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Diana Taurasi

Height:
6-null
Class:
Junior
High School:
Don Lugo
Hometown:
Chino, CA

Became UConn[apos]s first two-time national player of the year in 2004 ... Guided the Huskies to three consecutive national championships ... UConn boasted an overall mark of 139-8 during Taurasi[apos]s tenure in Storrs ... Three-time Kodak AllAmerica selection ... Two-time Associated Press First Team All-America choice ... First player in UConn history to total 2,000 points, 600 assists and 600 rebounds in a career ... No. 1 overall Draft Pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury ... Member of the 2004 and 2008 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team which captured the gold medal at the Athens and Beijing Olympics respectively ... Named 2004 WNBA Rookie of the Year ... Seven-Time WNBA All-Star ... Honored as an All-WNBA selection in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and was voted as the league[apos]s Most Valuable Player in 2009 ... Led WNBA with a league-record 25.3 ppg average in 2006 ... Ranks fifth all-time on UConn[apos]s scoring list with 2,156 career points ... Ranks seventh for the highest career scoring average with a 15.0 points per game clip.

Season	G	FG	FGA	FG%	3FG	3FGA	3%	FT	FTA	FT%	TR	RPG	A	TO	B	S	MIN	PTS	PPG
2000-01	33	127	286	.444	71	184	.386	36	41	.878	106	3.2	109	72	29	39	791	361	10.9
2001-02	39	200	405	.494	92	209	.440	72	87	.828	158	4.1	208	83	46	50	1131	564	14.6
2002-03	37	237	498	.476	70	200	.350	119	146	.815	225	6.1	161	115	45	32	1181	663	17.9
2003-04	35	197	432	.456	85	218	.390	89	112	.795	139	4.0	170	83	27	53	1115	568	16.2
Totals	144	761	1621	.469	318	811	.392	316	386	.819	628	4.4	648	353	147	174	4218	2156	15.0