CAVALIERS IN THE WNBA 2020-21 FACT BOOK FACT 2020-21 JENNY BOUCEK HEATHER BURGE HEIDI BURGE WENDY PALMER TAMMI REISS DAWN STALEY TORA SUBER SHARNEE ZOLL DEMYA WALKER JOCELYN WILLOUGHBY MONICA WRIGHT 74 74 I VIRGINIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CAVALIERS IN THE WNBA 2020-21 FACT BOOK FACT 2020-21 CAVALIERS TAKEN IN THE WNBA DRAFT CAVALIERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN THE WNBA Heidi Burge Wendy Palmer* LA Sparks 1997, Washington Mystics 1998 1997 Elite Draft, Utah Starzz, 2nd Round, 1st pick (9th overall) Jenny Boucek Tammi Reiss* Cleveland Rockers 1997 1997, Utah Starzz, 1st Round, 5th pick Wendy Palmer Tora Suber Utah Starzz 1997-99; Detroit Shock 1999-02; Orlando Miracle 1997, Charlotte Sting, 1st Round, 7th pick 2002; Connecticut Sun 2003-04; San Antonio Silver Stars 2005; Dawn Staley* Seattle Storm 2006-07 1999, Charlotte Sting, 1st Round, 9th pick Tammi Reiss Renee Robinson Utah Starzz 1997-98 2000, Indiana Fever, 4th round, 9th pick Tora Suber Svetlana Volnaya Charlotte Sting 1997-98; Orlando Miracle 1999 2001, Detroit Shock, 3rd Round, 6th pick (38th overall) Heather Burge Telisha Quarles Sacramento Monarchs 1999 2003, Phoenix Mercury, 3rd Round, 4th pick Dawn Staley Sharnee Zoll Charlotte Sting 1999-2005; Houston Comets 2005-06 2008, LA Sparks, 3rd Round, 1st Pick (29th overall) DeMya Walker Portland Fire 2000-02; Sacramento Monarchs 2003-09; Lyndra Littles Connecticut Sun 2010-11; Washington Mystics 2011; New York 2009 Connecticut Sun, 2nd Round, 4th Pick (17th overall) Liberty 2012-13 Monica Wright Sharneé Zoll 2010 Minnesota Lynx, 1st Round, 2nd pick Minnesota Lynx 2008, Chicago Sky 2013 Jocelyn Willoughby Monica Wright 2020 Phoenix Mercury, 1st Round, 10th pick Minnesota Lynx 2010-15; Seattle Storm 2015-16 *Palmer and Staley has graduated and were playing professionally before being drafted, with Staley Jocelyn Willoughby being drafted in the third WNBA draft, joining the league in its third season. Reiss graduated in New York Liberty 2020 1992, but never played professionally. Instead, she was an assistant coach at UVA prior to the 1997 draft (from 93-96). Tora Suber had just finished her senior season in 1997 and was the first Cavalier drafted right after the end of her collegiate playing career WNBA CHAMPIONS DeMya Walker CAVALIER IN THE NBA 2005 Sacramento Monarchs Jenny Boucek 2017–2018 Sacramento Kings (assistant) Monica Wright 2018–present Dallas Mavericks (assistant) 2011 Minnesota Lynx, 2013 Minnesota Lynx On October 20, 2017, Boucek was announced as a player development coach for the Sacramento Kings, becoming the third woman assistant coach in NBA history. On July 19, 2018, Boucek was announced as an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks, becoming the first female assistant coach in franchise history. VIRGINIA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL I 75.