21 May 2012
WNBA by College (& Other Demographics)
Before the 2012 draft, I went through the WNBA player list from 2011 to see which colleges produced the most WNBA players.
Here's my results:
1. UConn (11)
2. Tennessee (10)
3. Duke (8)
4. Rutgers (6)
5. [tie] LSU, North Carolina, Stanford (5)
Apparently Swish Appeal had the same idea. Here's their list for 2012:
1. UConn (11)
2. Tennessee (10)
3. [tie] Duke & Rutgers (7)
4. Stanford (6)
5. LSU (5)
UConn added one player this year (Tiffany Hayes) and Tennessee added several (including the Storm's Shekinna Stricklen), but I have no idea who dropped off the list to keep their numbers the same!
That same article had lots of other fun info, like the oldest players (Taj McWilliams is oldest: born 10/20/70) and the youngest (Shenise Johnson of San Antonio was born 12/8/90), and a breakdown by draft class (only one from the first in 1997: the Storm's Tina Thompson).
In a different article, Swish Appeal looked at games started (as a percentage of games played). Nine players have started every game they have ever played:
1. Sue Bird (324 games, Seattle Storm)
2. Lauren Jackson (308 games, Seattle Storm)
3. Diana Taurasi (261 games, Phoenix Mercury)
4. Sophia Young (200 games, San Antonio Silver Stars)
5. Cappie Pondexter (197 games, Phoenix Mercury & New York Liberty)
6. Cheryl Ford (196 games, Detroit Shock)
7. Vicky Bullett (186 games, Charlotte Sting & Washington Mystics)
8. Seimone Augustus (164 games, Minnesota Lynx)
9. Cynthia Cooper (124 games, Houston Comets)
Sue Bird is, as always, RIDICULOUS!
Here's my results:
1. UConn (11)
2. Tennessee (10)
3. Duke (8)
4. Rutgers (6)
5. [tie] LSU, North Carolina, Stanford (5)
Apparently Swish Appeal had the same idea. Here's their list for 2012:
1. UConn (11)
2. Tennessee (10)
3. [tie] Duke & Rutgers (7)
4. Stanford (6)
5. LSU (5)
UConn added one player this year (Tiffany Hayes) and Tennessee added several (including the Storm's Shekinna Stricklen), but I have no idea who dropped off the list to keep their numbers the same!
That same article had lots of other fun info, like the oldest players (Taj McWilliams is oldest: born 10/20/70) and the youngest (Shenise Johnson of San Antonio was born 12/8/90), and a breakdown by draft class (only one from the first in 1997: the Storm's Tina Thompson).
In a different article, Swish Appeal looked at games started (as a percentage of games played). Nine players have started every game they have ever played:
1. Sue Bird (324 games, Seattle Storm)
2. Lauren Jackson (308 games, Seattle Storm)
3. Diana Taurasi (261 games, Phoenix Mercury)
4. Sophia Young (200 games, San Antonio Silver Stars)
5. Cappie Pondexter (197 games, Phoenix Mercury & New York Liberty)
6. Cheryl Ford (196 games, Detroit Shock)
7. Vicky Bullett (186 games, Charlotte Sting & Washington Mystics)
8. Seimone Augustus (164 games, Minnesota Lynx)
9. Cynthia Cooper (124 games, Houston Comets)
Sue Bird is, as always, RIDICULOUS!
Labels: Seattle Storm, UConn basketball, WNBA
# posted by mamurd @ 10:06 PM 
