2009 Seattle Storm season

The 2009 WNBA season is the 10th season for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Storm's 2008 record, they would pick 12th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Storm waived their pick. ^[1]

WNBA Draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	School/Team/Country
1	12	Ashley Walker	United States	California
3	38	Mara Freshour	United States	Florida State

^[2]

Transactions

• September 10: The Storm signed A'Quonesia Franklin to an end-of-regular season contract.
• September 9: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson to an end-of-regular season contract.
• June 4: The Storm waived A'Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham.
• May 31: The Storm waived La'Tangela Atkinson and Kasha Terry.
• May 22: The Storm waived Kimberly Beck and Mara Freshour.
• May 7: The Storm signed La’Tangela Atkinson, A’Quonesia Franklin and Aja Parham to training camp contacts.
• May 7: The Storm waived Mel Thomas.
• May 4: The Storm re-signed Lauren Jackson.
• April 23: The Storm announced that Kristen O'Neill declined her offer to attend training camp.
• March 20: The Storm waived Kelly Santos.
• March 19: The Storm signed Kasha Terry and Mel Thomas.
• February 23: The Storm signed Shannon Johnson.
• February 20: The Storm signed Suzy Batkovic.
• February 10: The Storm re-signed Ashley Robinson.
• February 9: The Storm re-signed Janell Burse.
• February 2: The Storm signed Kelly Santos to a training camp contract.
• January 31: The Storm waived Sheryl Swoopes.
• January 7: The Storm re-signed free agent Tanisha Wright and signed Kimberly Beck and Kristen O'Neill to training-camp contracts.
• June 22, 2008: The Storm traded their second round pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft to the Atlanta Dream as part of the Camille Little transaction.

^[3]

Free agents

Roster

Seattle Storm roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From 6.0 !C 9 AUS ! Batkovic-Brown, Suzy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Australia 1.0 !PG 10 USA ! Bird, Sue style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Connecticut 6.0 !C 33 USA ! Burse, Janell style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Tulane 3.0 !SF 2 USA ! Cash, Swin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Connecticut 2.5 !G/F 4 USA ! Gearlds, Katie style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Purdue 5.5 !F/C 15 AUS ! Jackson, Lauren style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Australia 1.0 !PG 14 USA ! Johnson, Shannon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 67 !5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 152 lb (69 kg) South Carolina 4.5 !PF 20 USA ! Little, Camille style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) North Carolina 6.0 !C 43 USA ! Robinson, Ashley style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Tennessee 4.0 !F 44 USA ! Walker, Ashley style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) California 1.0 !PG 30 USA ! Wright, Tanisha style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Penn State	Head coach Brian Agler (Wittenberg) Assistant coaches Shelley Patterson (Washington State) Nancy Darsch (Springfield) Athletic trainer Tom Spencer 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

• Lauren Jackson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of June 22, 2009.
• Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 20, 2009.
• Sue Bird was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 24, 2009.
• Sue Bird was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
• Swin Cash was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
• Lauren Jackson was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as an Western Conference starter.
• Lauren Jackson was named to the All-WNBA First Team.
• Lauren Jackson was named to the All-Defensive First Team.
• Tanisha Wright was named to the All-Defensive First Team.

References

External links

• Official Site