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Isabelle Fijalkowski, now Isabelle Fijalkowski-Tournebize, is a retired French basketball player. She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame, in 2011.
Andrea Stinson is a retired professional basketball player from the United States, playing for the WNBA from 1997 to 2004 for the Charlotte Sting and one final season in 2005 with the Detroit Shock.
Janice Faye Lawrence Braxton is a former American professional women's basketball player. She was born in Lucedale, Mississippi. Braxton was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Bridget Pettis was an Assistant Coach of the Chicago Sky Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) professional basketball team. She is an American former college and professional basketball player who was a guard in the WNBA for eight seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Pettis played college basketball for the University of Florida, and professionally for the Phoenix Mercury and the Indiana Fever of the WNBA.
Penny Moore is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player. She played in the league from its inception in 1997 to 2000. She played for the Charlotte Sting in 1997, then for the Washington Mystics in 1998-2000. She attended J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia.
Pollyanna Casanga Johns Kimbrough, formerly Pollyanna Johns is an American former basketball player. She was born in Nassau, Bahamas, grew up in Jamaica and moved to the United States at age 13. She played for six seasons as a center and forward in the WNBA for the Charlotte Sting (1998), Cleveland Rockers, Miami Sol (2002), and Houston Comets (2004).
Andrea Congreaves is a British former basketball player born in Epsom, Surrey who played professionally for the women's England's national team while also playing in the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Britain throughout her career. She is the former head coach of the Rhondda Rebels of the English Women's Basketball League, and the current head coach of the Mansfield Giants of the English Basketball League as well as the women's team of the University of Nottingham.
Sharon Manning is a former professional basketball player. She played nationally (WNBA) and overseas.
Toni Foster is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA. She was the eighth pick in the 1997 WNBA draft, being selected by the Phoenix Mercury.
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Tia Jackson is a former professional basketball player and a current assistant coach for Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team.
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Tara Williams is a former professional basketball player who played college basketball for the Auburn Tigers women's basketball team at Auburn University from 1995 to 1997. She also played in the WNBA in 1997 for the Phoenix Mercury and in 2000 for the Portland Fire.
Deborah Carter is a former professional basketball player who played in the WNBA for the Utah Starzz in 1997 and Washington Mystics in 1998.
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Monique Ambers is an American retired basketball player and coach. Ambers played for the Phoenix Mercury in the 1997 season and the Sacramento Monarchs in the 2002 season.
