Carol Blazejowski WNBA Basketball Executive Record

Franchises

New York Liberty: January 7, 1997 to September 20, 2010

Draft Picks, Trades, and Free Agent Signings

In some cases the starting date and/or ending date for an executive could not be found, so conservative estimates are used in their place.
Therefore, transactions from the beginning and/or end of an executive's tenure with a particular franchise may be missing from the register below.

New York Liberty Franchise (January 7, 1997 - September 20, 2010)

January 22, 1997
Drafted Rebecca Lobo in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft.

Drafted Teresa Weatherspoon in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft.
February 27, 1997
Drafted Kym Hampton 4th overall in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft.

Drafted Vickie Johnson 12th overall in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft.
April 19, 1997
Hired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach.
April 28, 1997
Drafted Sue Wicks in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1997 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Sophia Witherspoon in the 2nd round (11th pick) of the 1997 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Trena Trice in the 3rd round (22nd pick) of the 1997 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Kisha Ford in the 4th round (27th pick) of the 1997 WNBA Draft.
August 11, 1997
Waived Jasmina Perazic-Gipe.
February 18, 1998
Lost Rhonda Blades to the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft.
April 29, 1998
Drafted Alicia Thompson in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1998 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Nadine Domond in the 2nd round (19th pick) of the 1998 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Albena Branzova in the 3rd round (29th pick) of the 1998 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Vanessa Nygaard in the 4th round (39th pick) of the 1998 WNBA Draft.
May 18, 1998
Waived Simone Edwards.
June 3, 1998
Waived Cassandra Crumpton-Moorer.
June 8, 1998
Waived Nadine Domond.
July 14, 1998
Waived Albena Branzova.
September 11, 1998
Fired Nancy Darsch as Head Coach.
December 9, 1998
Hired Richie Adubato as Head Coach.
April 6, 1999
Lost Kisha Ford to the Orlando Miracle in the WNBA expansion draft.
May 4, 1999
Drafted Crystal Robinson in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1999 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Michele Van Gorp in the 2nd round (18th pick) of the 1999 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Tamika Whitmore in the 3rd round (30th pick) of the 1999 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Carolyn Young in the 4th round (42nd pick) of the 1999 WNBA Draft.
May 24, 1999
Waived Bridgette Gordon.

Waived Vanessa Nygaard.
June 1, 1999
Signed Venus Lacy.
June 7, 1999
Waived Alicia Thompson.
June 19, 1999
Signed Becky Hammon.
December 15, 1999
Traded Michele Van Gorp to the Portland Fire for expansion draft considerations (for POR selecting Sophia Witherspoon and Coquese Washington in expansion draft).

Lost Coquese Washington to the Portland Fire in the WNBA expansion draft.

Lost Sonja Henning to the Seattle Storm in the WNBA expansion draft.
April 25, 2000
Drafted Olga Firsova in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Desiree Francis in the 2nd round (29th pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Jessica Bibby in the 3rd round (45th pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Natalie Porter in the 4th round (61st pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.
May 2, 2000
Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira as a free agent.

Signed Marina Ferragut as a free agent.

Signed Shea Mahoney as a free agent.
May 15, 2000
Waived Natalie Porter.
May 28, 2000
Traded Carolyn Jones-Young to the Portland Fire for Tari Phillips.

Waived Alessandra Santos de Oliveira.

Waived Desiree Francis.
June 2, 2000
Waived Venus Lacy.
September 18, 2000
Traded a 2001 1st round pick (LaQuanda Barksdale later selected) to the Minnesota Lynx for Grace Daley.
April 17, 2001
Traded a 2001 2nd round pick (Janell Burse later selected) and a 2001 3rd round pick (Elena Karpova later selected) to the Washington Mystics for Andrea Nagy and a 2001 4th round pick (Taru Tuukkanen later selected).
April 20, 2001
Drafted Taru Tuukkanen in the 4th round (57th pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Tara Mitchem in the 4th round (60th pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.
April 30, 2001
Signed Hajdana Radunovic.

Signed Stacey Ford.
May 3, 2001
Signed Katie Cronin.
May 7, 2001
Waived Shea Mahoney.

Waived Taru Tuukkanen.
May 10, 2001
Waived Jessica Bibby.
May 14, 2001
Waived Desiree Francis.

Waived Olga Firsova.
May 16, 2001
Waived Tara Mitchem.
May 25, 2001
Waived Katie Cronin.
May 26, 2001
Waived Marina Ferragut.
June 5, 2001
Traded a 2002 2nd round pick (Gergana Slavtcheva later selected) to the Los Angeles Sparks for Camille Cooper.

