- Tammy Sutton-Brown
Infobox WNBA Player
name = Tammy Sutton-Brown
team =Indiana Fever
number = 8
position = Center
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4
weight_lbs = 199
nationality =Canada
birth_date = birth date and age|1978|1|27
birth_place =Ontario ,Canada
college = Rutgers
draft = 18th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team =Charlotte Sting
career_start = 2001
career_end =
former_teams =
awards = Canada's top female basketball prospect by theToronto Star
WNBA All-Star (2002)Tamara "Tammy" Kim Sutton-Brown (born
January 27 ,1978 inMarkham, Ontario ,Canada ) is a professionalwomen's basketball player in the WNBA. Her primary position is center.High school years
In
high school , Sutton-Brown was rated Canada's top female basketball prospect by the "Toronto Star ".College years
Sutton-Brown attended
Rutgers University . As a senior she was nicknamed "Simba" from theDisney movie "The Lion King " due to her coming of age at Rutgers. She owns a career field goal percentage of 57.6 which ranks third in the Rutgers career records.WNBA career
Sutton-Brown was selected 18th overall in the second round of the 2001 WNBA draft by the
Charlotte Sting .She finished the 2004 season ranked second in the WNBA in blocks (2.09 bpg). She became the Sting's all-time leader in blocks in 2004 with 196 career blocked shots, and as of 2006 only the 10th player to achieve 200 blocks.
In 2002, she was selected for the 2002
WNBA All-Star Game , becoming the first Canadian WNBA player to participate.After the 2006 season ended, the Sting ceased operations and most of the remaining players were entered in a dispersal draft that followed the Sting's demise. Since she was an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006 season, she was exempt from entering the dispersal draft.
However, on
March 22 ,2007 , she signed a contract with theIndiana Fever .Europe career
* 2006-07 Turkish Presidents Cup Winner with Flagicon|Turkey
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
* 2006-07 Turkish Cup Winner with Flagicon|TurkeyFenerbahçe Istanbul
* 2006-07 Turkish Championship Winner with Flagicon|TurkeyFenerbahçe Istanbul
* 2007-08 Turkish Presidents Cup Winner with Flagicon|TurkeyFenerbahçe Istanbul International career
Sutton-Brown played for Canada in the
2000 Summer Olympics .Vital statistics
*Nation:
Canada
*Position: Center
*Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
*College:Rutgers University
*Former Team(s):Charlotte Sting , USK Prague and Dynamo Moscow
*Current Team(s):Indiana Fever andFenerbahçe Istanbul External links
* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/tammy_sutton-brown/index.html WNBA Player Profile]
* [http://www.geocities.com/rutgerswomen/sutton_brown.html Unofficial Rutgers Resume]
* [http://www.fenerbahce.org/kurumsal/kategori.asp?ContentCategoryID=39 Player Profile at "fenerbahce.org"]
* [http://www.wnba.com/fever/news/070322_SuttonBrown_Sign.html Marcch 22, 2007 Press release on signing with the Indiana Fever]
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