Lynx All-Star Candidate: Teresa Edwards

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Guard* 5'11"
College: Georgia '86
First WNBA season
Acquired: 2003 WNBA Draft
(2nd round, 14th overall)
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Season notes:

Ranks 13th in the league in assists (3.9 apg) and 12th in assists per turnover (2.06)

Recorded a game-high six assists Tuesday vs. Houston, tying her season high

Did not commit a turnover against Houston, her fourth errorless game of the season

Has 28 assists and only nine turnovers in her last seven games

Shooting 40.9% in the last five games, after opening the season at 20.7% in the first four contests

Scored a season-high eight points in 24 minutes vs. New York

Scored seven points with four rebounds and three assists in a season-high 32 minutes in Minnesota's first-ever win against Houston

Finished with four points, a team-high seven rebounds and five assists at San Antonio

Notable:

First and only American basketball player (male or female) to compete in five Olympics

Four-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000); won a bronze medal in 1992

A teammate of Lynx coach Suzie McConnell Serio in 1988 and 1992, and a teammate of Lynx guard Katie Smith in 2000

Holds U.S. Olympic career records for assists and steals

A member of 19 different USA Basketball teams, winning 14 gold medals and compiling an overall record of 153-8

USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year in 1987, 1990 and 1996

Played three seasons in the ABL with the Atlanta Glory and Philadelphia Rage

Served as player-coach for Atlanta in 1997-98

First-team All-ABL in 1997 and 1998; runner-up in MVP balloting in 1997

Scored 40+ points on four occasions, topped by a league-record 46 on Nov. 20, 1997

Has also played professionally in Italy, Japan, Spain and France

Helped Valenciennes (France) to the 2002 Euroleague Championship

Two-time All-American at Georgia; the school was 116-17 during her four-year career

Reached the Final Four twice (1983 and 1985), with a runner-up finish in 1985

The school has retired her uniform #5

* Through June 17