 33

Jackson 12

Bird 6

Perkins 19

6,752

14 6/28 At Houston

L, 76- 81

7-7

Jackson 25

Jackson 8

Castro Marques 4

Thompson 20

7,319

15 7/1

New York

W, 84- 53

8-7

Castro Marques 24

Jackson 11

Lennox 6

Moore 10

6,938

16 7/3

Los Angeles

W, 90- 71

9-7

Jackson 23

Palmer 11

Bird 11

Brown 16

7,140

2007 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS (17-17)

17 7/6

At Houston

W, 71- 55

10-7

Jackson 28

Jackson 13

Castro Marques/Wright 5

Thompson 14

7,645

PLAYER Jackson Lennox Castro Marques Bird Burse Palmer Wright Gearlds Ndiaye-Diatta Ely Robinson Lewis Thorburn Fluker STORM OPPONENTS

18 7/7

At San Antonio

L, 73- 80

10-8

Wright 23

Jackson 13

Lennox 5

Buescher 27

7,510

19 7/10

At Los Angeles

W, 82- 47

11-8

Castro Marques 19

Jackson 13

Lennox/Wright 5

Mcwilliams-Franklin 11

20 7/11

Connecticut

L, 63- 76

11-9

Jackson 24

Lennox 8

Wright 6

Douglas 17

21 7/17

At Phoenix

L, 79- 89

11-10

Jackson 33

Jackson 11

Castro Marques/Wright 4

Taylor 32

7,804

22 7/20

At Connecticut

L, 58- 76

11-11

Jackson 19

Jackson 14

Castro Marques 5

Whalen 19

9,003

23 7/22

At New York

W, 77- 75

12-11

Castro Marques 23

Jackson 17

Bird 5

Mccarville/Moore/Thorn 16 7,531

24 7/24

At Washington

L, 96- 97(Ot) 12-12

Jackson 47

Jackson 14

Bird 7

Beard 27

7,036

25 7/27

Indiana

W, 89- 75

13-12

Jackson 27

Jackson 10

Lennox 5

Deforge 12

8,052

26 7/29

San Antonio

L, 88- 92

13-13

Jackson 29

Lennox 7

Bird 5

Hammon 30

7,861

27 7/31

Sacramento

L, 74- 78

13-14

Jackson 30

Jackson 8

Castro Marques/Bird 6

Powell 28

7,568

2007 STORM SEASON NOTES

28 8/3

At Sacramento

L, 76- 82

13-15

Lennox 18

Burse 11

Castro Marques 6

Brunson 14

8,013

The Storm finished fourth in the Western Conference with a record of 17-17 and earned a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season. Seattle finished the regular season with a three-game winning streak.

29 8/4

Phoenix

W, 111-101 14-15

Lennox 25

Jackson 12

Lennox 5

Taurasi 28

7,759

30 8/7

At Minnesota

L, 74- 95

14-16

Lennox 16

Robinson 8

Bird 7

AUgustus 21

5,018

31 8/9

At Detroit

L, 70- 97

14-17

Castro Marques 24

Robinson 13

Wright 4

Nolan 18

9,355

Jackson was named the winner of the 2007 WNBA MVP Award for the second time in her career.

32 8/11

Washington

W, 91- 68

15-17

Lennox 34

Robinson 11

Castro Marques 3

Currie/Beard 13

8,443

Jackson was also named 2007 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, while being named to the 2007 WNBA All-Defensive First Team.

33 8/14

Minnesota

W, 81- 67

16-17

Jackson 18

Jackson 9

Bird 7

Augustus 28

8,144

Jackson was also named a 2007 WNBA Peak Performer, while leading the league in scoring and rebounding, averaging 23.8 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game.

34 8/17

Los Angeles

W, 97- 77

17-17

Jackson 32

Jackson 15

Bird 8

Spencer 25

9,255

BACK ROW (from left): Head Coach Anne Donovan, Wendy Palmer, Ashley Robinson, Lauren Jackson, Janell Burse, Iziane Castro Marques, Assistant Coach Shelley Patterson, Assistant Coach Heidi VanDerveer

FRONT ROW (from left): Shyra Ely, Katie Gearlds, Sue Bird, Betty Lennox, Tanisha Wright

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 31 31 1020 258 497 .519 49 122 .402 174 197 .883 80 220 300 40 93 1 31 56 63 739 23.8 34 34 937 155 362 .428 34 99 .343 110 121 .909 47 113 160 92 75 0 36 91 5 454 13.4 34 34 963 139 331 .420 60 156 .385 81 101 .802 19 77 96 95 70 0 35 64 4 419 12.3 29 29 919 118 276 .428 45 133 .338 22 26 .846 8 49 57 143 46 0 43 67 8 303 10.4 29 29 709 93 209 .445 0 1 .000 70 101 .693 67 87 154 22 86 0 13 58 28 256 8.8 34 3 474 55 132 .417 3 21 .143 43 55 .782 44 101 145 17 75 0 15 36 7 156 4.6 34 5 547 50 125 .400 6 22 .273 33 39 .846 17 26 43 69 56 0 31 55 2 139 4.1 33 0 437 44 114 .386 22 64 .344 22 25 .880 16 37 53 24 22 0 12 20 6 132 4.0 4 0 58 5 14 .357 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 4 3 7 0 6 0 1 5 1 10 2.5 29 0 282 20 62 .323 5 15 .333 20 31 .645 10 29 39 11 28 0 8 19 1 65 2.2 33 5 409 22 63 .349 0 1 .000 4 15 .267 30 70 100 14 57 0 16 26 25 48 1.5 7 0 33 4 13 .308 0 3 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 6 2 0 1 6 0 10 1.4 2 0 8 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1.0 9 0 31 0 10 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 2 5 7 0 4 0 0 3 1 1 0.1 34 6825 964 2210 .436 224 639 .351 582 715 .814 344 820 1164 533 620 1 242 533 151 2734 80.4 34 6825 987 2321 .425 195 528 .369 478 586 .816 333 761 1094 591 642 6 272 495 112 2647 77.9

Seattle fell to Phoenix 2-0 in the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs. Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named as starters for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Game.

3,092 10,891

Jackson was named to the 2007 All-WNBA First Team for the fifth consecutive season. Jackson scored a league record tying 47 points at Washington on July 24. Anne Donovan, who led the Storm to the playoffs four times and won a WNBA title in 2004, resigned.

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Storm History 2008 Game-by-Game Results (22-12)

2008 Seattle storm

G Date Opponent

Result

Record

High Scorer

High Rebounder High Assists

Opp. High Scorer

1

5/17 CHICAGO

W, 67- 61

1-0

Jackson-14

Cash-8

Bird-7

Melvin-15

12,079

2

5/20 SACRAMENTO

W, 74- 62

2-0

Cash-17

Swoopes-7

Bird-5

Brunson-15

6,871

3

5/22 at Phoenix

W, 87- 83

3-0

Jackson-30

Jackson-9

Bird-6

Taurasi-23

7,059

4

5/24 at San Antonio

L, 72- 87

3-1

Cash-15

Jackson-7

Bird-7

Young-23

9,767

5

5/30 SAN ANTONIO

W, 78- 57

4-1

Jackson-28

Griffith-10

Bird-10

Young-14

6,810

6

6/1

HOUSTON

W, 64- 63

5-1

Cash-19

Jackson-13

Bird-4

Johnson-17

6,116

7

6/3

at New York

L, 63- 77

5-2

Jackson-19

Swoopes-9

Bird-4

Christon-25

6,928

8

6/4

at Detroit

L, 67- 77

5-3

Jackson-27

Griffith-9

Bird-8

K. Smith-33

8,108

9

6/7

DETROIT

W, 75- 67

6-3

Jackson-24

Griffith-8

Bird-8

K. Smith-18

7,105

10 6/11 PHOENIX

W, 83- 77

7-3

Jackson-20

Jackson-14

Bird-6

Taurasi-37

7,483

11 6/13 at San Antonio

L, 69- 74

7-4

Bird-21

Griffith-10

Bird-7

Hammon-17

6,478

12 6/14 at Houston

L, 60- 68

7-5

Jackson-18

Jackson-9

Bird-3

Thompson-21

7,023

13 6/16 CONNECTICUT

L, 67- 74

7-6

Jackson-26

Swoopes-10

Bird-5

Jones-15

6,872

14 6/20 INDIANA

W, 78- 70

8-6

Jackson-18

Cash-8

Bird-5

Sutton-Brown-14

7,393

Shyra Ely, Katie Gearlds, Camille Little, Assistant Coach Shelley Patterson

15 6/24 at Los Angeles

L, 62- 76

8-7

Bird-11

Jackson-7

Bird-4

Parker-22

8,032

Front Row (from left): Tanisha Wright, Yolanda Griffith, Sheryl Swoopes, Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Swin Cash

16 6/29 WASHINGTON

W, 64- 49

9-7

Bird-14

Griffith-6

Bird-7

Beard-16

7,965

17 7/3

NEW YORK

W, 84- 71

10-7

Jackson-33

Cash-10

Bird-6

Christon-19

6,973

18 7/5

MINNESOTA

W, 96- 71

11-7

Jackson-34

Jackson-7

Bird-11

Anosike-15

7,553

19 7/8

at Sacramento

W, 79- 64

12-7

Jackson-17

Jackson-9

Bird-9

Kelly-12

20 7/10 PHOENIX

W, 89- 78

13-7

Jackson-25

Griffith-8

Cash-6

Pondexter-20

10,454

21 7/12 LOS ANGELES

W, 70- 52

14-7

Bird-18

Griffith-12

Bird-3

Parker-14

10,833

22 7/18

at Indiana

W, 65- 59

15-7

Swoopes-15

Griffith-10

Bird-3

Sutton-Brown-12

23 7/20

at Washington

L, 57- 89

15-8

Gearlds-13

Little-12

Little-3

McWilliams-Frank-22

24 7/22 at Minnesota

W, 76- 73

16-8

Bird-22

Cash-11

Cash-4

Houston-16

12,276

25 7/25 at Phoenix

L, 80- 94

16-9

Griffith-17

Wright-8

Bird-4

Taurasi-31

8,323

26 7/27 SACRAMENTO

W, 77- 71

17-9

Bird-24

Griffith-6

Wright-6

Robinson-13

8,651

27 8/28 HOUSTON

W, 66- 49

18-9

Bird-22

Griffith-9

Wright-5

Hodges-10

8,320

28 8/31 at Connecticut

L, 76- 80

18-10

Bird-24

Gearlds-5

Griffith-3

Jones-20

9,518

2008 STORM SEASON NOTES

29 9/2

at Atlanta

W, 83- 69

19-10

Bird-21

Griffith-7

Bird-9

Lennox-25

7,390

The Storm completed its 2008 regular-season home schedule 16-1, tying the most home wins for a WNBA team.

30 9/4

at Chicago

W, 70- 62

20-10

Bird-19

Griffith-6

Bird-4

Perkins-22

3,829

The Storm tied the franchise record for longest home winning streak with a pair of 10-game streaks, including the final 10 games at KeyArena from June 20-Sept. 12.

31 9/6

MINNESOTA

W, 96- 88

21-10

Bird-23

Cash-6

Wright-6

Augustus-26

32 9/9

at Sacramento

L, 74- 77

21-11

Gearlds-17

Wright-8

Griffith-5

Powell-20

11,644

33 9/12 ATLANTA

W, 77- 72

22-11

Little-21

Ely-8

Little-4

Young-20

9,686

34 9/14 at Los Angeles

L, 48- 65

22-12

Ely-16

Ely-8

Wright-4

Ferdinand-Harris-11

3,142

Back Row (from left): Head Coach Brian Agler, Assistant Coach Nancy Darsch, Kristen O’Neill, Kelly Santos, Ashley Robinson,

2008 REGULAR SEASON STATS (22-12) PLAYER Jackson Bird Cash Wright Little (TOT) Little (SEA) Griffith Swoopes Gearlds Ely Santos Beck Robinson O’Neill Pascalau STORM OPPONENTS

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG free throwS REBOUNDS G GS MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 21 21 694 149 330 .452 28 95 .295 99 106 .934 39 108 147 26 67 0 31 40 33 425 20.2 33 33 1111 172 390 .441 47 137 .343 74 85 .871 14 70 84 169 61 0 39 88 3 465 14.1 31 28 927 114 293 .389 1 8 .125 122 158 .772 46 121 167 58 72 0 21 69 32 351 11.3 34 14 808 108 250 .432 4 24 .167 48 61 .787 32 84 116 84 94 1 31 78 8 268 7.9 32 15 663 96 191 .503 9 25 .360 46 72 .639 47 76 123 36 86 2 28 60 13 247 7.7 19 13 442 75 141 .532 5 15 .333 30 45 .667 29 54 83 27 52 2 18 42 6 185 9.7 30 30 658 67 145 .462 0 0 --- 83 128 .648 77 112 189 45 110 1 43 51 17 217 7.2 29 25 706 75 192 .391 14 63 .222 41 59 .695 26 100 126 60 44 0 43 31 9 205 7.1 34 3 468 59 158 .373 36 92 .391 17 23 .739 5 39 44 21 28 0 11 15 3 171 5.0 34 1 389 47 115 .409 4 11 .364 15 24 .625 30 60 90 16 56 0 12 29 5 113 3.3 22 1 134 16 41 .390 0 0 --- 15 23 .652 10 18 28 5 26 0 4 10 2 47 2.1 17 0 93 4 9 .444 4 6 .667 5 6 .833 2 10 12 6 7 0 4 4 2 17 1.0 33 1 329 13 43 .302 0 0 --- 3 10 .300 29 43 72 12 62 0 12 28 20 29 0.9 11 0 31 0 4 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 3 0 9 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 34 6800 899 2112 .426 143 453 .316 552 728 .758 340 822 1162 530 684 4 269 526 140 2493 73.3 34 6800 861 2164 .398 172 539 .319 512 680 .753 332 760 1092 498 674 7 263 515 115 2406 70.8

The Storm’s 22-win season set a new franchise record. Seattle’s 3-0 start to the 2008 season was the first time in franchise history the team remained undefeated after its first three games. The Storm dropped to 1-5 all-time in First Round playoff series and was eliminated in the semifinals for the fourth consecutive season. Seattle fell to Los Angeles 1-2 in the First Round of the WNBA Playoffs.

Att.

5,724

7,450 8,543

9,339

Sue Bird returned from the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics with a Gold Medal, while Storm teammate Lauren Jackson finished with a Silver Medal. Lauren Jackson was named to the 2008 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team. Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were both named to the 2008 All-WNBA Second Team. The Storm’s seven-game winning streak, from June 29 through July 18, was the longest in team history. Six of the seven wins came by double-figures.

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ALL-TIME STORM ROSTER Includes statistics compiled while with the Storm only. Lists roster members through end of 2008 Storm season.

Mactabene Amachree

La’Tangela Atkinson

Angela Aycock

Mactabene Amachree

Adia Barnes

Quacy Barnes

Suzy Batkovic-Brown

Ashley Battle

Kimberly Beck

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 175, Nigeria, Born June 30, 1978

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 7 0 49 3-10 .300 2-4 .500 4 10 14 0 3-0 5 2 8 1.1 Total 7 0 49 3-10 .300 2-4 .500 4 10 14 0 3-0 5 2 8 1.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 0-0 (---)

LA’TANGELA ATKINSON YR 2009 Total

HT. 6-1, WT. 164, NORTH CAROLINA, BORN MARCH 22,1984

G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2 1 46 2-8 .250 1-2 .500 6 12 18 5 5-0 10 1 5 2.5 2 1 46 2-8 .250 1-2 .500 6 12 18 5 5-0 10 1 5 2.5

Angela Aycock

Ht. 6-2, Wt. 161, Kansas, Born Feb. 28, 1972

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 1 0 7 0-3 .000 0-0 --- 1 1 2 0 2-0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 1 0 7 0-3 .000 0-0 --- 1 1 2 0 2-0 0 0 0 0.0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 0-2 (.000)

Adia Barnes

Ht. 5-11, Wt. 165, Arizona, Born Feb. 3, 1977

Tully Bevilaqua

Sue Bird

Sue Bird

Sandy Brondello

Alisa Burras

Janell Burse

Edna Campbell

Swin Cash

Iziane Castro Marques

Ht. 5-9, Wt. 150, Connecticut, Born Oct. 10, 1980

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 32 32 1121 151-375 .403 102-112 .911 17 66 83 191 48-0 55 3 461 14.4 2003 34 34 1136 155-368 .421 61-69 .884 22 91 113 221 47-0 48 1 420 13.1 2004 34 34 1136 151-326 .463 73-85 .859 22 84 106 184 48-0 51 5 439 12.9 2005 30 30 1020 130-294 .442 59-69 .855 21 51 72 176 46-0 29 6 364 12.1 2006 34 34 1065 137-333 .411 59-68 .868 24 78 102 162 60-1 61 5 389 11.4 2007 29 29 919 118-276 .428 22-26 .846 8 49 57 143 46-0 43 8 303 10.4 2008 33 33 1111 172-390 .441 74-85 .871 14 70 84 169 31-0 39 3 465 14.1 2009 31 31 1101 154-377 .408 35-41 .854 12 66 78 179 50-0 47 3 397 12.8 Total 257 257 8709 1168-3239 .355 485-555 .874 140 555 695 1425 376-1 373 34 3238 12.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 57-142 (.401); 2003: 49-140 (.350); 2004: 64-146 (.438); 2005: 45-103 (.436); 2006: 56-153 (.366); 2007: 45-133 (.338); 2008: 47-137 (.343); Totals: 363-954 (.381)

Sandy Brondello

Ht. 5-7, Wt. 136, Australia, Born Aug. 20, 1968

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 34 34 975 117-282 .415 25-31 .806 19 37 56 69 58-0 31 2 280 8.2 Total 34 34 975 117-282 .415 25-31 .806 19 37 56 69 58-0 31 2 280 8.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 21-48 (.438)

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 26 17 493 37-111 .333 15-29 .517 45 57 102 28 64-1 32 9 90 3.5 2003 16 16 396 32-84 .381 12-21 .571 26 39 65 23 36-1 11 7 88 5.5 2004 34 2 402 21-69 .304 22-31 .710 33 30 63 31 38-0 23 2 67 2.0 Total 76 35 1291 90-264 .341 49-81 .604 104 126 230 82 138-2 66 18 245 3.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 1-4 (.250); 2003: 12-31 (.387); 2004: 3-6 (.500); Totals: 16-41 (.390)

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 27 2 270 35-75 .467 19-27 .704 27 34 61 5 58-0 5 5 89 3.3 Total 27 2 270 35-75 .467 19-27 .704 27 34 61 5 58-0 5 5 89 3.3 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 0-0 (---)

Quacy Barnes

Janell Burse

Ht. 6-5, Wt. 185, Indiana, Born Sept. 26, 1976

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 31 23 705 89-213 .418 30-56 .536 27 57 84 33 103-2 19 33 209 6.7 2001 20 3 229 23-59 .390 21-27 .778 14 20 34 11 29-0 9 6 68 3.4 Total 51 26 934 112-272 .412 51-83 .614 41 77 118 44 132-2 28 39 277 5.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 1-9 (.111); 2001: 1-1 (1.000); Totals: 2-9 (.222)

Suzy Batkovic-Brown

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 203, Australia, Born Dec. 17, 1980

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 29 0 461 76-174 .437 45-58 .776 26 68 94 26 85-1 17 24 199 6.9 2009 20 0 147 21-43 .488 2-8 .250 9 20 29 4 29-0 5 6 47 2.4 Total 49 0 608 97-217 .447 47-66 .712 35 88 123 30 114-1 22 30 246 5.0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 2-7 (.286)

Ashley Battle

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 183, Connecticut, Born May 31, 1982

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 2 0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 0 2 2 0 1-0 0 0 2 1.0 Total 2 0 8 1-2 .500 0-0 --- 0 2 2 0 1-0 0 0 2 1.0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 0-0 (---)

Kimberly Beck

Ht. 5-8. Wt. 125, George Washington, Born Dec 27, 1985

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 17 0 93 4-9 .444 5-6 .833 2 10 12 6 7-0 4 2 17 1 Total 17 0 93 4-9 .444 5-6 .833 2 10 12 6 7-0 4 2 17 1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 4-6 (.667)

Tully Bevilaqua

Ht. 5-7, Wt. 140, Australia, Born July 19, 1972

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 31 0 252 17-51 .333 16-21 .762 9 17 26 32 30-0 14 1 58 1.9 2004 34 0 358 24-60 .400 20-29 .690 6 20 26 29 48-0 38 2 79 2.3 Total 65 0 610 41-111 .369 36-50 .720 15 37 52 61 78-0 52 3 137 2.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 8-21 (.381); 2004: 11-26 (.423); Totals: 19-47(.404)

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Ht. 6-3, Wt. 218, Louisiana Tech, Born June 23, 1975

Ht. 6-5, Wt. 199, Tulane University, Born May 19, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2004 29 0 514 51-119 .429 39-67 .582 51 45 96 19 84-2 23 36 141 4.9 2005 34 34 859 127-243 .523 86-123 .699 81 118 199 23 139-6 19 40 340 10.0 2006 27 27 737 113-221 .511 73-109 .670 63 115 178 22 91-1 17 25 300 11.1 2007 29 29 709 93-209 .445 70-101 .693 67 87 154 22 86-0 13 28 256 8.8 2009 34 8 541 74-145 .510 59-80 .738 31 76 107 10 71-0 21 31 207 6.1 Total 153 98 3360 458-937 .488 327-480 .681 293 441 734 96 471-9 93 160 1244 8.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 0-0 (---); 2005: 0-0 (---); 2006: 1-1 (1.000); 2007: 0-1 (.000); Totals: 1-2 (.500)

Edna Campbell

Ht. 5-8, Wt. 150, Texas, Born Nov. 26, 1968

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 16 16 510 84-215 .391 41-58 .707 8 26 34 37 35-0 19 4 222 13.9 Total 16 16 510 84-215 .391 41-58 .707 8 26 34 37 35-0 19 4 222 13.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 13-67 (.265)

Swin Cash

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 162, Connecticut, Born Sep. 22, 1972

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 31 28 927 114-293 .389 112-158 .772 46 121 167 58 72-0 21 32 351 11.3 2009 32 29 1094 139-355 .392 102-128 .797 62 152 214 82 98-0 28 16 390 12.2 Total 63 57 2021 253-648 .390 214-286 .748 108 273 381 140 170-0 49 48 741 11.8 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 1-8 (.125)

Iziane Castro Marques

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 140, Brazil, Born March 13, 1982

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 33 32 879 93-242 .384 59-73 .808 23 74 97 49 73-0 18 4 269 8.2 2006 34 26 655 91-194 .469 39-59 .661 16 56 72 47 58-0 23 2 246 7.2 2007 34 34 963 139-331 .420 81-101 .802 19 77 96 95 70-0 35 4 419 12.3 Total 101 92 2497 323-767 .421 179-233 .768 58 207 265 191 201-0 76 10 934 9.3 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 24-72 (.333); 2006: 25-65 (.385); 2007: 60-156 (.385); Totals: 109-293 (.372)

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Kaayla Chones

Michelle Edwards

Simone Edwards

Kaayla Chones

Shyra Ely

A’Quonesia Franklin

Trina Frierson

Andrea Garner

Katie Gearlds

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 180, North Carolina State, Born Jan. 11, 1981

Shaunzinski Gortman

Michelle Greco

Shaunzinski Gortman

Cisti Greenwalt

Yolanda Griffith

Sonja Henning

Katrina Hibbert

Lauren Jackson

Shannon Johnson

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 158, South Carolina, Born Dec. 7, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 3 0 16 0-2 .000 0-0 --- 0 0 0 0 4-0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 3 0 16 0-2 .000 0-0 --- 0 0 0 0 4-0 0 0 0 0.0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-0 (---)

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 20 0 265 20-55 .364 14-18 .778 9 39 48 17 32-0 11 2 56 2.8 Total 20 0 265 20-55 .364 14-18 .778 9 39 48 17 32-0 11 2 56 2.8 Thee-Point Field Goals: 2006: 2-12 (.167)

Michelle Edwards

Michelle Greco

Ht. 5-9, Wt. 150, Iowa, Born March 6, 1966

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 20 13 455 51-143 .357 23-35 .657 7 27 34 40 29-0 14 5 131 6.6 2001 3 0 13 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 4 2-0 1 0 4 1.3 Total 23 13 468 52-146 .356 25-37 .676 7 29 36 44 31-0 15 5 135 5.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 6-32 (.188); 2001: 0-0 (---); Totals: 6-32 (.188)

Simone Edwards

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 164, Iowa, Born Nov. 17, 1973

