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Sylvia Fowles Named 2011 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
by HoopFeed.com
posted September 29, 2011 at 4:47pm

The WNBA named Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles the 2011 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year today. She received 19 out of 40 votes, one more than the runner-up, Indiana Fever forward and four-time Defensive Player of the Year Tamika Catchings (18). Connect...more

Ruth Riley (San Antonio) and Sue Bird (Seattle) are co-winners of the 2011 WNBA Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award
by HoopFeed.com
posted September 18, 2011 at 3:12pm

From the league: Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird and San Antonio Silver Stars forward-center Ruth Riley were named the recipients of the 2011 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced today. The first-time winners of Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Awar...more

NACWAA Member News & Nods September 2011
by NACWAA Blog: Inspiring Perspectives
posted September 16, 2011 at 12:22pm

Kennesaw State appointed Katie Egloff as assistant athletics director for championships and events. Egloff most recently spent two years at the University of Connecticut as an event management assistant. UTSA Athletics Director Lynn Hickey received ...more

2011 WNBA Awards (Part 1): MVP, All-WNBA, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Woman, Most Improved Player
by Swish Appeal
posted September 13, 2011 at 12:03am

The most difficult part of figuring out end of season awards is that no matter who you select someone will take it as a slight to their favorite player. That's especially true this year as you get to MVP and All-WNBA voting: trying to pick just four guar...more

Fighters’ Only Female Fighter of the Year Nominees Announced
by Wombat Sports
posted September 4, 2011 at 12:10am

Fighters’ Only Magazine has released it’s nominees for the 2011 World MMA Female Fighter of the Year Award. Fighters’s Only is the Oscars of MMA, going into it’s fourth year. The winners are set to be announced in December in Vegas. Voting...more

Sportswoman of the Year?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted September 1, 2011 at 1:45am

The Women's Sports Foundation gives out a Sportswoman of the Year award. There are 12 finalists, and guess who's one of them? Maya Moore. She's helped the Lynx have a heck of a year. Vote Maya Moore. ...more

Sylvia Fowles, Seimone Augustus Win Player of the Week Honors
by Swish Appeal
posted August 30, 2011 at 2:18am

Sylvia Fowles, Seimone Augustus Win Player of the Week Honors You can read about Minnesota Lynx guard Seimone Augustus and Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles winning Player of the Week honors at the link above. But a question about Fowles: Would you vot...more

Notre Dame and UConn have three players each on preseason "Wade Watch" list
by HoopFeed.com
posted August 23, 2011 at 9:11pm

The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association released the preseason “Wade Watch” list today featuring 25 athletes with three players from Notre Dame and Connecticut represented. An annual award, the Wade Trophy is named after the late, legendary three...more

Tara VanDerveer and Teresa Edwards Join Basketball Royalty in the Naismith Hall of Fame
by Swish Appeal
posted August 14, 2011 at 9:55am

Two of women's basketball's mavens were enshrined into the finest of all the basketball halls - in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball. I've walked those halls, reading about the ancestry of the game, the men and women who shaped th...more

Tara-isms: Words of Wisdom From a Hall of Fame Bound Coach
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 12, 2011 at 1:48pm

Stanford Women’s Basketball Coach Tara VanDerveer will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Friday, August 12th. She is currently only one of seven women to be inducted into that hallowed Hall, so that makes it even more special. You ca...more

Basketball Hall of Famers
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 11, 2011 at 5:19pm

Hall of Famers: Tara VanDerveer and Teresa Edwards are headed to the Basketball Hall of Fame. WNBA-ish: Candace Parker aims to return from her lateral meniscus tear better than ever. The WNBA remains a leader in hiring women and minorities, a study f...more

Tara VanDerveer going to the Basketball Hall of Fame!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 9, 2011 at 1:03am

Sorry it has been awhile since we wrote a blog (apologies to good friend P). Just, we’re on summer vacation and Twitter is so much easier to blurt out somethin’ short and silly. Or just retweet what others say so we don’t have to think of anything...more

With Portugal’s basketball legacy on her shoulders, Ticha Penicheiro “humbled” by WNBA Top 15 honor
by HoopFeed.com
posted July 27, 2011 at 1:02am

