2009 Seattle Storm season

2009 Seattle Storm season
2009 Seattle Storm season
Coach	Brian Agler
Arena	KeyArena
Attendance	7,874 per game
Results
Record	20–14 (.588)
Place	2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Western Conference Semifinals (2-1) to Los Angeles Sparks
Team Leaders
Points	Jackson (19.2)
Rebounds	Jackson (7.0)
Assists	Bird (5.8)
Media
Television	FSN Northwest
	← 2008 season 2010 season →

Last updated July 02, 2025

The 2009 WNBA season was the tenth season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Storm's 2008 record, they would pick 12th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Storm waived their pick. ^[1]

WNBA draft

The following are the Storm's selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Ashley Walker	United States	California
3	38	Mara Freshour	United States	Florida State

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Transactions

September 10: The Storm signed A'Quonesia Franklin to an end-of-regular season contract.
September 9: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson to an end-of-regular season contract.
June 4: The Storm waived A'Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham.
May 31: The Storm waived La'Tangela Atkinson and Kasha Terry.
May 22: The Storm waived Kimberly Beck and Mara Freshour.
May 7: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson, A’Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham to training camp contacts.
May 7: The Storm waived Mel Thomas.
May 4: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
April 23: The Storm announced that Kristen O'Neill declined her offer to attend training camp.
March 20: The Storm waived Kelly Santos.
March 19: The Storm signed Kasha Terry and Mel Thomas.
February 23: The Storm signed Shannon Johnson.
February 20: The Storm signed Suzy Batkovic.
February 10: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson.
February 9: The Storm re-signed Janell Burse.
February 2: The Storm signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract.
January 31: The Storm waived Sheryl Swoopes.
January 7: The Storm re-signed free agent Tanisha Wright and signed Kimberly Beck and Kristen O'Neill to training-camp contracts.
June 22, 2008: The Storm traded their second round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream as part of the Camille Little transaction.

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Date	Trade
June 22, 2008	To Seattle Storm	To Atlanta Dream
June 22, 2008	Camille Little	second-round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft

Free agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Tanisha Wright	January 7, 2009	re-signed
Janell Burse	February 9, 2009	re-signed
Ashley Robinson	February 10, 2009	re-signed
Suzy Batkovic	February 20, 2009	free agent
Shannon Johnson	February 23, 2009	Houston Comets
Lauren Jackson	May 4, 2009	re-signed

Subtractions

Player	Left	New team
Shyra Ely	January 12, 2009	Chicago Sky
Sheryl Swoopes	January 31, 2009	free agent
Yolanda Griffith	February 20, 2009	Indiana Fever
Kelly Santos	March 20, 2009	free agent
Kimberly Beck	May 22, 2009	free agent

Roster

2009 Seattle Storm roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
C	9	Batkovic-Brown, Suzy	6' 4" (1.93m)	203 lb (92kg)	Australia
PG	10	Bird, Sue	5' 9" (1.75m)	150 lb (68kg)	Connecticut
C	33	Burse, Janell	6' 5" (1.96m)	199 lb (90kg)	Tulane
SF	2	Cash, Swin	6' 1" (1.85m)	162 lb (73kg)	Connecticut
G/F	4	Gearlds, Katie	6' 1" (1.85m)	184 lb (83kg)	Purdue
F/C	15	Jackson, Lauren	6' 5" (1.96m)	187 lb (85kg)	Australia
PG	14	Johnson, Shannon	5' 7" (1.7m)	152 lb (69kg)	South Carolina
PF	20	Little, Camille	6' 2" (1.88m)	180 lb (82kg)	North Carolina
C	43	Robinson, Ashley	6' 4" (1.93m)	180 lb (82kg)	Tennessee
F	44	Walker, Ashley	6' 1" (1.85m)	200 lb (91kg)	California
PG	30	Wright, Tanisha	5' 11" (1.8m)	165 lb (75kg)	Penn State

Head coach: Brian Agler (Wittenberg)
Assistant coaches: Shelley Patterson (Washington State); Nancy Darsch (Springfield)
Athletic trainer: Tom Spencer

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

WNBA roster page

Season standings

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury ^x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm ^x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks ^x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars ^x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx ^o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs ^o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	May 21	10:00pm	Sacramento	64-55	Little (13)	Little, Walker (5)	Atkinson (4)	KeyArena 4,875	1-0
2	May 30	10:00pm	@ Phoenix	58-61	Wright (16)	Walker (12)	Bird (4)	US Airways Center 2,421	1-1

