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	WNBA Draft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players.
		The first WNBA draft was held in 1997.
		The WNBA Elite draft was comprised of professional women's basketball players who had competed in other leagues, usually international leagues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WNBA_Draft (457 words)

	WNBA Rookie of the Year Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WNBA Rookie of the Year Award is given each year to the first-year player who has had the best performance amongst first-year players league-wide.
		The winner of the award is determined by the votes of a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
		Washington’s Temeka Johnson Named 2005 WNBA Rookie of the Year. URL accessed on September 14, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WNBA_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award (95 words)

	ESPN.com: WNBA - Taurasi wins WNBA's Rookie of the Year award
		PHOENIX -- Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury was a runaway selection Monday as the WNBA's rookie of the year.
		Among rookies, the two-time national collegiate player of the year at Connecticut was first in scoring and second in rebounds and assists.
		WNBA president Val Ackerman said this year's draft pool was deep.
	espn.go.com /wnba/news/2004/0927/1890112.html (466 words)

	ESPN.com - MLB - Top rookies: Berroa edges Matsui; Willis wins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The debate continues over whether players from the Japanese league should be considered rookies, but this year it seems clear that writers were looking to vote for a true rookie of the year, so to speak.
		In recent years, MLB rookies with considerable experience in Japan have won the award (from Hideo Nomo to Kazuhiro Sasaki to Ichiro Suzuki).
		A rookie is a player who hasn't accumulated 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in previous seasons and hasn't spent 45 or more days on 25-man active rosters, not including times when the active list is expanded to 40.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/news/story?id=1658488 (1408 words)

	MERCURY: Taurasi Named Rookie of the Year
		The No. 1 pick of the Mercury in the 2004 WNBA Draft, Taurasi led the Mercury to a 17-17 record in her debut season, averaging 17.0 points per game, fourth best in the league.
		Interrupting her rookie season was a trip to Athens, Greece in August where she joined forces with Team USA in bringing home a third consecutive gold medal.
		Among all rookies, Taurasi ranked first in scoring, first in three-point field-goal percentage, first in free throw percentage, first in minutes, second in rebounding, second in assists, third in field-goal percentage, third in steals and fourth in blocks.
	www.wnba.com /mercury/news/taurasi_roy_040927.html (444 words)

	WNBA Article, WNBA Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Women's National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing aprofessional basketball league for women in the United States.
		Although most WNBA teams play in the same venue as their counterpart NBA teams, they do not garner the same attendance, northe TV ratings.
		The teams and leaguewere collectively owned by the NBA.After the 2002 season the NBA sold the WNBA teams either to their NBA counterparts in thesame city or to a third party.
	www.anoca.org /teams/league/wnba.html (288 words)

	WNBA Basketball - InsideHoops.com
		In three of the last four years, the Monarchs were eliminated in the Western Conference finals by Los Angeles (2001 and 2003) and Seattle (2004).
		The AP reports: It's taken Yolanda Griffith seven years to reach the WNBA Finals, and her debut was a splashy one.
		McWilliams-Franklin, who averaged a career-high 13.9 points and finished fourth in the WNBA with 7.3 rebound per game, participated in the dedication of the Sun Reading and Learning Center and was involved in the Basketball and Books Summer Reading program at her local library in Connecticut.
	www.insidehoops.com /wnba (7143 words)

	Stiles named WNBA rookie of the year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Portland Fire guard Jackie Stiles was chosen the WNBA rookie of the year on Thursday, two days after her team ended the season with a 10-game losing streak.
		Stiles was the No. 4 draft pick last year after she broke the NCAA career scoring record at Southwest Missouri State and led her college team to the Final Four.
		She started every game of the WNBA season, and led the league's rookies in scoring for most of the year, becoming the Fire's first All-Star selection.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/08/16/sports1548EDT0366.DTL&type=printable (278 words)

	latechsports.com
		The two-time Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year ranked second in the WNBA in rebounds (10.4), first in double doubles (15), ninth in field goal percentage (47.4) and 12th in blocked shots (0.97).
		Among rookies, Ford was second in scoring (10.8), first in rebounding, field goal percentage, minutes played (29.9) and blocked shots and second in steals (1.00).
		As the WNBA Rookie of the Year, Ford received a Tiffany-designed trophy and $5,000.
	www.latechsports.com /article.php?article_id=2003_08_31_11:34:53 (282 words)

	Rookies of the Year
		Rookie of the Year - Rookie of the Year The Eddie Gottlieb Trophy; voting by 115-member panel of local and national pro...
		Rookies of the Year - NFL Warrick Dunn, Tampa Bay, RB PFWA, TSN AFC Corey Dillon, Cincinnati, RB NFLPA NFC Warrick Dunn...
		Rookies of the Year - NFL Edgerrin James, Indianapolis, RB TSN Offense Edgerrin James, Indianapolis, RB AP, PFWA Defense...
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0774658.html (385 words)