Waived Stacey Ford.
July 9, 2001
Signed Mactabene Amachree.
April 3, 2002
Traded Rebecca Lobo to the Houston Comets for a 2002 2nd round pick (Linda Frohlich later selected).
April 18, 2002
Traded a 2002 1st round pick (LaNeishea Caufield later selected) to the Utah Starzz for Korie Hlede.
April 19, 2002
Drafted Linda Frohlich in the 2nd round (26th pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Tracy Gahan in the 3rd round (46th pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Deedee Warley in the 4th round (62nd pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.
April 22, 2002
Traded Andrea Nagy to the Sacramento Monarchs for a 2003 2nd round pick (Erin Thorn later selected).
April 23, 2002
Traded Grace Daley to the Houston Comets for Shondra Johnson and a 2003 2nd round pick (K.B. Sharp later selected).
May 7, 2002
Waived Bethany Donaphin.

Waived Deedee Warley.
May 8, 2002
Waived Shondra Johnson.
May 21, 2002
Waived Mactabene Amachree.

Waived Tracy Gahan.
July 2, 2002
Waived Marina Ferragut.
April 24, 2003
Drafted Elena Baranova from the Miami Sol in the dispersal draft.
April 25, 2003
Drafted Molly Creamer in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Erin Thorn in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Sonja Mallory in the 2nd round (24th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

Drafted K.B. Sharp in the 2nd round (26th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Nicole Kaczmarski in the 3rd round (39th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.
May 5, 2003
Signed Lindsey Yamasaki.
May 10, 2003
Waived Andrea Garner.
May 15, 2003
Waived Bernadette Ngoyisa.
May 21, 2003
Waived Bethany Donaphin.

Waived Camille Cooper.

Waived Maren Walseth.

Waived Molly Creamer.

Waived Sonja Mallory.
August 6, 2003
Signed Bethany Donaphin.
January 6, 2004
Drafted Ann Wauters from the Cleveland Rockers in the dispersal draft.
February 6, 2004
Signed DeTrina White as a free agent.
February 10, 2004
Signed Ann Wauters.
March 22, 2004
Signed Katie Cronin as a free agent.
April 17, 2004
Drafted Shameka Christon in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Amisha Carter in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Cathy Joens in the 3rd round (30th pick) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.
April 21, 2004
Signed Natasha Pointer as a free agent.
May 15, 2004
Waived Katie Cronin.
May 18, 2004
Waived Lindsey Yamasaki.
May 19, 2004
Waived Amisha Carter.

Waived Cathy Joens.

Waived Natasha Pointer.
July 3, 2004
Fired Richie Adubato as Head Coach.

Hired Pat Coyle as Interim Head Coach.
July 9, 2004
Signed La'Keshia Frett.
July 10, 2004
Signed Linda Frohlich.
February 28, 2005
Signed Kelley Gibson as a free agent.
March 7, 2005
Signed Vickie Johnson.
March 18, 2005
Signed La'Keshia Frett.
March 29, 2005
Signed Monique Coker.
April 4, 2005
Signed Edwige Lawson-Wade.
April 11, 2005
Signed Amisha Carter.
April 16, 2005
Drafted Loree Moore in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Tabitha Pool in the 2nd round (23rd pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Rebecca Richman in the 3rd round (36th pick) of the 2005 WNBA Draft.
April 29, 2005
Waived Stacy Stephens.
May 3, 2005
Waived Kelley Gibson.
May 11, 2005
Waived Rebecca Richman.
May 16, 2005
Waived Tabitha Pool.
May 18, 2005
Waived Bethany Donaphin.
May 19, 2005
Waived K.B. Sharp.

Waived Monique Coker.
May 30, 2005
Waived Edwige Lawson-Wade.
May 31, 2005
Signed Tamara Moore.
July 1, 2005
Waived Tamara Moore.

Signed Cathrine Kraayeveld.
November 16, 2005
Lost DeTrina White to the Chicago Sky in the WNBA expansion draft.
February 7, 2006
Signed Ashley Battle to a training camp contract.
February 14, 2006
Signed Iciss Tillis.

Signed Svetlana Volnaya.
February 21, 2006
Signed Emilie Gomis.
February 24, 2006
Traded a 2006 1st round pick (La'Tangela Atkinson later selected) to the Indiana Fever for Kelly Schumacher and a 2006 1st round pick (Sherill Baker later selected).
February 27, 2006
Signed Barbara Farris.

