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  • Linda Fröhlich
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  • Forward - Center - Sacramento Monarchs
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Born: Jun 23, 1979
Height: 6-3 /  1,91
Weight: 185  lbs. / 83,9  kg.
College: Nevada-Las Vegas '02
Years Pro: 4








Background

WNBA TRANSACTIONS:
5/4/07: Signed as a free agent with Sacramento…2/10/06: Signed as a free agent with Indiana…5/3/05: Waived by Charlotte…3/1/05: Signed as a free agent with Charlotte…7/10/04: Signed as a free agent with New York…5/15/04: Waived by Phoenix…3/5/04: Signed as a free agent with Phoenix…4/19/02: Selected by New York in the second round (26th overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft.



2007 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:
Averaged 1.4 ppg (.308 FG%, .667 3FG%,1.000 FT%), 0.9 rpg, 0.2 apg, 0.1 spg, 0.1 bpg, and 5.1 mpg through 10 games played…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 3.0 ppg (.333 FG%, --- 3FG%, .500 FT%), 1.0 rpg, --- apg, 1.0 spg, --- bpg and 8.0 mpg through one playoff game.


WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaging 2.3 ppg (.380 FG%, .405 3FG%, .737 FT%), 1.3 rpg, 0.4 apg, 0.2 spg, 0.1 bpg and 7.0 mpg through four WNBA season and 72 games played with Indiana, New York and Sacramento…2006: Averaged 3.3 ppg (.382 FG%, .364 3FG%, .750 FT%), 1.8 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.2 spg, --- bpg and 8.5 mpg through 20 games played with Indiana…Following a two-year absence from the WNBA, she signed a free agent contract with the Fever…Scored a career-high 15 points vs. Phoenix (7/18)…Pulled a down career-high nine rebounds vs. New York (5/30)…2003: Averaged 3.2 ppg (.431 FG%, .538 3FG%, .636 FT%), 1.4 rpg, 0.6 apg, 0.2 spg, 0.3 bpg and 8.2 mpg through 26 games played with New York…2002: Averaged 0.4 ppg (.100 FG%, .000 3FG%, 1.000 FT%), 0.8 rpg, 0.1 apg, 0.1 spg, --- bpg and 4.2 mpg through 16 games played with New York.


INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Played overseas in Turkey during the 2006-07 off-season…During the 2005-06 offseason played 25 games for Spartak Moscow and averaged 12.8 ppg and 6.8 rpg…Played for Trentino Rovereto in Italy during the 2004-05 offseason and averaged 18.3 ppg and 8.1 rpg in 30 games…Has jokingly been referred to as “Dirk in a skirt,” making reference to countryman Dirk Nowitski, Germany’s best player of the opposite gender…Fröhlich was one of 10 nominees as the European Women’s Player of the Year in 2006, after guiding the German National Team through a European Qualifying Tournament in September 2006 as she averaged 17.7 points and 15.3 rebounds through six games…Germany finished 4-2 and qualified for the European Championship in Italy in 2007.


COLLEGE:
First UNLV player to be drafted in the WNBA…First Lady Rebel to record 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in her career…UNLV’s all-time leading scorer (men's or women's) with 2,355 points and is the Lady Rebels' all-time leader in rebounds (1,124)…Named the Mountain West Conference's Player of the Year in each of the league's first three seasons (2000, 2001, 2002), sharing with Utah's Amy Ewert in 2001…First Team All-Mountain West selection as a sophomore, junior and senior, leading the conference in scoring and rebounding in each of those seasons…Her best season, offensively, was as a freshman averaging 23.5 ppg, leading the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), ranked sixth-best in the nation and topped all freshman…Named National Freshman of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association and Women’s Basketball Journal.




Personal

    Fröhlich's last name means “happy" Has one brother, Richard-Georg, and three siters, Evelin, Cindy and Agnes Psychology major and marketing minor at UNLV Member of the choir at Missionary Baptist Church Oversees her own Web site at www.lindafrohlich.com Credits her family as being her biggest influence

Career Transactions

Selected by the New York Liberty in the second round (26th pick overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft...waived by New York in 2003...waived during training camp with Phoenix in 2004...waived by Charlotte at the end of training camp in 2005...signed as a free agent by Indiana, 2/11/06.

created:5/12/2008 6:25:35 AM
Saturday
May 17
WNBA Opening Day 2008
L.A. Sparks at Phoenix Mercury
3:30 p.m. ET on ABC
Tuesday
May 20
WNBA Tuesdays on ESPN2
Sacramento Monarchs at Seattle Storm
10:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Saturday
May 24
Seattle Storm at S.A. Silver Stars
3:30 p.m. ET
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