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Buffs in the Pros Tera Bjorklund ’04 2004 Charlotte Sting, WNBA 2006 San Jose, San Diego, NWBL 2005 France Ericka Bradford ‘97 2002 Kansas City, NWBL 2003 Club de Propaganda da Natacao, Portugal 2005 Atomeromu Kosalarbda Sport Club, Hungary 2006 Biandra Basket Club, Romania 2007 Yad Mordekhay Basketball Club, Israel Chelsea Dale ’11 2011 Czech Coal Aldast Strakonice, Czech Republic Virginie Delepine ’02 Tera Bjorklund Isabelle Fijalkowski 2002-09 France Kate Fagan ’04 2004 Mercy Coolock, Ireland 2005 Colorado Chill, NWBL Isabelle Fijalkowski ’95 1997-98 Cleveland Rockers Two-time WNBA League FG Percentage Leader 1995-02 France Britt Hartshorn, ’02 2002 Club Estudiante, Madrid, Spain Veronica Johns-Richardson ’05 2006 Colorado Chill, NWBL Jamillah Lang ’94 1994-95 J.B. Knights, Stockholm, Sweden Jamillah Lang Shelley Sheetz 1996-97 San Jose Lasers, ABL Jackie McFarland ’08 2008 Team Esperides, Athens, Greece Susie Powers ’08 2008 Aguas Buenas Tigresas, Puerto Rico Aija Putnina ’08 2008 CB Olesa Espanyol, Olesa de Montserrat, Spain 2009 USO Mondeville, France 2011 Vici Aistes, Lithuania Kara Richards ’09 2009 Merkur Celje, Slovenia Jenny Roulier ’02 2002 Club Estudiante, Madrid, Spain 2004 Colorado Chill, NWBL Raegan Scott Lisa Van Goor Erin Scholz ’95 2005-06 Colorado Chill, NWBL Professional Drafts WNBA Raegan Scott ‘97 1997 Utah Starzz, WNBA 1998 Cleveland Rockers, WNBA Year Player Team Round Pick (Overall) 1997 Isabelle Fijalkowski Cleveland Elite# 2 (2) Sabrina Scott ’03 1997 Raegan Scott Cleveland 3rd 5 (21) 2003-05 Pool Comense, Italy 2006 ESSA Barreiro, Portugal 2002 Mandy Nightingale Portland 3rd 5 (37) 2006-07 AZS Jelenia Gora Poland 2007 Zeljeznicar B.C., Bosnia 2011 Brittany Spears Phoenix 2nd 7 (19) 2009 BC Wolfenbuttel, Germany 2008-09, 2010 Lulea Basket, Sweden 2011 DMBC Dunkerque, France ABL 1996 Shelley Sheetz Colorado 5th N/A Shelley Sheetz ’95 1996 Jamillah Lang San Jose 9th N/A ABL 1996-97 Colorado Xplosion 1997-98 Portland Power 1997 Erin Scholz Portland 4th 2 (27) 1997 Jamillah Lang* San Jose 5th 6 (51) Brittany Spears ‘11 1998 Shelley Sheetz* Portland 3rd 1 (21) 2011 Soller Bon Dia, Mollorca, Spain #-The WNBA Elite Draft, held in Feb. 1997 prior to the inaugural Lisa Van Goor ‘85 season, was for players who had competed professionally in other 1985-90 Canary Islands 1990-91 Italy 1991-92 France leagues, mostly international. Randie Wirt ’04 *-Left unprotected by previous team. 2004 Finland 187.

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