The 1997 WNBA draft was the 1st draft held by the WNBA through which teams could select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's...
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and professional women's basketball players. The first WNBA draft was held in 1997. The WNBA "requires players to be at least 22, to have completed their...
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The 1997 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's inaugural season. It started off with 8 franchises: Charlotte Sting, Cleveland...
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New York Liberty (redirect from New York WNBA)
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was founded in 1997 and is one of the eight original franchises...
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WNBA draft On January 27, 1998, a total of 4 players were assigned to two teams in no particular order. On February 18, 1998, a WNBA expansion draft took...
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Utah Starzz (redirect from Utah Starzz (WNBA))
Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Salt Lake City. They began play in the 1997 WNBA season as one of the league's eight original...
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Las Vegas Aces (redirect from Las Vegas Stars (WNBA))
distinction of having the worst record in the WNBA in 1997 and were the first team to select in the 1998 WNBA draft. With their selection, they picked 7 ft...
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The 1997 WNBA season was the first season for the Houston Comets. The Comets won the inaugural WNBA Finals. ‡Waived/Released during the season †Traded...
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Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the WNBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had...
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Women's National Basketball Association (redirect from WNBA)
WNBA career scoring leaders List of WNBA first overall draft choices List of WNBA head coaches List of WNBA players List of WNBA seasons List of WNBA...
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Sabrina Ionescu (category First overall WNBA draft picks)
2020 WNBA draft. She has been selected to three consecutive WNBA All-Star games and has thrice made the All-WNBA Team. In 2023, Ionescu set the WNBA single-season...
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The 1997 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 1997 season which ended with the Houston Comets beating the...
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pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft; played five seasons with the Houston Comets where she won four straight WNBA Titles Merlakia Jones – Drafted with the 13th...
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picked in the 1997 WNBA elite draft. After this draft, the normal collegiate draft took place. "WNBA, list". Idaho Spokesman-Review. March 1, 1997. pp. C4....
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Elena Baranova (category WNBA All-Stars)
Starzz on 22 January 1997 during the initial player allocation of the 1997 WNBA draft. Her debut game was played on 21 June 1997 in a 61 - 73 loss to...
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Golden State Valkyries (redirect from Golden State WNBA team)
Association (WNBA), which started in 1997, previously had a team in northern California in the Sacramento Monarchs, which played from 1997 until folding...
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Toni Foster (category Phoenix Mercury draft picks)
American former professional basketball player in the WNBA. She was the eighth pick in the 1997 WNBA draft, being selected by the Phoenix Mercury. Foster played...
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The 1997 WNBA Championship was the championship game of the 1997 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Houston Comets, top-seeded...
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Tajama Abraham Ngongba (section WNBA)
Washington University and was the 31st draft pick in the 1997 WNBA draft. She played for Sacramento Monarchs in 1997 and Detroit Shock in 1998. Abraham took...
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Phoenix Mercury (category Basketball teams established in 1997)
Association (WNBA). One of eight original franchises, it was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began. The Mercury have qualified for the WNBA Playoffs...
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"1999 WNBA Draft - WNBA". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2024-05-27. "1997 WNBA Draft - WNBA". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2024-05-27. "1998 WNBA Draft - WNBA". www...
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Houston Comets (category Basketball teams established in 1997)
National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Houston. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships...
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Sophia Witherspoon (category New York Liberty draft picks)
Association (WNBA). Witherspoon played college basketball for the University of Florida, and was selected in the second round of the 1997 WNBA draft. She played...
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Arike Ogunbowale (category WNBA All-Stars)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, before being drafted by the Wings with the fifth overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft. She was the Most Outstanding Player of...
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Jackie Young (category First overall WNBA draft picks)
1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted first...
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Tina Thompson (category WNBA All-Stars)
first college draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four consecutive WNBA Championships...
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Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft. Of these selections, 27 were in the first round of the draft; five players—Sue Bird in 2002, Diana...
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Kysre Gondrezick (category Indiana Fever draft picks)
27, 1997) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She...
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Stephanie White (section WNBA career statistics)
five-year WNBA career with the Charlotte Sting in 1999 under her married name, Stephanie White-McCarty. She was acquired a year later in an expansion draft by...
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Lady Grooms (section WNBA career)
player allocation of the 1997 WNBA draft by the Utah Starzz on January 22, 1997. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997, in a 61–73 loss to the Sacramento...
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