Tina Thompson, the 6' 2", 24 year old forward for the WNBA Champion Comets who averaged 12.7 points and 7.1 rebounds during the 1998 season was the first woman chosen in the WNBA Draft. Thompson a pivotal member of the "The Big 3" (includes Cynthia Cooper and Sheryl Swoopes) has made a name for herself and a place in the WNBA. She has truly become a force to be reckoned with.

Tina Thompson has already proven herself internationally, and her combination of three-point shooting, inside presence and defensive effectiveness is pretty much a constant when playing with the Houston Comets. Defensively she's probably one of the most underrated players in this league. And can be easily found on the court wearing a very distinctive shade of red lipstick.

She's been playing basketball since the age of nine, when her brothers wouldn't allow her to play with them. The more they told her "no", the more she wanted to play and become better than them. She also played at the same high school as another notable WNBA player, Lisa Leslie. Her passion for basketball is solid, but her goal for the future is to become a judge. bnjfk fdsklf jfdslk fhsdl
Work History
"(1997-1998) Houston Comets

(1997) All-WNBA First Team

(1996-1997) AP All-America second team

(1996-1997) Kodak District All-America team

(1996-1997) the All Pac-10 First Team"

Ray Floyd has been a phenomenal golfer since his inaugural year in 1963. He won his first event, the 1963 St. Petersburg Open, at age 20. In the 1960s, his best season was in 1969 when he had three victories, including the PGA Championship. It took him six years to acquire his next victory in 1975, the Kemper Open, and the following year he won the Masters. In the 1980's he had four victories in 1981, four 1982, and two in 1985 and 1986, when he won the U.S. Open.

His most notable accomplishments would surface when he became a Senior. He won the Doral-Ryder Open (PGA Tour) in 1992 at the age of 49. Later that year, he won on the Senior PGA Tour becoming the first player to win on both Tours in the same year. He also became the only player in the world under 50 who won all the American majors -- the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA (twice).

As a youngster, Floyd was an avid baseball player and fan. However, he chose to play golf instead with the coaching and nudging of his father, L.B., an Army master sergeant who became a golf professional while running military-owned golf courses near Fayetteville, North Carolina.

The Floyd family is a very generous family. Remembering the devastating loss of their home in a fire, after the destruction of Hurricane Andrew to many homes and families, Ray Floyd donated all the prize money from his first Senior PGA TOUR victory in the GTE North Classic to the Hurricane Relief Fund, and the Floyd family also donated clothing for the hurricane victims.

Floyd in recent years spends much of his time working with his own golf-course design company. His son, Robert, has also turned professional last summer and is pursuing a PGA TOUR career.
Climb to Fame
He is the only player in the world under 50 who has won all the American majors -- the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA (twice).
Work History
(1999) MasterCard Championship

(1999) Senior Skins Game

(1999) Ingersoll-Rand SENIOR TOUR Championship

(1999) Pacific Bell Senior Classic

(1999) EMC Kaanapali Classic
Awards
Ray Floyd has also won numerous Awards

Isaiah Rider is one of the NBA's most dynamic players and has proven himself to be a potent scorer during his career, three years with the Minnesota Timberwolves and three with the Portland Trailblazers. After leading the Blazers in scoring in 1998-1999, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks.

The University of Nevada-Las Vegas graduate led the Runnin' Rebels in scoring and rebounding as a senior (29.1 ppg, 8.9 rpg). His scoring average ranked second in the country. After college, the Timberwolves selected Rider with the fifth overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft. When Minnesota decided to take Rider off the bench, he took over with a vengeance.

Rider's second season, 1994-1995, was spoiled by conflicts with team management that resulted in several suspensions. On the court, he ranked 19th in the league in scoring (20.4 ppg) and had a team-record of 139 three-pointers. His 42-point effort on April 1 was the second-highest total in franchise history. During this same season, he won Slam-Dunk Championship during the NBA All-Star Weekend.