Ticha Penicheiro receives her award for being named one of the top 15 players in WNBA history from league president Laurel Richie during halftime of the WNBA All-Star game. Out of the list of players named as the top 15 players in WNBA history, only ...more

Video: Lisa Leslie and Dawn Staley Address the Media After Being Named to the WNBA's All-Time Top 15
by Swish Appeal
posted July 26, 2011 at 12:57pm

The All-Star game was complete with a full cast of all-stars and then some. Along with the players on the court, the all-time greats in the league were back to earn accolades for their accomplishments in the WNBA. After the glass plaques were handed ou...more

Sue Bird seventh most popular female athlete in the Harris poll
by Swish Appeal
posted July 18, 2011 at 4:58pm

Sue Bird Seventh Most Popular Female Athlete in The Harris Poll The yearly Harris Poll has named the Seattle Storm's Sue Bird as the seventh most popular female athlete in the United States. She was tied overall with retired tennis champion Martina Nav...more

Let's Hear it for the Girls: 2011 Gatorade High School Female Athletes of the Year
by anngaff
posted July 15, 2011 at 3:52pm

LOS ANGELES (July 12, 2011) - Some of the biggest names in high school and professional sports convened in Los Angeles Tuesday night as Gatorade honored the top prep male and female athletes with the ninth annual Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year a...more

2011 WNBA All-Star Starters Announced: Who Are The Top Candidates For Reserves?
by Swish Appeal
posted July 15, 2011 at 2:48pm

The WNBA has announced its 2011 All-Star starters tonight, with the following players being selected to the Eastern and Western Conference teams by the fans. Eastern Conference Western Conference F- Tamika Catchings F - Swin Cash F - Angel McCough...more

A "Ring of Honor" for every WNBA franchise!
by Swish Appeal
posted July 8, 2011 at 9:56am

I've found the recent New York Liberty Ring of Honor very interesting. Now in their 15th year as a WNBA franchise - and one of the original franchises from 1997 which is still in operation - the New York Liberty have founded a Ring of Honor to honor fiv...more

Live from the White House: Seattle Storm honored
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted June 29, 2011 at 1:57pm

The Storm is on a bus headed to the White House, the team reporting via Twitter that players are dressed to impress. President Obama will honor them for their 2010 WNBA Championship, the Storm giving him a replica championship ring with his name on the si...more

Women’s basketball players nominated for 2011 ESPY awards
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 24, 2011 at 3:44pm

ESPN is set to officially announce nominees for 2011 ESPY awards tonight at 8 p.m. Chris Connelly and Michelle Beadle will host the one-hour show which will also relive some favorite ESPY moments of the past. The show will re-air Saturday, June 25, at 4 ...more

Vote for Favorite Stanford Female Athlete of the Year
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted June 21, 2011 at 6:52pm

Stanford Athletics is using social media (read Facebook), to conduct a poll on your favorite Stanford female athlete of the year. Cool! Some pretty good names in there. Vote for your favorite today. C and R did, and you have to go to the website to see. A...more

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011 coverage roundup
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 12, 2011 at 4:52pm

Pearl Moore, Vicky Bullett, Val Ackerman, Muffet McGraw, Ruthie Bolton-Holifield, Lometa Odom. Photo: Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Bios of inductees The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2011 on Saturday evening at Knoxvi...more

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame set to host its 13th annual induction weekend
by HoopFeed.com
posted June 9, 2011 at 12:19pm

Six women make up the 2011 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011. They will be honored June 10-11 in Knoxville, Tennessee at the Bijou Theatre. The inductees were announced last summer on ESPN during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Su...more

Pat Summitt to be inducted into Tennessee Hall of Fame
by They're Playing Basketball
posted June 3, 2011 at 12:40am

The only surprise is how Pat Summitt hasn't been inducted sooner. ...more

WNBA honors Katie Couric and Lisa Leslie
by HoopFeed.com
posted May 25, 2011 at 1:15pm

WNBA president Laurel Richie, NBA Commissioner David Stern, Katie Couric, Washington Mystics guard Alana Beard, Mystics co-owner Sheila Johnson. Photo courtesy WNBA. The WNBA held its sixth annual WNBA Inspiration Award luncheon Tuesday in New York C...more

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