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Salute to the Rockers Inagural Season 1997 Rockers 'Roster Published By Easy Side Publishing Co. Inc. Vol. 1 No.1 1Uesday,June,17,1997 Rockers comnlete roster WNBA member teams 'fbe Rockers ltinoncedrcoendy several INSIDE roster changes, preparing for the start of the sea­ The WNBA consists of eight son. The Rockers moved Adrienne Johnson and teams. The other seven teams are the Char­ Biographies on Players: ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.• PAGE 2 Rushia Brown fr9~ devel<?PIT!ental player .status to active roster ~tons, wa~ved Dorma H!Lf!in8100 lotte Sting, Houston Comets, Los Angeles Former JFK Student with Rockers: ................................. PAGE 3 and Anita Maxwell and terminated Staci Carney. Sparks, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mer­ IfMaxwell is not picked-up by another team soon. Linda Bill-McDonald Coaches Rockers: •••••••••••••••••••••••••• PAGE 4 she will return to the Rocl<.ers as a developmental cury, Sacramento Monarchs, and the U player, as will Bonnie Dove. Starzz. Salute To The Rockers Inagural Season 1997 Rockers 'Roster Linda McDonald Michael Wilhelm Susan Yow Adrienne Johnson Jenny Boucek Janice Lawrence Braxton Michelle Edwards Isabelle Fijalkowski Donna Harrington Merlakia Jones. Eva Nemcova 1991 Cleveland Rockers SportsChannel schedule Support the Rockers this Ua1L Oononcpt Ilm!:lE~D Thursday, June 26 Utah at Cle-nland 7:00p.m. Season! Sunday, June 29 Rockers at Charlotte 7:30p.m. Sunday, Ju!y 6 Rockers at Sacramento 9:00p.m. Tuesday, July 15 Rockers at New York 7:.30 p.m. Bonnie Dove Thursday, July 31 Phoenix at Cleveland 7:00p.m. Rockers TV schedule for season Thursday, August 21 ltockers at Houston 8:30p.m. The Cleveland Rock­ In addition, the Rock­ basketball, and as the radio play­ 1997 Cleveland Rockers National TV schedule ers recently announced their lo­ ers will be on national television by-play voice for Cleveland cal television schedule, as Rock­ five times, with two games···an Force soccer and Canton-Akron 12m Ooponent Iimc CEIU:l ~etwo[k ers fans will be able to watch six NBC-TV and three games on Indians baseball. Thursday, July 3 Los Angeles at Cle,.eland 7:30p.m. ESPN games live on SportsChannel ESPN. Amy Prichard will be Monday, July 14 New York at Cleveland 7:30p.m. ESPN in the team's inaugural season. Mike Snyder will be the color analyst on the Rock­ Saturday, July 26 Rockers at Utah 4:00p.m. NBC Mike Snyder will be the Rock­ the play-by-play announcer for ers' SportsChannel games. Monday, July 28 Rockers at Phoenix 8:30p.m. ESPN ers play-by-play announcer and the six games on Prichard, who was the Saturday. August·23 New York at Cleveland 4:00p.m. NBC Amy Prichard will be the color SportsChannel. Snyder, who head women's basketball coach analyst. has been the Cavs Radio Net­ at Ohio University for six sea­ The Rockers TV work Studio host for the past sons, will make her TV debut schedule includes four road five seasons, was the Cavs Ra­ on Rockers' broadcasts. games and two home games. dio play-by-play" announcer for Prichard finished her The first broadcast on two games this· past season, sit­ career as the. second leading Liberty beats Rockers SportsChannel will be on ting in for the ailing Joe Tait. scorer in Northwestern history Thursday, June 26, when the Synder, the sports di­ and as the school's all-time twice in preseason gaines Rockers host the Utah Starzz. rector at WTAM AM 1100 leader in steals and assists. The The Cleveland Rock- with 17 points. The first Rockers road News Radio, has served as the graduate of Lima Bath High telecast will be on Sunday, June television play-by-play voice for School, was the Associated ers lost their first two scrim- Center Isabelle 29, when the Rockers travel to University of Akron and Kent Press' Ohio Player of the Year mages against the New York Fijalkowski had nine points, and Charlotte. State University football and in AA in 1979. Liberty last week at the Univer- point guard Tina Nicholson Curtin creates atmosphere for games sity ofConnecticut and Baldwin scored eight. Wallace College. Edwards scored 17 :The Cleveland Rock­ Rockers' games. By closing off The WNBA league of­ The Rockers lost 87 - points at Baldwin Wallace. ers unveiled a 1,350 X 42 lin­ the sections, the seating capac­ fice has requested that all eight 69 Tuesday, June 11 and 77-74 Fijakowski had 15 ear-foot .black curtain at Gund ity from 20,562 to 10,647. WNBA teams use the black cur­ Arena ukfay. The curtain, made by tains in their arenas. on Saturday, June 14. points and foward Janice 4 ·The curtain will be Athletic Performance and Rig­ In addition to Rockers Guard Michelle Braxton had 12 points. >, used to cover the upper bowl ging of Tiffin, Ohio, is made of games, Gund Arena plans to use Edwards was the only player The Rockers' first area, the 200 section of the over 5,600 yeards of flame­ the curtains for concerts, trade arena, in order to create a more proofed heavy Trevira Polyeter shows, exhibitions and other with double figures for the game is at Gund Arena against - intimate atmosphere for the fabric. entertainment events. Rockers for the Tuesday game the Houston Comets June 21. Tuesday, June, 17,1997 ROCKERS NEWS Page2 Big Ten star from Penn State University is Rockers' playmaker By LUCRETIA PERRY the Cleveland Rockers in the American and Associated Press and 6.7 assists in her collegiate gree in Exercise and Sports Sci­ third round (20th overall) in the All-American for the 1995- career. ence and wants to work at a WNBA Draft, April 28, 1997. 1996 season at Penn State Uni­ Nicholson was athletic nursing home or with a thera­ Tina Nicholson, a 5" - Nicholson was named versity. She ranks second in at an early age, with a penchant peutic recreation unit. 2' point guard, was selected by Honorable Mention Kodak All- Penn State history and lOth in for getting dirty. "I enjoy working with NCAA history with 826 assists. "I can remember my senior citizens," said Nicholson. Nemcova, 1992 Olympian, She also led the parents always saying 'Don't go "I think the elderly population plays with WNBA Rockers Nittany Lions to back-to-back out in that backyard and get all get left out. You can learn a lot Big 10 crowns and garnered dirty before school," said from older people because Eva Nemcova, a 6"2' she enjoys listening to music, All-Big Ten First Team honors Nicholson. "I would be out there they've been there and have guard, was selected by the watching movies and walking. in 1995 and 1996. Nicholson bouncing a ball and come back done almost everything." Cleveland Rockers in the first "My advice to young was named to the Big Ten All­ i_n the house covered with mud. Nicholson is the only round of the WNBA Draft, women players is to always do Tournament team in the same It was just something I liked." daughter of Paul and Janet April 28, 1997. your best." Nemcova said. "If two seasons. Nicholson. She has two broth­ She has played six pro­ you do your best, nothing else She averaged I 0 points Nicholson holds a de- ers, Pete and Joe. fessional seasons in Europe. matters." Nemcova was a mem­ ber of the SCAB 63 of France Anita Maxwell is a Rockers' fourth round pick from 1991 to 1993. She then went to play for the A. S. By LUCRETIA PERRY rebounds and register 300 New Mexico State University in "Playing in the Montferrand in France from Anita Maxwell, a 5" - steals. the 1994 -1995 season, and re- WNBA means that the years of 1993 to 1996. 11' forward, was selected by the She is the all - time ceived the Honorable Mention hard work I have put into this Nemcova was voted Cleveland Rockers in the fourth leader in scoring and steals in Kodak All- American between sport have not gone unnoticed," Best Player of the European round (29th overall) of the Big West history and the all - 1994 and 1996. said Maxwell. Championship in 1995. WNBA Draft, April 28, 1997. time leading rebounder in New She was a four-time Maxwell received a de- Nemcova was the second -lead­ Maxwell was the first Mexico State history. Big West Conference First Team gree in international business ing scorer in the French Cham­ player in NCAA history to Maxwell was named selection and was named Big and would like to pursue a ca- pionship in 1995 and 1996, and record 2,500 points, grab 1,000 AP All-American as a junior at West Conference Player of the reer in sports broadcasting. voted Best European Player in Week a record 13 times. "My life is a gift from Maxwell was named God," said Maxwell. "It is my 1996. Nemcova also played Player's dream to be Rockers Big West Player of the Year from duty to use my life to be a bless- in the 1992 Olympic games. By LUCRETIA PERRY 1994 - 1996 and Big West ing to someone else. I gain Freshman of the Year. blessing when I am a blessing." She, a Czech Republic Janice Lawrence gold medals. She was also a native, decide to pursue a pro­ Shebeganplayingbas- Maxwell, a Dallas, Braxton, a 6" - 3' forward, was member of the World Champion­ ketball at the age of five, but did Texas native, enjoys reading, fessional basketball career at age signed by the WNBA and as­ ship Team in 1983 where she won 18. not realize she had the talent writing, and learning Jan­ signed to the Cleveland Rock­ a silver medal.
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