SACRAMENTO, CALIF., May 18, 2008 � The Sacramento Monarchs today announced that the organization has acquired forward Crystal Kelly via waivers and waived forward Izabela Piekarska. Kelly was originally selected by the Houston Comets in the Third Round � 31st overall � of the 2008 WNBA Draft. The Comets waived her on May 15.

A four-year letter winner at Western Kentucky, Kelly earned State Farm Coaches�, Associated Press and cbssportsline.com All-America honors as a senior. She was also named Sun Belt Conference Player-of-the-Year this past season after averaging 22.6 points and 10.5 rebounds per game in her final year with the program. Additionally, Kelly also led the nation with a school-record .644 field-goal percentage. She finished her career at WKU as the all-time leader in points (2,803), rebounds (1,258) and field goal percentage (.617).

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Monarchs 2008 Roster
NUM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB	FROM	YRS
12	Charel Allen	G	5-11	135	07/23/86	Notre Dame �08	R
23	La�Tangela Atkinson	G/F	6-1	164	03/22/84	North Carolina �06	2
32	Rebekkah Brunson	F	6-3	175	12/11/81	Georgetown �04	4
10	A�Quonesia Franklin	G	5-4	154	09/29/85	Texas A&M �08	R
15	Laura Harper	F/C	6-5	190	04/11/86	Maryland �08	R
42	Crystal Kelly	F	6-2	190	09/15/86	Western Kentucky �08	R
20	Kara Lawson	G	5-9	165	02/14/81	Tennessee �03	5
2	Chelsea Newton	G	5-11	154	02/17/83	Rutgers �05	3
21	Ticha Penicheiro	G	5-11	145	09/18/74	Old Dominion �98	10
14	Nicole Powell	F	6-2	175	06/22/82	Stanford �04	4
5	Scholanda Robinson	G	5-11	155	01/09/83	Louisiana State �06	2
8	Kim Smith	F	6-1	158	05/07/84	Utah �06	2
34	Adrian Williams-Strong	F/C	6-5	180	02/15/77	USC �99	7