Plenette Pierson

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Plenette Pierson
WNBA's New York Liberty – No. 33
Forward/Center
Born	(1981-08-31) August 31, 1981 Houston, Texas
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
College	Texas Tech
Draft	4th overall, 2003 Phoenix Mercury
WNBA career	2003–present
Profile	WNBA player profile

WNBA teams
Phoenix Mercury (2003–2005) Detroit Shock (2006–2009) Tulsa Shock (2010) New York Liberty (2010–present)
Awards and honors
WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award (2007) 2× WNBA Champion (2006, 2008)

Plenette Michelle Pierson (born August 31, 1981) is an American professional women's basketball player with the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).^[1] In the 2007 season, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.

College

Pierson played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders women's basketball team. She graduated in 2003.^[2]

WNBA

Pierson has won two championships with the Shock, in 2006 and 2008.

Personal

Pierson was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in nearby Kingwood, Texas. She is the daughter of Paulette Pierson and has a younger brother, Cleven. She attended Kingwood High School, from which she graduated from in 1999.^[2]

References

↑ Plenette Pierson. WNBA.com
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Player Bio: Plenette Pierson -". TexasTech.com. Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site. Retrieved January 25, 2012.

v t e New York Liberty – current roster

3 Bone 4 Williams 5 Mitchell 15 Young 17 Carson 21 Montgomery 23 Pondexter 30 Smith 32 Ford 33 Pierson 45 Braxton Head Coach B. Laimbeer Assistant Coaches B. Farris T. McWilliams-Franklin

East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West LA MIN PHO SA SEA TUL

v t e Detroit Shock 2006 WNBA Champions

5 Elaine Powell 7 Sabrina Palie 8 Angelina Williams 11 Kedra Holland-Corn 14 Deanna Nolan (Finals MVP) 21 Jacqueline Batteast 23 Plenette Pierson 30 Katie Smith 32 Swin Cash 35 Cheryl Ford 45 Kara Braxton 00 Ruth Riley Head Coach Bill Laimbeer Assistant Coach Rick Mahorn

v t e Detroit Shock 2008 WNBA Champions

3 Ashley Shields 5 Elaine Powell 11 Kelly Schumacher 14 Deanna Nolan 22 Alexis Hornbuckle 23 Plenette Pierson 24 Olayinka Sanni 30 Katie Smith (Finals MVP) 35 Cheryl Ford 44 Taj McWilliams-Franklin 45 Kara Braxton 55 Sheri Sam Head Coach Bill Laimbeer Assistant Coach Rick Mahorn

v t e 2003 WNBA Draft

First Round	LaToya Thomas Chantelle Anderson Cheryl Ford Plenette Pierson Kara Lawson Gwen Jackson Aiysha Smith Jung Sun-Min Jocelyn Penn Molly Creamer Coretta Brown Allison Curtin

Second Round	Courtney Coleman Teresa Edwards Jennifer Butler Petra Ujhelyi Erin Thorn Jordan Adams Lori Nero DeTrina White Zuzana Žirková Suzy Batkovic-Brown Dana Cherry Sonja Mallory Ke-Ke Tardy K. B. Sharp Schuye LaRue

Third Round	Syreeta Bromfield Carla Bennett Shaquala Williams Telisha Quarles Trish Juhline Marion Jones Lindsey Wilson Ashley McElhiney Tamara Bowie Chrissy Floyd Constance Jinks Nicole Kaczmarski Brooke Armistead Oksana Rakhmatulina Mary Jo Noon

v t e WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year Award

2007: Pierson 2008: Wiggins 2009: Bonner 2010: Bonner 2011: Bonner 2012: Montgomery 2013: Williams

Persondata
Name	Pierson, Plenette
Alternative names
Short description	American women's basketball player
Date of birth	August 31, 1981
Place of birth	Houston, Texas, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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