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 29 7 645 83-182 .456 50-80 .625 38 69 107 22 57-0 16 10 216 7.4 2001 32 27 810 91-190 .479 55-83 .663 67 90 157 26 54-0 24 20 237 7.4 2002 32 5 694 84-158 .532 54-73 .740 46 95 141 19 66-0 21 12 223 7.0 2003 34 6 577 61-134 .455 35-56 .625 54 79 133 16 55-0 10 9 157 4.6 2004 23 3 257 20-55 .364 8-19 .421 25 31 56 5 25-0 8 3 48 2.1 2005 28 0 201 24-41 .585 7-12 .583 9 22 31 3 13-0 4 2 55 2.0 Total 178 48 3184 363-760 .478 209-323 .647 239 386 625 91 270-0 83 56 936 5.3 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 0-0 (---); 2001: 0-0 (---); 2002: 1-1 (1.000); 2003: 0-0 (---); 2004: 0-0 (---); 2005: 0-0 (---); Totals: 1-1 (1.000)

Shyra Ely

Ht. 6-2, Wt. 182, Tennessee, Born Aug. 9, 1983

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2007 29 0 282 20-62 .323 20-31 .645 10 29 39 11 28-0 8 1 65 2.2 2008 34 1 389 47-115 .409 15-24 .625 30 60 90 16 56-0 12 5 113 3.3 Total 36 1 671 67-177 .366 35-55 .635 40 89 129 27 84-0 20 6 178 2.8 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 5-15 (.333); 2008: 4-11 (.364)

A’QUONESIA FRANKLIN

HT. 5-4, WT. 154, TEXAS A&M, BORN SEPT.. 29, 1985

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2009 2 0 20 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 2-0 1 0 0 0.0 Total 2 0 20 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 1 2-0 1 0 0 0.0

Trina Frierson

Ht. 6-2, Wt. 186, Louisiana Tech, Born Oct. 13, 1980

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2004 5 0 22 2-9 .222 3-3 1.000 3 2 5 0 7-0 0 0 7 1.4 Total 5 0 22 2-9 .222 3-3 1.000 3 2 5 0 7-0 0 0 7 1.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 0-1 (.000)

Andrea Garner

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 160, Penn State, Born Jan. 5, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 32 19 560 37-115 .322 24-38 .632 42 55 97 25 44-0 27 10 99 3.1 Total 32 19 560 37-115 .322 24-38 .632 42 55 97 25 44-0 27 10 99 3.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: (1-2, .500)

Katie Gearlds

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 184, Purdue, Born Oct. 26, 1984

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2007 33 0 437 44-114 .386 22-25 .880 16 37 53 24 22-0 12 6 132 4.0 2008 34 3 468 59-158 .373 17-23 .739 5 39 44 21 28-0 11 3 171 5.0 2009 20 0 243 29-74 .392 3-4 .750 4 22 26 11 14-0 6 3 82 4.1 Total 97 3 1148 132-346 .381 42-52 .807 23 98 123 56 64-0 29 12 385 3.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 22-64 (.344); 2008: 36-92 (.391)

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Ht. 5-9, Wt. 145, UCLA, Born March 24, 1980

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2004 13 0 73 10-18 .556 9-13 .692 3 7 10 8 6-0 3 0 29 2.2 Total 13 0 73 10-18 .556 9-13 .692 3 7 10 8 6-0 3 0 29 2.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 0-2 (.000)

Cisti Greenwalt

Ht. 6-5, Wt. 183, Texas Tech, April 4, 1983

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 5 0 24 0-7 --- 2-4 .500 2 6 8 0 9-0 0 0 2 0.4 Total 5 0 24 0-7 --- 2-4 .500 2 6 8 0 9-0 0 0 2 0.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-0 (---)

YOLANDA GIRFFITH

HT. 6-3, WT. 188, FLORIDA ATLANTIC, MARCH 1, 1970

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 30 30 658 67-145 0.462 83-128 0.648 77 112 51 45 110-0 43 17 217 7.2 Total 5 30 658 67-125 .462 83-128 .648 77 112 51 45 110-0 43 17 217 7.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-0 (---)

Sonja Henning

Ht. 5-7, Wt. 143, Stanford, Born Oct. 4, 1969

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 32 32 980 53-151 .351 37-61 .607 22 64 86 79 73-1 61 3 168 5.3 2001 32 28 902 41-129 .318 18-35 .514 14 57 71 93 62-2 52 6 108 3.4 2002 8 5 207 8-22 .364 2-4 .500 8 18 26 15 15-0 9 1 18 2.3 Total 72 65 2089 102-302 .338 57-100 .570 44 139 183 187 150-3 122 10 294 4.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 25-66 (.379); 2001: 8-44 (.182); 2002: 0-4 (.000); Totals: 33-114 (.289)

Katrina Hibbert

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 170, Louisiana State, Born Sept. 29, 1977

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 20 6 240 19-59 .322 7-9 .778 8 22 30 18 22-0 7 1 53 2.7 Total 20 6 240 19-59 .322 7-9 .778 8 22 30 18 22-0 7 1 53 2.7 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 8-31 (.258)

Lauren Jackson

Ht. 6-5, Wt. 187, Australia, Born May 11, 1981

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2001 29 29 1001 149-406 .367 104-143 .727 57 136 193 44 97-3 54 64 442 15.2 2002 28 28 882 186-462 .403 68-90 .756 66 124 190 41 95-1 30 81 482 17.2 2003 33 33 1109 254-526 .483 151-183 .825 82 225 307 62 106-1 38 64 698 21.2 2004 31 31 1070 220-460 .478 142-175 .811 64 143 207 51 93-0 31 62 634 20.5 2005 34 34 1176 206-450 .458 151-181 .834 96 217 313 57 100-2 36 67 597 17.6 2006 30 30 848 193-361 .535 170-189 .899 70 160 230 48 90-1 24 51 585 19.5 2007 31 31 1020 258-497 .519 174-197 .883 80 220 300 40 93-1 31 63 739 23.8 2008 21 21 694 149-330 .452 99-106 .934 39 108 147 26 67-0 31 33 425 20.2 2009 26 26 843 168-363 .463 114-143 .797 48 143 182 22 97-0 38 45 499 19.2 Total 263 263 8643 1783-3657 .487 1173-1407 .833 602 1476 2069 391 838-9 313 530 5101 19.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 40-129 (.310); 2002: 42-120 (.350); 2003: 39-123 (.317); 2004: 52-115 (.452); 2005: 34-118 (.288); 2006: 29-77 (.377); 2007: 49-122 (.402); 2008: 28-95 (.294); Totals: 313-899 (.324)

SHANNON JOHNSON

HT. 5-7, WT. 152, SOUTH CAROLINA, BORN AUG. 18, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2009 34 6 618 36-107 .336 47-55 .855 14 48 62 52 56-0 27 7 137 4.0 Total 34 6 618 36-107 .336 47-55 .855 14 48 62 52 56-0 27 7 137 4.0

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Tiffani Johnson

Jung Sun-Min

Amanda Lassiter

Tiffani Johnson YR 2006

Edwige Lawson-Wade

Betty Lennox

Doneeka Lewis

Takeisha Lewis

Camille Little

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 195, Tennessee, Born Dec. 27, 1975

G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 32 8 643 61-147 .415 28-37 .757 32 93 125 17 66-0 10 17 150 4.7

Total 32 8 643 61-147 .415 28-37 .757 32 93 125 17 66-0 10 17 150 4.7 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-0 (---)

Jung Sun-Min

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 168, Korea, Born Oct. 12, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 17 0 118 13-32 .406 4-4 1.000 1 9 10 1 13-0 5 0 30 1.8 Total 17 0 118 13-32 .406 4-4 1.000 1 9 10 1 13-0 5 0 30 1.8 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 0-7 (.000)

Amanda Lassiter

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 143, Missouri, Born June 9, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 24 22 554 47-130 .362 12-17 .706 23 40 63 55 58-1 27 19 126 5.3 2003 32 18 733 60-156 .385 19-30 .633 33 79 112 42 92-2 27 26 163 5.1 Total 56 40 1287 107-286 .374 31-47 .656 56 119 175 97 150-3 54 45 289 5.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 20-66 (.303); 2003: 24-73 (.329); Totals: 44-139 (.317)

Edwige Lawson-Wade

Ht. 5-6, Wt. 130, France, Born May 14, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 26 0 209 17-45 .378 4-6 .667 2 19 21 29 20-0 15 1 43 1.7 Total 26 0 209 17-45 .378 4-6 .667 2 19 21 29 20-0 15 1 43 1.7 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 5-19 (.263)

Betty Lennox

Ht. 5-8, Wt. 143, Louisiana Tech, Born Dec. 4, 1976

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2004 32 32 920 139-330 .421 58-68 .853 28 131 159 79 89-0 34 3 358 11.2 2005 28 26 800 123-314 .392 76-87 .874 21 103 124 57 82-0 35 5 346 12.4 2006 34 34 887 191-423 .452 54-71 .761 34 103 137 73 92-2 36 5 465 13.7 2007 34 34 937 155-362 .428 110-121 .909 47 113 160 92 75-0 36 5 454 13.4 Total 128 126 3544 608-1429 .425 298-347 .859 130 350 580 301 338-2 141 18 1623 12.7 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 22-83 (.265); 2005: 24-78 (.308); 2006: 29-90 (.322); 2007: 34-99 (.343); Totals: 109-350 (.311)

Doneeka Lewis

Ht. 5-9, Wt. 175, Louisiana State, Born July 19, 1982

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2007 7 0 33 4-13 .308 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 6 2-0 1 0 10 1.4 Total 7 0 33 4-13 .308 2-2 1.000 0 2 2 6 2-0 1 0 10 1.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 0-3 (.000)

Takeisha Lewis

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 212, Louisiana Tech, Born July 10, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 14 0 57 4-10 .400 10-18 .556 7 17 24 3 12-0 2 0 18 1.3 Total 14 0 57 4-10 .400 10-18 .556 7 17 24 3 12-0 2 0 18 1.3 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 0-1 (.000)

Camille Little

Ht. 6-2, Wt. 180, North Carolina, Born Jan. 18, 1985

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 19 13 442 75-141 .532 30-45 .667 29 54 83 27 52-0 18 6 185 9.7 2009 34 34 1044 124-263 .471 86-126 .683 75 147 222 35 118-0 39 13 341 10.0 Total 53 47 1486 199-404 .492 116-171 .678 104 201 205 62 170-0 57 19 526 9.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 5-15 (.333)

Stacey Lovelace

Stacey Lovelace

Michelle Marciniak

Michelle Marciniak

Tonya Massaline

Danielle McCulley

Astou Ndiaye-Diatta

Kristen O’Neill

Wendy Palmer

Florina Pascalau

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 154, Tennessee, Born Oct. 29, 1973

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2001 27 5 392 51-139 .367 20-37 .541 17 21 38 47 49-0 30 2 132 4.9 2002 23 1 280 24-68 .353 22-29 .759 8 20 28 38 33-0 11 2 72 3.1 Total 50 6 672 75-207 .362 42-66 .636 25 41 66 85 82-0 41 4 204 4.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 10-33 (.303); 2002: 2-8 (.250); Totals: 12-41 (.293)

Tonya Massaline

Ht. 5-11, Wt. 160, Florida, Born Dec. 30, 1977

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 11 0 121 13-33 .394 5-5 1.000 7 4 11 5 8-0 4 0 33 2.2 Total 11 0 121 13-33 .394 5-5 1.000 7 4 11 5 8-0 4 0 33 2.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 2-8 (.250)

Danielle McCulley

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 180, Western Kentucky, Born Jan. 18, 1975

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 4 1 43 0-12 .000 2-2 1.000 3 4 7 1 5-0 1 0 2 0.5 2003 7 0 26 1-6 .167 0-0 --- 0 1 1 0 3-0 0 0 2 0.3 Total 11 1 69 1-18 .056 2-2 1.000 3 5 8 1 8-0 1 0 4 0.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 0-3 (.000); 2003: 0-1 (.000); Totals: 0-4 (.000)

Astou Ndiaye-Diatta

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 182, Southern Nazarene, Born Nov. 5, 1973

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2007 4 0 58 5-14 .357 0-0 .000 4 3 7 0 6-0 1 1 10 2.5 Total 4 0 58 5-14 .357 0-0 .000 4 3 7 0 6-0 1 1 10 2.5 Three-Point Field Goals: 2007: 0-1 (.000)

Kristen O’Neill

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 158, Washington, Born April 12, 1983

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 11 0 31 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1 4-0 0 0 0 .00 Total 11 0 31 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 0 3 3 1 4-0 0 0 0 .00 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-2 (.000)

Wendy Palmer

Ht. 6-2, Wt. 165, Virginia, Born Aug. 12, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 5 2 120 16-33 .485 14-19 .737 13 25 38 3 17-0 5 3 47 9.4 2007 34 3 474 55-132 .417 43-55 .782 44 101 145 17 75-0 15 7 156 4.6 Total 39 5 594 71-165 .430 57-74 .770 57 126 183 20 92-0 20 10 203 5.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 1-3 (.333); 2007: 3-21 (.143); Totals: 4-24 (.167)

Florina Pascalau

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 187, N/A, Born Jan 19, 1982

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 3 0 9 0-1 .000 0 .000 1 0 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 Total 3 0 9 0-1 .000 0 .000 1 0 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-0 (.000)

Kate Paye

Ht. 5-8, Wt. 150, Stanford, Born March 6, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 19 0 114 7-19 .368 1-2 .500 2 5 7 5 18-1 3 0 21 1.1 Total 19 0 114 7-19 .368 1-2 .500 2 5 7 5 18-1 3 0 21 1.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 6-16 (.375)

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 170, Purdue, Born Dec. 5, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 23 1 324 36-103 .350 25-31 .806 19 38 57 16 42-0 13 2 99 4.3 2001 22 2 211 27-71 .380 12-17 .706 14 18 32 9 23-0 8 5 76 3.5 Total 45 3 535 63-174 .362 37-48 .771 33 56 89 25 65-0 18 5 175 3.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 2-9 (.222); 2001: 10-26 (.385); Totals: 12-35 (.343).

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Kate Paye

Felicia Ragland

Semeka Randall

Felicia Ragland

Jamie Redd

Ashley Robinson

Sheri Sam

Charisse Sampson

Kelly Santos

Ht. 5-8, Wt. 130, Oregon State, Born Feb. 3, 1980

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 31 3 432 48-125 .384 23-28 .821 27 21 48 23 44-0 27 1 141 4.5 Total 31 3 432 48-125 .384 23-28 .821 27 21 48 23 44-0 27 1 141 4.5 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 22-55 (.400)

Semeka Randall

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 168, Tennessee, Born Feb. 7, 1979

Alessandra Santos De Oliveira

Charmin Smith

Charmin Smith

Kate Starbird

Katy Steding

Mandisa Stevenson

Sheryl Swoopes

Alicia Thompson

Robin Threatt

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 145, Stanford, Born May 2, 1975

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 32 3 516 16-56 .286 10-18 .556 14 33 47 53 52-0 16 3 52 1.6 2001 32 8 589 17-63 .270 13-21 .619 18 37 55 39 52-0 17 1 58 1.8 Total 64 11 1105 33-119 .277 23-39 .590 32 70 102 92 104-0 33 4 110 1.7 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 10-32 (.313); 2001: 11-38 (.289); Totals: 21-70 (.300)

Kate Starbird

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 150, Stanford, Born July 30, 1975

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2001 32 30 994 116-315 .371 66-100 .660 32 73 105 44 45-0 29 4 300 9.4 2002 21 16 458 47-133 .353 36-51 .706 38 30 68 29 33-0 20 1 134 6.4 Total 53 46 1452 163-448 .364 102-151 .675 70 103 173 73 78-0 49 5 434 8.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 0-4 (.000); 2002: 4-19 (.211); Totals: 4-23 (.174)

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2002 9 0 186 20-44 .455 8-9 .889 3 16 19 12 19-0 6 4 53 5.9 Total 9 0 186 20-44 .455 8-9 .889 3 16 19 12 19-0 6 4 53 5.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2002: 5-11 (.455)

Jamie Redd

Katy Steding

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 140, Washington, Born Nov. 5, 1977

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 26 8 387 49-125 .392 24-34 .706 18 27 45 16 53-0 19 1 140 5.4 2001 32 6 659 82-216 .380 45-66 .682 29 53 82 48 101-0 17 3 231 7.2 2002 10 0 112 17-34 .500 9-12 .750 8 5 13 7 17-0 2 0 52 5.2 Total 68 14 1158 148-375 .395 78-112 .696 55 85 140 71 171-0 38 4 423 6.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 18-52 (.346); 2001: 22-77 (.286); 2002: 9-18 (.500); Totals: 49-147 (.333)

Ashley Robinson

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 180, Tennessee, Born Aug. 12, 1982

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 17 0 197 9-25 .360 3-10 .300 18 27 45 7 34-0 6 8 21 1.2 2007 33 5 409 22-63 .349 4-15 .267 30 70 100 14 57-0 16 25 48 1.5 2008 33 1 329 13-43 .302 3-10 .300 29 43 72 12 62-0 12 20 29 0.8 2009 26 2 167 5-25 .200 2-4 .500 5 19 24 2 31-0 2 13 12 .5 Total 109 8 1102 49-156 .314 12-39 .307 82 159 241 35 184-0 36 66 110 1.0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 0-1 (.000); 2007: 0-1 (.000); 2008: 0-0 (.000); Totals: 0-2 (.000)

Sheri Sam

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 160, Vanderbilt, Born May 5, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2004 34 32 1018 117-284 .412 65-76 .855 42 97 139 82 108-1 53 6 310 9.1 Total 34 32 1018 117-284 .412 65-76 .855 42 97 139 82 108-1 53 6 310 9.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 11-42 (.262)

Charisse Sampson

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 175, Kansas, Born Sept. 1, 1974

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 21 6 280 22-47 .468 25-28 .893 14 27 41 11 37-0 18 6 78 3.7 Total 21 6 280 22-47 .468 25-28 .893 14 27 41 11 37-0 18 6 78 3.7 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: (9-23, .391)

Kelly Santos

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 188, Brazil, Born Nov 10, 1979

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 22 1 134 16-41 .390 15-23 .652 10 18 28 5 26-0 4 2 47 2.1 Total 22 1 134 16-41 .390 15-23 .652 10 18 28 5 26-0 4 2 47 2.1 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 0-0 (.000)

Alessandra Santos De Oliveira

Ht. 6-5, Wt. 190, Brazil, Born Dec. 2, 1973

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 160, Stanford, Born Dec. 11, 1967

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2001 26 17 393 35-94 .372 16-20 .800 9 26 35 24 23-1 16 9 102 3.9 Total 26 17 393 35-94 .372 16-20 .800 9 26 35 24 23-1 16 9 102 3.9 Three-Point Field Goals: 2001: 16-35 (.457)

Mandisa Stevenson

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 166, Auburn, Born Feb. 4, 1982

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 4 1 53 3-12 .250 0-0 --- 2 4 6 1 3-0 2 0 6 1.5 Total 4 1 53 3-12 .250 0-0 --- 2 4 6 1 3-0 6 0 6 1.5 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 0-1 (.000)

Sheryl Swoopes

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 145, Texas Tech, Born Mar. 25, 1971

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2008 29 25 706 75-192 .391 37-127 .695 26 100 126 60 44-0 43 9 205 7.0 Total 29 25 706 75-192 .391 37-127 .695 26 100 126 60 44-0 43 9 205 7.0 Three-Point Field Goals: 2008: 14-63 (.222)

Alicia Thompson

Ht. 6-1, Wt. 180, Texas Tech, Born June 30, 1976

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2004 23 2 182 24-54 .444 1-2 .500 8 16 24 9 9-0 6 0 52 2.3 2005 30 1 329 32-81 .395 12-16 .750 10 35 45 14 17-0 4 4 83 2.8 Total 53 3 511 56-135 .415 13-18 .722 18 51 69 23 26-0 10 4 135 2.5 Three-Point Field Goals: 2004: 3-16 (.188); 2005: 7-22 (.318); Totals: 10-38 (.263)

Robin Threatt

Ht. 5-7, Wt. 150, Wisconsin, Born July 1, 1970

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 20 7 377 60-158 .380 23-35 .657 10 22 32 18 36-1 13 3 155 7.8 Total 20 7 377 60-158 .380 23-35 .657 10 22 32 18 36-1 13 3 155 7.8 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 12-37 (.324)

Barbara Turner

Ht. 6-0, Wt. 172, Connecticut, Born June 8, 1984

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2006 34 9 622 71-159 .447 64-77 .831 26 60 86 48 56-0 13 6 216 6.4 Total 34 9 622 71-159 .447 64-77 .831 26 60 86 48 56-0 13 6 216 6.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2006: 10-40 (.250)

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2001 10 1 62 4-14 .286 5-11 .455 10 6 16 0 12-0 0 0 13 1.3 Total 10 1 62 4-14 .286 5-11 .455 10 6 16 0 12-0 0 0 13 1.3

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Storm History Storm All-Time Jersey Numbers

Jersey numbers listed are through the 2009 season

Barbara Turner

Kamila Vodichkova

Natalia Vodopyanova

Kamila Vodichkova

Ashley Walker

Rita Williams

Tanisha Wright

Francesca Zara

Ht. 6-4, Wt. 185, Czech Republic, Born Dec. 19, 1972

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2000 23 19 489 68-171 .398 60-78 .769 28 69 97 22 63-0 13 12 200 8.7 2001 29 4 405 51-122 .418 38-44 .864 25 46 71 23 56-0 16 7 150 5.2 2002 32 30 817 114-245 .465 54-67 .806 61 115 176 47 96-1 36 18 295 9.2 2003 28 27 709 101-213 .474 82-101 .812 55 88 143 31 101-4 20 21 284 10.1 2004 34 34 873 94-241 .390 84-108 .778 65 103 168 55 110-5 32 12 273 8.0 Total 146 114 3293 428-992 .431 318-398 .798 234 421 655 178 426-10 117 70 1202 8.2 Three-Point Field Goals: 2000: 4-20 (.200); 2001: 10-25 (.400); 2002: 13-38 (.342); 2003: 0-5 (.000); 2004: 1-2 (.500); Totals: 27-88

Natalia Vodopyanova

Ht. 6-3, Wt. 181, Russia, Born April 6, 1981

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 17 0 98 8-22 .364 8-12 .667 3 17 20 10 9-0 3 2 25 1.5 Total 17 0 98 8-22 .364 8-12 .667 3 17 20 10 9-0 3 2 25 1.5 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 1-5 (.200)

ASHLEY WALKER

HT. 6-1, WT. 200, CALIFORNIA, BORN FEB. 24, 1987

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2009 13 0 90 7-28 .250 8-10 .800 6 17 23 4 20-0 2 2 23 1.8 Total 13 0 90 7-28 .250 8-10 .800 6 17 23 4 20-0 2 2 23 1.8

Rita Williams

Ht. 5-6, Wt. 135, Connecticut, Born Jan. 14, 1976

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2003 32 0 381 28-75 .373 11-15 .733 3 19 22 41 34-0 14 0 78 2.4 Total 32 0 381 28-75 .373 11-15 .733 3 19 22 41 34-0 14 0 78 2.4 Three-Point Field Goals: 2003: 11-43 (.256)

Tanisha Wright

Ht. 5-11, Wt. 163, Penn State, Born Nov. 29, 1983

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 34 8 528 49-106 .462 24-36 .667 20 37 57 53 60-1 18 3 122 3.6 2006 33 0 508 42-119 .353 38-45 .844 19 41 60 41 53-0 11 2 124 3.8 2007 34 5 547 50-125 .400 33-39 .846 17 26 43 69 56-0 31 2 139 4.1 2008 34 14 808 108-250 .432 48-61 .787 32 84 116 84 94-0 31 8 268 7.8 2009 33 33 1072 150-324 .463 96-106 .906 44 73 117 129 119-0 50 10 404 12.2 Total 168 60 3463 399-924 .431 239-287 .832 132 261 393 376 382-1 141 25 1057 6.3 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 0-1 (.000); 2006: 2-14 (.143); 2007: 6-22 (.273); 2008: 4-24 (.167); Totals: 12-61 (.197)

Francesca Zara

Ht. 5-10, Wt. 146, Italy, Born Dec. 8, 1976

YR G GS MIN FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF-DQ STL BLK PTS AVG 2005 34 4 413 34-85 .400 17-22 .810 11 28 39 51 29-0 16 1 90 2.6 Total 34 4 413 34-85 .400 17-22 .810 11 28 39 51 29-0 16 1 90 2.6 Three-Point Field Goals: 2005: 5-22 (.227)

