2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

The 2009 WNBA season is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Silver Stars waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
2	14 (from Atl.)	Megan Frazee	United States	Liberty
2	26	Sonja Petrovic	Serbia	Serbia
3	39	Candyce Bingham	United States	Louisville

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Transactions

• July 31: The Silve Stars signed Ann Wauters and waived Katie Mattera.
• June 5: The Silver Stars waived Joyce Ekworomadu and Bernadette Ngoyisa.
• June 1: The Silver Stars waived Valeriya Berezhynska and Candyce Bingham.
• May 28: The Silver Stars waived Amber Petillion.
• May 25: The Silver Stars waived Morenike Atunrase and signed Joyce Ekworomadu.
• May 18: The Silver Stars signed Amber Petillion to a training camp contract.
• May 15: The Silver Stars waived Adrienne Ross.
• May 12: The Silver Stars waived Sandora Irvin.
• May 11: The Silver Stars signed Katie Feenstra Mattera.
• April 30: The Silver Stars re-signed Edwige Lawson-Wade.
• March 30: The Silver Stars signed Belinda Snell.
• March 16: The Silver Stars signed free agent Bernadette Ngoyisa.
• January 23: The Silver Stars signed Valeriya Berezhynska to a training-camp contract.
• January 8: The Silver Stars re-signed free agent Vickie Johnson.
• January 7: The Silver Stars signed Sophia Young to a three-year extension.
• April 9, 2008: The Silver Stars traded their first round 2009 Draft pick to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for the Dream's second round 2009 pick as part of the Ann Wauters/Camille Little transaction.

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Free agents

Roster

San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From 2.0 !SG 5 USA ! Crossley, Shanna style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Tennessee 1.0 !PG 30 USA ! Darling, Helen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Penn State 2.5 !G/F 40 USA ! Frazee, Megan style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Liberty University 1.0 !PG 25 USA ! Hammon, Becky style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 136 lb (62 kg) Colorado State 2.5 !G/F 55 USA ! Johnson, Vickie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Louisiana Tech 2.0 !SG 9 FRA ! Lawson-Wade, Edwige style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 130 lb (59 kg) France 3.0 !SF 7 USA ! Perperoglou, Erin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Master's College 6.0 !C 00 USA ! Riley, Ruth style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Notre Dame 2.0 !SG 10 AUS ! Snell, Belinda style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Australia 6.0 !C 12 Belgium ! Wauters, Ann style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Belgium 4.5 !PF 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ! Young, Sophia style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Baylor	Head coach Dan Hughes (Muskingum) Assistant coaches Sandy Brondello (Australia) Olaf Lange Athletic trainer Tonya Holley (St. Andrew's Presbyterian) Strength and conditioning coach Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran) 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

• Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009.
• Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009.
• Vickie Johnson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 31, 2009.
• Becky Hammon was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
• Sophia Young was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference reserve.
• Becky Hammon was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Sophia Young was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

References

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