Overseas and Offseason Update

Fans, here is the best way to keep track of your favorite Indiana Fever players during the WNBA offseason! Check out each player below and follow their progress, whether playing overseas or residing in the United States.

Alison Bales | Tully Bevilaqua | Tamika Catchings | Anna DeForge | Ebony Hoffman |
Sheri Sam | K.B. Sharp | Ann Strother | Tammy Sutton-Brown | Kasha Terry | Tan White | Tamika Whitmore


Alison Bales ALISON BALES
Having completed her first pro season in the WNBA, Alison Bales is playing in Russia this winter with Dynamo Moscow. Besides playing in the Russian Superleague, Dynamo Moscow also competes in EuroLeague competition.

  • Update (Nov. 8): Dynamo Moscow won its EuroLeague opener with a 77-48 victory over MiZo Pecs of Hungary. Bales had six points and three rebounds in the win. Dynamo Moscow is 3-2 overall.
  • Update (Nov. 1): Dynamo Moscow is 1-1 in its early games, with Bales scoring six points in her only appearance.

    Dynamo Moscow
    Russian Basketball Federation: Dynamo Moscow
    Dynamo Moscow and EuroLeague


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    Tully Bevilaqua TULLY BEVILAQUA
    After helping guide the Canberra Capitals to the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Australian League (WNBL) titles, Tully Bevilaqua returns to the Caps for what she has said will be her final season. She is coached by former Phoenix Mercury coach Carrie Graf.

  • Update (Nov. 8): The Canberra Capitals beat Townsville, 88-63, to move to 3-2 on the season. Playing 29 minutes, Bevilaqua had two points on just 1-of-3 shooting, but finished with four assists and four steals.
  • Update (Oct. 31): Bevilaqua and the Caps are 2-2 to begin the '07-08 season. In a three-game stretch between Oct. 10-17, she totaled 26 points and 10 steals, including a season-high 12 points against AIS.

    Canberra Capitals
    Australian League (WNBL)

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    Tamika Catchings TAMIKA CATCHINGS
    Tamika Catchings remains in Indiana and the U.S. this winter, undergoing rehab on her injuries from last summer and taking time to tend to her Catch The Stars Foundation. She and Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy were honored in October as winners of the Major Taylor Award during the Circle City Classic, for outstanding community contributions by local African-American athletes, coaches or administrators. She makes appearances, and continues to conduct her camps and clinics locally and nationwide. The president of the WNBA Players Association, Catchings is active in helping to re-negotiate the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement. She is hopeful of a full return to the Fever by the start of training camp in late April, and also a return to the U.S. National Team in time for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.

  • Update (Nov. 8): Catchings was a celebrity server at the 4th Annual Wishing on Stars Celebrity Serve to benefit Indiana Children's Wish Fund. Hosted by Reggie Wayne of the Indianapolis Colts, other celebrity servers included A.J. Foyt IV, Jared from Subway and Colts players Joseph Addai, Aaron Moorehead, Gary Brackett and Brian Fletcher.

    Tamika Catchings website
    Catchings Blog on WNBA.com
    Catchings & Dungy Honored with Major Taylor Award
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    K.B. Sharp K.B. SHARP
    K.B. Sharp has returned to the French League (LFB) for a second straight season. She is the starting point guard for Pays d'Aix, which also competes in EuroCup competition. Sharp was named the LFB's top point guard in 2007. Aix en Provence is located in the south of France, between Marseilles and Nice.

  • Update (Nov. 8): K.B. Sharp scored nine points, while adding five assists and seven steals to lead Pays d'Aix to a 58-53 win over Stockholm in its first EuroCup game.
  • Update (Nov. 7): Sharp and Pays d'Aix is 0-3 to begin the French season. Sharp is averaging 6.0 points and 2.3 assists per game. It's first EuroCup game is Nov. 8 against Stockholm.
  • Update (Oct. 31): Sharp and Pays d'Aix opened the 2007-08 season with a 74-72 overtime defeat against Mourenx, in the first game of the French League's season-opening weekend. Sharp played all 45 minutes of the contest, contrbuting 15 points and four assists.

    Pays d'Aix
    French League (LFB)
    Pays d'Aix and EuroCup
    K.B. Sharp website

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    Ebony Hoffman EBONY HOFFMAN
    After playing overseas in Italy and Lithuania the past two winters, Ebony Hoffman decided to begin the 2007-08 offseason by getting married! She tied the knot with longtime fiance Ronald Cass, on Oct. 20. She resides in Indianapolis and is not planning to play overseas until January.



    Sheri Sam SHERI SAM
    A veteran both of the WNBA and leagues overseas, Sheri Sam remains stateside and undecided on where she will play overseas this winter. She resides in San Jose, Calif., and will likely wait until January to make her return to the hardwood.
    Tammy Sutton-Brown TAMMY SUTTON-BROWN
    Tammy Sutton-Brown is in Istanbul, Turkey for a second straight season, playing again with Fenerbahce and Phoenix Mercury star Cappie Pondexter. Fenerbahce won the Turkish League championship in 2006-07.

    Fenerbahce Sports Klub
    Turkish League (TBBL)
    Fenerbahce and EuroLeague
    Kasha Terry KASHA TERRY
    Kasha Terry is in her second season overseas, returning to Israel where she plays with Maccabi Ramat Hen.

  • Update (Nov. 1): Through the first four games of the Israeli season, Terry averaged 13.5 points and 5.8 rebounds. Maccabi Ramat Hen was 2-2.

    Maccabi Ramat Hen
    Israel League


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    Tan White TAN WHITE
    After playing overseas in Turkey and Poland the past two winters, Tan White is yet undecided on her winter destination this season. Instead, she is living between Terre Haute and her home in Tupelo, Miss., likely to venture overseas in January.

    Key Overseas Basketball Resources
    FIBA.com
    EuroBasket.com