2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season
Head Coach	Dan Hughes
Arena	AT&T Center
Attendance	7,527 per game
Results
Record	15–19 (.441)
Place	4th (Western)
Playoff Finish	Lost First Round
Team Leaders
Points	Hammon (19.5)
Rebounds	Young (6.5)
Assists	Hammon (5.0)
Media
Television	KMYS
San Antonio Silver Stars seasons
< 2008	2010 >

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.

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.

Free agents

Additions

Subtractions

Roster

San Antonio Silver Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight From 2.0 !SG 5 USA ! Crossley, Shanna 70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Tennessee 1.0 !PG 30 USA ! Darling, Helen 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 164 lb (74 kg) Penn State 2.5 !G/F 40 USA ! Frazee, Megan 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Liberty University 1.0 !PG 25 USA ! Hammon, Becky 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 136 lb (62 kg) Colorado State 2.5 !G/F 55 USA ! Johnson, Vickie 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Louisiana Tech 2.0 !SG 9 FRA ! Lawson-Wade, Edwige 66 !5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 130 lb (59 kg) France 3.0 !SF 7 USA ! Perperoglou, Erin 75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Master's College 6.0 !C 00 USA ! Riley, Ruth 77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Notre Dame 2.0 !SG 10 AUS ! Snell, Belinda 69 !5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Australia 6.0 !C 12 Belgium ! Wauters, Ann 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Belgium 4.5 !PF 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ! Young, Sophia 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

Western Conference	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Conf.
Phoenix Mercury x	23	11	.676	–	12–5	11–6	13–7
Seattle Storm x	20	14	.588	3.0	13–4	7–10	13–7
Los Angeles Sparks x	18	16	.529	5.0	11–6	7–10	11–9
San Antonio Silver Stars x	15	19	.441	8.0	10–7	5–12	10–10
Minnesota Lynx o	14	20	.412	9.0	9–8	5–12	7–13
Sacramento Monarchs o	12	22	.353	11.0	7–10	5–12	6–14

Schedule

Preseason

2009 Game Log: Preseason
Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 May 30 7:00pm @ Detroit 55-62 Young (14) Mattera (8) Johnson (4) Traverse City West H.S. 2,109 0-1 2 June 2 8:00pm Indiana 60-67 Hammon (12) Frazee (8) Johnson (3) Austin Convention Center 0-2

Postseason

2009 Game Log: Postseason

Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series 1 September 17 9:00pm Phoenix ESPN2 92-91 Young (24) Wauters (11) Johnson (8) AT&T Center 5,721 1-0 2 September 19 10:00pm @ Phoenix NBA TV 78-106 Young (19) Wauters (5) Johnson (4) US Airways Center 7,267 1-1 3 September 21 10:00pm @ Phoenix ESPN2 92-100 Hammon (29) Young (8) Wauters (5) US Airways Center 6,895 1-2

Regular Season Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game
PPG	Points per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage	TO	Turnovers per game	PF	Fouls per game		Team leader

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.