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[...]... team, leading the team in scoring and tallying 26 points in the bronze medal game Porter also had eight years of professional experience to her credit Rachael Sporn arrived in Detroit already a Hall of Famer, having been inducted into Australia’s Sporting Hall of Fame in 1996 She was also a member of both the 1996 Olympic team and the 1998 world championship squad From Bulgaria via Florida came Gergana... and women’s college sports gained in popularity and profitability All of a sudden, women’s sports looked more attractive to the NCAA In addition, the NCAA was able to offer levels of financial support and political power that the AIAW was not And so, by the early 1980s the exodus of women’s programs from the AIAW to the NCAA was swift A group of AIAW members brought suit against the NCAA, but it was... This league included six teams, of which only three ever actually played any games In less than a month, the LPBA was history Bill Byrne, who founded the WBL, was apparently ready to try again by 1984 A six team Women’s American Basketball Association was organized Many great players were on its teams, including Lieberman, Bolin, and Pam and Paula McGee Once again, financial difficulties surfaced and... Jennifer Azzi and Val Whiting Azzi, a guard, won national collegiate Player of the Year honors in 1990 and was twice named All America She competed in the Olympics and other international tournaments and established a chain of adult fitness camps Whiting set many records at Stanford as part of teams that posted a 114-16 record Detroit’s third round pick was Dominique Canty from the University of Alabama Canty... home against Sacramento The Monarchs came into the game already having played their regular season opener It was a closely contested game, with Detroit hanging tough for a 77-74 win Elena Tournikidou led the Shock in scoring with 18, Astou Ndiaye-Diatta was the top rebounder, and Dominique Canty had the most assists It was a fine way to start the season, in fact it was the first time that the Shock had... Gergana Branzova, all six foot four of her She played for the national team in her native land, then at the American collegiate level for Florida International University While at FIU she compiled impressive scoring and shooting numbers and was named a second team All American Standing four inches taller than Branzova was Razija Mujanovic of Bosnia Her resume included eleven seasons of pro basketball in. .. of Cincinnati was chosen in round two, forward Chavonne Hammond of Vanderbilt in the third, and guard Cal Bouchard from Boston College in the fourth Coach Lieberman-Cline noted that the team was looking to emphasize defense, and was able to do this in the draft In addition to the draft picks, a number of free agents also had an opportunity to make the team Of these, Anna DeForge, Elena Tornikidou, and... winning percentage was certainly impressive especially for an expansion team Contrast that with, for example, the 1962 New York Mets of Major League Baseball or the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who failed to win even one game in their inaugural National Football League season! Or, for that matter, compare the Shock to the Washington Mystics, the other 1998 WNBA expansion team who finished 3-27 Average... season and was acquired by the Shock in the expansion draft She attended Vanderbilt University, playing basketball and earning a degree in nursing Cindy Brown, a 1987 graduate of Long Beach State, brought eleven years of professional experience in the United States and overseas to the table She was an All Star while playing for the Seattle Reign in the ABL Mfon Udoka starred as a collegian at DePaul... the northwest, to face Seattle Palmer tallied 32 points and 12 rebounds and the Shock made it two in a row Their next stop was further down the west coast, in Sacramento Earlier in the season, Detroit set a single game record for scoring by one team Against Sacramento, the Shock and the Monarchs combined for a new single game scoring-by-both-teams record Unfortunately for Detroit, it was Sacramento who . sports gained in popularity and profitability. All of a sudden, women’s sports looked more attractive to the NCAA. In addition, the NCAA was able to offer. American Basketball Association was organized. Many great players were on its teams, including Lieberman, Bolin, and Pam and Paula McGee. Once again, financial