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- ↑ 3 Former Florida Basketball Players Taken In WNBA Draft - Orlando Sentinel
- ↑ "Charlotte Sting at Phoenix Mercury, June 22, 1997".
- ↑ "1999 Phoenix Mercury Transactions".
- ↑ "2000 Seattle Storm Transactions".
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