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BULLDOGS IN THE PROS OVER SEAS ALL-TIME WNBA ROSTER Anne Marie ATLANTA DREAM MINNESOTA LYNX Armstrong Brazil, Israel Coco Miller 2009-11 Teresa Edwards 2003-04 Angie Ball France, Italy Kelly Miller 2010 Kiesha Brown 2007 Sherill Baker Israel, Italy, Anne Marie Armstrong 2013 Kelly Miller 2009 Greece Tasha Humphrey 2009 Shacobia Barbee Spain CHARLOTTE STING Kara Braxton Italy, Poland Angie Ball 2001 NEW YORK LIBERTY Kiesha Brown Czech Rep., *Kelly Miller 2001-03 Stacey Ford 2001 France, Israel, La’Keshia Frett 2004 La’Keshia Frett 2004-05 Russia, Spain, Kiesha Brown 2006 Turkey CHICAGO SKY *Sherill Baker 2006 Barbara Bootz Japan Christi Thomas 2010 Kara Braxton 2011-14 Cori Chambers Israel, Russia, Kelly Miller 2012 Switzerland CLEVELAND ROCKERS Cynthia Collins Venezuela Tracy Henderson 1999-03 PHOENIX MERCURY Megan Darrah Spain Kelly Miller 2006-08 Teresa Edwards France, Italy, CONNECTICUT SUN Kara Braxton 2010-11 Japan, Russia, Cori Chambers 2007 Jasmine James 2013 Spain Kiesha Brown 2009 Angel Robinson 2017 Stacey Ford France, Italy, Japan, Spain DETROIT/TULSA SAN ANTONIO SILVER STARS La’Keshia Frett Hungary, Israel, SHOCK Porsha Phillips 2 011 Korea, Spain *Deanna Nolan 2001-09 Carla Green Spain Kedra Holland-Corn 2003, 2006 SACRAMENTO MONARCHS Lady Grooms Israel, Italy, *Kara Braxton 2005-10 Lady Grooms 1998-2004 Turkey *Tasha Humphrey 2008 Kedra Holland-Corn 1999-02 Jasmine Hassell France, Israel, Sherill Baker 2009 La’Keshia Frett 2001-03 Spain Kiesha Brown 2010 Stacey Ford 2002 Janet Harris Italy, Japan, Spain HOUSTON COMETS SEATTLE STORM Merritt Hempe Germany, Russia Kedra Holland-Corn 2004 Jasmine Hassell 2013 K. Holland-Corn France, Hungary, Kiesha Brown 2005 Angel Robinson 2014 Italy, Spain Ashley Houts Israel, France INDIANA FEVER UTAH STARZZ Tasha Humphrey Italy, Israel, *Tawana McDonald 2002 Lady Grooms 1997 Turkey Kelly Miller 2004-05 Deborah Carter 1997 Jasmine James Brazil Sherill Baker 2008 Vera Jardim Portugal Jasmine Hassell 2013-14 WASHINGTON MYSTICS Tammye Jenkins Greece, Japan, Deborah Carter 1998 Spain L.A. SPARKS Adrienne Shuler 1998 Alexis Kendrick Serbia La’Keshia Frett 1999-2000 *Coco Miller 2001-08 Katrina McClain Italy, Japan, *Christi Thomas 2004-08 Kiesha Brown 2002-05 Spain, Turkey Sherill Baker 2007 Tasha Humphrey 2008 Coco Miller China, France, Kiesha Brown 2007-08 Ashley Houts 2010 Russia, Turkey Coco Miller 2012 Kelly Miller 2 011 Kelly Miller China, France, * First-round draft pick by franchise. Russia, Turkey Deanna Nolan Czech. Rep, Israel, Italy, Poland, Spain, Deanna “Tweety” Nolan won Russia three WNBA Championships with Lisa O’Connor Japan the Detroit Shock and was MVP Porsha Phillips Israel of the 2006 Finals. Pachis Roberts Greece Angel Robinson France, Portugal, Spain Dorothy Sanders Spain Christi Thomas China, Israel, 33.

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