0

Shyra Ely

2

Swin Cash

3

Michelle Marciniak Wendy Palmer Charise Sampson

4

Simone Edwards Katie Gearlds

5

Tiffani Johnson Danielle McCulley Robin Threatt

6

Sandy Brondello Doneeka Lewis Natalia Vodopyanova

7

Edwige Lawson-Wade Kamila Vodichkova Francesca Zara

15

Katrina Hibbert

Lauren Jackson

Jung Sun-Min

20

Quacy Barnes

21

Ashley Robinson Alicia Thompson

Michelle Greco Camille Little

Semeka Randall Charmin Smith

22

Betty Lennox Jamie Redd Sheryl Swoopes

23

10

Andrea Garner Kate Starbird Tanisha Wright

11

Cisti Greenwalt

12

Edna Campbell Tonya Massaline

41

Alisa Burras Takeisha Lewis

Amanda Lassiter

Suzy Batkovic-Brown Kelly Santos

40

17

9

Iziane Castro Marques Kimberly Beck

34

Sonja Henning

Angela Aycock Katy Steding Rita Williams

Jamie Redd Barbara Turner

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Janell Burse Felicia Ragland Yolanda Griffith

Astou Ndiaye-Diatta Kate Paye Shannon Johnson

8

Sue Bird

106

13

Mactabene Amachree Alessanda Santos De Oliveira

24 30

42 43 44

Tully Bevilaqua Michelle Edwards Ashley Walker

45

Ashley Battle

50

Kaayla Chones Trina Frierson

54

Mandisa Stevenson

55

Sheri Sam Charmin Smith

31

32

Adia Barnes Shaunzinski Gortman Stacey Lovelace Kristen O’Neill

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Storm History All-Time College Roster

Includes Storm players that have appeared on the regular season roster through 2009 Arizona (1)............................................... Adia Barnes Auburn (1)...............................................Mandisa Stevenson California (1)..........................................Ashley Walker Connecticut (4).......................................Ashley Battle, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Barbara Turner, Rita Williams Florida (1)...............................................Tonya Massaline Florida Atlantic (1).................................Yolanda Griffith George Washington (1)...........................Kimberly Beck Indiana (1)..............................................Quacy Barnes Iowa (2)..................................................Michelle Edwards, Simone Edwards Kansas (2)...............................................Angela Aycock, Charisse Sampson Louisiana State (2).................................Katrina Hibbert, Doneeka Lewis Louisiana Tech (4)..................................Alisa Burras, Trina Frierson, Betty Lennox, Takeisha Lewis Missouri (1).............................................Amanda Lassiter North Carolina (2)...................................La’Tangela Atkinson, Camille Little North Carolina State (1).........................Kaayla Chones Oregon State (1).....................................Felicia Ragland Penn State (2).........................................Andrea Garner, Tanisha Wright Purdue (2)...............................................Katie Gearlds, Stacey Lovelace Stanford (5)............................................Sonja Henning, Kate Paye, Charmin Smith, Kate Starbird, Katy Steding South Carolina (2)..................................Shaunzinski Gortman, Shannon Johnson Southern Nazarene (1)...........................Astou Ndiaye-Diatta Tennessee (5).........................................Shyra Ely, Tiffani Johnson, Michelle Marciniak, Semeka Randall, Ashley Robinson Texas (1).................................................Edna Campbell Texas A&M (1..........................................A’Quonesia Franklin Texas Tech (2).........................................Cisti Greenwalt, Sheryl Swoopes, Alicia Thompson Tulane (1)................................................Janell Burse UCLA (1)..................................................Michelle Greco Vanderbilt (1)..........................................Sheri Sam Virginia (1)..............................................Wendy Palmer Washington (2).......................................Jamie Redd, Kristen O’Neill Western Kentucky (1).............................Danielle McCulley Wisconsin (1)..........................................Robin Threatt Australia (4)............................................Suzy Batkovic-Brown, Tully Bevilaqua, Sandy Brondello, Lauren Jackson Brazil (3).................................................Iziane Castro Marques, Alessandra Santos De Oliveira, Kelly Santos Czech Republic (1).................................Kamila Vodichkova France (1)...............................................Edwige Lawson-Wade Italy (1)...................................................Francesca Zara Korea (1).................................................Jung Sun-Min Nigeria (1)...............................................Mactabene Amachree Romania (1)............................................Florina Pascalau Russia (1)................................................Natalia Vodopyanova

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Storm Playoff History Year-BY-Year PLAYOFF Results Storm Storm Game Date Opponent W/L

Score

Storm Team Playoff Records Home

Road Total

High Scorer

High Rebounder

Att.

Jackson 19 Bird/Vodichkova 17

3 players 5 4 players 5

9,685 8,187

Jackson 14 Jackson 18

Sam 10 Lennox 7

4,277 7,261

2002 Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 0 Western Conference First Round 1 2

8/15/02 8/17/02

Los Angeles at Los Angeles

L L

61-78 59-69

0-1 0-1

0-0 0-1

0-1 0-2

2004 Seattle 2 – Minnesota 0 Western Conference First Round 1 2

9/25/04 9/27/04

at Minnesota Minnesota

W W

70-58 64-54

0-0 1-0

1-0 1-0

1-0 2-0

Seattle 2 – Sacramento 1 Western Conference Finals 3 4 5

10/1/04 10/3/04 10/5/04

at Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento

L 72-74 (OT) W 66-54 W 82-62

1-0 2-0 3-0

1-1 1-1 1-1

2-1 3-1 4-1

Jackson 31 Jackson 23 Jackson 27

Jackson 13 Jackson 9 Sam 10

10,662 8,737 8,826

10/8/04 10/10/04 10/12/04

at Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut

L W W

64-68 67-65 74-60

3-0 4-0 5-0

1-2 1-2 1-2

4-2 5-2 6-2

Lennox 17 Lennox 27 Lennox 23

Edwards/Lennox 8 Jackson 11 Jackson 7

9,341 17,072 17,072

2005 8/30/05 9/1/05 9/3/05

at Houston Houston Houston

W L L

75-67 64-67 58-75

0-0 0-1 0-2

1-0 1-0 1-0

1-0 1-1 1-2

Jackson 19 Lennox 16 Lennox 12

Jackson 13 Burse 8 3 players 4

5,055 8,466 8,415

Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 8/18/06 8/20/06 8/22/06

Los Angeles at Los Angeles at Los Angeles

W L L

84-72 70-78 63-68

1-0 1-0 1-0

0-0 0-1 0-2

1-0 1-1 1-2

Jackson 22 Lennox 19 Jackson 19

Jackson 9 Lennox 8 Jackson 10

9,481 6,304 8,259

2007 Phoenix 2 – Seattle 0 Western Conference First Round 1 2

8/24/07 8/26/07

Phoenix at Phoenix

L L

84-101 89-95

0-1 0-1

0-0 0-1

0-1 0-2

Lennox 23 Jackson 22

Jackson 9 Jackson 14

8,833 7,428

2008 Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 1 2 3

9/19/08 9/21/08 9/23/08

at Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles

L W L

66-77 64-50 64-71

0-0 1-0 1-1

Free Throw Percentage 8/26/07 10/5/04

Fewest Points Scored Game: Half:

58 Houston 25 at Los Angeles 25 Los Angeles

9/3/05 8/17/02 9/20/09

Field Goals Made Game: Low game:

35 at Phoenix 19 Los Angeles

8/26/07 8/15/02

Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

75 at Phoenix 51 at Los Angeles

0-1 0-1 0-1

0-1 1-1 1-2

Highest: .547 Sacramento (29-53) Lowest: .299 at Los Angeles (20-67) Game: Low game:

8/26/07 8/20/06

Bird 23 Bird 20 Wright 20

Robinson/Griffith 6 Wright 7 Griffith 8

9,601 8,230 7,805

Cash 24 Cash 18 Cash 21

Batkovic-Brown 7 Wright 6 Cash 10

7,919 8,854 8,159

2009

13 Phoenix 1 Connecticut 30 Phoenix 5 Connecticut

26 Los Angeles 26 at Houston 5 Houston 31 Los Angeles 31 at Houston 5 Houston

Game: Low game:

20 at Connecticut 4 at Los Angeles

10/8/04 8/20/06

Game: Low game:

8/26/07 9/3/05

24 Sacramento 9 at Los Angeles

10/5/04 8/20/06

Steals

8/18/06 8/30/05 9/1/05

10/8/04 9/3/05

30 at Phoenix 16 Houston

8/24/07 10/12/04

8/18/06 8/30/05 9/1/05

9/25/04

Defensive Rebounds

Personal Fouls

Free Throws Attempted Game: Low Game:

42 at Connecticut 22 Houston

8/24/07 10/12/04

9/1/05

9/1/05

Offensive Rebounds

Assists

Free Throws Made Game: Low game:

Game: Low game:

8/22/06

10/5/04

8/24/07

Rebounds

Game: Low game:

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .667 Sacramento (12-18) Low game: .158 Houston (3-19)

Game: 1.000 Phoenix (11-11) 1.000 Houston (5-5) Low Game: .600 at Minnesota (9-15)

10/5/04

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

2006 1 2 3

89 at Phoenix 49 Sacramento

Three-Point Field Goals Made

Houston 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 1 2 3

Game: Half:

Field Goal Percentage

Seattle 2 – Connecticut 1 WNBA Finals 6 7 8

Most Points Scored

Game: Low game: Game: Low game:

30 at Phoenix 12 Los Angeles

8/26/07 8/18/06

12 Minnesota 12 at Minnesota 12 Los Angeles 3 at Los Angeles 3 Houston

9/27/04 9/25/04 9/21/08 8/22/06 9/3/05

19 Sacramento 8 Los Angeles 8 at Los Angeles

10/3/04 8/18/06 9/16/09

Turnovers Game: Low Game:

Blocked Shots Game: Low game:

6 Phoenix 6 at Los Angeles 6 at Minnesota 0 Los Angeles

8/24/07 8/20/06 9/25/04 9/21/08

Los Angeles 2 – Seattle 1 Western Conference First Round 1 2 3

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L W L

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0-0 1-0 0-1

0-1 0-1 0-1

0-1 1-1 1-1

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Storm Playoff History Opponent Team Playoff Records

Storm Individual Playoff Records

Most Points Scored Game: Half:

101 Phoenix 56 Phoenix

Rebounds Game: Low game:

9/21/08 9/21/08

Offensive Rebounds

Fewest Points Scored Game: Half:

50 Los Angeles 15 Los Angeles

Field Goals Made Game: Low game:

38 Phoenix 16 Los Angeles

8/24/07 9/21/08

Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

83 Phoenix 44 Houston

8/24/07 9/1/05 8/15/02 10/12/04

Three-Point Field Goals Made Game: Low game:

14 Phoenix 0 Houston

8/24/07 9/1/05

Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Game: Low game:

34 Phoenix 5 Houston

8/24/07 9/1/05 9/3/05 9/1/05

Free Throws Made Game: Low game:

28 at Phoenix 5 Sacramento

8/26/07 10/3/04

Free Throws Attempted Game: Low Game:

33 at Phoenix 6 Los Angeles

8/26/07 8/15/02

Free Throw Percentage Game: 1.000 Phoenix (11-11) 1.000 Los Angeles (6-6) Low Game: .500 at Connecticut (7-14)

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Los Angeles Los Angeles Houston Los Angeles

9/18/09 10/5/06 10/3/06 8/18/06 9/18/09 9/1/05 8/15/02

Defensive Rebounds Game: Low game:

30 Los Angeles 13 Sacramento 13 Sacramento

8/15/02 10/5/06 10/3/06

Game: Low game:

22 Phoenix 7 Connecticut

8/24/07 10/12/04

Personal Fouls Game: Low game:

27 Los Angeles 27 Los Angeles 11 Phoenix

8/18/06 9/20/09 8/24/07

15 at Connecticut 3 at Phoenix 3 Los Angeles

10/8/04 8/26/07 8/18/06

20 Minnesota 20 at Minnesota 20 at Los Angeles 8 Phoenix 8 at Los Angeles

9/27/04 9/25/04 9/19/08 8/24/07 8/22/06

Steals Game: Low game:

Turnovers

Three-Point Field Goal Percentage Game: .667 Houston (4-6) Low Game: .000 Houston (0-5)

Game: Low game:

40 Los Angeles 21 Sacramento 21 Sacramento

Assists

Field Goal Percentage Highest: .559 Los Angeles (33-59) Lowest: .328 Connecticut (20-61)

8/24/07 8/24/07

8/24/07 8/15/02 10/18/04

Game: Low game:

Blocked Shots Game: Low game:

10 at Sacramento 10 Los Angeles 0 Houston

10/1/04 9/21/08 9/1/05

Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked Shots Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted

High Player

41 (OT) 40 31 14 14 4 4 4 4 11 20 20 6 12 9 11

Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Lauren Jackson Sue Bird Tully Bevilaqua Sheryl Swoopes Yolanda Griffith Ashley Robinson Betty Lennox Betty Lennox Betty Lennox Lauren Jackson Iziane Castro Marque 3x, last, Betty Lennox Betty Lennox

Opponent Date

at Sacramento at Connecticut at Sacramento at Phoenix Sacramento Minnesota Los Angeles Los Angeles Phoenix Connecticut Houston Phoenix Sacramento Phoenix at Houston Connecticut

10/1/04 10/8/04 10/1/04 8/26/07 10/5/04 9/27/04 9/21/08 9/21/08 8/24/07 10/10/04 9/1/05 8/24/07 10/5/04 8/24/07 8/30/05 10/12/04

Opponent Individual Playoff Records

Minutes Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked Shots Field Goals Made Field Goals Attempted Three-Point Field Goals Made Three-Point Field Goals Attempted Free Throws Made Free Throws Attempted

High Player

40 32 14 11 11 10 4 5 5 (OT) 4 (OT) 3 3 14 22 4 4 4 12 10 10 10 10 10

4x, last, Lisa Leslie/Tamecka Dixon Nykesha Sales Lisa Leslie Lisa Leslie Lisa Leslie Sheryl Swoopes 9x, last, Mwadi Mabika Lisa Leslie DeMya Walker Tangela Smith Tangela Smith Lisa Leslie Nykesha Sales Nykesha Sales Diana Taurasi Diana Taurasi Nykesha Sales Diana Taurasi Cappie Pondexter Lisa Leslie Candace Parker Cappie Pondexter Lisa Leslie

Opponent Date

at Los Angeles Connecticut Los Angeles at Los Angeles at Los Angeles Houston at Los Angeles at Los Angeles at Sacramento at Sacramento Sacramento at Los Angeles Connecticut Connecticut at Phoenix Phoenix Connecticut Phoenix at Phoenix Los Angeles at Los Angeles at Phoenix at Los Angeles

8/17/02 10/10/04 9/18/09 9/21/08 9/19/08 9/3/05 8/20/06 9/19/08 10/1/04 10/1/04 10/5/04 8/17/02 10/10/04 10/10/04 8/26/07 8/24/07 10/10/04 8/24/07 8/26/07 9/20/09 9/16/09 8/26/07 8/20/06

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Storm Playoff History YEAR-BY-YEAR PLAYOFF STATISTICS 2002 (0-2) PLAYER Bird Vodichkova Jackson Barnes Lassiter Marciniak Ragland Starbird Edwards STORM OPPONENTS

2006 (1-2) FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2 73 9 22 .409 3 11 .273 7 7 1.000 0 0 0 12 6 0 5 5 0 28 14.0 2 61 7 16 .438 1 2 .500 10 11 .909 2 8 10 3 3 0 2 2 0 25 12.5 2 68 9 26 .346 0 6 .000 5 7 .714 5 5 10 3 9 0 3 4 6 23 11.5 2 50 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 3 5 8 3 4 0 3 7 0 10 5.0 2 46 4 15 .267 2 9 .222 0 0 --- 0 7 7 4 4 0 3 5 1 10 5.0 2 29 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 6 6 1.000 0 2 2 1 3 0 3 4 0 8 4.0 2 19 3 9 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.5 2 23 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 4 1 5 2.5 2 31 1 8 .125 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 2 0 4 2.0 2 400 39 112 .348 10 37 .270 32 37 .865 15 34 49 28 35 0 20 36 8 120 60.0 2 400 58 119 .487 8 23 .348 23 25 .920 11 53 64 38 41 1 23 33 5 147 73.5

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS PLAYER G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 3 91 15 28 .536 2 7 .286 22 24 .917 4 20 24 2 8 0 2 5 7 54 18.0 Bird 3 105 13 36 .361 7 21 .333 5 8 .625 3 5 8 10 3 0 1 7 2 38 12.7 Lennox 3 90 13 44 .295 5 19 .263 4 7 .571 2 15 17 15 4 0 5 8 0 35 11.7 Burse 3 82 10 26 .385 0 0 --- 11 13 .846 3 7 10 1 11 1 2 1 3 31 10.3 Castro Marques 3 89 7 18 .389 2 9 .222 13 15 .867 3 5 8 8 10 0 2 6 1 29 9.7 Johnson 3 63 6 12 .500 0 0 --- 7 7 1.000 4 9 13 5 8 0 1 3 1 19 6.3 Turner 3 52 3 9 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 2 6 8 5 1 0 1 0 2 7 2.3 Lawson-Wade 3 11 1 4 .250 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.3 Robinson 2 6 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 --- 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Wright 2 11 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.0 STORM 3 600 68 180 .378 18 64 .281 63 78 .808 21 67 88 48 49 1 14 35 16 217 72.3 OPPONENTS 3 600 81 209 .388 15 42 .357 41 57 .719 38 70 108 56 68 1 17 32 10 218 72.7

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 8 287 53 113 .469 16 22 .727 35 39 .897 20 40 60 11 23 0 8 16 9 157 19.6 8 251 44 97 .454 8 18 .444 21 24 .875 4 25 29 21 21 0 8 23 1 117 14.6 8 233 23 61 .377 6 20 .300 16 21 .762 5 21 26 42 13 0 12 16 0 68 8.5 8 248 25 76 .329 3 12 .250 6 9 .667 13 31 44 28 21 0 10 25 0 59 7.4 8 204 19 47 .404 0 0 --- 11 18 .611 13 17 30 6 16 0 7 13 7 49 6.1 8 83 15 33 .455 6 12 .500 3 3 1.000 6 9 15 6 6 0 2 7 1 39 4.9 8 109 12 27 .444 0 0 --- 3 4 .750 10 8 18 1 17 0 9 8 10 27 3.4 8 111 8 17 .471 3 7 .429 3 4 .750 3 13 16 11 12 0 8 9 1 22 2.8 7 54 6 9 .667 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 7 7 14 1 5 0 0 2 1 12 1.7 6 39 3 11 .273 0 0 --- 1 4 .250 4 4 8 5 10 0 3 1 1 7 1.2 4 6 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.5 8 1625 209 492 .425 42 91 .462 99 126 .786 85 175 260 133 144 0 67 127 31 559 69.9 8 1625 190 463 .410 32 100 .320 83 120 .692 69 150 219 104 135 0 78 128 38 495 61.9

2007 (0-2)

2004 (6-2) PLAYER Jackson Lennox Bird Sam Vodichkova Thompson Burse Bevilaqua Edwards Barnes Greco TEAM OPPONENTS

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS PLAYER G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 2 68 13 23 .565 3 10 .300 9 9 1.000 4 19 23 1 9 0 2 5 3 38 19.0 Lennox 2 62 13 36 .361 5 13 .385 5 5 1.000 5 8 13 4 9 1 2 4 0 36 18.0 Bird 2 71 11 24 .458 7 12 .583 4 4 1.000 0 4 4 10 4 0 4 6 0 33 16.5 Castro Marques 2 51 8 20 .400 4 13 .308 0 0 .000 0 4 4 4 6 0 0 4 1 20 10.0 Wright 2 42 7 15 .467 0 2 .000 4 4 1.000 5 0 5 5 6 0 1 6 1 18 9.0 Palmer 2 27 8 16 .500 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 4 4 8 0 6 0 0 2 1 17 8.5 Robinson 2 52 4 11 .364 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 4 12 16 6 4 0 2 3 5 8 4.0 Gearlds 2 23 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 3 1.5 Ndiaye-Diatta 1 4 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.0 TEAM 2 400 65 148 .439 21 53 .396 22 23 .957 23 53 76 33 46 1 13 32 11 173 86.5 OPPONENTS 2 400 65 150 .433 27 65 .415 39 44 .886 21 48 69 43 23 0 14 18 7 196 98.0

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2008 (1-2)

FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS PLAYER G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Lennox 3 94 15 38 .395 3 12 .250 13 14 .929 1 13 14 8 9 0 3 6 0 46 15.3 Jackson 3 102 17 39 .436 4 13 .308 5 6 .833 4 20 24 2 11 0 4 8 4 43 14.3 Burse 3 90 11 18 .611 0 0 --- 6 6 1.000 8 6 14 3 11 0 3 2 1 28 9.3 Bird 3 103 9 33 .273 2 15 .133 7 8 .875 1 4 5 13 6 0 3 4 0 27 9.0 Castro Marques 3 86 6 18 .333 1 6 .167 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 4 12 0 2 8 0 17 5.7 Batkovic 3 43 6 12 .500 0 0 --- 2 5 .400 2 8 10 0 8 0 0 5 2 14 4.7 Zara 3 26 4 6 .667 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 11 3.7 Wright 3 38 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 7 7 1.000 1 4 5 7 6 0 3 2 0 9 3.0 Thompson 1 10 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 Edwards 2 5 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Vodopyanova 1 3 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 STORM 3 600 70 175 .400 11 48 .229 46 52 .885 17 62 79 40 63 0 18 40 7 197 65.7 OPPONENTS 3 600 73 159 .459 5 17 .294 58 70 .829 16 67 83 41 52 0 20 39 4 209 69.7

PLAYER Bird Wright Little Swoopes Griffith Cash Robinson Gearlds Santos Beck Ely TEAM OPPONENTS

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Storm Playoff History YEAR-BY-YEAR PLAYOFF STATISTICS 2009 (1-2) FIELD GOALS 3-POINT FG FREE THROWS REBOUNDS PLAYER G MIN FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Cash 3 116 19 39 .487 4 10 .400 21 25 .840 6 10 16 5 10 0 7 6 3 63 21.0 Batkovic-Brown 3 86 14 28 .500 7 13 .538 3 4 .750 0 10 10 0 9 0 4 7 7 38 12.7 Wright 3 98 13 38 .342 1 4 .250 8 8 1.000 9 7 16 16 12 0 5 9 0 35 11.7 Bird 3 109 11 33 .333 5 12 .417 7 8 .875 1 10 11 12 5 0 4 7 0 34 11.3 Little 3 102 10 25 .400 1 6 .167 2 2 1.000 1 9 10 3 14 0 2 4 2 23 7.7 Johnson 3 39 3 9 .333 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 0 5 5 3 8 1 3 6 0 7 2.3 Burse 3 32 0 8 .000 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 1 7 8 2 9 1 0 3 2 2 0.7 Robinson 3 18 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 Walker 1 1 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 STORM 3 600 70 182 .385 19 50 .380 43 51 .843 19 58 77 41 69 2 25 48 15 202 67.3 OPPENENTS 3 600 74 185 .400 15 35 .429 56 72 .778 40 75 115 50 52 0 28 47 12 219 73.0

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ATLANTA DREAM 225 Peachtree Street NW Peachtree Center, Suite 2400 Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone: 877-977-7729 Fax: 678-510-7489 Ticket Information: 877-977-7729 www.AtlantaDream.net Marynell Meadors 2010 vs. Dream (All times Pacific) Tuesday, June 1 Atlanta at Seattle 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 10 Seattle at Atlanta 4 p.m.

