AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The WNBA Detroit Shock will honor Danielle Green by presenting her with the �My Personal Heroes� Award prior to their home game against the Houston Comets on July 5 at 7:30 p.m. Green is the former collegiate teammate of Shock Olympic Gold Medalist Ruth Riley and guard Niele Ivey. The three played together at Notre Dame from 1997-2000. While serving in the U.S. Army last May, Green lost her left hand in a rocket-propelled grenade attack while on duty at a police station in Baghdad, Iraq. She remains a U.S. Army Specialist in the 571st Company. Riley and Ivey will present her with the award prior to tip-off.

�Danielle�s heroism is unmatched - she grew up on Chicago�s Southside, has beaten unthinkable odds to play collegiate basketball at the highest level, spent significant time teaching the game to youth in her home town and continues to serve our country despite the challenges she has faced during her time in the service� said Riley. �I�m proud and honored to call her a friend and looking forward to presenting this award to her.�

Green graduated from Notre Dame in 1999 and finished her playing career in 2000 after averaging 9.5 points and 4.5 rebounds during her four years. She finished with 1,106 points (17th on the school�s all-time list) and was instrumental in the advancement of the Fighting Irish to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 1998 and 2000. As a junior in 1998-99, she averaged a career-best 14.4 points and 7.2 rebounds. She was a member of the Fighting Irish NCAA Women�s Final Four team in 1997, though she didn�t play that season due to a torn Achilles tendon. Green then served as assistant girls basketball coach at Washington High School in her hometown of Chicago before becoming an assistant coach at Chicago State in 2002. She enlisted in the Army in 2003 and was sent to Iraq early in 2004 as a member of a military police unit based at Fort Lewis in the state of Washington.

Past Recipients:
May 21 vs. Connecticut June 8 vs. Seattle June 24 vs. Washington July 5 vs. Houston July 17 vs. Indiana July 31 vs. Phoenix August 7 vs. New York August 21 vs. Washington August 25 vs. Indiana	MSU Women's Basketball Team Extraordinary mother Sharon Marsh Extraordinary father Kevin Elya U.S. Army Specialist Danielle Green Extraordinary Kids Adam Rose, Kizzie Adams and Mary Bartel Extraordinary Grandparents Russell and Patricia Roberts Life-Saving Teenager Victoria Powell Michigan Army National Guard Extraordinary Squad Members