Signed Kiesha Brown.
March 27, 2006
Signed Edwina Brown.
March 30, 2006
Signed Ashley Earley.
April 5, 2006
Drafted Sherill Baker in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 2006 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Brooke Queenan in the 2nd round (23rd pick) of the 2006 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Christelle N'Garsanet in the 3rd round (37th pick) of the 2006 WNBA Draft.
April 8, 2006
Signed Becky Hammon.
May 1, 2006
Waived Lindsay Bowen.
May 9, 2006
Waived Edwina Brown.
May 10, 2006
Waived Brooke Queenan.
July 1, 2006
Signed Ambrosia Anderson.
January 8, 2007
Drafted Janel McCarville from the Charlotte Sting in the dispersal draft.
April 2, 2007
Traded Kelly Schumacher to the Phoenix Mercury for a 2008 2nd round pick (Wanisha Smith later selected).
April 4, 2007
Traded Becky Hammon and a 2008 2nd round pick (Chioma Nnamaka later selected) to the San Antonio Silver Stars for Jessica Davenport and a 2008 1st round pick (Erlana Larkins later selected).

Drafted Tiffany Jackson-Jones in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Shay Doron in the 2nd round (16th pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Martina Weber in the 3rd round (29th pick) of the 2007 WNBA Draft.
April 16, 2007
Signed Angelina Williams.
April 20, 2007
Waived Kiesha Brown.
April 26, 2007
Waived Christelle N'Garsanet.
April 27, 2007
Waived Ambrosia Anderson.
April 30, 2007
Waived Angelina Williams.
June 20, 2007
Traded Sherill Baker to the Los Angeles Sparks for Lisa Willis.
February 6, 2008
Lost Ann Wauters to the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA expansion draft.
March 4, 2008
Signed Lindsay Bowen to a training camp contract.
March 11, 2008
Signed Megan Duffy to a training camp contract.
March 12, 2008
Signed Janel McCarville to a contract extension.
March 18, 2008
Signed Loree Moore to a contract extension.
April 2, 2008
Signed Tiffani Johnson to a training camp contract.
April 9, 2008
Drafted Essence Carson in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Erlana Larkins in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Wanisha Smith in the 2nd round (27th pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Alberta Auguste in the 3rd round (35th pick) of the 2008 WNBA Draft.
May 5, 2008
Waived Wanisha Smith.
May 7, 2008
Traded a 2009 3rd round pick (Jessica Adair later selected) to the Phoenix Mercury for Leilani Mitchell.
May 9, 2008
Waived Shay Doron.
May 14, 2008
Waived Lindsay Bowen.

Waived Tiffani Johnson.
May 16, 2008
Waived Martina Weber.
April 9, 2009
Drafted Kia Vaughn in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Abby Waner in the 2nd round (21st pick) of the 2009 WNBA Draft.
May 5, 2009
Traded a 2010 1st round pick (Tina Charles later selected) to the Los Angeles Sparks for Sidney Spencer.
June 4, 2009
Waived Jessica Davenport.

Waived Lisa Willis.
July 31, 2009
Fired Pat Coyle as Head Coach.

Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head Coach.
December 14, 2009
Drafted Nicole Powell from the Sacramento Monarchs in the dispersal draft.
March 30, 2010
In a 3-team trade, the New York Liberty traded Shameka Christon and Cathrine Kraayeveld to the Chicago Sky; the Phoenix Mercury traded Cappie Pondexter and Kelly Mazzante to the New York Liberty; the Chicago Sky traded a 2010 2nd round pick (Ashley Houts later selected) to the New York Liberty.
March 31, 2010
Anne Donovan resigns as Head Coach.
April 8, 2010
Waived Kelly Mazzante.

Drafted Kalana Greene in the 2nd round (13th pick) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Ashley Houts in the 2nd round (16th pick) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.

Drafted Cory Montgomery in the 3rd round (25th pick) of the 2010 WNBA Draft.
April 20, 2010
Released Ashley Battle.
April 22, 2010
Signed Taj McWilliams-Franklin as a free agent.
April 23, 2010
Signed Katie Mattera to a training camp contract.

Signed Tamara James to a training camp contract.
May 4, 2010
Waived Katie Mattera.
May 6, 2010
Waived Loree Moore.
May 9, 2010
Waived Tamara James.
May 12, 2010
Traded Ashley Houts to the Washington Mystics for Nikki Blue.

Signed Erica White to a training camp contract.
May 13, 2010
Waived Erica White.

Waived Erlana Larkins.
June 13, 2010
Traded Tiffany Jackson-Jones to the Tulsa Shock for Plenette Pierson.

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