2009 vs. Dream (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 8/15/09 Atlanta L 79-88 8/27/09 Seattle W 91-84

Storm High Scorer Jackson 25 Wright 25

Storm Dream Dream High Rebounder High Scorer High Rebounder Jackson 9 Lyttle 20 DeSouza 12 Little 15 McCoughtry 16 Lyttle 11

Current Streaks vs. Dream Site In Seattle In Atlanta Overall

Last Win 8/27/09 9/2/08 8/27/09

Score 91-84 83-69 91-84

Last Loss --- 8/15/09 8/15/09

Score --- 79-88 79-88

Streak Won 1 Won 1 Won 1

Storm vs. Dream All-Time Directory

Owner___________________________________Kathy Betty President & COO____________________________Toby Wyman Executive Assistant to Owner___________________Ginger Sanford Business Operations Manager___________________Ambree Stancil Executive Assistant__________________________Tommy Francis General Manager & Head Coach_________________Marynell Meadors Director of Basketball Operations________________Sun Panek Assistant Coach____________________________Fred Williams Assistant Coach ____________________________Carol Ross Athletic Trainer _____________________________Kim Moseley Team Physicians____________________________Brandon Mines, M.D., John Xerogeanes, M.D. Director of Sponsership Sales and Service___________Beth Kelley Director of Gameday Entertainment & Operations_____Sarah Davis Director of Ticket Sales & Service_________________Bobby Phillips Director of Media Relations_____________________Tonya Alleyne Public & Community Relations Manager____________Sprague Paynter

Year Home Road Total 2008 1-0 1-0 2-0 2009 1-0 0-1 1-1 Totals 2-0 2-0 3-1

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Atlanta:

14 9

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at Atlanta at Atlanta

83-69 88-79

General Information

Home Court _______________________________Philips Arena (10,039) Radio____________________________________1230 WFOM/1340 WALR; Art Eckman- Play-by-Play Television_________________________________Fox Sports South Colors ___________________________________Dream Blue, Dream Red, Dream Light Blue, Dream Navy

Background

Founded _________________________________2008 2009 Record_______________________________18-16 2009 Postseason____________________________0-2 All-Time Record_____________________________22-46 All-Time Postseason Record____________________0-2

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. ATLANTA PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 1-1 34 10 17 .588 4 9 .444 1 1 1.000 0 9 9 2 3-0 5 1 0 25 25.0 25 Wright 2-2 66 15 27 .556 0 3 .000 7 7 1.000 0 7 7 8 10-0 3 8 0 37 18.5 25 Bird 2-2 83 13 36 .361 4 11 .364 2 3 .667 1 4 5 20 4-0 2 5 1 32 16.0 24 Cash 2-2 81 12 23 .522 0 0 --- 3 5 .600 5 10 15 7 9-0 6 16 3 27 13.5 15 Burse 2-1 48 8 14 .571 0 0 --- 3 3 1.000 3 4 7 1 4-0 1 1 2 19 9.5 17 Little 2-2 78 5 15 .333 0 1 .000 7 9 .778 5 14 19 4 7-0 2 4 1 17 8.5 9 Batkovic-Brown 2-0 15 3 6 .500 0 1 .000 2 3 .667 1 0 1 0 3-0 0 5 1 8 4.0 8 Johnson 2-0 38 1 3 .333 0 2 .000 1 2 .500 0 4 4 2 2-0 4 3 0 3 1.5 3 Robinson 2-0 7 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2-0 0 1 0 2 1.0 2 STORM 2 450 68 144 .472 8 27 .296 26 33 .788 15 52 67 44 44-0 23 48 8 170 85.0 91 DREAM 2 450 71 164 .433 4 19 .211 26 38 .684 30 46 76 31 38-0 33 38 10 172 86.0 88

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) ATLANTA DREAM VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Lyttle 2-2 69 15 28 .536 0 0 --- 5 7 .714 5 14 19 4 6-0 9 3 1 35 17.5 20 McCoughtry 2-1 61 11 26 .423 1 3 .333 9 14 .643 1 3 4 9 4-0 8 9 1 32 16.0 16 de Souza 2-2 73 12 26 .462 0 0 --- 1 3 .333 10 10 20 1 6-0 1 4 8 25 12.5 13 Castro Marques 2-2 45 10 30 .333 2 8 .250 1 1 1.000 0 5 5 2 4-0 4 6 0 23 11.5 12 Holdsclaw 1-1 21 4 11 .364 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 3 2 5 1 0-0 1 3 0 9 9.0 9 Lehning 2-2 59 4 7 .571 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 2 4 6 10 4-0 4 5 0 11 5.5 6 Miller 2-0 22 3 7 .429 0 0 --- 3 4 .750 0 1 1 1 1-0 1 0 0 9 4.5 8 Latta 2-0 31 3 11 .273 1 5 .200 1 2 .500 1 0 1 2 5-0 2 2 0 8 4.0 5 Snow 2-0 17 4 8 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 4 2 6 0 3-0 1 0 0 8 4.0 6 Price (TOT) 4-0 50 4 9 .444 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 2 3-0 2 2 0 10 2.5 8 Price (ATL) 2-0 31 3 4 .750 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 0 2-0 2 1 0 8 4.0 8 Lacy 2-0 21 2 6 .333 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 2 4 6 1 3-0 0 1 0 4 2.0 4 DREAM 2 450 71 164 .433 4 19 .211 26 38 .684 30 46 76 31 38-0 33 38 10 172 86.0 88 STORM 2 450 68 144 .472 8 27 .296 26 33 .788 15 52 67 44 44-0 23 48 8 170 85 91

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2-0

The Storm is 2-0 at home against the Dream since the franchise began in 2008.

20

Storm guard Sue Bird combined for 20 assists in the two-game series against Atlanta, also adding 32 points.

4-19

The Storm held the Dream to four three-pointers in 19 attempts.

44

The Dream forced 44 Storm turnovers in just two games during 2009.

0-2

After losing a WNBA-worst 30 games in the 2008 season, the Dream made the 2009 playoffs before losing to the Detroit Shock in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

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Chicago Sky 20 W. Kinzie St. Suite 1010 Chicago, IL 60610

Phone: 312-828-9550 Fax: 312-828-9979 Ticket Information: 866-SKY-WNBA www.chicagosky.net Steven Key 2010 vs. Sky

(All times Pacific) Thursday, May 27 Seattle at Chicago 5 p.m. Friday, July 30 Chicago at Seattle 7 p.m.

2009 vs. Sky (0-2) Date Site W/L Score 6/14/09 Chicago L 57-64 7/12/09 Seattle L 81-86

Storm High Scorer Jackson 22 Jackson/Wright 18

Storm High Rebounder Jackson/Little 8 Jackson/Wright 7

Sky High Scorer Dupree 14 Dupree 28

Last Loss 7/12/09 6/14/09 7/12/09

Score 81-86 57-64 81-86

Sky High Rebounder Fowles 15 Dupree 7

Current Streaks vs. Sky Site In Seattle In Chicago Overall

Last Win 5/17/08 9/4/08 9/4/08

Score 67-61 70-62 70-62

Streak Lost 1 Lost 1 Lost 2

STORM VS. SKY HISTORY Directory

Owner___________________________________Michael Alter President/CEO _____________________________Margaret Stender COO____________________________________Adam Fox Head Coach/GM ____________________________Steven Key Assistant Coach____________________________Stephanie White Assistant Coach____________________________Michael Mitchell Strenght & Conditioning Coach__________________Ann Crosby Athletic Trainer, Director of Basketball Operations _____TBD Assistant Athletic Trainer______________________Juliet Barnes Equipment Manager_________________________Tanisha Hawkins Team Physicians____________________________Dr. Mark Hutchinson, Dr. Sarah Kilpatrick, Dr. John Tulley Media & Web-based Communications Manager_______Matt Kurnik Director of Communications & Operations___________Michelle Henstock Director of Marketing Partnership Sales____________Rob Popowcer

Year Home Road Total 2006 1-0 1-0 2-0 2007 1-0 1-0 2-0 2008 1-0 1-0 2-0 2009 0-1 0-1 0-2 Totals 3-1 3-1 6-2

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Chicago:

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94-76 57-64

General Information

Home Court _______________________________Allstate Arena (7,000, but expandable to 18,500) Radio____________________________________TBD Television_________________________________CN 1000 Colors ___________________________________Sky Blue, Yellow

Background

Founded _________________________________2006 2009 Record_______________________________16-18 2009 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________47-89 All-Time Postseason Record____________________N/A

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (0-2) SEATTLE STORM VS. CHICAGO PLAYER Jackson Burse Wright Cash Little Bird Johnson Gearlds Robinson Walker STORM SKY

G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2-2 72 13 26 .500 4 13 .308 10 14 .714 4 11 15 1 10 0 4 5 3 40 20.0 2-0 35 8 15 .533 0 0 --- 5 6 .833 2 6 8 0 1 0 3 3 2 21 10.5 2-2 66 7 16 .438 0 2 .000 7 8 .875 3 8 11 11 8 1 4 5 0 21 10.5 2-2 64 8 16 .500 0 1 .000 4 4 1.000 3 5 8 6 6 0 3 3 0 20 10.0 2-2 51 7 12 .583 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 1 9 10 4 6 0 1 2 0 15 7.5 2-2 71 4 21 .190 3 10 .300 2 4 .500 0 2 2 7 4 0 1 0 0 13 6.5 2-0 18 2 3 .667 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 5 2.5 2-0 22 1 7 .143 1 4 .250 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 1-0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1-0 1 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 400 50 117 .427 9 33 .273 29 37 .784 13 43 56 32 39 1 16 25 6 138 69.0 2 400 54 109 .495 15 25 .600 27 34 .794 12 46 58 30 34 0 8 28 5 150 75.0

2009 SEASON SERIES (2-0) CHICAGO SKY VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Dupree 2-2 71 17 32 .531 3 3 1.000 5 6 .833 4 12 16 5 3 0 1 4 0 42 21.0 Perkins 2-2 63 10 19 .526 2 5 .400 7 7 1.000 1 6 7 2 4 0 3 3 0 29 14.5 Toliver 2-0 38 8 13 .615 7 10 .700 4 4 1.000 0 0 0 9 5 0 0 5 0 27 13.5 Fowles 2-2 69 6 14 .429 0 0 --- 4 6 .667 6 14 20 2 5 0 2 7 3 16 8.0 Canty 2-2 47 5 11 .455 0 0 --- 3 6 .500 0 2 2 2 7 0 0 0 1 13 6.5 Thorn 2-0 15 3 6 .500 2 5 .400 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 4.5 Wyckoff 2-2 45 2 3 .667 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 0 5 5 3 4 0 0 2 0 5 2.5 Nan 2-0 15 2 2 1.000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 4 2.0 Ely 2-0 16 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 3 4 .750 1 4 5 2 0 0 1 2 1 3 1.5 Price 2-0 19 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1.0 Mattera (TOT) 1-0 3 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Sharp 1-0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 SKY 2 400 54 109 .495 15 25 .600 27 34 .794 12 46 58 30 34 0 8 28 5 150 75.0 STORM 2 400 50 117 .427 9 33 .273 29 37 .784 13 43 56 32 39 1 16 25 6 138 69.0

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The number of points that Storm forward Lauren Jackson had against the Sky last season. She also combined for 15 rebounds.

6

Kristi Toliver’s six three-pointers on July 12 at KeyArena tied the most the Storm allowed in 2009.

77.5%

The Storm shot 77.5% from the foul line against the Sky last season and scored 24 points.

60.8%

Chicago shot an average of 60.8% from three-point range against the Storm last season.

0-2

The Storm was undefeated against the Sky dating back to 2006 before going 0-2 last year.

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CONNECTICUT SUN One Mohegan Sun Blvd. Uncasville, CT 06382

Phone: 860-862-4000 Fax: 860-862-4010 Ticket Information: 877-SUN-TIXX www.ConnecticutSun.com Mike Thibault 2010 vs. Sun

(All times Pacific) Thursday, August 5 Connecticut at Seattle 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 13 Seattle at Connecticut 4:30 p.m.

2009 vs. Sun (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 8/13/09 Connecticut L 53-64 8/27/09 Seattle W 86-74

Storm High Scorer Jackson/Little/Bird 12 Bird 21

Storm High Rebounder Jackson 10 Little 10

Sun High Scorer Gruda 14 Whalen 18

Sun High Rebounder Jones 10 Gardin 8

Current Streaks vs. Sun Site In Seattle In Connecticut Overall

Last Win 8/27/09 7/17/03 8/27/09

Score 86-74 67-65 86-74

Last Loss 6/18/08 8/13/09 8/13/09

Score 67-74 53-64 53-64

Streak Won 1 Lost 6 Won 1

Storm vs. Sun All-Time Directory

Owner___________________________________The Mohegan Tribe Chief Executive Officer/Govenor__________________Mitchell Etess Chief Operating Officer/Alternative Govenor_________Jeffrey Hartmann Vice President & General Manager________________Christopher Sienko Head Coach _______________________________Mike Thibault Assistant Coaches___________________________Scott Hawk, Bernadette Mattox Head Athletic Trainer _________________________Jeremy Norman Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________Joanna Hopkins Equipment Manager/Travel Coordinator____________Abby Gordon Video Coordinator___________________________Jon Whitkin Team Physicians____________________________Diana Heiman, MD, Ammar Anbari, MD Community Relations Manager__________________Dallas Pride Media Relations Manager______________________Bill Tavares Director of Marketing_________________________Gwendolyn Pointer Director of Business Operations__________________Dave Martinelli

General Information

Year Home Road Total 2000 0-0 0-1 0-1 2001 1-0 0-0 1-0 2002 1-0 1-0 2-0 2003 0-0 1-0 1-0 2004 1-0 0-1 1-1 2005 1-0 0-1 1-1 2006 0-1 0-1 0-2 2007 0-1 0-1 0-2 2008 0-1 0-1 0-2 2009 1-0 0-1 1-1 Totals 5-3 2-7 7-10

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Connecticut:

12 18

8/27/09 7/20/07

at Seattle 86-74 at Connecticut 58-76

Home Court _______________________________Mohegan Sun Arena (9,518) Radio____________________________________WXLM 102.3 FM, Bob Heussler Television_________________________________TBD Colors ___________________________________Navy, Blue, Red, Gold and Orange

Background

Founded _________________________________1999; Relocated from Orlando in 2003 2009 Record_______________________________16-18 2009 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record ____________________________203-1463 All-Time Postseason Record ____________________18-16

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. CONNECTICUT PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Bird 2-2 70 14 28 .500 5 11 .455 0 0 --- 0 4 4 10 2 0 3 6 0 33 16.5 Jackson 2-2 59 8 27 .296 2 9 .222 11 12 .917 3 12 15 1 10 1 3 6 4 29 14.5 Wright 2-2 63 9 15 .600 0 0 --- 10 11 .909 4 2 6 5 6 0 4 6 0 28 14.0 Little 2-2 66 9 18 .500 0 3 .000 7 8 .875 4 12 16 1 2 0 2 3 2 25 12.5 Cash 2-2 71 4 15 .267 1 2 .500 10 12 .833 3 11 14 4 6 0 1 5 0 19 9.5 Burse 2-0 24 1 4 .250 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 2 4 6 0 3 0 0 3 2 3 1.5 Johnson 2-0 35 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 1 3 0 3 1 0 2 1.0 Batkovic-Brown 2-0 10 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 2 3 5 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 Robinson 1-0 1 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 STORM 2 400 45 112 .402 8 26 .308 41 47 .872 19 51 70 22 35 1 16 34 9 139 69.5 SUN 2 400 52 133 .391 12 41 .293 22 27 .815 21 45 66 35 38 0 13 26 7 138 69.0

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) CONNECTICUT SUN VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Whalen 2-2 63 11 21 .524 3 6 .500 4 4 1.000 1 7 8 12 6 0 3 6 0 29 14.5 Gruda 2-2 71 10 26 .385 0 0 --- 4 7 .571 6 4 10 3 6 0 1 5 3 24 12.0 Gardin 1-1 22 5 9 .556 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 4 4 8 0 2 0 0 1 2 10 10.0 White 2-2 48 6 16 .375 4 11 .364 0 0 --- 1 2 3 3 5 0 2 3 0 16 8.0 Phillips 2-0 37 5 13 .385 1 7 .143 4 4 1.000 3 4 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 15 7.5 Holt 2-0 26 3 8 .375 1 4 .250 6 7 .857 0 5 5 4 7 0 1 0 0 13 6.5 Jekabsone-Zogota 2-2 52 5 22 .227 2 10 .200 0 0 --- 1 8 9 5 3 0 0 5 0 12 6.0 Jones 1-1 34 3 6 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 4 6 10 4 4 0 0 4 2 6 6.0 Whitmore 2-0 26 2 5 .400 1 2 .500 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 1 4 0 2 1 0 7 3.5 Brown 2-0 15 1 5 .200 0 1 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.0 Black 2-0 6 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 SUN 2 400 52 133 .391 12 41 .293 22 27 .815 21 45 66 35 38 0 13 26 7 138 69.0 STORM 2 400 45 112 .402 8 26 .308 41 47 .872 19 51 70 22 35 1 16 34 9 139 69.5

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16.5

Storm guard Sue Bird averaged 16.5 points per game against the Sun this past season.

4-9

Storm record against Sun since the Sun franchise moved to Connecticut after the 2002 season.

69.5

The Storm averaged just 69.5 points per game against Connecticut during the 2009 season.

39

The average shooting percentage for the Sun against the Storm.

86.7%

The Storm shot 86.7% from the foul line, scoring 41 points in two games.

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INDIANA FEVER 125 S. Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, IN 46204

Phone: 317-917-2500 Fax: 317-917-2899 Ticket Information: 317-917-2500 www.feverbasketball.com Lin Dunn 2010 vs. Fever

(All times Pacific) Thursday, June 17 Seattle at Indiana 4 p.m. Friday, June 25 Indiana at Seattle 7 p.m.

2009 vs. Fever (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 6/9/09 Indiana L 66-73 8/22/09 Seattle W 74-60

Storm High Scorer Jackson 21 Bird 16

Storm High Rebounder Jackson/Little 6 Cash 9

Score 74-60 65-59 74-60

Last Loss 7/9/06 6/9/09 6/9/09

Fever High Scorer Douglas 20 Douglas 12

Fever High Rebounder Sutton-Brown 10 Catchings/Hoffman7

Current Streaks vs. Fever Site In Seattle In Indiana Overall

Last Win 8/22/09 7/18/08 8/22/09

Score 62-74 66-73 66-73

Streak Won 3 Lost 1 Won 1

Storm vs. Fever History Directory

Owner, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, PS&E_____Herbert Simon President PS&E_____________________________Jim Morris Chief Opertaing Officer, PS&E___________________Rick Fuson General Manager/ Basketball Operations___________David Morway COO & GM, Fever Basketball____________________Kelly Krauskopf Senior VP & CFO____________________________Kevin Bower Senior VP, Marketing_________________________Larry Mago Head Coach_______________________________Lin Dunn Assistant Coaches___________________________Gary Kloppenburg, Jim Lewis Athletic Trainer_____________________________Craig Stull Strength Coach_____________________________Brandon Johnson Operations Coordinator_______________________Allison Hawkins Video Coordinator___________________________Hansen Wong Administrative Assistant______________________Ashley Floyd Team Physicians____________________________David Harsha, M.D., Scott A. Lintner, M.D. Director of Media Relations_____________________Kevin Messenger Public Information Assistant____________________Tim Edwards

Year Home Road Total 2000 1-0 0-1 1-1 2001 0-0 1-0 1-0 2002 1-0 0-0 1-0 2003 1-0 0-1 1-1 2004 1-0 1-0 2-0 2005 1-0 0-1 1-1 2006 0-1 0-1 0-2 2007 1-0 0-1 1-1 2008 1-0 1-0 2-0 2009 1-0 0-1 1-1 Totals 8-1 3-6 11-7

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Indiana:

27 28

6/10/03 6/13/07

at Seattle at Indiana

78-51 62-90

General Information

Home Court_______________________________Conseco Fieldhouse (9,643 WNBA | 18,165 NBA) Radio____________________________________WFNI (1070 AM), Chris Denari, Kevin Lee (TV Games) Television_________________________________FS Indiana, Chris Denari (Play-By-Play) Debbie Antonelli (Color) Colors___________________________________Fever Red, Pacers Gold and Pacers Blue

Background

Founded__________________________________2000 2009 Record_______________________________22-12 2009 Postseason____________________________6-4 (Lost to Phoenix in Finals) All-Time Record_____________________________168-166 All-Time Postseason Record____________________13-15

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. INDIANA PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 2-2 60 12 28 .429 3 10 .300 5 8 .625 2 12 14 1 6 0 2 0 2 32 16.0 Bird 2-2 71 9 20 .450 2 7 .286 6 6 1.000 2 4 6 10 8 0 0 6 0 26 13.0 Cash 2-1 67 10 18 .556 1 2 .500 4 5 .800 4 9 13 8 6 0 1 4 2 25 12.5 Burse 2-0 36 5 10 .500 0 0 --- 8 9 .889 1 7 8 0 4 0 4 3 2 18 9.0 Wright 2-2 60 6 13 .462 0 2 .000 6 6 1.000 4 3 7 7 6 0 3 4 0 18 9.0 Little 2-2 52 4 12 .333 0 1 .000 8 9 .889 5 6 11 1 9 0 2 4 1 16 8.0 Gearlds 1-0 18 2 8 .250 1 6 .167 0 0 --- 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 5.0 Batkovic-Brown 1-0 4 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Johnson 2-1 25 0 2 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 6 0 0 0.0 Robinson 1-0 5 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 Walker 1-0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 STORM 2 400 48 112 .429 7 30 .233 37 43 .860 19 45 64 31 45 0 13 33 8 140 70.0 FEVER 2 400 44 118 .373 8 35 .229 37 45 .822 21 41 62 28 44 0 21 27 7 133 66.5

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) INDIANA FEVER VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Douglas 2-2 66 10 24 .417 5 11 .455 7 8 .875 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 6 1 32 16.0 Hoffman 2-2 70 10 22 .455 0 5 .000 8 8 1.000 3 10 13 5 9 0 5 5 1 28 14.0 Catchings 2-2 67 6 24 .250 2 9 .222 11 14 .786 5 9 14 9 6 0 3 3 3 25 12.5 Bevilaqua 2-2 56 6 14 .429 1 7 .143 2 5 .400 1 3 4 7 3 0 6 2 0 15 7.5 Sutton-Brown 2-2 51 5 11 .455 0 0 --- 5 6 .833 6 6 12 0 7 0 1 3 1 15 7.5 Whittington 1-0 5 2 3 .667 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4.0 Dixon 2-0 18 3 5 .600 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.0 January 2-0 38 1 8 .125 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 2 6 8 4 9 0 2 2 0 6 3.0 Moore 1-0 18 1 6 .167 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2.0 Davenport 1-0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 Griffith 1-0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Murphy 1-0 4 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 White 1-0 2 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 Wirth 1-0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 FEVER 2 400 44 118 .373 8 35 .229 37 45 .822 21 41 62 28 44 0 21 27 7 133 66.5 STORM 2 400 48 112 .429 7 30 .233 37 43 .860 19 45 64 31 45 0 13 33 8 140 70.0

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Lauren Jackson combined for 32 points and 14 rebounds in two matchups against the Fever last season.

21

Indiana had 21 steals in two games against the Storm in 2009.

8-1

Seattle has pummeled Indiana at home in nine games since 2000, beating the Fever eight times.

.435

The Fever made 292 of their 692 field goal attempts or only shot .435 in the 2009 playoffs, losing to the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals.

23%

The Storm defense held Indiana to only 23% accuracy from three-point range.

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LOS ANGELES SPARKS 888 S. Figueroa St. #2010 Los Angeles, CA 90017

Phone: 213-929-1300 Fax: 213-929-1325 Ticket Information: 877-44-SPARKS www.lasparks.com Jennifer Gillom 2010 vs. Sparks (All times Pacific)

Sunday, May 16 Los Angeles at Seattle 6 p.m. Saturday, June 5 Seattle at Los Angeles 7 p.m. Friday, June 11 Los Angeles at Seattle 7 p.m. Saturday, July 3 Seattle at Los Angeles 2 p.m. Saturday, August 31 Los Angeles at Seattle 7 p.m.

