Tech In The Pros Over the years, women’s basketball players have found successful careers after graduating from Georgia Tech. Many have pursued careers in medicine, engineering and even pro basketball.
Alex Stewart (above) led her Iceland team to the league championship during the 2005 spring and was named the MVP of the
Player
Yellow Jackets In The Pros
Brigitte Ardossi Dolores Bootz Kisha Ford Stephanie Higgs Jill Ingram Joannah Kauffman Milli Martinez Sonja Mallory Daphne Mitchell Janie Mitchell Chioma Nnamaka Jasmina Pacariz Alex Stewart Kasha Terry Marielle Walker Aimee Weiss
Organization
Atlanta Dream COB Calais, France Galatasaray, Istanbul, Turkey Megafesa, Lugo, Spain Caja Segovia, Segovia, Spain New York Liberty (WNBA) Orlando Miracle (WNBA) Miami Sol (WNBA) Greece Sweden Turkey Puerto Rico Phoenix Mercury (WNBA) Lithuania, Hungary Finland Bulgaria Atlanta Dream (WNBA) Lithuania Sweden Iceland Indiana Fever (WNBA) Atlanta Dream (WNBA) Switzerland Denmark
Years
2010 2010 1988-89 1990-91 1991-93 1997-98 1999 2000-01 2007 2008 1999 2002-04 2003 2003 2009-10 2008 2008 2009 2008 2004 2006-08 2008 1988-89 1996-2003
(Clockwise from top right): Kisha Ford became the Yellow Jackets’ first women’s basketball alumna to be featured on a trading card when she played for the Miami Sol from 2000-01. She was also the first Georgia Tech player to ever be drafted by the WNBA when the New York Liberty took her in the fourth round in 1997. Sonja Mallory spent the summer of 2003 playing for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA and then played professionally in Lithuania and Hungary. Kasha Terry was drafted by the Indiana Fever in the second round in 2006 and last played for the Atlanta Dream. Chioma Nnamaka was taken in the second round of the 2008 draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars and then sent to the Atlanta Dream in a draft-day trade, where she played one season. Brigitte Ardossi became the fifth Yellow Jacket to get drafted, when the Atlanta Dream selected her in the second round of the 2010 Draft.
Yellow Jackets in WNBA Draft Kisha Ford Sonja Mallory Kasha Terry Chioma Nnamaka Brigitte Ardossi
1997 2003 2006 2008 2010
Fourth Round Second Round Second Round Second Round Second Round
New York Liberty New York Liberty Indiana Fever San Antonio Silver Stars Atlanta Dreams
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