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Guard · 5′9″ 155 lb · Born 1980-10-16 in Syosset, NY · High school: Syosset · College: UConn 1998-99 to 2001-02 · 2002 WNBA draft, round 1, pick 1 by Seattle Storm

Seasons

25 (4 College · 21 WNBA)

Teams

2 (1 College · 1 WNBA)

Championships

WNBA 2004, WNBA 2010, WNBA 2018, WNBA 2020

WNBA playoff seasons

Awards and honours

Hall of Fame, class of 2025 (player)
Hall of Fame, class of 2025 (player)
WNBA All-WNBA Team (first team) ×5: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016
WNBA All-WNBA Team (second team) ×3: 2008, 2010, 2011
WNBA All-Star Game selection ×14: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
NCAA Naismith College Player of the Year: 2001-02
NCAA Wade Trophy: 2001-02
NCAA AP Player of the Year: 2001-02

NCAA College career game logs →

2 × 20 min, 30-second clock, arc 19 ft 9 in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Per-game averages as published: these seasons have no box scores here, so no season totals.

Season	Team	G	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
1998-99	UConn	8	5.1	2.0	3.1	1.5	0.1	.390	.316	.750
1999-00	UConn	37	10.9	2.5	4.3	1.9	0.0	.502	.497	.898
2000-01	UConn	34	10.9	2.6	5.0	1.9	0.1	.443	.432	.778
2001-02	UConn	39	14.4	3.4	5.9	2.5	0.2	.505	.466	.942

WNBA WNBA career game logs →

4 × 10 min, 24-second clock, arc 22 ft 1¾ in. Per-game and shooting figures are this league's alone.

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2002	Storm	32	3	35.0	461	14.4	2.6	6.0	1.7	0.1	3.4	.403	.401	.911	.538
2003	Storm	34	28	33.5	420	12.4	3.3	6.5	1.4	0.0	3.2	.421	.350	.884	.524
2004	Storm	34	31	33.4	439	12.9	3.1	5.4	1.5	0.1	2.6	.463	.438	.859	.599
2005	Storm	34	29	30.0	364	10.7	2.1	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.6	.442	.437	.855	.557
2006	Storm	34	33	31.3	389	11.4	3.0	4.8	1.8	0.1	2.6	.411	.366	.868	.532
2007	Storm	34	29	27.1	303	8.9	1.7	4.2	1.3	0.2	2.0	.428	.338	.846	.525
2008	Storm	34	33	32.6	465	13.7	2.5	5.0	1.1	0.1	2.6	.441	.343	.871	.540
2009	Storm	34	30	32.4	397	11.7	2.3	5.3	1.4	0.1	2.4	.408	.360	.854	.501
2010	Storm	34	32	29.6	365	10.7	2.6	5.6	1.5	0.1	1.8	.434	.399	.857	.551
2011	Storm	34	34	33.0	500	14.7	2.9	4.9	1.4	0.2	2.4	.449	.428	.875	.565
2012	Storm	31	29	28.9	355	11.5	2.7	5.0	0.8	0.1	2.1	.459	.384	.783	.569
2014	Storm	33	33	29.2	351	10.6	2.2	4.0	0.8	0.0	2.3	.386	.345	.831	.481
2015	Storm	27	27	28.7	278	10.3	2.3	5.4	0.9	0.1	2.4	.384	.301	.796	.460
2016	Storm	34	33	31.6	436	12.8	2.9	5.8	1.0	0.2	2.5	.449	.444	.786	.570
2017	Storm	30	30	30.0	317	10.6	2.0	6.6	1.2	0.1	2.1	.427	.393	.774	.549
2018	Storm	31	31	26.6	314	10.1	1.7	7.1	1.1	0.1	1.9	.466	.448	.828	.602
2020	Storm	11	11	23.5	108	9.8	1.7	5.2	0.6	0.2	1.6	.494	.469	.750	.636
2021	Storm	30	30	27.7	299	10.0	2.6	5.3	0.9	0.1	1.6	.431	.419	.833	.581
2022	Storm	31	31	26.4	242	7.8	1.9	6.0	1.2	0.1	1.9	.403	.389	1.000	.554
Total	19 seasons	596	537	30.3	6,803	11.4	2.5	5.4	1.2	0.1	2.3	.429	.392	.853	.544

On the roster (no figures on file): Storm 2013, Storm 2019

Playoffs

Season	Team	G	GS	MPG	PTS	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	FG%	3P%	FT%	TS%
2002	Storm	2		36.5	28	14.0	0.0	6.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	.409	.273	1.000	.553
2004	Storm	8	8	29.1	68	8.5	3.2	5.2	1.5	0.0	2.0	.377	.300	.762	.479
2005	Storm	3	3	34.3	27	9.0	1.7	4.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	.273	.133	.875	.367
2006	Storm	3	3	35.0	38	12.7	2.7	3.3	0.3	0.7	2.3	.361	.333	.625	.477
2007	Storm	2	2	35.5	33	16.5	2.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	.458	.583	1.000	.637
2008	Storm	3	3	37.0	59	19.7	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.0	2.0	.460	.294	1.000	.548
2009	Storm	3	3	36.3	34	11.3	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.0	2.3	.333	.417	.875	.462
2010	Storm	7	7	37.1	85	12.1	4.1	7.7	1.7	0.4	2.0	.386	.333	.769	.477
2011	Storm	3	3	33.7	47	15.7	4.0	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.7	.444	.500	.857	.598
2012	Storm	3	3	35.3	49	16.3	1.7	7.0	1.7	0.7	3.3	.439	.500	.833	.559
2016	Storm	1	1	34.0	12	12.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	.357	.333		.429
2017	Storm	1	1	31.0	10	10.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	.444	.333	1.000	.528
2018	Storm	8	8	28.5	80	10.0	2.8	6.9	0.8	0.2	1.4	.387	.364	.750	.508
2020	Storm	6	6	26.5	57	9.5	2.0	9.2	0.7	0.3	2.3	.392	.316	1.000	.534
2021	Storm	1	1	37.0	16	16.0	3.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	.417	.500	1.000	.618
2022	Storm	6	6	35.7	61	10.2	2.2	7.7	0.8	0.2	1.0	.431	.433	1.000	.577
Total	16 seasons	60	58	32.9	704	11.7	2.7	6.1	1.2	0.2	1.9	.396	.365	.845	.515

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Awards and honours

NCAA College career game logs →

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