Directory

Owners__________________________________Carla Christofferson, Katherine Goodman President_________________________________Kristin Bernert Vice President/General Manager_________________Penny Toler Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer____________Lindsay Amstutz Head Coach_______________________________Jennifer Gillom Assistant Coach____________________________Steve Smith Team Physicians____________________________Dr. John Moe, Dr. Stephen Lombardo Athletic Trainer_____________________________Courtney Watson Equipment Manager_________________________Thomas Archie Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________TBD Video Coordinator___________________________Michael McIntyre Director of Communications____________________Alayne Ingram

General Information

Home Court_______________________________STAPLES Center (13,141) Radio____________________________________Progressive Talk AM 1150, Larry Burnett Television_________________________________Fox Sports West, FSN Prime Ticket, Larry Burnett Colors___________________________________Sparks Purple, Teal and Gold

Background

Founded__________________________________1997 2009 Record_______________________________18-16 2009 Postseason____________________________3-3 (Lost to Phoenix Mercury in Western Conference Finals) All-Time Record_____________________________266-158 All-Time Postseason Record____________________30-21 (2001, 2002 WNBA Championships)

2009 vs. Sparks (2-2) Date Site W/L Score 6/26/09 Seattle W 69-67 6/28/09 Los Angeles L 55-82 7/22/09 Seattle W 98-87 8/6/09 Los Angeles L 75-79

Storm High Scorer Jackson 32 Jackson/Little 9 Bird 23 Jackson 21

Storm High Rebounder Jackson/Wright 8 Cash 8 Little 14 Cash 8

Sparks High Scorer Thompson 20 Ferdinand-Harris 15 Thompson 22 Quinn 23

Sparks High Rebounder Milton-Jones 7 Quinn 6 Lennox 12 Parker 10

Current Streaks vs. Sparks Site In Seattle In Los Angeles Overall

Last Win 7/22/09 7/10/07 7/22/09

Score 98-87 82-47 98-87

Last Loss 7/30/06 8/6/09 8/6/09

Score 70-71 75-79 75-79

Streak Won 5 Lost 4 Lost 1

Storm vs. Sparks History Year Home Road Total 2000 1-1 0-1 1-2 2001 0-1 0-2 0-3 2002 1-1 1-0 2-1 2003 1-1 1-1 2-2 2004 1-1 0-2 1-3 2005 1-1 1-1 2-2 2006 1-1 1-0 2-1 2007 2-0 2-0 4-0 2008 1-0 0-2 1-2 2009 2-0 0-2 2-2 Totals 11-7 6-11 17-18

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Los Angeles: Los Angeles:

36 27 19

8/6/03 6/28/09 8/4/01

at Seattle at Los Angeles at Los Angeles

92-56 55-82 60-79

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES(2-2) SEATTLE STORM VS. LOS ANGELES PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 4-4 144 29 59 .492 8 18 .444 14 17 .824 6 11 17 3 17 1 4 7 6 80 20.0 Bird 4-4 151 20 56 .357 10 29 .345 2 2 1.000 1 9 10 18 5 0 3 6 1 52 13.0 Cash 4-4 146 14 47 .298 4 8 .500 14 19 .737 7 19 26 10 12 0 4 10 2 46 11.5 Little 4-4 134 16 31 .516 0 2 .000 13 19 .684 12 19 31 5 14 1 7 4 2 45 11.3 Wright 4-4 129 15 34 .441 2 7 .286 8 8 1.000 8 9 17 14 15 1 6 7 0 40 10.0 Gearlds 3-0 37 5 12 .417 4 8 .500 0 0 --- 0 2 2 3 4 0 1 2 1 14 4.7 Johnson 4-0 67 2 16 .125 2 8 .250 6 8 .750 2 3 5 6 4 0 3 6 2 12 3.0 Batkovic-Brown 2-0 16 2 3 .667 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 4 0 4 2.0 Burse 4-0 55 1 9 .111 0 0 --- 2 6 .333 5 9 14 0 6 0 1 4 3 4 1.0 Robinson 3-0 11 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Walker 1-0 10 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 STORM 4 900 104 269 .387 30 80 .375 59 81 .728 42 85 127 60 82 3 29 56 19 297 74.3 SPARKS 4 900 120 273 .440 20 57 .351 55 67 .821 46 102 148 69 76 1 24 72 21 315 78.8

2009 SEASON SERIES (2-2) LOS ANGELES SPARKS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Leslie 1-0 30 7 14 .500 0 0 --- 1 4 .250 5 1 6 4 4 0 0 3 2 15 15.0 Thompson 4-4 153 21 41 .512 6 13 .462 10 12 .833 3 12 15 9 13 0 3 12 2 58 14.5 Parker 2-2 91 12 27 .444 0 3 .000 4 4 1.000 5 18 23 7 7 0 1 7 7 28 14.0 Lennox 3-3 92 11 34 .324 1 9 .111 17 19 .895 2 19 21 7 7 0 2 15 1 40 13.3 Quinn 4-1 126 20 33 .606 5 11 .455 6 7 .857 7 13 20 10 6 0 5 5 2 51 12.8 Milton-Jones 4-4 142 16 43 .372 4 9 .444 11 13 .846 12 15 27 11 19 1 4 7 2 47 11.8 Ferdinand-Harris 3-2 52 12 25 .480 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 2 5 7 1 3 0 4 2 0 25 8.3 Hayden 3-0 57 10 20 .500 0 0 --- 2 3 .667 4 5 9 2 5 0 0 1 5 22 7.3 Bobbitt 4-0 59 5 18 .278 2 8 .250 2 2 1.000 2 3 5 9 5 0 3 4 0 14 3.5 Harrower 4-4 79 5 13 .385 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 2 8 10 9 7 0 1 5 0 12 3.0 Wisdom-Hylton 3-0 18 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1.0 SPARKS 4 900 120 273 .440 20 57 .351 55 67 .821 46 102 148 69 76 1 24 72 21 315 78.8 STORM 4 900 104 269 .387 30 80 .375 59 81 .728 42 85 127 60 82 3 29 56 19 297 74.3

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Los Angeles holds the winning record all-time but in the last five years Seattle is 12-10 and swept the 2007 four-games series.

20

Storm forward Lauren Jackson averaged 20 points over four games against the Sparks in the 2009 season.

50-62

Seattle had twelve fewer turnovers than the Sparks in their four-game series during the regular season.

77-115

Los Angeles outrebounded the Storm 115-77 in the Sparks 2-1 victory over Seattle in the 2009 playoffs.

1-2

Seattle’s record against the Sparks in the Western Conference Semifinals, missing leading scorer Lauren Jackson due to injury.

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MINNESOTA LYNX Target Center 600 First Ave. North Minneapolis, MN 55403

Phone: 612-673-1600 Fax: 612-673-8407 Ticket Information: 612-673-8400 www.LynxBasketball.com Cheryl Reeve 2010 vs. Lynx

(All times Pacific) Wednesday, May 19 Minnesota at Seattle 7 p.m. Saturday, July 17 Seattle at Minnesota 12:30 p.m. Sunday, August 1 Seattle at Minnesota 4 p.m. Tuesday, August 17 Minnesota at Seattle 7 p.m.

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2009 vs. Lynx (3-1) Date Site W/L Score 6/12/09 Minnesota W 88-71 6/19/09 Seattle W 90-62 7/19/09 Seattle W 72-69 9/5/09 Minnesota L 68-76

Storm High Scorer Jackson 22 Jackson 26 Little 18 Wright 20

Storm High Rebounder Jackson 9 Jackson/Johnson 6 Cash 9 Little 8

Site In Seattle In Minnesota Overall

Last Win 7/19/09 6/12/09 7/19/09

Score 72-69 88-71 72-69

Last Loss 6/15/05 9/5/09 9/5/09

General Information

Seattle: Minnesota:

Founded__________________________________1999 2008 Record_______________________________14-16 2008 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________152-210 All-Time Postseason Record____________________1-4

Score 81-86 (OT) 68-76 68-76

Streak Won 6 Lost 1 Lost 1

Storm vs. Lynx History Year Home Road Total 2000 1-1 1-0 2-1 2001 0-1 0-2 0-3 2002 2-0 0-1 2-1 2003 1-1 0-2 1-3 2004 1-0 1-1 2-1 2005 1-1 1-1 2-2 2006 1-0 2-0 3-0 2007 2-0 0-2 2-2 2008 1-0 2-0 3-0 2009 2-0 1-1 3-1 Totals 12-4 8-10 20-14

Background

Lynx High Rebounder Anosike 7 Anosike 7 Anosike 11 Humphrey 7

Current Streaks vs. Lynx

Owner___________________________________Glen Taylor Chief Executive Officer________________________Rob Moor President_________________________________Chris Wright Executive Vice President_______________________Roger Griffith COO____________________________________Conrad Smith CMO____________________________________Ted Johnson Senior VP of Corporate Sales & Services____________Ethan Casson Senior VP or Ticket Sales & Premium Seating_________Ryan Tanke VP of Lynx Business Operations__________________Angela Taylor VP of Client Development______________________Jeff Munreke VP, Team Medical Services_____________________Dr. Sheldon Burns Head Coach_______________________________Cheryl Reeve Assistant Coach____________________________Jim Petersen Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________Tom Conroy Manager of Basketball Operations and Video________Katie Alsdurf Athletic Trainer_____________________________Chuck Barta Public Relations Coordinator____________________Aaron Seehusen Home Court_______________________________Target Center (9,181) Radio ___________________________________Bob FM106 Television_________________________________Fox Sports North; Colors___________________________________Green, Blue, Silver, Light Blue, Red

Lynx High Scorer Houston 18 Wiggins 12 Three with 12 Houston 22

Largest Winning Margin 28 21

6/19/09 8/7/07

at Seattle at Minnesota

90-62 74-95

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (3-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. MINNESOTA PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 2-2 57 15 27 .556 7 12 .583 11 15 .733 4 13 17 1 7 0 6 2 3 48 24.0 Wright 4-4 132 21 44 .477 2 5 .400 15 16 .938 2 1 3 19 13 0 6 11 3 59 14.8 Cash 4-4 134 21 51 .412 2 6 .333 14 19 .737 6 17 23 9 14 0 3 9 2 58 14.5 Little 4-4 116 19 34 .559 2 4 .500 6 11 .545 6 16 22 5 12 0 2 1 0 46 11.5 Burse 4-2 53 14 16 .875 0 0 --- 9 11 .818 2 6 8 2 11 0 3 1 2 37 9.3 Bird 3-3 88 9 24 .375 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 0 3 3 23 4 0 6 10 0 22 7.3 Johnson 4-1 98 7 13 .538 0 3 .000 9 11 .818 2 13 15 11 10 0 4 13 1 23 5.8 Gearlds 3-0 41 6 13 .462 5 9 .556 0 0 --- 1 3 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 17 5.7 Robinson 3-0 49 1 4 .250 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 1 9 10 0 6 0 2 0 3 3 1.0 Batkovic-Brown 4-0 17 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 3 0.8 Walker 3-0 16 1 5 .200 0 0 --- 0 1 .000 0 4 4 1 6 0 1 4 0 2 0.7 STORM 4 800 115 235 .489 22 49 .449 66 88 .750 25 86 111 71 90 0 34 58 15 318 79.5 LYNX 4 800 95 222 .428 22 75 .293 66 91 .725 28 86 114 47 84 1 32 75 13 278 69.5

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-3) MINNESOTA LYNX VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Houston 4-4 95 24 41 .585 2 6 .333 11 12 .917 4 15 19 10 11 0 5 13 1 61 15.3 Augustus 1-1 36 6 15 .400 0 0 --- 3 4 .750 0 3 3 3 2 0 3 1 2 15 15.0 Wiggins 4-4 117 16 34 .471 3 14 .214 14 15 .933 1 6 7 7 11 0 3 14 1 49 12.3 Anosike 3-3 90 8 21 .381 0 0 --- 10 20 .500 7 18 25 3 11 0 8 7 2 26 8.7 Hodges 4-3 107 11 29 .379 7 17 .412 2 3 .667 0 9 9 5 6 0 1 2 0 31 7.8 Hollingsworth 4-0 56 6 9 .667 0 0 --- 14 21 .667 4 6 10 1 10 0 2 6 2 26 6.5 Humphrey (TOT) 2-1 36 5 12 .417 2 6 .333 1 2 .500 0 9 9 0 4 0 2 4 1 13 6.5 Humphrey (MIN) 2-1 36 5 12 .417 2 6 .333 1 2 .500 0 9 9 0 4 0 2 4 1 13 6.5 Montgomery 4-1 96 6 22 .273 3 16 .188 7 8 .875 1 5 6 7 7 0 3 9 2 22 5.5 McCants 4-0 58 7 17 .412 3 6 .500 0 0 --- 6 2 8 5 11 1 0 5 0 17 4.3 Miller 4-3 65 4 15 .267 2 8 .250 2 2 1.000 1 8 9 3 6 0 4 7 0 12 3.0 Montanana 1-0 11 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2.0 Pringle 3-0 18 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 1.0 Thomas 2-0 15 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 3 2 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 0.5 LYNX 4 800 95 222 .428 22 75 .293 66 91 .725 28 86 114 47 84 1 32 75 13 278 69.5 STORM 4 800 115 235 .489 22 49 .449 66 88 .750 25 86 111 71 90 0 34 58 15 318 79.5

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With Seattle’s 3-1 series win over Minnesota last season, the Storm’s all-time record against the Lynx moves to 20-14.

4

At least four players for the Storm scored in double digits in each of Seattle’s games against the Lynx last season.

64.7%

Minnesota only shot 64.7% from the free-throw line in three losses to the Storm last season.

10

The Storm outscored Minnesota by an average of 10 points per game during last year’s matchups.

7.6

Sue Bird averaged 7.6 assists per game, only playing in three of the four matchups against Minnesota in 2009.

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NEW YORK LIBERTY

Date Site W/L Score 8/8/09 Seattle W 70-69 9/1/09 New York W 65-58

Phone: 212-465-6256 Fax: 212-465-6250 Ticket Information: 212-564-WNBA www.nyliberty.com

Current Streaks vs. Liberty

Anne Donovan 2010 vs. Liberty (All times Pacific)

Friday, June 18 Seattle at New York 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 6 New York at Seattle 12 p.m.

2009 vs. Liberty (2-0)

Madison Square Garden Two Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY 10121

Site In Seattle In New York Overall

Storm High Scorer Jackson 21 Little 17

Last Win 8/8/09 9/1/09 9/1/09

Storm High Rebounder Jackson 9 Little 13

Score Last Loss 70-69 6/26/04 65-58 6/3/08 65-58 6/3/08

Liberty High Scorer McCarville 22 Kraayeveld 14

Liberty High Rebounder Christon 9 Kraayeveld 9

Score 62-67 63-77 63-77

Streak Won 5 Won 1 Won

Storm vs. Liberty All-Time Directory

Owner___________________________________Cablevision Systems Corporation President & CEO Cablevision Systems Corporation; Executive Chairman, Madison Square Garden________James L. Dolan President & CEO, Madison Square Garden___________Hank J. Ratner President, MSG Sports________________________Scott O’Neil President & GM, New York Liberty_________________Carol Blazejowski VP, Marketing & Communications________________Amy Scheer Coordinator, Communications___________________Casey Sherman Head Coach_______________________________Anne Donovan Assistant Coaches___________________________Laurie Byrd Manager, Scouting & Video Operations_____________Catherine Proto Head Athletic Trainer; Manager,Basketball Operations__Lisa White Equipment Manager_________________________Rob Mangan Team Physician_____________________________Dr. Jo A. Hannafin

General Information

Home Court_______________________________Madison Square Garden (19,763) Television MSG Network (Cable), Mike Crispino (Play-By-Play), Mary Murphy (Color Analyst), Kenny Albert (Play-By-Play) Team Colors_______________________________Blue, Seafoam Green, Orange and Black

Year Home Road Total 2000 0-1 0-0 0-1 2001 0-0 0-1 0-1 2002 0-1 0-1 0-2 2003 1-0 0-0 1-0 2004 0-1 1-0 1-1 2005 1-0 0-1 1-1 2006 1-0 1-0 2-0 2007 1-0 1-0 2-0 2008 1-0 0-1 1-1 2009 1-0 1-0 2-0 Totals 6-3 4-4 10-7

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: New York:

37 23

7/22/06 7/19/00

at New York at Seattle

91-54 55-78

Background

Founded__________________________________1997 2009 Record_______________________________13-21 2009 Postseason____________________________DNQ All-Time Record_____________________________223-201 All-Time Postseason Record____________________21-24

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (2-0) SEATTLE STORM VS. NEW YORK PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 1-1 36 6 15 .400 2 4 .500 7 8 .875 1 8 9 2 2-0 2 2 1 21 21.0 21 Bird 2-2 72 9 20 .450 3 8 .375 3 3 1.000 0 5 5 8 3-0 3 4 0 24 12.0 12 Little 2-2 59 9 14 .643 0 1 .000 5 7 .714 6 7 13 0 8-0 2 6 0 23 11.5 17 Cash 2-2 73 8 20 .400 0 2 .000 5 8 .625 4 8 12 3 4-0 2 9 2 21 10.5 11 Burse 2-1 48 5 13 .385 0 0 --- 9 10 .900 3 5 8 3 4-0 0 3 8 19 9.5 10 Wright 2-2 68 6 19 .316 0 1 .000 5 5 1.000 1 9 10 7 5-0 4 4 0 17 8.5 11 Johnson 2-0 27 2 4 .500 1 3 .333 1 2 .500 1 4 5 4 0-0 1 1 0 6 3.0 4 Batkovic-Brown 2-0 10 2 3 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 4 4 1 4-0 0 1 1 4 2.0 2 Robinson 2-0 6 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 1-0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 STORM 2 400 47 108 .435 6 20 .300 35 43 .814 16 51 67 28 31-0 14 32 13 135 67.5 70 LIBERTY 2 400 49 128 .383 15 48 .313 14 20 .700 21 40 61 35 43-0 12 30 6 127 63.5 69

2009 SEASON SERIES (0-2) NEW YORK LIBERTY VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Kraayeveld McCarville Carson Christon Vaughn Moore Jackson Spencer Battle Larkins Mitchell LIBERTY STORM

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G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2-1 55 11 20 .550 8 11 .727 0 0 --- 4 7 11 1 5-0 2 2 0 30 15.0 16 2-2 47 12 22 .545 0 0 --- 4 6 .667 5 2 7 4 5-0 2 2 2 28 14.0 22 2-2 55 7 21 .333 3 8 .375 1 2 .500 1 5 6 4 4-0 3 3 0 18 9.0 13 2-2 68 5 26 .192 2 14 .143 4 4 1.000 2 11 13 4 7-0 1 3 3 16 8.0 9 2-0 28 7 10 .700 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 2 2 4 0 4-0 0 6 1 15 7.5 11 2-2 64 3 12 .250 1 9 .111 3 4 .750 3 10 13 9 8-0 2 6 0 10 5.0 9 2-1 26 2 5 .400 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 2 1 3 0 3-0 1 4 0 5 2.5 4 2-0 14 1 3 .333 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 2-0 1 0 0 3 1.5 3 2-0 24 1 6 .167 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 1 2 3 4 3-0 0 2 0 2 1.0 2 1-0 5 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 0 1 2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 2-0 16 0 3 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 7 2-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 2 400 49 128 .383 15 48 .313 14 20 .700 21 40 61 35 43-0 12 30 6 127 63.5 69 2 400 47 108 .435 6 20 .300 35 43 .814 16 51 67 28 31-0 14 32 13 135 67.5 70

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The Storm had four players in double digit figures in two matchups with the Liberty last season.

10.5

New York only managed an average of 10.5 offensive rebounds against Seattle in two contests in 2009.

5

The Storm has won five consecutive home games against the Liberty and is now 6-3 all-time.

30.0%

Seattle couldn’t seem to get a three to drop against New York, going 6-20 in two games.

38.5%

Tough defensive pressure led to the Storm holding the Liberty to shooting 49-of-128 in two games in 2009.

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PHOENIX MERCURY US Airways Center 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phone: 602-514-8333 Fax: 602-379-7540 Ticket Information: 602-514-8333 www.phoenixmercury.com Corey Gaines 2010 vs. Mercury (All times Pacific)

Sunday, May 2 Phoenix at Seattle (Preseason) 1 p.m. Saturday, May 22 Seattle at Phoenix 7 p.m. Sunday, June 6 Phoenix at Seattle 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 14 Seattle at Phoenix 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 27 Phoenix at Seattle 6:30 p.m.

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Managing Partner___________________________Robert Sarver Vice Chairman_____________________________Sam Garvin, President & COO____________________________Jay Parry General Manager____________________________Ann Meyers Drysdale Sr. VP, Marketing Partnerships___________________Lynn Agnello Senior Director, Marketing & Promotions____________Amber Cox Head Coach_______________________________Corey Gaines Assistant Coaches___________________________Julie Brase-Hairgrove Director of Basketball Operations________________Bridget Pettis Head Athletic Trainer_________________________Tamara Poole Communications Manager_____________________Eric Barkyoumb Public & Community Relations Manager____________Lesley Factor

Information

Home Court_______________________________US Airways Center (9,485) Television_________________________________Fox Sports Arizona Colors___________________________________Chartreuse, Red, Purple, Silver and Black

Background

Founded__________________________________1997 2009 Record_______________________________23-11 2009 Postseason____________________________7-4 All-Time Record_____________________________215-209 All-Time Postseason Record____________________17-12 (2009 WNBA Champions)

Friday, August 20 Seattle at Phoenix 7 p.m.

2009 vs. Mercury (1-3) Date Site W/L Score 6/21/09 Phoenix W 93-84 7/1/09 Phoenix L 81-93 8/4/09 Seattle L 90-101 9/10/09 Seattle L 84-92

Storm High Scorer Jackson 25 Jackson/Cash 17 Jackson/Cash 11 Wright 25

Storm High Rebounder Jackson 8 Cash 9 Wright 25 Wright 4

Mercury High Scorer Taurasi 25 Two with 22 Taurasi 19 Taurasi 22

Mercury High Rebounder Pondexter 6 Pondexter 11 Pondexter/Smith 8 Taurasi 8

Current Streaks vs. Mercury Site In Phoenix In Seattle Overall

Last Win 6/21/09 7/10/08 6/21/09

Score 93-84 89-78 93-84

Last Loss 7/1/09 9/10/09 9/10/09

Score 81-93 84-92 84-92

Streak Won 1 Lost 3 Lost 3

Storm vs. Mercury All-Time Year Home Road Total 2000 0-1 0-2 0-3 2001 1-1 1-0 2-1 2002 1-0 1-1 2-1 2003 2-0 1-1 3-1 2004 2-0 0-2 2-2 2005 1-0 1-1 2-1 2006 1-1 2-0 3-1 2007 2-0 0-1 2-1 2008 2-0 1-1 3-1 2009 0-2 1-1 1-3 Totals 12-3 7-9 19-12

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Phoenix:

41 33

7/19/02 6/7/00

at Seattle at Phoenix

89-48 49-82

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-3) SEATTLE STORM VS. PHOENIX PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 3-3 109 18 41 .439 3 7 .429 21 22 .955 8 17 25 4 8-0 2 4 7 60 20.0 25 Wright 4-4 146 26 58 .448 2 5 .400 21 27 .778 4 13 17 19 17-0 5 13 0 75 18.8 25 Cash 3-3 110 20 54 .370 0 0 --- 11 13 .846 8 19 27 10 9-0 4 9 1 51 17.0 22 Bird 3-3 109 18 36 .500 7 18 .389 6 7 .857 3 8 11 17 6-0 4 10 0 49 16.3 21 Little 4-4 141 19 38 .500 1 1 1.000 7 12 .583 10 14 24 6 12-0 5 10 3 46 11.5 20 Batkovic-Brown 1-0 19 4 6 .667 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 1 4 5 1 3-0 0 3 1 8 8.0 8 Johnson 4-1 86 7 18 .389 4 11 .364 6 6 1.000 2 5 7 3 9-0 1 2 1 24 6.0 15 Burse 4-1 52 9 18 .500 0 0 --- 5 7 .714 5 11 16 1 6-0 1 5 1 23 5.8 15 Walker 2-0 16 2 4 .500 0 0 --- 2 3 .667 2 5 7 0 1-0 1 1 0 6 3.0 6 Atkinson 1-0 20 1 2 .500 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 7 8 3 4-0 4 3 0 2 2.0 2 Gearlds 3-0 12 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 2 2-0 0 0 0 2 0.7 2 Robinson 3-1 20 1 6 .167 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 3-0 0 0 2 2 0.7 2 Franklin 1-0 10 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 STORM 4 850 125 285 .439 17 45 .378 81 99 .818 44 106 150 67 80-0 28 65 16 348 87.0 93 MERCURY 4 850 123 290 .424 40 102 .392 84 98 .857 38 94 132 74 89-2 34 55 22 370 92.5 101

2009 SEASON SERIES (3-1) PHOENIX MERCURY VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Taurasi Pondexter Taylor T. Smith Willingham Johnson Bonner Ohlde Swanier Mazzante B. Smith MERCURY STORM

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G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 4-4 138 21 51 .412 16 35 .457 30 35 .857 2 20 22 10 13-0 9 9 11 88 22.0 25 4-4 140 27 65 .415 6 20 .300 18 20 .900 8 20 28 27 12-0 5 10 3 78 19.5 22 2-0 44 9 20 .450 2 5 .400 7 7 1.000 2 2 4 7 4-0 5 5 0 27 13.5 18 4-4 119 18 39 .462 6 16 .375 0 0 --- 7 15 22 2 14-1 2 2 5 42 10.5 16 4-4 90 16 29 .552 0 0 --- 8 9 .889 8 7 15 4 12-0 0 8 0 40 10.0 15 4-4 119 15 35 .429 7 14 .500 2 2 1.000 1 12 13 15 14-1 6 9 0 39 9.8 15 4-0 71 7 23 .304 0 2 .000 11 14 .786 6 9 15 1 5-0 3 2 0 25 6.3 8 3-0 41 4 9 .444 0 0 --- 6 9 .667 2 4 6 1 8-0 0 7 1 14 4.7 7 4-0 49 4 10 .400 2 3 .667 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 5 2-0 4 0 1 12 3.0 5 4-0 38 2 9 .222 1 7 .143 0 0 --- 0 2 2 2 5-0 0 1 1 5 1.3 3 1-0 2 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 4 850 123 290 .424 40 102 .392 84 98 .857 38 94 132 74 89-2 34 55 22 370 92.5 101 4 850 125 285 .439 17 45 .378 81 99 .818 44 106 150 67 80-0 28 65 16 348 87.0 93

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Having gone 4-0 at home against the Mercury in 2007 and 2008, the Storm was beaten 0-2 at KeyArena by Phoenix in 2009.