	Welcome to catchin24.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Drafted by the Indiana Fever in the First Round of the 2001 WNBA Draft (3rd overall), Tamika won the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year award.
		Following the 2002 WNBA season, she helped lead the United States National team to a gold medal in the 2002 FIBA World Basketball Championships for Women, held in China.
		WNBA and WNBA team trademarks, logos, identifications, statistics and game-action photographs, video and audio are the exclusive property of WNBA Enterprises, LLC and may not be used without the prior written consent of WNBA Enterprises, LLC © 2003 WNBA Enterprises, LLC All Rights Reserved.
	www.catchin24.com /about.asp?fan=GUEST94BA0F244ECAD2ABE9947496638&tgid=&service=&code=&rid=&ref=&ad= (673 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation Services/Programs
		Catchings is also the 2002 recipient of the Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) Rookie of the Year Award, after leading her team, the Indiana Fever to its first playoff appearance in franchise history.
		Although she was drafted as the third overall pick by the Fever in 2001, she did not play that season due to a torn anterior ligament in her knee, an injury endured during her senior year at the University of Tennessee.
		In the past, Catchings has received the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Freshman of the Year Award, the 2000 Naismith National Plyare of the Year Award, the ESPY for the 2000 College Player of the Year and various other prestigious national honors.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /partners/girlzone/about/serv/speaker_record.html?record=53 (319 words)

	CATCHINGS NAMED WNBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR :: Catchings has the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award. The MVP trophy might be ...
		The Indiana Fever's 6-foot-1 forward, who had to watch from the sideline last year while she rehabilitated her injured right knee, earned the rookie honor Friday after finishing the season as the league's only player to lead her team in points, rebounds and assists.
		Catchings, the third overall pick in the 2001 WNBA draft out of Tennessee, received 48 of a possible 60 votes from a panel of writers and broadcasters, the league announced.
		Catchings is the daughter of former NBA player Harvey Catchings, who attended the rookie award presentation at Conseco Fieldhouse before the playoff opener against the Liberty.
	utladyvols.collegesports.com /sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/081902aaa.html (620 words)

	WNBA.com: Rookie of the Year Presentation
		I am really thrilled to be here tonight, to recognize the rookies of the WNBA and I'm sure you can understand why, when you understand that, how many months ago, this is Temeka's mom and grandma, Veronica and Jewel, so I'm happy they are here with us tonight.
		Being a rookie president of a league I have a great affinity to this class, and it's a class that will be dear to me for a long time.
		She is a proud graduate of LSU, and Hall of Fame and late Coach Sue Gunter, Pokey Chapman, which is with a great deal of honor that we present the 2005 WNBA Rookie of the Year award to Temeka Johnson.
	www.wnba.com /playoffs2005/2005roy_pc.html (1052 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Holdsclaw finished her third season with the Women’s National Basketball Association’s (WNBA) Washington Mystics team ranked fifth in the WNBA for points per game (16.8) and fourth for rebounds per game (8.8), and was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
		In 1999, after being selected as No. 1 pick in the 1999 WNBA draft by the Mystics, Holdsclaw won the 1999 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award and was voted a starter for the East Team for the inaugural WNBA All-Star Game.
		That same year, she was a Naismith finalist and won the Sullivan Award, making her the first women’s college player to be so honored.
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /partners/girlzonestore_pinsstore_pins/athletes/record.html?record=817 (359 words)

	CNNSI.com - WNBA Basketball - Miami acquires Reid from Charlotte - Wednesday November 08, 2000 11:11 AM
		In her senior year at Central, she was a high school All-America selection by USA Today and Parade Magazine, named Miss Florida Basketball and National Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus, Ohio.
		In 1998, Reid was drafted as the fifth pick in the first round of the WNBA draft by the Charlotte Sting.
		That year, Reid garnered the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award averaging 13.8 points, 1.33 steals and 5.2 rebounds per game.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /basketball/wnba/news/2000/11/08/sol_sting (488 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Sports
		UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Yolanda Griffith made the most of her first appearance in the WNBA Finals, scoring 25 points Wednesday night as the Sacramento Monarchs beat the Connecticut Sun 69-65 to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
		"This is my first time in the Finals and it might not happen next year so I've got to give it all I got," she said.
		WNBA ROOKIE HONORS: Temeka Johnson of the Washington Mystics easily won the WNBA's Rookie of the Year award.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/sports/article/0,1299,DRMN_2_4082320,00.html (246 words)

	USATODAY.com - Catchings catches Rookie of the Year honors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Catchings, the third overall pick in the 2001 WNBA draft out of Tennessee, received 48 of a possible 60 votes from a national panel of sports writers and broadcasters, the league announced.
		Sue Bird of Seattle was second in the rookie voting with eight, followed by Swin Cash of Detroit with three votes and Nikki Teasley of Los Angeles with one.
		Catchings is the daughter of former NBA player Harvey Catchings, who attended the rookie award presentation at Conseco Fieldhouse before Friday's playoff opener against the New York Liberty.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/wnba/fever/2002-08-17-catchings-roy_x.htm (585 words)