Regular season

2009 Game Log: Regular Season

June

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
1	June 6	4:00pm	@ Sacramento		71-61	Jackson (23)	Little (6)	Bird (8)	ARCO Arena 14,824	1-0
2	June 7	9:00pm	Sacramento	FSN-NW	80-70	Jackson (25)	Bird, Jackson, Little (5)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 9,686	2-0
3	June 9	7:00pm	@ Indiana	ESPN2	66-73	Jackson (21)	Jackson, Little (6)	Bird (5)	Conseco Fieldhouse 7,253	2-1
4	June 12	8:00pm	@ Minnesota		88-71	Jackson (22)	Jackson (11)	Bird (9)	Target Center 6,423	3-1
5	June 14	6:00pm	@ Chicago		57-64	Jackson (22)	Jackson, Little (8)	Wright (4)	UIC Pavilion 2,681	3-2
6	June 19	10:00pm	Minnesota		90-62	Jackson (26)	Jackson, Johnson (6)	Bird (10)	KeyArena 7,607	4-2
7	June 22	7:00pm	@ Phoenix		93-84	Jackson (25)	Jackson (8)	Bird (9)	US Airways Center 6,181	5-2
8	June 26	10:00pm	Los Angeles		69-67	Jackson (32)	Jackson, Wright (8)	Bird (5)	KeyArena 9,686	6-2
9	June 28	9:30pm	@ Los Angeles	NBA TV FSNW	55-83	Jackson, Little (9)	Cash (8)	Johnson (3)	STAPLES Center 10,797	6-3

July

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
10	July 1	10:00pm	@ Phoenix		83-91	Cash, Jackson (17)	Cash (9)	Wright (6)	US Airways Center 6,341	6-4
11	July 7	3:00pm	San Antonio		66-53	Cash (18)	Cash, Jackson (12)	Bird (3)	KeyArena 10,137	7-4
12	July 9	9:00pm	Sacramento	ESPN2	66-55	Cash (18)	Bird, Cash, Jackson, Wright (5)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,838	8-4
13	July 12	9:00pm	Chicago	NBA TV FSN-NW	81-86	Jackson, Wright (18)	Jackson, Wright (7)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,796	8-5
14	July 15	10:00pm	Detroit	NBA TV FSN-NW	63-66	Little (12)	Little (6)	Bird (6)	KeyArena 6,821	8-6
15	July 17	10:00pm	@ Sacramento		69-56	Bird (20)	Little (9)	Bird (6)	ARCO Arena 6,386	9-6
16	July 19	8:00pm	Minnesota	FSN-NW	72-69	Little (18)	Cash (9)	Bird, Johnson, Wright (4)	KeyArena 6,912	10-6
17	July 22	10:00pm	Los Angeles		98-87 (3OT)	Bird (23)	Little (14)	Bird, Cash (5)	KeyArena 7,154	11-6
18	July 28	8:00pm	@ San Antonio	KMYS	71-74	Jackson (19)	Cash (11)	Bird (5)	AT&T Center 5,382	11-7

August

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
19	August 1	10:00pm	San Antonio	NBA TV KMYS	85-82 (OT)	Jackson (23)	Jackson (13)	Bird (5)	KeyArena 8,167	12-7
20	August 4	10:00pm	Phoenix		90-101 (OT)	Wright (25)	Cash, Jackson (11)	Wright (7)	KeyArena 6,728	12-8
21	August 6	10:30pm	@ Los Angeles		75-79 (OT)	Jackson (21)	Cash (8)	Bird, Wright (6)	STAPLES Center 9,735	12-9
22	August 8	10:00pm	New York		70-69	Jackson (21)	Jackson (9)	Bird (6)	KeyArena 7,496	13-9
23	August 13	7:00pm	@ Connecticut		53-64	Wright (13)	Jackson (10)	Bird (3)	Mohegan Sun Arena 6,983	13-10
24	August 15	7:00pm	@ Atlanta		79-88	Jackson (25)	Jackson (9)	Bird (12)	Philips Arena 8,751	13-11
25	August 18	7:30pm	@ Detroit		79-75	Jackson (36)	Cash, Jackson (7)	Bird (8)	Palace of Auburn Hills 7,392	14-11
26	August 22	10:00pm	Indiana		74-60	Bird (16)	Cash (9)	Bird, Wright (5)	KeyArena 8,273	15-11
27	August 25	10:00pm	Washington		78-68	Burse (14)	Little (7)	Wright (6)	KeyArena 6,791	16-11
28	August 27	10:00pm	Connecticut		86-74	Bird (21)	Little (10)	Bird (7)	KeyArena 5,688	17-11
29	August 29	10:00pm	Atlanta		91-84 (2OT)	Wright (25)	Little (15)	Bird (8)	KeyArena 9,089	18-11