43.9

Despite going 1-3 with Phoenix in 2009, the Storm outshot the Mercury 43.9 to 42.4 in field goal percentage.

370-348 In four games against the Mercury both teams offenses shined. Phoenix scored 22 more points than Seattle, but it was enough to notch three wins.

22

Seattle will need to find a way to stop Phoenix star and 2009 WNBA MVP Diana Taurasi to win. Taurasi averaged 22 ppg against the Storm in 2009.

17-9

Storm forward Swin Cash averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds in her three contests with the Mercury last season.

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2009 vs. Silver Stars (3-1)

Phone: 210-444-5000 Fax: 210-444-5003 Ticket Information: 210-444-5090 www.SASilverStars.com

Current Streaks vs. Silver Stars

AT&T Center One AT&T Center San Antonio, TX 78219

Sandy Brondello 2010 vs. Silver Stars (All times Pacific)

Sunday, May 20 Seattle at San Antonio 12 p.m. Sunday, June 20 San Antonio at Seattle 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 29 San Antonio at Seattle 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 20 Seattle at San Antonio 9:30 a.m.

Directory

Owner___________________________________Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) Chairman & CEO____________________________Peter Holt President Business Operations__________________Rick Pych President Sports Franchises/Spurs GM_____________R.C. Buford Executive V.P./Corporate Partnership/Broadcasting____Lawrence Payne V.P./Communications & Corporate Development_______Leo Gomez Vice President/Ticket Sales and Services____________Joe Clark Vice President/Community Relations______________Alison Fox Vice President and GM/AT&T Center_______________John Sparks Director of Business Operations, WNBA_____________Russell J. Warren General Manager____________________________Dan Hughes Head Coach_______________________________Sandy Brondello Assistant Coach____________________________Olaf Lange Head Athletic Trainer_________________________LaTonya Holley Team Physicians____________________________Richard Steffen, M.D., Paul Saenz, D.O., Timothy S. Palomera, M.D. Strength and Conditioning Coach________________Mike Ekanem Equipment Manager_________________________Will Grove Manager of Public Relations____________________Rachel Askin

General Information

Home Court_______________________________AT&T Center (18,797) Radio____________________________________KTKR Ticket 760 AM, Andrew Monaco, Andy Everett TV______________________________________FOXSports Southwest Colors___________________________________Silver and Black

Background

Founded__________________________________1997; Relocated from Utah to San Antonio in 2003 2009 Record_______________________________15-19 2009 Postseason____________________________1-2 (Lost to Phoenix Mercury in Western Conference Semifinals) All-Time Record_____________________________187-237 All-Time Postseason Record____________________8-13

Date Site W/L Score 7/7/09 Seattle W 66-53 7/28/09 San Antonio L 71-74 8/1/09 Seattle W 85-82 9/12/09 San Antonio W 64-55

Site In Seattle In San Antonio Overall

Storm High Scorer Cash 18 Jackson 19 Jackson 23 Johnson 16

Last Win 8/1/09 9/12/09 9/12/09

Score 85-82 64-55 64-55

Storm High Rebounder Jackson/Cash 12 Cash 11 Jackson 13 Little 11

Last Loss 7/29/07 7/28/09 7/28/09

Silver Stars High Scorer Hammon 13 Hammon 24 Hammon 20 Crossley 12

Score 88-92 71-74 71-74

Silver Stars High Rebounder Young 7 Hammon 4 Hammon 10 Perperoglou 11

Streak Win 3 Win 1 Win 2

Storm vs. Silver Stars History Year Home Road Total 2000 0-2 0-1 0-3 2001 0-1 2-0 2-1 2002 1-1 0-1 1-2 2003 1-1 0-2 1-3 2004 2-0 1-0 3-0 2005 2-0 1-1 3-1 2006 1-1 0-1 1-2 2007 0-2 0-2 0-4 2008 1-0 0-2 1-2 2009 2-0 1-1 3-1 Totals 10-8 5-11 15-19

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: San Antonio:

40 21

6/22/03 7/1/00

at Seattle at Seattle

93-53 60-81

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (3-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. SAN ANTONIO PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Jackson 3-3 106 14 39 .359 2 7 .286 15 23 .652 12 21 33 2 12-0 1 6 6 45 15.0 23 Bird 3-3 110 17 44 .386 5 14 .357 5 6 .833 1 9 10 13 5-0 8 9 0 44 14.7 17 Cash 3-3 105 14 33 .424 0 2 .000 12 13 .923 9 24 33 7 8-0 1 6 2 40 13.3 18 Batkovic-Brown 1-0 26 5 9 .556 1 3 .333 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 3-0 4 2 1 11 11.0 11 Walker 1-0 24 3 12 .250 1 4 .250 4 4 1.000 3 3 6 2 3-0 0 1 0 11 11.0 11 Little 4-4 126 15 37 .405 1 6 .167 11 17 .647 13 16 29 2 13-0 3 11 0 42 10.5 12 Wright 3-3 94 10 25 .400 0 0 --- 8 9 .889 5 5 10 9 15-1 2 3 1 28 9.3 14 Johnson 4-1 103 10 21 .476 5 11 .455 11 12 .917 4 8 12 10 9-0 7 10 1 36 9.0 16 Burse 4-1 49 8 15 .533 0 0 --- 4 7 .571 1 5 6 1 3-0 2 3 4 20 5.0 15 Atkinson 1-1 26 1 6 .167 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 5 5 10 2 1-0 6 1 1 3 3.0 3 Gearlds 3-0 36 2 6 .333 1 4 .250 1 2 .500 0 6 6 2 1-0 0 2 0 6 2.0 3 Franklin 1-0 10 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 2-0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 Robinson 2-1 11 0 3 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 2 2 4 1 2-0 0 1 1 0 0.0 0 STORM 4 825 99 253 .391 16 54 .296 72 95 .758 55 105 160 53 77-1 34 62 17 286 71.5 85 SILVER STARS 4 825 91 255 .357 34 100 .340 48 64 .750 39 74 113 63 79-3 28 56 14 264 66.0 82

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-3) SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Hammon 3-3 107 20 45 .444 5 15 .333 12 15 .800 7 9 16 11 5-0 4 9 1 57 19.0 24 Young 3-3 110 12 44 .273 4 14 .286 9 12 .750 5 13 18 8 10-1 5 6 3 37 12.3 15 Wauters 2-1 29 6 8 .750 0 0 --- 5 8 .625 1 1 2 0 2-0 0 5 2 17 8.5 9 Frazee 4-0 74 12 27 .444 3 5 .600 4 6 .667 4 10 14 2 8-0 1 7 0 31 7.8 15 Snell 4-2 99 11 32 .344 8 20 .400 1 1 1.000 6 9 15 6 11-0 5 7 1 31 7.8 11 Riley 3-2 60 9 12 .750 1 2 .500 3 4 .750 1 4 5 4 12-2 1 1 3 22 7.3 13 Crossley 2-1 37 4 9 .444 2 4 .500 2 3 .667 0 1 1 1 4-0 1 2 0 12 6.0 12 Lawson-Wade 4-1 67 6 19 .316 4 16 .250 2 2 1.000 3 5 8 6 8-0 2 3 0 18 4.5 7 Perperoglou 4-2 80 5 17 .294 2 6 .333 4 5 .800 3 12 15 5 8-0 2 4 3 16 4.0 8 Johnson 4-4 76 4 20 .200 4 8 .500 2 2 1.000 6 5 11 8 3-0 3 5 1 14 3.5 6 Darling 4-1 84 2 22 .091 1 10 .100 4 6 .667 3 5 8 12 8-0 4 3 0 9 2.3 4 Mattera 1-0 3 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 SILVER STARS 4 825 91 255 .357 34 100 .340 48 64 .750 39 74 113 63 79-3 28 56 14 264 66.0 82 STORM 4 825 99 253 .391 16 54 .296 72 95 .758 55 105 160 53 77-1 34 62 17 286 71.5 85

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3-1

The Storm’s 3-1 record against San Antonio earned a series win for the first time since 2005.

1-2

Both teams had a 2-1 record in the 2009 WNBA playoffs, losing in the Western Conference Semifinals.

40-28.3

Seattle outrebounded the Silver Stars by averaging 40 rebounds per game, while San Antonio only averaged 28.3.

34

The Silver Stars took 100 attempts from beyond the arc against the Storm and made just 34.

1-1

Seattle went 1-1 playing at San Antonio in the 2009 season, snapping a sixgame losing streak at the AT&T Center.

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TULSA SHOCK Williams Center Tower One One West Third Street Suite 1100 Tulsa, OK 74103

Phone: 918-949-9700 Ticket Information: 877-904-6677 www.wnba.com/shock Nolan Richardson 2010 vs. Shock (All times Pacific) Sunday, May 9 Seattle at Tulsa 11 a.m.

2009 vs. Shock (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 7/15/09 Seattle L 63-66 8/18/09 Detroit W 79-75

Storm High Scorer Little 12 Jackson 36

Storm High Rebounder Little 6 Cash/Jackson 7

Score 75-67 79-75 79-75

Last Loss 7/15/09 6/04/08 7/15/09

Shock High Scorer K. Smith 19 Nolan 29

Shock High Rebounder Ford 8 McWilliams 8

Current Streaks vs. Shock Site In Seattle In Detroit Overall

Last Win 6/07/08 8/18/09 8/18/09

Score 63-66 77-67 63-66

Streak Lost 1 Won 1 Won 1

Storm vs. Shock History Directory

President/Chief Revenue Officer_________________Steve Swetoha Head Coach/General Manager___________________Nolan Richardson Assistant Coach____________________________Wayne Stehlik Director of Basketball Operations/Assistant Coach_____Tammy Bagby Media Relations Manager______________________Pardeep Toor

General Information

Sunday, June 27 Seattle at Tulsa 1 p.m.

Home Court_______________________________BOK Center (19,199) Radio____________________________________TBD, Television_________________________________TBD, Colors___________________________________Black, Gold, Red

Sunday, July 25 Tulsa at Seattle 6 p.m.

Background

Founded__________________________________2010

Tuesday, August 3 Seattle at Tulsa 5 p.m. Saturday, August 7 Tulsa at Seattle 7 p.m.

Year Home Road Total 2000 0-1 0-1 0-2 2001 1-0 0-0 1-0 2002 0-0 1-0 1-0 2003 0-1 0-1 0-2 2004 1-0 0-1 1-1 2005 1-0 1-0 2-0 2006 0-1 1-0 1-1 2007 0-1 0-1 0-2 2008 1-0 0-1 1-1 2009 0-1 1-0 1-1 Totals 4-5 4-5 8-10

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Detroit:

19 27

9/8/04 8/9/07

at Seattle at Detroit

86-67 70-97

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. DETROIT PLAYER Jackson Bird Cash Gearlds Little Wright Burse Johnson Batkovic-Brown Robinson STORM SHOCK

G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2-2 58 18 36 .500 5 10 .500 6 7 .857 3 8 11 1 4 0 4 5 1 47 23.5 2-2 74 8 18 .444 1 7 .143 6 6 1.000 2 3 5 14 2 0 6 6 0 23 11.5 2-2 62 8 22 .364 1 3 .333 6 7 .857 2 8 10 7 7 1 0 6 2 23 11.5 1-0 16 4 6 .667 2 2 1.000 0 0 --- 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 10.0 2-2 60 5 14 .357 0 0 --- 8 13 .615 4 6 10 3 7 0 3 5 0 18 9.0 2-2 48 5 9 .556 0 0 --- 2 2 1.000 1 1 2 7 12 2 0 3 1 12 6.0 2-0 34 2 5 .400 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 1 4 5 1 9 0 1 4 0 5 2.5 2-0 35 0 6 .000 0 5 .000 4 4 1.000 0 2 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2.0 2-0 4 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0.0 2-0 9 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 2 400 50 116 .431 9 27 .333 33 41 .805 14 36 50 36 48 3 15 34 5 142 71.0 2 400 53 109 .486 6 21 .286 29 41 .707 10 44 54 35 39 0 10 36 4 141 70.5

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) DETROIT SHOCK VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Nolan Smith Zellous McWilliams DeForge Ford Kelly (TOT) Braxton Hornbuckle Teasley (TOT) Teasley (DET) Sanni SHOCK STORM

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G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2-2 69 16 36 .444 3 9 .333 5 6 .833 0 10 10 7 5 0 6 8 2 40 20.0 2-2 73 7 18 .389 3 9 .333 7 7 1.000 1 2 3 9 4 0 1 4 0 24 12.0 2-0 48 6 12 .500 0 1 .000 11 11 1.000 2 7 9 1 8 0 0 3 2 23 11.5 2-2 55 9 14 .643 0 0 --- 1 1 1.000 3 7 10 6 8 0 1 3 0 19 9.5 1-1 18 3 4 .750 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 6.0 2-2 58 4 10 .400 0 0 --- 4 12 .333 0 9 9 1 3 0 0 3 0 12 6.0 4-2 63 3 12 .250 0 0 --- 14 18 .778 3 5 8 2 6 0 2 5 1 20 5.0 2-0 37 4 7 .571 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 2 4 6 4 4 0 1 7 0 8 4.0 2-1 26 2 5 .400 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 1 2 3 5 5 0 0 4 0 5 2.5 1-0 6 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 1-0 6 1 2 .500 0 1 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2-0 10 1 1 1.000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1.0 2 400 53 109 .486 6 21 .286 29 41 .707 10 44 54 35 39 0 10 36 4 141 70.5 2 400 50 116 .431 9 27 .333 33 41 .805 14 36 50 36 48 3 15 34 5 142 71.0

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Only three players on the Shock averaged double digit points per game last season, while 5 players did on Seattle.

21.6

Tulsa guard/forward Deanna Nolan led the Shock averaging 21.6 ppg in 2009 playoffs.

.430

The Storm and Shock each had a field-goal percentage of 43% during the 2009 regular season.

.432

Tulsa guard Katie Smith shot .432 from three-point range last season, giving her the highest average from beyond the arc between the two teams for 2009.

1

This is the first year of coaching in the WNBA for Tulsa head coach Nolan Richardson. He is the only coach to win a Jr. College National Championship, the NIT, and the NCAA Tournament.

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WASHINGTON MYSTICS Verizon Center 601 F Street NW Washington, DC 20004

Phone: 202-527-7540 Fax: 202-527-7539 Ticket Information: 877-DC-HOOP1 www.washingtonmystics.com Julie Plank 2010 vs. Mystics (All times Pacific)

Tuesday, May 25 Washington at Seattle 7 p.m. Sunday, August 15 Seattle at Washington 1 p.m.

2009 vs. Mystics (1-1) Date Site W/L Score 8/25/09 Seattle W 78-68 9/3/09 Washington L 67-78

Storm High Scorer Burse 14 Bird 17

Storm High Rebounder Little 7 Cash 7

Score 78-68 73-71 78-68

Last Loss 7/13/05 9/3/09 9/3/09

Mystics High Scorer Currie/Coleman 13 Currie 17

Mystics High Rebounder Currie 6 Langhorne11

Current Streaks vs. Mystics Site In Seattle In Washington Overall

Last Win 8/25/09 7/23/06 8/25/09

Score 71-78 67-78 67-78

Streak Won 3 Lost 2 Lost 1

Storm vs. Mystics History Directory

Owner___________________________________Lincoln Holdings LLC Chairman_________________________________Ted Leonsis President_________________________________Sheila C. Johnson COO____________________________________Greg Bibb General Manager & VP________________________Angela Taylor Head Coach_______________________________Julie Plank Assistant Coaches___________________________Marianne Stanley, Trudi Lacey Head Trainer_______________________________Navin Hettiarachchi Strength & Conditioning Coach__________________Lisa Ciaravella Manager, Team Operations_____________________Mikhail Ovechkin Equipment Manager/Video Coordinator_____________Caussaundra Lockett VP, Communications_________________________Ketsia Colimon Director, Community Relations__________________Nicole Boden

General Information

Home Court_______________________________Verizon Center (10,152; 20,173 with balcony) Radio____________________________________washingtonmystics.com TV______________________________________Comcast SportsNet Colors___________________________________Blue, Gold and White

Year Home Road Total 2000 0-1 0-0 0-1 2001 0-1 0-1 0-2 2002 0-0 1-0 1-0 2003 1-0 0-0 1-0 2004 1-0 0-1 1-1 2005 0-1 0-1 0-2 2006 1-0 1-0 2-0 2007 1-0 0-1 1-1 2008 1-0 0-1 1-1 2009 1-0 0-1 1-1 Totals 6-3 2-6 8-9

Largest Winning Margin Seattle: Washington:

23 12

8/11/07 Washington 91-68 6/10/05 at Washington 52-64

Background

Founded__________________________________1998 2009 Record_______________________________16-18 2009 Postseason____________________________0-2 (Lost to Indiana Fever in Conference Semifinals) All-Time Record_____________________________158-238 All-Time Postseason Record____________________4-11

DOPPLER’S FORECAST

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) SEATTLE STORM VS. WASHINGTON PLAYER G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG Bird 2-2 65 12 22 .545 4 8 .500 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 11 2-0 7 8 0 30 15.0 17 Jackson 1-1 18 4 10 .400 2 5 .400 3 4 .750 1 2 3 1 5-0 1 1 4 13 13.0 13 Wright 2-2 70 9 25 .360 0 0 --- 4 4 1.000 6 1 7 7 6-0 7 10 0 22 11.0 13 Cash 2-2 73 5 22 .227 1 4 .250 8 9 .889 2 10 12 5 8-0 3 7 0 19 9.5 12 Little 2-2 52 5 9 .556 1 2 .500 8 11 .727 4 9 13 2 10-0 2 6 2 19 9.5 10 Burse 2-1 44 6 8 .750 0 0 --- 3 6 .500 1 8 9 1 9-1 4 1 3 15 7.5 14 Johnson 2-0 27 3 6 .500 3 6 .500 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 2 6-0 0 4 1 13 6.5 10 Batkovic-Brown 2-0 23 4 7 .571 1 2 .500 0 3 .000 2 4 6 0 5-0 1 2 1 9 4.5 9 Walker 2-0 11 1 5 .200 0 2 .000 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 0 2-0 0 1 0 4 2.0 2 Robinson 2-0 18 0 2 .000 0 0 --- 1 2 .500 0 1 1 0 4-0 0 2 2 1 0.5 1 STORM 2 400 49 116 .422 12 29 .414 35 47 .745 17 46 63 29 57-1 25 43 13 145 72.5 78 MYSTICS 2 400 47 117 .402 11 27 .407 41 69 .594 23 53 76 23 44-0 25 41 12 146 73.0 78

2009 SEASON SERIES (1-1) WASHINGTON MYSTICS VS. SEATTLE PLAYER Currie Coleman Ajavon Langhorne Sanford Harding Beard Blue Melvin Mann Mosby MYSTICS STORM

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G-GS MIN FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG 2-2 45 9 14 .643 2 4 .500 10 14 .714 2 11 13 2 6-0 1 5 2 30 15.0 17 2-0 40 8 14 .571 5 6 .833 6 7 .857 4 4 8 1 2-0 3 4 3 27 13.5 14 2-1 59 6 25 .240 2 9 .222 7 13 .538 3 4 7 7 6-0 7 9 1 21 10.5 16 2-2 59 5 14 .357 0 0 --- 8 17 .471 5 11 16 1 7-0 3 2 0 18 9.0 12 2-1 47 6 9 .667 0 0 --- 5 7 .714 3 2 5 1 7-0 2 5 1 17 8.5 10 2-2 60 5 19 .263 0 2 .000 2 4 .500 0 10 10 6 3-0 1 6 1 12 6.0 7 1-1 17 1 6 .167 0 0 --- 2 4 .500 0 2 2 1 3-0 3 3 1 4 4.0 4 2-0 18 3 7 .429 2 5 .400 0 0 --- 1 3 4 3 3-0 3 4 0 8 4.0 8 2-1 33 4 5 .800 0 0 --- 0 2 .000 4 5 9 1 4-0 1 2 3 8 4.0 4 2-0 13 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 1 1 1.000 0 1 1 0 2-0 1 0 0 1 0.5 1 1-0 8 0 3 .000 0 0 --- 0 0 --- 1 0 1 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 2 400 47 117 .402 11 27 .407 41 69 .594 23 53 76 23 44-0 25 41 12 146 73.0 78 2 400 49 116 .422 12 29 .414 35 47 .745 17 46 63 29 57-1 25 43 13 145 72.5 78

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In two games the Mystics forced 42 turnovers against the Storm.

0-3

The Storm has not won at Washington since 2006, falling to 2-6 all-time on the road against the Mystics.

74.5%

Seattle shot 74.5% from the line in 47 attempts in 2009 after only shooting 50% against the Mystics in 2008.

76

The Mystics grabbed a total of 76 boards in two games in the 2009 series split, averaging 38 rebounds per game.

5

In the split of victories last season, 5 players on the winning team scored in double digits.

