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32 Selections
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32 Selections Table
Per Game
Advanced
Pk
Team
Player
Former
College
Yrs
G
MP
PTS
TRB
AST
WS
WS/40
1
Houston Comets
Tina Thompson
USC
17
496
32.4
15.1
6.2
1.6
60.7
.151
2
Sacramento Monarchs
Pamela McGee
USC
2
57
22.1
8.6
4.6
0.6
2.0
.064
3
Los Angeles Sparks
Jamila Wideman
Stanford
4
84
16.6
2.2
1.4
2.5
-1.3
-.037
4
Cleveland Rockers
Eva Nemcova
Bourges (France)
5
111
30.6
11.7
3.5
1.9
10.4
.122
5
Utah Starzz
Tammi Reiss
Virginia
2
50
26.2
7.2
2.3
2.7
-0.1
-.002
6
New York Liberty
Sue Wicks
Rutgers University
6
182
18.8
4.5
4.3
1.0
7.2
.084
7
Charlotte Sting
Tora Suber
Virginia
3
83
15.3
4.0
1.3
1.8
1.4
.046
8
Phoenix Mercury
Toni Foster
Iowa
3
54
18.4
6.5
3.9
0.9
4.9
.195
Round 2
Per Game
Advanced
Pk
Team
Player
Former
College
Yrs
G
MP
PTS
TRB
AST
WS
WS/40
9
Phoenix Mercury
Tia Jackson
Iowa
1
26
12.3
2.8
2.2
1.0
0.5
.063
10
Charlotte Sting
Sharon Manning
NC State
4
114
17.0
4.7
4.2
0.7
5.2
.108
11
New York Liberty
Sophia Witherspoon
Florida
7
207
23.5
10.7
2.2
1.5
13.9
.115
12
Utah Starzz
Jessie Hicks
Maryland
6
169
11.7
4.2
2.1
0.5
2.2
.044
13
Cleveland Rockers
Merlakia Jones
Florida
8
251
25.3
9.4
3.7
1.4
14.3
.090
14
Los Angeles Sparks
Tamecka Dixon
Kansas
13
360
26.3
9.7
2.9
2.7
22.5
.095
15
Sacramento Monarchs
Denique Graves
Howard University
1
22
3.9
0.7
0.7
0.0
-0.6
-.287
16
Houston Comets
Tammy Jackson
Florida
6
143
13.6
2.8
2.8
0.4
4.4
.090
Round 3
Per Game
Advanced
Pk
Team
Player
Former
College
Yrs
G
MP
PTS
TRB
AST
WS
WS/40
17
Houston Comets
Racquel Spurlock
Louisiana Tech
0
18
Sacramento Monarchs
Chantel Tremitiere
Auburn
4
101
22.5
4.3
2.2
3.1
-0.8
-.014
19
Los Angeles Sparks
Katrina Colleton
Maryland
4
104
21.0
4.9
1.7
1.4
0.7
.013
20
Cleveland Rockers
Tina Nicholson
Penn State
1
24
11.4
2.0
0.4
1.8
0.1
.010
21
Utah Starzz
Raegan Pebley
Colorado
2
30
7.0
1.7
1.2
0.3
0.3
.053
22
New York Liberty
Trena Trice
NC State
2
38
11.0
4.1
2.3
0.1
1.0
.098
23
Charlotte Sting
Debra Williams
Louisiana Tech
1
10
11.6
2.7
1.3
0.9
-0.2
-.062
24
Phoenix Mercury
Umeki Webb
NC State
3
71
25.6
4.8
3.5
2.5
3.9
.086
Round 4
Per Game
Advanced
Pk
Team
Player
Former
College
Yrs
G
MP
PTS
TRB
AST
WS
WS/40
25
Phoenix Mercury
Monique Ambers
Arizona State
2
21
4.2
0.7
1.0
0.2
0.1
.035
26
Charlotte Sting
Andrea Congreaves
Mercer University
3
84
21.9
6.0
3.6
1.3
6.5
.142
27
New York Liberty
Kisha Ford
Georgia Tech
5
124
14.6
3.5
1.8
0.7
3.2
.070
28
Utah Starzz
Kim Williams
DePaul
2
58
19.8
7.8
2.4
1.8
0.3
.010
29
Cleveland Rockers
Anita Maxwell
New Mexico State
1
9
7.0
2.1
1.3
0.9
-0.1
-.036
30
Los Angeles Sparks
Travesa Gant
Lamar
1
2
6.5
0.0
1.5
0.0
-0.1
-.247
31
Sacramento Monarchs
Tajama Abraham
George Washington
2
40
11.7
3.5
1.9
0.3
-0.8
-.070
32
Houston Comets
Catarina Pollini
Texas
1
13
7.2
1.7
0.9
0.4
0.0
.005
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