2006 WNBA Season: Rookie from Australia moved from backup point guard to starter when Nykesha Sales was forced to sit because of a sore Achilles tendon…Started 13 games…One of only three Sun players to appear in every game…Finished the season ranked seventh in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1)…Scored a career-high 19 points against Washington (7/25)…Also had career highs for made field goals (6) and made threes (4) in that game…Ranked second on the team in total assists (80)…Seventh on the team in rebounds (73) and average minutes per game (18.0)…Averaged 5.4 points and 2.4 assists per game.
In The Playoffs: Appeared in all five games, starting once… Averaged 6.6 points and 1.4 assists during postseason…Started in place of injured guard Katie Douglas in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals in Detroit…In that game, established postseason highs in points (13), field goals made (4), threes made (3), assists (3) and steals (2) …Tied for second on the team with seven made threes during the postseason…Shot 53.8 percent (7-of-13) from three-point range during postseason.
Professional Experience:
Played the past four seasons with Adelaide of Australia’s National Women’s Basketball League…Named Team MVP for the 2005-06 season after leading Adelaide in points, steals, assists, made field goals and made free throws…Named to the WNBL’s All Star Five the past two seasons…Helped lead Adelaide to a second-place finish in the regular season…Had 23 points, nine rebounds and three assists in an 83-81 overtime loss to eventual champion Canberra in the semifinals of the WNBL playoffs (2/11/06)…Led the league in assists per game (4.9)…Ranked in the top 10 in the WNBL in scoring (fifth), field goal percentage (fifth), free throw percentage (fifth), rebounds per game (eighth) and steals (ninth)…Won the WNBL’s Player of the Week twice…Was the WNBL’s Player of the Month in October…Named to the 2006 Australian National team…Won the Merv Harris Medal (Best and Fairest Under-21).