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ATLANTA DREAM

INDIANA FEVER

LOS ANGELES SPARKS

SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS

PR Contact: Tonya Alleyne Email: tonya.alleyne@atlantadream.net

PR Contact: Kevin Messenger Email: kmessenger@pacers.com

PR Contact: Alayne Ingram Email: aingram@la-sparks.com 213-929-1313 (office) 818-585-0579 (cell) 213-929-1325 (office fax)

PR Contact: Rachel Askin Email: raskin@attcenter.com 210-444-5738 (office) 210-444-5737 (office fax) TBD (cell)

Additional PR Contact: Sprague Paynter Email: sprague.paynter@atlantadream.net

Additional PR Contact: Tim Edwards Email: tedwards@pacers.com

Additional PR Contact: TBD

83 Walton St. Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30303

404-954-6645 (office) 404-954-6666 (office fax) 404-693-5181 (cell)

404-954-6660 (office) 404-954-6666 (office fax) 404-561-0421 (cell)

CHICAGO SKY

20 W. Kinzie St. Suite 1010 Chicago, IL 60610 PR Contact: Matt Kurnik Email: mkurnik@chicagosky.net

312-994-5984 (office) 312-828-9979 (office fax) 847-338-3424 (cell)

Additional PR Contact: Michelle Henstock Email: mhenstock@chicagosky.net

312-994-5981 (office) 312-828-9979 (office fax) 606-776-1122 (cell)

One Conseco Court 125 S. Pennsylvania St. Indianapolis, IN 46204

317-917-2844 (office) 317-917-2799 (office fax) 317-370-3437 (cell)

317-917-2853 (office) 317-917-2799 (office fax) 317-253-3446 (home)

NEW YORK LIBERTY

Two Penn Plaza - 14th Floor New York, NY 10121 PR Contact: Casey Sherman Email: casey.sherman@thegarden.com

212-465-6208 (office) 201-294-1550 (cell) 212-465-6250 (office fax)

Additional PR Contact: Amy Scheer Email: amy.scheer@thegarden.com

212-465-6695 (office)

WASHINGTON MYSTICS CONNECTICUT SUN

1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard Uncasville, CT 06382 PR Contact: Bill Tavares Email: btavares@connecticutsun.com

860-862-4073 (office) 860-862-4010 (office fax) 860-961-0240 (cell)

601 F Street NW – 3rd Floor Washington. DC, 20004 PR Contact: Ketsia Colimon Email: Kcolimon@washmystics.com

202-527-7535 (office) 571-235-6305 (cell)

888 S. Figueroa St. Suite 2010 Los Angeles, CA 90017

AT&T Center One AT&T Center San Antonio, TX 78219

SEATTLE STORM MINNESOTA LYNX

Target Center 600 First Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55403 PR Contact: Aaron Seehusen Email: seehusen@lynxbasketball.com

612-673-1602 (office) 763-350-5550 (cell)

3421 Thorndyke Ave. W. Seattle, WA 98119 PR Contact: Jennifer Carroll Email: jcarroll@stormbasketball.com

206-272-2706 (office) 206-281-5817 (office fax) 206-226-5237 (cell)

TULSA SHOCK PHOENIX MERCURY

US Airways Arena 201 E. Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85004

PR Contact: Eric Barkyoumb Email: ebarkyoumb@phoenixmercury.com

602-514-8344 (office) 602-379-7540 (office fax) 480-209-7993 (cell)

Williams Center Tower One One West Third Street Suite 1100 Tulsa, OK 74103 PR Contact: Pardeep Toor Email: ptoor@tulsashock.net

TBD (office) TBD (office fax) 312-576-1120 (cell)

Additional PR Contact: Lesley Factor Email: lfactor@phoenixmercury.com

602-514-8370 (office) 602-379-7540 (office fax) 480-225-5335 (cell)

Additional PR Contact: Matt Stone Email: mstone@phoenixmercury.com

Additional PR Contact: Jen Hildebrand Email: jhildebrand@connecticutsun.com 860-862-4087 (office) 860-862-4010 (office fax) 860-961-2245 (cell)

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CHRIS WALLACE

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2009 WNBA REVIEW 2009 WNBA REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

2009 WNBA Individual Statistical Leaders

WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAM W

Phoenix Seattle Los Angeles San Antonio Minnesota Sacramento

L

23 20 18 15 14 12

11 14 16 19 20 22

PCT

GB

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

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PCT

GB

HOME

ROAD

LAST 10

STREAK

.676 .588 .529 .441 .412 .353

- 3 5 8 9 11

12-5 13- 4 11- 6 10- 7 9- 8 7-10

11-6 7-10 7-10 5-12 5-12 5-12

6-4 7-3 7-3 4-6 3-7 5-5

Lost 1 Won 1 Won 3 Lost 1 Lost 2 Won 1

EASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM W

Indiana Atlanta Detroit Chicago Connecticut Washington New York

L

22 18 18 16 16 16 13

12 16 16 18 18 18 21

.647 .529 .529 .471 .471 .471 .382

- 4 4 6 6 6 9

14- 3 12- 5 11- 6 12- 5 12- 5 11- 6 8- 9

8- 9 6-11 7-10 4-13 4-13 5-12 5-12

3-7 5-5 8-2 4-6 3-7 4-6 4-6

Lost 2 Lost 1 Won 2 Lost 1 Won 1 Lost 1 Won 1

2009 WNBA HEAD-TO-HEAD Standings Eastern Conference

IND ATL DET CHI CT WAS NY

ATL CHI CT DET IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS W

Western Conference

PHO SEA LA SA MIN SAC

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PCT

GB Last 10 Streak

2 3 2 3 -- 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 4 22 12 .647 -- 0 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 18 16 .529 1 4 2 -- 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 18 16 .529 3 -- 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 16 18 .471 1 1 -- 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 16 18 .471 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 -- 16 18 .471 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 -- 0 1 1 0 2 13 21 .382

ATL CHI CT DET ND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS W

1 1 1 0 1 0

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PCT

- 3-7 4 5-5 4 8-2 6 4-6 6 3-7 6 4-6 9 4-6

GB Last 10 Streak

2 2 1 1 3 2 2 -- 3 2 3 1 23 11 .676 - 6-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 -- 1 20 14 .588 3 7-3 1 1 1 1 -- 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 18 16 .529 5 7-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 -- 1 1 15 19 .441 8 4-6 1 1 1 1 1 -- 1 2 2 1 1 1 14 20 .412 9 3-7 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 -- 2 0 1 12 22 .353 11 5-5

2009 WNBA Attendance HOME ROAD TEAM G ATT AVG G ATT

Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm Washington Mystics TOTALS

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17 120,737 7,102 17 63,522 3,737 17 115,496 6,794 17 136,184 8,011 17 134,964 7,939 17 176,587 10,387 17 128,127 7,537 17 166,604 9,800 17 144,884 8,523 17 131,654 7,744 17 127,957 7,527 17 133,858 7,874 17 192,747 11,338 221 1,773,321 8,024

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AVG

17 145,626 8,566 17 136,773 8,045 17 131,937 7,761 17 132,815 7,813 17 134,265 7,898 17 156,992 9,235 17 139,381 8,199 17 122,871 7,228 17 126,949 7,468 17 132,552 7,797 17 151,239 8,896 17 136,569 8,033 17 125,352 7,374 221 1,773,321 8,024

Lost 1 Won 1 Won 3 Lost 1 Lost 2 Won 1

SCORING AVERAGE Taurasi, Pho. Hammon, S.A. Jackson, Sea. Pondexter, Pho. Young, S.A. Douglas, Ind. Nolan, Det. Powell, Sac. Christon, N.Y. Beard, Was. Dupree, Chi. Catchings, Ind. Castro Marques, Atl. Holdsclaw, Atl. Smith, Det. Gruda, Ct. Perkins, Chi. Anosike, Min. Parker, L.A. Wiggins, Min.

G 31 31 26 34 33 31 33 34 32 31 34 34 34 25 27 26 34 30 25 34

FG 200 200 168 236 219 188 214 198 154 188 204 157 184 132 128 151 158 130 131 135

FT 152 128 114 133 145 105 91 94 128 84 102 158 71 78 56 48 104 135 61 134

PTS 631 604 499 648 600 547 559 567 514 492 534 512 488 348 369 350 450 396 328 446

AVG 20.4 19.5 19.2 19.1 18.2 17.6 16.9 16.7 16.1 15.9 15.7 15.1 14.4 13.9 13.7 13.5 13.2 13.2 13.1 13.1

REBOUNDS PER GAME Parker, L.A. de Souza, Atl. Dupree, Chi. Langhorne, Was. Lyttle, Atl. Ford, Det. Anosike, Min. Catchings, Ind. Brunson, Sac. Jackson, Sea. Cash, Sea. McWilliams, Det. Little, Sea. Young, S.A. Gruda, Ct. Braxton, Det. Powell, Sac. Hoffman, Ind. Thompson, L.A. Sutton-Brown, Ind.

G 25 34 34 34 34 29 30 34 27 26 32 34 34 33 26 28 34 34 34 27

OFF DEF 60 184 119 190 76 192 101 167 72 182 71 144 73 149 86 159 67 123 48 134 62 152 65 160 75 147 69 146 66 99 66 101 51 149 56 143 46 153 44 114

TOT 244 309 268 268 254 215 222 245 190 182 214 225 222 215 165 167 200 199 199 158

AVG 9.8 9.1 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9

ASSISTS PER GAME Bird, Sea. Penicheiro, Sac. Hammon, S.A. Pondexter, Pho. Johnson, Pho. Whalen, Ct. Harding, Was. Moore, N.Y. Wright, Sea. Lehning, Atl. Taurasi, Pho. Nolan, Det. Quinn, L.A. Canty, Chi. Catchings, Ind. Darling, S.A. Perkins, Chi. McWilliams, Det. Bevilaqua, Ind. Smith, Det.

G 31 30 31 34 34 34 34 34 33 34 31 33 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 27

AST 179 155 156 171 157 156 154 133 129 127 109 116 118 109 107 100 100 98 97 76

AVG 5.8 5.2 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8

FIELD GOAL PCT. Fowles, Chi. Langhorne, Was. Willingham, Pho. de Souza, Atl. Braxton, Det. Leslie, L.A. Lyttle, Atl. McCarville, N.Y. McWilliams, Det. Anosike, Min.

FG 103 163 136 170 106 144 184 151 139 130

FGA 172 284 255 322 201 278 363 301 283 265

PCT .599 .574 .533 .528 .527 .518 .507 .502 .491 .491

3-PT FIELD GOAL PCT. 3FG 3GA PCT T. Smith, Pho. 42 93 Toliver, Chi. 40 90 Smith, Det. 57 132 Jackson, Sea. 49 114 Kraayeveld, N.Y. 60 144 Johnson, Pho. 36 87 Taurasi, Pho. 79 194 Thorn, Chi. 37 92 Hodges, Min. 68 171 Jekabsone-Zogota, Ct 39 99

.452 .444 .432 .430 .417 .414 .407 .402 .398 .394

FREE THROW PCT. FT FTA Powell, Sac. 94 Smith, Det. 56 Wright, Sea. 96 Hammon, S.A. 128 Hoffman, Ind. 69 Taurasi, Pho. 152 Lennox, L.A. 59 Wiggins, Min. 134 Whalen, Ct. 115 Pondexter, Pho. 133

PCT 96 61 106 142 77 170 66 150 129 151

.979 .918 .906 .901 .896 .894 .894 .893 .891 .881

STEALS PER GAME Catchings, Ind. Anosike, Min. Beard, Was. McCoughtry, Atl. Perkins, Chi. Lyttle, Atl. Moore, N.Y. Bevilaqua, Ind. Douglas, Ind. Hoffman, Ind.

G 34 30 31 34 34 34 34 34 31 34

STL AVG 99 2.91 81 2.70 72 2.32 74 2.18 73 2.15 68 2.00 66 1.94 62 1.82 56 1.81 57 1.68

BLOCKS PER GAME Parker, L.A. Jackson, Sea. T. Smith, Pho. Gruda, Ct. Sutton-Brown, Ind. Fowles, Chi. Riley, S.A. Taurasi, Pho. McCarville, N.Y. de Souza, Atl.

G 25 26 34 26 27 24 31 31 32 34

BLK AVG 53 2.12 45 1.73 57 1.68 41 1.58 40 1.48 35 1.46 45 1.45 43 1.39 44 1.38 44 1.29

MINUTES PER GAME Bird, Sea. Harding, Was. Dupree, Chi. Thompson, L.A. Cash, Sea. Hammon, S.A. Nolan, Det. Young, S.A. Smith, Det. Parker, L.A.

G 31 34 34 34 32 31 33 33 27 25

MIN AVG 1101 35.5 1194 35.1 1186 34.9 1182 34.8 1094 34.2 1049 33.8 1113 33.7 1113 33.7 894 33.1 815 32.6

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FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G free throwS G MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. 34 1128 2454 .460 257 665 .386 643 752 .855 34 1089 2428 .449 114 374 .305 569 755 .754 34 949 2257 .420 242 695 .348 591 766 .772 34 980 2277 .430 153 436 .351 539 721 .748 34 966 2381 .406 202 639 .316 517 692 .747 34 936 2190 .427 256 739 .346 487 626 .778 34 946 2194 .431 132 389 .339 586 744 .788 34 890 2212 .402 213 637 .334 613 746 .822 34 933 2205 .423 139 426 .326 580 827 .701 34 930 2136 .435 186 471 .395 527 693 .760 34 909 2116 .430 171 486 .352 555 707 .785 34 973 2264 .430 152 512 .297 435 550 .791 34 900 2168 .415 254 710 .358 458 582 .787

2009 WNBA Team Statistics, Rank Within League REBOUNDS OFF. DEF. TOT. 284 906 1190 404 855 1259 325 762 1087 373 853 1226 358 826 1184 281 768 1049 391 763 1154 342 780 1122 388 803 1191 307 776 1083 316 788 1104 365 883 1248 280 802 1082

MISCELLANEOUS AST PF DQ STL TO 625 740 6 225 500 547 741 5 329 590 509 693 4 301 513 575 766 9 261 546 608 677 6 250 453 598 596 5 257 509 540 645 2 289 584 527 692 6 373 531 453 725 6 314 607 532 605 1 249 532 536 710 10 276 555 587 583 4 217 568 526 637 3 276 543

BLK 181 121 128 97 130 116 98 117 118 138 150 166 121

SCORING PTS AVG. 3156 92.8 2861 84.1 2731 80.3 2652 78.0 2651 78.0 2615 76.9 2610 76.8 2606 76.6 2585 76.0 2573 75.7 2544 74.8 2533 74.5 2512 73.9

2009 WNBA OPPONENT STATISTICS FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G free throwS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS SCORING TEAM MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. MADE ATT. PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS AVG. DIFF. Sea. 861 2164 .398 172 539 .319 512 680 .753 332 760 1092 498 674 7 263 515 115 2406 70.8 +2.6 Sea. 882 2150 .410 202 585 .345 510 671 .760 332 746 1078 517 672 7 275 555 131 2476 72.8 +2.0 L.A. 903 2262 .399 213 636 .335 479 623 .769 320 730 1050 516 622 6 300 463 115 2498 73.5 +1.0 Ind. 909 2118 .429 154 483 .319 529 692 .764 318 849 1167 498 700 8 271 638 116 2501 73.6 +3.1 N.Y. 906 2157 .420 192 554 .347 531 673 .789 333 869 1202 482 590 7 269 548 124 2535 74.6 -0.7 Wash. 945 2184 .433 162 478 .339 570 755 .755 322 789 1111 524 778 5 315 576 156 2622 77.1 -1.1 Det. 902 2201 .410 208 611 .340 632 813 .777 320 781 1101 524 716 7 279 531 110 2644 77.8 +0.2 Conn. 953 2236 .426 157 488 .322 591 746 .792 329 945 1274 525 684 7 248 549 125 2654 78.1 -0.1 S.A. 1000 2279 .439 173 499 .347 488 620 .787 364 824 1188 529 643 2 268 502 120 2661 78.3 -1.4 Sac. 994 2221 .448 223 604 .369 479 586 .817 326 702 1028 627 704 5 262 576 147 2690 79.1 -2.4 Chi. 1004 2269 .442 206 593 .347 479 613 .781 359 797 1156 610 636 4 273 489 121 2693 79.2 -3.5 Atl. 996 2363 .421 181 530 .342 624 807 .773 353 821 1174 615 700 4 347 601 133 2797 82.3 +1.9 Minn. 1041 2260 .461 195 510 .382 550 711 .774 317 848 1165 589 694 3 250 543 140 2827 83.1 -2.8 Phoe. 1094 2582 .424 205 608 .337 638 851 .750 421 864 1285 607 671 2 260 460 143 3031 89.1 +3.7 AVG.’S 964 2252 .428 190 552 .344 546 705 .775 340 813 1152 551 678 5 278 541 129 2664 78.3 — Total 12529 29282 — 2471 7179 — 7100 9161 — 4414 10565 14979 7163 8810 67 3617 7031 1681 34629 — —

G 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34

FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G free throwS MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT 32.03 71.41 .449 3.35 11.00 .305 16.74 22.21 .754 27.35 62.82 .435 5.47 13.85 .395 15.50 20.38 .760 28.41 70.03 .406 5.94 18.79 .316 15.21 20.35 .747 28.82 66.97 .430 4.50 12.82 .351 15.85 21.21 .748 26.18 65.06 .402 6.26 18.74 .334 18.03 21.94 .822 28.62 66.59 .430 4.47 15.06 .297 12.79 16.18 .791 27.91 66.38 .420 7.12 20.44 .348 17.38 22.53 .772 26.47 63.76 .415 7.47 20.88 .358 13.47 17.12 .787 33.18 72.18 .460 7.56 19.56 .386 18.91 22.12 .855 27.82 64.53 .431 3.88 11.44 .339 17.24 21.88 .788 27.53 64.41 .427 7.53 21.74 .346 14.32 18.41 .778 26.74 62.24 .430 5.03 14.29 .352 16.32 20.79 .785 27.44 64.85 .423 4.09 12.53 .326 17.06 24.32 .701

REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOT 11.88 25.15 37.03 9.03 22.82 31.85 10.53 24.29 34.82 10.97 25.09 36.06 10.06 22.94 33.00 10.74 25.97 36.71 9.56 22.41 31.97 8.24 23.59 31.82 8.35 26.65 35.00 11.50 22.44 33.94 8.26 22.59 30.85 9.29 23.18 32.47 11.41 23.62 35.03

MISCELLANEOUS AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS 16.09 21.79 0.15 9.68 17.35 3.56 84.1 15.65 17.79 0.03 7.32 15.65 4.06 75.7 17.88 19.91 0.18 7.35 13.32 3.82 78.0 16.91 22.53 0.26 7.68 16.06 2.85 78.0 15.50 20.35 0.18 10.97 15.62 3.44 76.6 17.26 17.15 0.12 6.38 16.71 4.88 74.5 14.97 20.38 0.12 8.85 15.09 3.76 80.3 15.47 18.74 0.09 8.12 15.97 3.56 73.9 18.38 21.76 0.18 6.62 14.71 5.32 92.8 15.88 18.97 0.06 8.50 17.18 2.88 76.8 17.59 17.53 0.15 7.56 14.97 3.41 76.9 15.76 20.88 0.29 8.12 16.32 4.41 74.8 13.32 21.32 0.18 9.24 17.85 3.47 76.0

2009 WNBA Opponent Statistics (Per Game) TEAM G Atl. 34 Chi. 34 Conn. 34 Det. 34 Ind. 34 L.A. 34 Minn. 34 N.Y. 34 Phoe. 34 Sac. 34 S.A. 34 Sea. 34 Wash. 34 ONE TEAM BOTH TEAMS

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FIELD GOALS 3-PT. F.G free throwS REBOUNDS MISCELLANEOUS MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT MADE ATT PCT OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL TO BLK PTS 29.29 69.50 .421 5.32 15.59 .342 18.35 23.74 .773 10.38 24.15 34.53 18.09 20.59 0.12 10.21 17.68 3.91 82.3 29.53 66.74 .442 6.06 17.44 .347 14.09 18.03 .781 10.56 23.44 34.00 17.94 18.71 0.12 8.03 14.38 3.56 79.2 28.03 65.76 .426 4.62 14.35 .322 17.38 21.94 .792 9.68 27.79 37.47 15.44 20.12 0.21 7.29 16.15 3.68 78.1 26.53 64.74 .410 6.12 17.97 .340 18.59 23.91 .777 9.41 22.97 32.38 15.41 21.06 0.21 8.21 15.62 3.24 77.8 26.74 62.29 .429 4.53 14.21 .319 15.56 20.35 .764 9.35 24.97 34.32 14.65 20.59 0.24 7.97 18.76 3.41 73.6 26.56 66.53 .399 6.26 18.71 .335 14.09 18.32 .769 9.41 21.47 30.88 15.18 18.29 0.18 8.82 13.62 3.38 73.5 30.62 66.47 .461 5.74 15.00 .382 16.18 20.91 .774 9.32 24.94 34.26 17.32 20.41 0.09 7.35 15.97 4.12 83.1 26.65 63.44 .420 5.65 16.29 .347 15.62 19.79 .789 9.79 25.56 35.35 14.18 17.35 0.21 7.91 16.12 3.65 74.6 32.18 75.94 .424 6.03 17.88 .337 18.76 25.03 .750 12.38 25.41 37.79 17.85 19.74 0.06 7.65 13.53 4.21 89.1 29.24 65.32 .448 6.56 17.76 .369 14.09 17.24 .817 9.59 20.65 30.24 18.44 20.71 0.15 7.71 16.94 4.32 79.1 29.41 67.03 .439 5.09 14.68 .347 14.35 18.24 .787 10.71 24.24 34.94 15.56 18.91 0.06 7.88 14.76 3.53 78.3 25.94 63.24 .410 5.94 17.21 .345 15.00 19.74 .760 9.76 21.94 31.71 15.21 19.76 0.21 8.09 16.32 3.85 72.8 27.79 64.24 .433 4.76 14.06 .339 16.76 22.21 .755 9.47 23.21 32.68 15.41 22.88 0.15 9.26 16.94 4.59 77.1 28.35 66.25 .428 5.59 16.24 .344 16.06 20.73 .775 9.99 23.90 33.89 16.21 19.93 0.15 8.18 15.91 3.80 78.3 56.69 132.50 .428 11.18 32.48 .344 32.13 41.45 .775 19.97 47.81 67.78 32.41 39.86 0.30 16.37 31.81 7.61 156.7

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2009 Opponent Statistics, Rank Within League CATEGORY ATL CHI CT DET IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS Points/game 11 10 7 6 3 2 12 4 13 9 8 1 5 FG pct. 5 11 7 2 8 1 13 4 6 12 10 3 9 FT pct. 6 9 12 8 4 5 7 11 1 13 10 3 2 3-pt FG pct. 7 11 2 6 1 3 13 9 4 12 10 8 5 Off. Reb./gm 10 11 7 3t 2 3t 1 9 13 6 12 8 5 Def. Reb./gm 7 6 13 4 10 2 9 12 11 1 8 3 5 Rebounds/game 9 6 12 4 8 2 7 11 13 1 10 3 5 Assists/game 12 11 7 5t 2 3 9 1 10 13 8 4 5t Steals/game 13 8 1 10 7 11 2 6 3 4 5 9 12 Turnovers/gm 2 11 6 9 1 12 8 7 13 3t 10 5 3t Blocks/gm 9 5 7 1 3 2 10 6 11 12 4 8 13 Pers.Fouls/gm 4t 11 7 2 4t 12 6 13 9 3 10 8 1 DQ/game 9t 9t 2t 2t 1 6 11 2t 12t 7t 12t 2t 7t

2009 Combination Team/Opponent Statistics, Rank Within League

2009 WNBA Team Statistics (Per Game) TEAM Atl. Chi. Conn. Det. Ind. L.A. Minn. N.Y. Phoe. Sac. S.A. Sea. Wash.

CATEGORY ATL CHI CT DET IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS Points/game 2 10 5 4 8 12 3 13 1 7 6 11 9 FG pct. 2 3 12 5 13 6 10 11 1 4 8 7 9 FT pct. 10 9 12 11 2 3 8 5 1 4 7 6 13 3-pt FG pct. 12 1 11 5 9 13 6 3 2 8 7 4 10 Off. Reb./gm 1 10 6 4 7 5 8 13 11 2 12 9 3 Def. Reb./gm 3 10 5 4 9 2 13 7 1 12 11 8 6 Rebounds/game 1 11 6 3 8 2 10 12 5 7 13 9 4 Assists/game 6 9 2 5 10 4 12 11 1 7 3 8 13 Steals/game 2 11 10 8 1 13 4 6t 12 5 9 6t 3 Turnovers/gm 12 6 1 8 5 10 4 7 2 11 3 9 13 Blocks/gm 7t 4 5 13 10 2 6 7t 1 12 11 3 9 Pers.Fouls/gm 12 3 6 13 7 1 8 4 11 5 2 9 10 DQ/game 6t 1 8t 12 8t 4t 4t 3 8t 2 6t 13 8t

CATEGORY ATL CHI CT DET IND LA MIN NY PHO SAC SA SEA WAS Pts/game/diff. 4 13 7 6 2 5 12 8 1 11 10 3 9 Off. Reb. Pct. 3 8 10 5 7 2 9 13 12 1 11 6 4 Def. Reb. Pct. 6 11 3 2 5 1 8 7 12 10 13 9 4 Total Reb. Pct. 5 10 8 3 7 1 9 11 13 2 12 6 4

2009 MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS

DECIDED DECIDED POINTS FIELD GOAL TURNOVERS REBOUND BELOW OVERTIME 3 PTS. 10 PTS. PER GAME PERCENTAGE PER GAME PERCENTAGES 70 PTS. GAMES OR LESS OR MORE TEAM OWN OPP. OWN OPP. OWN OPP. OFF. DEF. TOT. OWN OPP. W L W L W L

Atlanta 84.1 82.3 .449 .421 17.4 17.7 .330 .708 .519 4 4 Chicago 75.7 79.2 .435 .442 15.6 14.4 .278 .684 .481 11 4 Connecticut 78.0 78.1 .406 .426 13.3* 16.1 .275 .715 .495 7 12 Detroit 78.0 77.8 .430 .410 16.1 15.6 .323 .727 .525 10 9 Indiana 76.6 73.6 .402 .429 15.6 18.8* .287 .710 .499 10 13 Los Angeles 74.5 73.5 .430 .399* 16.7 13.6 .333 .734* .534* 11 16 Minnesota 80.3 83.1 .420 .461 15.1 16.0 .277 .706 .492 9 2 New York 73.9 74.6 .415 .420 16.0 16.1 .244 .707 .475 13 17 Phoenix 92.8* 89.1 .460* .424 14.7 13.5 .247 .683 .465 0 0 Sacramento 76.8 79.1 .431 .448 17.2 16.9 .358* .701 .529 10 10 San Antonio 76.9 78.3 .427 .439 15.0 14.8 .254 .678 .466 11 8 Seattle 74.8 72.8* .430 .410 16.3 16.3 .298 .704 .501 13 15 Washington 76.0 77.1 .423 .433 17.9 16.9 .330 .714 .522 10 9 COMPOSITE; 221 games 78.3 .428 15.9 .295 .705 119 119

2 2 1 0 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 25

2 4 5 0 2 4 3 3 1 2 4 1 3 4 4 6 1 2 1 4 5 3 4 2 4 4 39

6 4 5 11 8 10 6 8 11 6 9 9 6 11 7 5 14 6 7 13 7 9 11 5 7 7 104

* - League Leader REBOUND PERCENTAGES

OFF. - Percentage of a given team’s missed shots which that team rebounds. DEF. - Percentage of opponents’ missed shots which a given team rebounds. TOT. - Average of offensive and defensive rebound percentages.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

#1 Phoenix Mercury def. #4 San Antonio Silver Stars 2-1 Game 1, San Antonio 92, Phoenix 91 Game 2, Phoenix 106, San Antonio 78 Game 3, Phoenix 100, San Antonio 92

#1 Indiana Fever def. #4 Washington Mystics 2-0 Game 1, Indiana 88, Washington 79 Game 2, Indiana 81, Washington 74

#3 Los Angeles Sparks def. #2 Seattle Storm 2-1 Game 1, Los Angeles 70, Seattle 63 Game 2, Seattle 75, Los Angeles 74 Game 3, Los Angeles 75, Seattle 64

#3 Detroit Shock def. #2 Atlanta Dream 2-0 Game 1, Detroit 94, Atlanta 89 Game 2, Detroit 94, Atlanta 79

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

#1 Phoenix Mercury def. #3 Los Angeles Sparks 2-1 Game 1, Phoenix 103, Los Angeles 94 Game 2, Los Angeles 87, Phoenix 76 Game 3, Phoenix 85, Los Angeles 74

#1 Indiana Fever def. #3 Detroit Shock 2-1 Game 1, Detroit 72, Indiana 56 Game 2, Indiana 79, Detroit 75 Game 3, Indiana 72, Detroit 67

WNBA FINALS #1 Phoenix Mercury def. #1 Indiana Fever 3-2 Game 1, Phoenix 120, Indiana 116 (OT) Game 2, Indiana 93, Phoenix 84 Game 3, Indiana 86, Phoenix 85 Game 4, Phoenix 90, Indiana 77 Game 5, Phoenix 94, Indiana 86

2009 AWARD WINNERS All-WNBA First Team (selected by position) Forward Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury Forward Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Center Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Guard Becky Hammon San Antonio Silver Stars Guard Cappie Pondexter Phoenix Mercury All-WNBA Second Team (selected by position) Forward Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks Forward Sophia Young San Antonio Silver Stars Center Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Guard Katie Douglas Indiana Fever Guard Deanna Nolan Detroit Shock WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by KIA Motors: Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award: Kara Lawson (Sacramento Monarchs) WNBA Coach of the Year: Marynell Meadors (Atlanta Dream) WNBA Defensive Player of the Year presented by KIA Motors: Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever) WNBA Rookie of the Year presented by adidas: Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream) WNBA Most Improved: Crystal Langhorne (Washington Mystics)

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WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year presented by KIA Motors: DeWanna Bonner (Phoenix Mercury) Peak Performers: Scoring: Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) Rebounding: Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) Assists: Sue Bird (Seattle Storm) All-Defensive First Team (selected by position) Forward Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Forward Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Center Nicky Anosike Minnesota Lynx Guard Tanisha Wright Seattle Storm Guard Tully Bevilaqua Indiana Fever All-Defensive Second Team (selected by position) Forward Sancho Little Atlanta Dream Forward Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream Center Lisa Leslie Los Angeles Sparks Guard Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks (tie) Guard Alana Beard Wasington Mystics (tie) Guard Deanna Nolan Detroit Shock (tie) All-Rookie Team presented by adidas Forward Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream Forward DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury Guard Shavonte Zellous Detroit Shock Guard Rene Montgomery Minnesota Lynx Guard Marissa Coleman Washington Mystics

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Media/WNBA Information GENERAL MEDiA INFORMATION

SEATTLE-area MEDIA OUTLETS Print Media

Welcome to the 2010 Seattle Storm season. The following media guidelines have been established to assist you in your coverage of the Storm and to provide a professional, comfortable working environment for all members of the media.