September

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Record
30	September 1	7:00pm	@ New York		65-58	Little (17)	Little (13)	Wright (3)	Madison Square Garden 8,469	19-11
31	September 3	10:00pm	@ Washington		67-78	Bird (17)	Cash (7)	Bird (6)	Verizon Center 10,648	19-12
32	September 5	10:00pm	@ Minnesota	NBA TV FSN-N	68-76	Wright (20)	Little (8)	Johnson, Wright (4)	Target Center 8,170	19-13
33	September 10	10:00pm	Phoenix		84-92 (OT)	Wright (24)	Burse, Little (9)	Wright (5)	KeyArena 9,089	19-14
34	September 12	9:00pm	@ San Antonio		64-55	Johnson (16)	Little (11)	Johnson (5)	AT&T Center 10,153	20-14

All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess

Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason

Western Conference Semifinals

Game	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	TV	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location/Attendance	Series
1	September 16	10:00pm	@ Los Angeles	ESPN2	63-70	Cash (24)	Batkovic-Brown (7)	Bird, Wright (5)	STAPLES Center 7,919	0-1
2	September 18	10:00pm	Los Angeles	NBA TV	75-74	Cash (18)	Wright (6)	Wright (9)	KeyArena 8,854	1-1
3	September 20	5:00pm	Los Angeles	ESPN2	64-75	Cash (21)	Cash (10)	Cash (3)	KeyArena 8,159	1-2

Regular Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game
PF	Fouls per game		Team leader		League leader

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
La'Tangela Atkinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Suzy Batkovic	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Sue Bird	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Janell Burse	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Swin Cash	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Katie Gearlds	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
A'Quonesia Franklin	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Lauren Jackson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Shannon Johnson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Camille Little	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Ashley Robinson	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Ashley Walker	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0
Tanisha Wright	0	0	00.0	0.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	0.0

Team statistics

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
Seattle Storm	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0
Opponents	.000	.000	.000	00.0	00.0	0.0	0.0	00.0	00.0	00.0

Awards and honors

Lauren Jackson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009.
Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 20, 2009.
Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 24, 2009.
Sue Bird was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
Swin Cash was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
Lauren Jackson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter.
Lauren Jackson was named to the All-WNBA First Team .
Lauren Jackson was named to the All-Defensive First Team .
Tanisha Wright was named to the All-Defensive First Team .

References

↑ "WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
↑ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
↑ WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

External links

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[1] "WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.

[2] WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board Archived 2009-08-25 at the Wayback Machine

[3] WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions

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v t e 2009 WNBA season by team
Dispersal draft Draft Transactions Schedule All-Star Game Playoffs Finals
Eastern	Atlanta Dream Chicago Sky Connecticut Sun Detroit Shock Indiana Fever New York Liberty Washington Mystics
Western	Los Angeles Sparks Minnesota Lynx Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs San Antonio Silver Stars Seattle Storm
← 2008 WNBA season 2010 →

v t e Seattle Storm
Founded in 2000 Based in Seattle, Washington
Franchise	Franchise Current season
Arenas	Climate Pledge Arena (2000–18; 2022–present) Alaska Airlines Arena (2019) Angel of the Winds Arena (2019–21)
Head coaches	Lin Dunn Anne Donovan Brian Agler Jenny Boucek Gary Kloppenburg Dan Hughes Noelle Quinn
Administration	Owner: Force 10 Hoops LLC Dawn Trudeau Lisa Brummel Ginny Gilder Sue Bird President and CEO: Alisha Valavanis General Manager: Talisa Rhea
All-Stars	Sue Bird Swin Cash Natasha Howard Lauren Jackson Jewell Loyd Ezi Magbegor Nneka Ogwumike Breanna Stewart Tina Thompson
Seasons	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Playoff appearances	2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024
Conference Championships	2004 2010
WNBA Championships	2004 2010 2018 2020
Rivals	Los Angeles Sparks Phoenix Mercury Minnesota Lynx
Media	TV: Fox 13, Fox 13+, Amazon Prime Video Announcers: Dick Fain, Elise Woodward