Yelena Leuchanka #11 Center

Background

2006 Season: Played four games with the Charlotte Sting, where she averaged 9.5 minutes per game, 3.0 points per game and 1.2 rebounds per game.

College:: Averaged 7.5 points and 6.2 rebounds while shooting .565 from the floor in 42 career games at West Virginia…Posted six double-doubles during her career with the Mountaineers…Suffered two consecutive season-ending ACL injuries, the first in her right knee just one game into the 2003-04 season and the second in her left knee 10 games into the 2004-05 season…Prior to attending West Virginia, attended Wabash Valley Junior College where she averaged 18.1 points and 12.8 rebounds and led her team to a 33-3 record…Named a WBCA/Kodak All-American in the junior college ranks for the second straight year…Began her college career at Seminole Junior College where she averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds…Also a four-time member of the Belarus National Team…Helped lead her team to the qualifying round of the 2002 European Championships for Young Women…Majored in international studies.