2009 Indiana Fever season

The 2009 Indiana Fever season was their 10th season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The Fever attempted to advance to the WNBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and were successful. The Fever reached their first WNBA Finals, but fell short in 5 games to the Phoenix Mercury.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Fever's 2008 record, they would pick 6th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Fever picked Erica White.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Fever's selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	6	Briann January	United States	Arizona State
2	19	Christina Wirth	United States	Vanderbilt
3	22	Danielle Campbell	United States	Purdue

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Transactions

• June 17: The Fever signed Jessica Davenport and waived Yolanda Griffith.
• June 11: The Fever signed Jessica Moore and Eshaya Murphy and waived Erica White and Kadijah Whittington.
• June 4: The Fever waived Danielle Campbell and Tan White.
• May 21: The Fever waived Doneeka Lewis and Sherill Baker.
• May 4: The Fever signed Tamecka Dixon.
• April 20: The Fever waived Allison Feaster.
• March 4: The Fever signed Sherill Baker and Doneeka Lewis to a training camp contracts.
• February 20: The Fever signed Yolanda Griffith.
• January 8: The Fever re-signed free agent Tully Bevilaqua to a multiyear contract and waived Kristen Mann.

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Free agents

Roster

Indiana Fever roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From 1.0 !PG 41 AUS ! Bevilaqua, Tully (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Australia 3.0 !SF 24 USA ! Catchings, Tamika (C) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Tennessee 6.0 !C 50 USA ! Davenport, Jessica style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Ohio State 2.0 !SG 21 USA ! Dixon, Tamecka style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 148 lb (67 kg) Kansas 2.5 !G/F 23 USA ! Douglas, Katie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Purdue 4.5 !PF 32 USA ! Hoffman, Ebony style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Southern California 1.0 !PG 20 USA ! January, Briann style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 68 !5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Arizona State 5.5 !F/C 31 USA ! Moore, Jessica style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Connecticut 2.0 !SG 14 USA ! Murphy, Eshaya style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Southern California 6.0 !C 8 CAN ! Sutton-Brown, Tammy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Rutgers 3.0 !SF 34 USA ! Wirth, Christina style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Vanderbilt	Head coach Lin Dunn (Tennessee-Martin) Assistant coaches Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego) Jim Lewis (West Virginia) Athletic trainer Craig Stull Strength and conditioning coach Brandon Johnson (Purdue) Legend (C) Team captain (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Postseason

Regular Season statistics

Player statistics

Team statistics

Awards and honors

• Tamika Catchings was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009.
• Tammy Sutton-Brown was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 29, 2009.
• Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009.
• Katie Douglas was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
• Katie Douglas was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Eastern Conference starter.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Katie Douglas was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.
• Tamika Catchings was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
• Tamika Catchings was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Tully Bevilaqua was named to the All-Defensive First Team.

References