	Minnesota's Lennox wins rookie of the year honor - 8/13/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MINNEAPOLIS -- Betty Lennox wasn't modest about her intentions when the Minnesota Lynx selected her with the sixth pick of the WNBA draft.
		But she was bashful Friday, when she overwhelmingly fulfilled her draft-day pledge to win the 2000 WNBA Rookie of the Year award.
		WNBA player personnel director Renee Brown said the award serves as a crystal ball of sorts.
	www.detnews.com /2000/shock/0008/13/sports-104156.htm (319 words)

	MERCURY: One-on-One with Diana Taurasi
		Mercury guard Diana Taurasi was presented with the 2004 WNBA Rookie-of-the-Year Award in New York on Monday.
		Rookie of the Year, especially in the WNBA where there are so many good players, it means a lot, it really does.
		So, for next year we know when we’re in that position, when it comes down to the last five or six games, we’ll handle it a little different.
	www.wnba.com /mercury/news/taurasiqa_040927.html (883 words)

	ipedia.com: Women's National Basketball Association Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Women's National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States.
		Although most WNBA teams play in the same venue as their counterpart NBA teams, they do not garner the same attendance, nor the TV ratings.
		After the 2002 season the NBA sold the WNBA teams either to their NBA counterparts in the same city or to a third party.
	www.ipedia.com /women_s_national_basketball_association.html (269 words)

	ESPN.com - NBA - Believe the hype: LeBron wins ROY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LeBron James is all smiles after becoming the youngest Rookie of the Year.
		Hey, saving the Cleveland Cavaliers is hard work, and the 19-year-old James put the final touch on a remarkable season by becoming the rookie award's youngest recipient.
		In any other year, Anthony probably would have won the award for statistics similar to James' and helping the Nuggets go from 17 victories to the playoffs.
	sports.espn.go.com /nba/news/story?id=1786166 (939 words)

	The Golf Channel - Annika Named AP Female Athlete of the Year - December 28, 2004
		Small wonder then, that what was an average year for Annika Sorenstam was more than good enough to earn her recognition as The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the second year running.
		She also stayed comfortably atop the world rankings, locked up a fourth consecutive LPGA money title -- her seventh in the last 10 years -- tied her own scoring average record at 68.7 and led the tour in top-10 finishes, rounds under par and greens in regulation.
		Those same emotions mixed once again coming down the stretch of this year's ADT Championship, where Sorenstam missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation to win the tournament outright, then had to cobble together a bogey on the first extra hole for the victory.
	www.thegolfchannel.com /15100/15142 (963 words)

	The Seattle Times: Sports: Notebook: Gonzaga product Bay wins award
		NEW YORK — Former Gonzaga standout Jason Bay became the first Pittsburgh Pirate to win the National League Rookie of the Year award.
		Bay, also the first Canadian to win the rookie award, got 25 of 32 first-place votes and 146 points yesterday from the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
		He was married Saturday in Seattle and was with his wife, Kristen, when he was informed of the award.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002085581_base09.html (542 words)

	Rookie of the Year (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Alternate meaning: Rookie of the Year (movie) The Rookie of the Year award is traditionally given to first-time professional athletes who have demonstrated superb athleticism in their sport.
		The honor is awarded to members of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and the National Football League.
		Until 1996, the NFL awarded National Football Conference and American Football Conference Rookie of the Year awards.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Sports-trophies-and-awards/Rookie-of-the-Year.html (87 words)

	Womens National Basketball Association - CBS SportsLine.com
		UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Temeka Johnson of the Washington Mystics easily won the WNBA's rookie of the year award on Wednesday, and headlined the league's first all-rookie team.
		She is the second Washington player to win the award, joining former Mystics forward Chamique Holdsclaw (1999);.
		Johnson credited former LSU coach Sue Gunter, who died in August and was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Friday, for helping boost her confidence.
	cbs.sportsline.com /wnba/story/8845945 (406 words)

	Full Court Press: NCAA
		The four-time Kodak All-American will be adding the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award to her already impressive hardware.
		At least in the WNBA, there will be plenty of television exposure for Thomas, something that was sadly lacking during her collegiate career.
		While she wasn't the Pac-10 Player of the Year this year, she is a threat from anywhere on the court, whether the ball is in her hands or not.
	www.fullcourt.com /ncaa03/fcpaa03c.html (1883 words)

	Fever forward named WNBA rookie of the year - 08/17/02
		Tamika Catchings, who received 48 of a possible 60 votes for the rookie of the year award, led all WNBA rookies in scoring and rebounding.
		Sue Bird of Seattle was second with eight, followed by Swin Cash of Detroit with three votes and Nikki Teasley of Los Angeles with one.
		This is my rookie season, and so I'm satisfied with rookie of the year, I'm satisfied with being in the playoffs and the opportunity to compete until Labor Day."
	www.detnews.com /2002/shock/0208/25/sports-564465.htm (589 words)

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