The University of Mississippi Athletics
2015 WNBA Season Kicks Off This Weekend
6/5/2015 | Women's Basketball
OXFORD, Miss. -- This weekend marks opening weekend for the 2015 WNBA season and several former Rebels will be in action. Armintie Price Herrington will begin her ninth WNBA season on Friday as a member of the Washington Mystics, while Ole Miss great Jennifer Gilliom begins her third season as an assistant coach with the Connecticut Sun.
Herrington and her Washington Mystics open the season tonight (June 5) when they travel to Uncasville, Connecticut to take on Gillom's Connecticut Sun squad. Herrington joins Kara Lawson from Tennessee as SEC players on the Mystics squad. Herrington is one of 18 former SEC players on WNBA opening day rosters.
Nine WNBA teams have at least one former SEC player on their opening day roster. In addition, several teams have retained the rights for players that are injured or have other commitments, including Los Angeles with Candace Parker, Connecticut with Allison Hightower and Seattle with Angel Robinson.
The SEC also has three former women's basketball players serving in coaching roles. Pokey Chatman (LSU) serves as head coach and General Manager for the Chicago Sky, while Bridget Pettis, Florida (Tulsa Shock) and Jennifer Gillom, Ole Miss (Connecticut Sun) serve as assistant coaches. Kelly Krauskopf, who played for Texas A&M during their Southwestern Conference days, is the GM for Indiana.Â
Below is a list of all former SEC players who were on opening day rosters of the WNBA:
Atlanta
Aneika Henry, Florida
DeLisha Milton-Jones, Florida
Connecticut
Allison Hightower, LSU
Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M
Shekinna Stricklen, Tennessee
Indiana
Tamika Catchings, Tennessee
Los Angeles
Temeka Johnson, LSU
Minnesota
Seimone Augustus, LSU
Jennifer O'Neill, Kentucky
Phoenix
DeWanna Bonner, Auburn
Shameka Christon, ArkansasÂ
San Antonio
Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
Sydney Colson, Texas A&MÂ
Tulsa
Vicki Baugh, Tennessee
Glory Johnson-Griner, Tennessee
Theresa Plaisance, LSUÂ
Washington
Armintie Herrington, Ole Miss
Kara Lawson, Tennessee
For further ticket information go to OleMissTix.com or call the Ole Miss Ticket Office at 1-888-REB-TKTS (732-8587). For all Ole Miss women's basketball news and information, go to OleMissSports.com, and follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissWBB and on Facebook at Ole Miss Women's Basketball. Fans can also follow Ole Miss women's basketball head coach Matt Insell on Twitter at @minsell.
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