Nell Fortner

Indiana Fever Franchise   (August 17, 1999 - September 26, 2003)

• August 17, 1999

  Hired Nell Fortner as Head Coach.

• October 20, 1999

  Hired Anne Donovan as Interim Head Coach.

• December 15, 1999

  Traded agreement to select Nyree Roberts in expansion draft to the Washington Mystics for Monica Maxwell and a 2000 4th round pick (Latina Davis later selected).

  Traded Sandy Brondello and a 2000 1st round pick (Maylana Martin later selected) to the Miami Sol for Stephanie White.

  Drafted Chantel Tremitiere from the Utah Starzz in the WNBA expansion draft.

  Drafted Rita Williams from the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft.

  Drafted Kara Wolters from the Houston Comets in the WNBA expansion draft.

  Drafted Nyree Roberts from the Washington Mystics in the WNBA expansion draft.

  Drafted Sandy Brondello from the Detroit Shock in the WNBA expansion draft.

  Drafted Gordana Grubin from the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA expansion draft.

• April 25, 2000

  Traded Latina Davis and Renee Robinson to the Houston Comets for Latavia Coleman.

  Drafted Jurgita Streimikyte in the 2nd round (26th pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Usha Gilmore in the 3rd round (42nd pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Latina Davis in the 4th round (50th pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Renee Robinson in the 4th round (58th pick) of the 2000 WNBA Draft.

• June 7, 2000

  Signed Alessandra Santos de Oliveira.

  Waived Beverly Williams.

• April 11, 2001

  Traded Kara Wolters to the Sacramento Monarchs for a 2001 1st round pick (Kelly Schumacher later selected).

• April 20, 2001

  Drafted Tamika Catchings in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Kelly Schumacher in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Niele Ivey in the 2nd round (19th pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Marlena Williams in the 3rd round (35th pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted April Brown in the 4th round (51st pick) of the 2001 WNBA Draft.

• April 26, 2001

  Waived Usha Gilmore.

• April 30, 2001

  Signed Cornelia Gayden.

  Signed Itoro Umoh-Coleman.

  Signed Lesley Brown.

  Signed Nadine Malcolm.

  Signed Sonia Chase.

• May 15, 2001

  Waived April Brown.

  Signed Angie Braziel.

• May 18, 2001

  Waived Lesley Brown.

  Waived Sonia Chase.

• May 27, 2001

  Traded a 2002 2nd round pick (Ayana Walker later selected) to the Detroit Shock for Olympia Scott and a 2002 3rd round pick (Kelly Komara later selected).

  Waived Cornelia Gayden.

  Waived Katryna Gaither.

  Waived Texlin Quinney.

• June 1, 2001

  Waived Itoro Umoh-Coleman.

• July 13, 2001

  Waived Danielle McCulley.

  Signed Vicki Hall.

• December 5, 2001

  Traded Angie Braziel, a 2002 1st round pick (Asjha Jones later selected), and a 2002 3rd round pick (Teresa Geter later selected) to the Washington Mystics for Nikki McCray, a 2002 2nd round pick (Zuzi Klimesova later selected), and a 2002 4th round pick (LaKeisha Taylor later selected).

• March 4, 2002

  Traded Gordana Grubin to the Phoenix Mercury for Bridget Pettis and a 2002 1st round pick (Tawana McDonald later selected).

• April 19, 2002

  Drafted Tawana McDonald in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Zuzi Klimesova in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Kelly Komara in the 3rd round (34th pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted LaKeisha Taylor in the 4th round (49th pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Jillian Danker in the 4th round (52nd pick) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.

• April 24, 2002

  Waived Marlena Williams.

  Waived Vicki Hall.

• May 2, 2002

  Waived Jillian Danker.

  Waived LaKeisha Taylor.

• May 24, 2002

  Waived Itoro Umoh-Coleman.

  Waived Kelly Komara.

• July 22, 2002

  Traded Rita Williams to the Houston Comets for Coquese Washington.

• April 24, 2003

  Drafted Sylvia Crawley from the Portland Fire in the dispersal draft.

• April 25, 2003

  Drafted Gwen Jackson in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted DeTrina White in the 2nd round (20th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

  Drafted Ashley McElhiney in the 3rd round (35th pick) of the 2003 WNBA Draft.

• April 29, 2003

  Waived Tawana McDonald.

• April 30, 2003

  Waived Jackie Moore.

• May 1, 2003

  Traded Sylvia Crawley and Gwen Jackson to the San Antonio Silver Stars for Coretta Brown and Natalie Williams.

• May 5, 2003

  Waived Ashley McElhiney.

  Waived Nadine Malcolm.

  Signed Kelley Gibson as a free agent.

• May 6, 2003

  Waived Kelley Gibson.

• May 14, 2003

  Waived DeTrina White.

• May 15, 2003

  Signed Felicia Ragland.

• May 21, 2003

  Waived Alicia Thompson.

  Waived Monica Maxwell.

• June 2, 2003

  Signed Sonja Henning.

• September 26, 2003

  Nell Fortner resigns as Head Coach.