PR HOTLINE: 206-281-5847 If you have any questions or interview requests, please contact the Storm PR Hotline. KeyArena is located on the grounds of the Seattle Center. From I-5 (north or southbound) take the Mercer Street exit and follow the signs marked “Seattle Center.” The arena is approximately 25 minutes north of the airport. MEDIA ENTRANCE is located through Parking Lot 4 on the south side of KeyArena (corner of Warren Street and Thomas Street). CREDENTIALS may be requested by calling the public relations department 24 hours prior to the game. Credentials are issued to accredited members of the media who are on assignment to cover a specific game. Please confirm your credential request prior to arriving at the game. Credentials should be used for work at all times and are non-transferable. Unauthorized use of a credential may subject the bearer to ejection from the arena and forfeiture of the credential. PARKING is available on a limited basis and may be arranged by phoning the public relations department. TELEPHONES are provided in the media workroom and on a limited basis at courtside. If you need a dedicated phone line, call the public relations department to make arrangements. SEATING is located at courtside, on the second level of the west side of the arena and in all media sections. Please do not switch seating without approval from a member of the public relations department. Seating charts can be found at the media entrance and in the media workroom. PHOTOGRAPHERS can find photo charts with their assigned spots at the media entrance, in the media workroom and on the basket stanchions. All lanes are assigned and photographers are asked to not switch lanes without approval from a member of the public relations department. Please be considerate of season-ticket holders seated directly behind you. For the safety of players and in accordance with league rules, photographers must remain at least four feet behind the baseline at all times. Remote cameras and tripods are not permitted. Use of a flash is prohibited. Rubber lens shades are required on all lenses for still photographers, broadcasters, news and entertainment video and film crews.

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THE MEDIA ROOM is located on the lower west concourse directly above the visitors’ locker room. The room opens two hours prior to each game and is equipped with telephones, outlets, a fax machine, Storm game notes, league statistics and scores from other WNBA games. LOCKER ROOMS are located on the west side at court level. In accordance with WNBA policy, locker rooms will be open for a 30 minute period ending one hour before the start of a game. Locker rooms are reopened to the media after the game no later than 10 minutes following the game’s conclusion and remain open for a minimum of 30 minutes. Following the 30 minute media access period, locker rooms will be closed for a 20-30 minute period to allow players to shower and dress, and the locker rooms then may again be opened to the media. INTERVIEW REQUESTS that require special accommodations should be made ahead of time by calling the PR Hotline at 206-281-5847. GAME NOTES AND STATISTICS are available in the media room two hours before each game, during the game and postgame. Statistics are distributed to the media seating area after each quarter. PRACTICE TIMES AND POLICIES may be obtained by contacting the public relations department. The Storm practices at Royal Brougham Pavilion at Seattle Pacific University, located at 3414 Third Ave. W., Seattle. Media should enter through Third Ave. W. entrance marked by the Seattle Storm logo. STATISTICIANS for radio and television broadcasts may be arranged by contacting the public relations department. PLAYOFF INFORMATION may differ from the regular season due to increased media coverage. Should the Storm qualify for the postseason, information regarding the playoffs may be obtained by contacting the public relations department.

Associated Press 3131 Elliott Ave., Ste. 750 Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 682-1812

Sports Writer: Gregg Bell Sports Writer: Tim Booth Photographer: Elaine Thompson

Seattle P-I 101 Elliott Ave. W. Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 448-8000

Sports Producer: Gerald Spratt Sports Writer: Greg Johns Photo Editor: Josh Trujillo

Seattle Times 1120 John St. Seattle, WA 98109 Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 464-2111

Editor: Don Shelton Asst. Editor: Bill Reader Beat Writer: Jayda Evans Columnist: Jerry Brewer Columnist: Steve Kelley Photo Editor: Kevin Fuji

The News Tribune 1950 South State St. Tacoma, WA 98411 (253) 597-8742

Team Leader: Paul Miller Team Leader: Darrin Beene Columnist: Dave Boling Columnist: John McGrath Photo Editor: Jeremy Harrison

The Kitsap Sun 545 Fifth St. Bremerton, WA 98337 (360) 792-9200

Edtior/Columnist: Chuck Stark Sports Writer: Annette Griffus

The Olympian P.O. Box 407 Olympia, WA 98507 (360) 754-5432

Editor: Jerry Wakefield Asst. Editor: Adam Thaler Columnist: Gail Wood Photo Editor: Steve Herppich

710 ESPN Seattle 1802 Eastlake Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 726-7000

Program Director: Rod Arquette Asst. Program Director: Owen Murphy Producer: Jessamyn McIntyre Producer: Colin Paisley Talent: Kevin Calabro Talent: Chris Cashman Talent: Shannon Drayer Talent: Brock Huard Talent: Matt Pitman Talent: Mike Salk

KOMO Radio (1000 AM) 140 4th Ave. W., 4th Floor Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 404-5666

Sports Director: Tom Glasgow Talent: Tom Hutyler Talent: Mark Aucutt Editor: Jeremy Grater Editor: Frank Lenzi

TELEVISION KING-TV (NBC Ch. 5) 333 Dexter Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 448-3850

KIRO-TV (CBS Ch. 7) 2807 Third Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 728-8307 KOMO-TV (ABC Ch. 4) 140 Fourth Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 404-4164

RADIO BROADCAST MEDIA KKNW Radio (1150 AM) 3650 131st Ave SE, Suite 550 Bellevue, WA 98006 (425) 373-5536

Program Director: Eric Burris Producer: Gary Hill Jr. Operations Manager: Erik Krema Storm Talent: Adia Barnes Storm Talent: Dick Fain

KJR Radio (950 AM) 351 Elliott Ave. W. Ste. 300 Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 494-2000 KIRO Radio (97.3 FM) 1802 Eastlake Ave. E. Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 726-7000

Program Director: Rich Moore Sports Director: Jason Puckett Producer: Joshua Sabrowsky Producer: Matt Gaschk Talent: Ian Furness Talent: Mike Gastineau Talent: Mitch Levy Talent: Dave Mahler Talent: Steve Sandmeyer Talent: Elise Woodward Talent: Bill Swartz Program Director: Rod Arquette

Director/Talent: Paul Silvi Producer: Joel Knip Producer: Chris Swanson Producer: Tony White Talent: Chris Egan Talent: Andrea Nakano Producer/Talent: Gaard Swanson

Producer/Talent: James Sido Producer/Talent: Mike Ferreri Talent: Eric Johnson

KCPQ-TV (Fox Ch. 13) 1813 Westlake Ave. N. Produce/Talentr: Aaron Levine Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 674-1305 FSN Northwest 3626 156th Ave. S.E. Bellevue, WA 98006 (425) 641-0104

Northwest Cable News 333 Dexter Ave. North Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 448-3616

Coordinating Producer: Tim McQuillan Coordinating Producer: Todd Mossburg Producer: Jon Bradford Talent: Brad Adam Talent: Angie Mentink Talent: Jen Mueller Assign. Editors: Editor: Pike Parker Assign. Editors: Bryon Washington Director/Talent: Paul Silvi Producer/Talent: Chris Egan

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Media/WNBA Information STORM RADIO BROADCAST TEAM

WNBA History

Dick Fain is entering his third year as the “Voice of the Storm”. Dick worked alongside David Locke and Elise Woodward and was the sideline reporter as well as fill-in play-by-play and color analyst from 2002-2006 and was part of the broadcast team during the WNBA championship run in 2004.

On April 24, 1996, women’s basketball announced “We Got Next” as the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) to begin play in June of 1997.

Dick has spent 13 years at Sports Radio 950 KJR, where he has served as show host and Sports Director.

Since that day in 1996 there have been many firsts for the WNBA:

Dick graduated from the University of Washington in 1996 with a degree in broadcast journalism after attending Mount Rainier High School in Des Moines, where he continues to serve as a Varsity Boys’ Basketball coach.

Val Ackerman — the first president of the WNBA

Dick is a lifelong resident of the Seattle area. He and his wife Janna live in the Seattle suburb of Normandy Park.

In addition to her work for the Storm, Barnes has also appeared as a broadcaster on NBA TV.

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3-point line: 20’6 1/4” (International)

Houston Comets — the first WNBA Champions

Length of game: Four 10-minute quarters

Sylvia Fowles — the first goaltending call (vs. LA 6/3/2008)

The seven-year WNBA veteran spent the 2002-2004 seasons in Seattle. Drafted in 1998 by the Sacramento Monarchs, Barnes played with four different teams and finished her career averaging 3.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.

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Cynthia Cooper — the league’s first Most Valuable Player

Candace Parker — the first rookie to earn the league’s MVP honor (2008)

Former Storm player Adia Barnes is in her fourth season as the color analyst. She will team with Dick Fain for every game this season on the Storm’s radio partner, 1150 AM KKNW.

Radio Color Analyst

Key Stats: Ball size: 28.5” (high school and NCAA women’s)

Lauren Jackson — the first international player to win MVP (2007)

Radio Play-By-Play Announcer

Adia Barnes

Sheryl Swoopes — the first player signed to the WNBA

Lisa Leslie — the first WNBA player to dunk (7/30/02 vs. Miami)

Dick Fain

Lauren Jackson, Sue Bird, Tully Bevilaqua, Adia Barnes and Head Coach Anne Donovan of the Seattle Storm pose with the championship trophy during the Seattle Storm victory parade on October 15, 2004

Rising young stars: Nicky Anosike (Lynx), DeWanna Bonner (Mercury), Sylvia Fowles (Sky), Lindsey Harding (Mystics), Alexis Hornbuckle (Shock), Charde Houston (Lynx), Angel McCoughtry (Dream), Renee Montgomery (Sun), Candace Parker (Sparks), Candice Wiggins (Lynx), Shavonte Zellous (Shock).

The inaugural WNBA season tipped off on June 21, 1997, with the New York Liberty taking on the Los Angeles Sparks at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. A crowd of 14,284 watched as Sparks’ guard Penny Toler scored the first basket in WNBA history. The Liberty defeated the Sparks, 67-57. A Growing Game: The influence of the WNBA can be seen in the explosive growth of organized women’s basketball over the past 12 seasons. An estimated 100 million women play basketball worldwide, and our league reflects this trend, featuring 23 international players from 16 countries and territories at the end of the 2008 season. Female AAU youth basketball participation has increased +277 percent since 1990 (from 28,840 to 108,758 players). Female high school basketball participation has increased 18 percent since 1990 (from 387,802 to 456,967 players). And female NCAA basketball participation has increased 43 percent since 1990 (from 10,551 to 15,096 players). Key Players: Top veterans: Alana Beard (Mystics), Seimone Augustus (Lynx), Sue Bird (Storm), Tamika Catchings (Fever), Katie Douglas (Fever), Cheryl Ford (Shock), Becky Hammon (Silver Stars), Ebony Hoffman (Fever), Asjha Jones (Sun), Kara Lawson (Sun), Janel McCarville (Liberty), Cappie Pondexter (Liberty), Nicole Powell (Liberty), Katie Smith (Mystics), Diana Taurasi (Mercury), Tina Thompson (Sparks), Lindsay Whalen (Lynx), Sophia Young (Silver Stars).

All-Star Game: This summer’s marquee event “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun” will showcase the world’s best female basketball players under one roof when the WNBA’s top talent faces the USA Basketball Women’s National Team. This special event, hosted by the WNBA and the Connecticut Sun, will take place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Saturday, July 10. ESPN will broadcast the game with tip-off set for 3:30 p.m. ET. The USA Basketball squad will be coached Geno Auriemma. The 2009 WNBA All-Star Game was held at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. on Saturday, July 25. It was the ninth such game in league history, and second played at Mohegan Sun, and was played in front of a sellout crowd of 9,518. The West beat the East 130-118 in the highest scoring All-Star Game in WNBA history. Swin Cash of the Seattle Storm claimed MVP honors. Cash, who tallied an All-Star record 22 points on 10-of-16, was one of five former UConn Huskies who were participating in the game. Inspiring Coach: The Inspiring Coach Award is an annual honor introduced in 2007 to honor coaches who have positively influenced athletes across numerous levels and whose achievements leave an indelible mark on sports as a whole. The University of Tennessee’s Pat Summitt earned the honor in 2009 for her profound impact on female athletes and her demonstrated commitment, passion, and dedication to work, family, and community. Previous winners include Kay Yow and Jody Conradt. Inspiring Women: The Inspiring Woman Award is an annual honor that celebrates an individual who, on a daily basis, demonstrates her ability to inspire others through her commitment, passion and dedication to work, family, and community. Past honorees include Emmy-award winning journalist Cokie Roberts, Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and the WNBA All-Decade Team.

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Media/WNBA Information Dawn Staley Award: The Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award was announced in 2006 and is now presented annually to the player who best exemplifies the characteristics of a leader in the community and reflects Staley’s contagious leadership, spirit, charitable efforts and love for the game. Tamika Catchings won the inaugural award in 2007 while Tamika Raymond was named the winner for 2008. A member of the WNBA’s All-Decade Team, Staley, who retired following the 2006 season, established herself as one of the greatest ambassadors in women’s basketball history, while also demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities as a coach on the collegiate level and as a philanthropist and humanitarian. Marketing: The WNBA maintains marketing, promotional, and media partnerships with a variety of top companies, each with varying levels of activation and integration in league operations. Marketing Partners: adidas, EA SPORTS, Gatorade, HP, Kia Motors, NIKE, Peak, Pitney Bowes, Russell, Southwest, Spalding, Starwood, T-Mobile, Toyota Promotional Partners: 1-800-Flowers, Booz Allen, Meredith,General Mills, OfficeMax, Protégé Media Partners: IHOP, Merck, Sanofi Pasteur New partners in 2008 included such major companies as Kia Motors, IHOP and Pitney Bowes. HP, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and "Got Milk?" all joined the WNBA as partners for the 2009 season. The WNBA’s marketing partners utilize the league to support women’s sports and reach its strong fan base of women, families, and young girls through advertising in WNBA nationally televised games, national promotions, player endorsements, and special events. Through the WNBA’s extensive, highly integrated relationship with adidas, the sporting goods and apparel giant not only serves as the official outfitter of the WNBA – having unveiled new uniforms across the league in 2007 – but also as the presenter of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 WNBA Drafts and in 2008 became the first-ever presenting partner of the WNBA’s entire postseason, including both the playoffs and Finals. Two WNBA teams entered the 2009 season as forerunners in the league’s Marquee Partnership program, which includes multiyear deals featuring branded sponsorship of game jerseys – the Phoenix Mercury partnering with LifeLock, a giant in the identity theft industry, and the Los Angeles Sparks partnering with Farmers Insurance Group.

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TV Ratings: The WNBA concluded the 2009 regular season with its third consecutive year of increased attendance and second consecutive year of increased viewership on ESPN2. The WNBA regular season on ESPN2 concluded with an average of 269,000 viewers, up 8 percent versus 2008 (248,000 viewers). Regular-season games on ESPN2 saw increases in key demographics, including men 18-34 (+9 percent), men 18-49 (+14 percent), and men 23-54 (+23 percent). For the 2009 WNBA Finals presented by adidas, average viewership on ESPN2 jumped 76 percent from 2008. The five-game series featuring the Indiana Fever and Phoenix Mercury also featured three sellouts and the highest total attendance figure (82,018) in WNBA Finals history. The WNBA has one of the top five Facebook fanbases among sports leagues, with more than 275,000 fans (www.Facebook.com/wnba). The WNBA’s broadcast coverage in 2009 included live national telecasts of 29 regular-season and postseason contests on ESPN2 and ABC, and another 50 games on NBA TV, as well as games streamed on ESPN360.com. In addition, fans watched more than two million streams of live and archived games through WNBA LiveAccess, a new feature on WNBA.com that provided fans with free access to more than 200 live game Webcasts - the league’s most comprehensive offering - throughout the season. In July 2007, the WNBA signed a new, eight-year TV deal with ESPN that tips off in 2009 and runs through 2016, the WNBA’s 20th season. The agreement, which calls for ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 to telecast WNBA games, includes rights fees, a first for any women’s pro team sports league in the U.S. Global Reach: Now in its second decade, the WNBA has a wide impact on overseas markets. In 2009, for the third straight year, WNBA games and programming reached a record 203 countries in 32 languages, surpassing the previous total of 198 countries. Included were television agreements in six new countries: Argentina, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Pan Africa, South Korea and China. In addition, for the fourth consecutive year, fans in China were able to view WNBA action via live Webcasts on NBA.com/china. WNBA rosters for the 2009 season featured 18 international players from 11 countries and territories. Among the league’s international contingent are the Seattle Storm’s Lauren Jackson (Australia), Indiana Fever’s Tammy Sutton-Brown (Canada), San Antonio Silver Stars’ Sophia Young (St. Vincent), and Los Angeles Sparks’ Ticha Penicheiro (Portugal).

Ownership: Seven WNBA teams now fall under the independent ownership model: the Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky, Connecticut Sun, Los Angeles Sparks, Seattle Storm, Tulsa Shock and Washington Mystics. With the announcement on Oct. 20, 2009 that the Detroit Shock would relocate to Tulsa, Okla., Tulsa Pro Hoops L.L.C. will begin play in 2010 and is led by Bill Cameron and David Box. Force 10 Hoops, L.L.C., the entity owned by Seattle businesswomen and civic leaders Anne Levinson, Ginny Gilder, Lisa Brummel and Dawn Trudeau, purchased the Seattle Storm on Feb. 28, 2008. In October, 2009, Kathy Betty purchased the Atlanta Dream. In addition, the Los Angeles Sparks opened the 2007 season with new ownership after Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson, two long-time season ticket holders, bought the Sparks on Dec. 7, 2006. They joined Sheila Johnson’s Washington Mystics, Michael Alter’s Chicago Sky, and the Mohegan Tribe’s Connecticut Sun as independently owned WNBA franchises. Seven women serve as owners of WNBA teams: Dr. Sheila Johnson (Washington Mystics); Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson (Los Angeles Sparks); Kathy Betty (Atlanta); and Anne Levinson, Ginny Gilder, Lisa Brummel and Dawn Trudeau (Seattle Storm). An eighth, musical artist Michelle Williams, formerly of “Destiny’s Child,” is a minority owner of the Chicago Sky. Key Highlights: Diana Taurasi won both the 2009 WNBA MVP award and the 2009 WNBA Finals MVP award. Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks became the first WNBA player to capture the regular-season, All-Star and Finals MVP awards during the 2001 season. In 2008, Candace Parker became the first WNBA player to win Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the Year in the same season. The first selection in the 2008 WNBA Draft, she earned both honors after leading the league in double-doubles and rebounds per game, while also ranking second in blocks per game and fourth in points per game. She also became just the second player (Lisa Leslie), to dunk in a WNBA game.

Taurasi rewrote the WNBA scoring records in 2006 when she led the league with 25.3 points per contest, became the first WNBA player to top 800 points in a single season (860), and the single-season mark for three-point field-goals (121) and the single-game mark for points (47, a number later equaled by the Storm’s Lauren Jackson in 2007). There is only one player who has reached 6,000 points in her WNBA career. Lisa Leslie, who retired following the 2009 season, ranks at the top of the WNBA’s all-time scoring leaders with 6,263 points. The players who have passed the 5,000 point plateau are Tina Thompson, Katie Smith, and Lauren Jackson. Lauren Jackson became the youngest (26 years, 77 days) and fastest (209 games) to score her 4,000th career point on July 27, 2007. However, that record was broken when Diana Taurasi reached the same milestone on July 27, 2009 in just 197 games. Sheryl Swoopes, who earned MVP and Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2000 and 2002, made WNBA history with the league’s first triple-double (14 points, 15 rebounds, 10 assists) vs. the Detroit Shock on July 27, 1999. WNBA Cares: Through the WNBA Cares initiative, the league is deeply committed to creating programs that improve the quality of life for all people, with a special emphasis on promoting a healthy lifestyle and positive body image, breast health awareness, youth and family development, and education. WNBA teams and players donate countless dollars and hours each year through league programs including Breast Health Awareness, WNBA Green Week, Go Red For Women, WNBA Fit, and Read to Achieve.

While Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury won her first WNBA MVP award in 2009, there have been several repeat honorees. Lisa Leslie of the Los Angeles Sparks earned the award in 2006, 2001, and 2004. Leslie joined the Houston Comets’ Sheryl Swoopes as the only players in WNBA history to capture MVP honors three times. Two players have won the award twice in a career: Houston’s Cynthia Cooper (1997, 1998) and Seattle’s Lauren Jackson (2003, 2007). The others to capture MVP honors are Yolanda Griffith (then with Sacramento in 1999) and Los Angeles’ Candace Parker (2008, when she became the first rookie in league history to earn the award).

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Sue Bird Position: G Height: 5-9 Weight: 150 WNBA Years: 8

Svetlana Abrosimova Position: F Height: 6-2 Weight: 169 WNBA Years: 8

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Swin Cash Position: F Height: 6-1 Weight: 162 WNBA Years: 8

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Tanisha Wright Position: G Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 WNBA Years: 5

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Ashley Robinson Position: C Height: 6-4 Weight: 180 WNBA Years: 6

Camille Little Position: F Height: 6-2 Weight: 180 WNBA Years: 3

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Le’coe Willingham Position: F Height: 6-0 Weight: 200 WNBA Years: 6

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Jana Veselá Position: F Height: 6-3 Weight: 195 WNBA Years: R

Abby Bishop Position: F/C Height: 6-3 Weight: 191 WNBA Years: R

Alison Lacey Position: G Height: 6-0 Weight: 155 WNBA Years: R

Lauren Jackson Position: F/C Height: 6-5 Weight: 187 WNBA Years: 9

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