Lynx All-Star Candidate: Sheri Sam

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Forward * 6'0"
College: Vanderbilt '96
Fifth WNBA season
Acquired: 2003 WNBA dispersal draft (2nd overall)
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Season notes:

Ranks fourth in the league in steals per turnover (1.33-to-1) and seventh in assists per turnover (2.56-to-1)

Scored seven points with three rebounds, three assists, two steals and two blocks against Houston

Tallied 11 points, a season-high seven rebounds and a game-high four assists in Saturday's win at Seattle

Scoring just 7.8 ppg in Minnesota's five losses; she averages 11.3 ppg in 32.3 mpg in Minnesota's four wins

The Lynx are 3-1 when she scores 10+ points and 4-2 when she logs 30+ minutes

Tallied seven points, a team-high six rebounds and a season-high five assists in last week's one-point loss at Los Angeles

Led the Lynx with a season-high 14 points and added four rebounds and three assists in Minnesota's first-ever win vs. Houston

Scored 12 points with four rebounds in the team's win at San Antonio

Has committed just nine turnovers in 233 minutes this season

Notable:

Finished as the Miami Sol's all-time leader in points, rebounds and minutes played

Ranked 15th in the WNBA in scoring and fourth in steals last year

Earned her first All-Star Game appearance in 2002

Posted the team's only double-double of the season July 12 at Indiana

Played for Orlando in 1999

Played three seasons for the ABL's San Jose Lasers

Has scored a total of 3,139 points in her U.S. professional career, ranking fifth all-time

Earned Kodak All-America honors as a senior at Vanderbilt

The Commodores went 106-26 with four NCAA tournament appearances during her career

Reached the Final Four in 1993

* Through June 17