Rider would continue to have trouble with suspensions and outside of the court legal problems, but he never let up on playing with star quality. However, in 1996-1997, the Timberwolves traded him to Portland. He became Portland's second-leading scorer at 16.1 ppg in 1996-1997. He also led the team in free throw shooting and three-point field goals made.

In 1997-98 he led the Blazers with 19.7 ppg, ranking 15th in the NBA, along with becoming Portland's three-point field goal leader with 135.

For the 1999-2000 season he ranks eighth in the NBA in points per game with 22. Rider has the potential to become one of the elite players in the game today if he can just stay focused on basketball.
Climb to Fame
Explosive talent and personality playing for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
Work History
(12/08/1999) Captures his season-high 38 points against Los Angeles Clippers.

(1998-1999) Leads the Blazers with 13.9 ppg and leads the team in scoring in 13 games.

(02/01/1998) Records a season-high 38 points (15-25 FG), 5 rebounds and 4 assists against the Toronto Raptors.

(1997-1998) Closes the season only four points short of 7,000 in his career.

(1997-1998) Leads the Blazers in in scoring (19.7 ppg, 15th in the NBA), three-pointers made (135, eighth in the NBA) and attempted (420).

(02/16/1997) Scores a Blazers' season-high 40 points (13-19 FG) against the Boston Celtics.

(1995-1996) Leads the Timberwolves in scoring (19.6 ppg).

(04/01/1995) Scores a career-high 42 points, for the Timberwolves, against the Golden State Warriors.

(12/20/1994-02/03/1995) Establishes a Timberwolves' franchise record by hitting at least one three-pointer in 21 consecutive games.

(1994-1995) Leads the Timberwolves in scoring (20.4 ppg).

(1994) Converse/NBA 3-on-3 World Tour.

(1991-1993) University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
Awards
Isaiah Rider has also won numerous Awards

Rebecca Lobo, center for the New York Liberty women's basketball team since 1997, is a very focused woman. Her many accomplishments and team player attributes have earned her a respected position in the WNBA. Lobo, who is Hispanic, says basketball has been her passion since she was six years old.

Although placed on the injured list on June 15, 1999 after suffering a torn anterior crutiate ligament (ACL) in her left knee against the Cleveland Rockers on June 10, she was still selected for the first ever WNBA All Star Game. As a result of her injury, she will miss the remainder of the 1999 season. Lobo started all 59 games for New York last season, as the Liberty captured the 1998 Eastern Conference title before losing to the Houston Comets in the WNBA finals.

In 1998 Lobo led the Liberty in field-goal percentage (.484, 6th in the WNBA), rebounds (6.9 RPG, 6th), blocked shots (1.10 BPG, 6th) and double-doubles (5, 8th).

In addition to being a full time basketball star, Lobo and her mother work together as non-fiction authors. They are penning a mother-daughter autobiography entitled The Home Team, which will chronicle their experiences, both good and bad, from her mother's battle with cancer to Lobo's speedy rise to fame. She has also shared that she would like to write a series of fictional children's books.

Lobo is also very active in numerous organizations that support breast cancer research and awareness, due to her mother's battle with the disease.

Lobo is single and has an older brother who is an attorney.
Work History
(1997) Worked as a sideline reporter for Connecticut Public Television and an ESPN analyst during the 1997 NCAA Tournament

(1997) New York Liberty Basketball Team

(1996) A member of the undefeated USA Basketball Women's National Team

(1995) Kodak All-Am. First Team

(1994 & 1995) Big East Conference Women's Basketball

(1993-1995) All-Big East first team
Awards
Rebecca Lobo has also won numerous Awards

Jesper Parnevik is best known for his runner-up finishes in the 1994 and 1997 British Open, his trademark cap with an upturned peak and his funny clothes. The upturned cap started as a way to get a tan while playing. He is also known for lighting a cigar after each victory. He's considered a bit eccentric and enjoys eating a bit volcanic dust every now and then.

He turned pro in 1986 and played around the world before joining the PGA Tour in 1994. He first gained global notoriety by finishing second to Nick Price in the 1994 British Open. He hasn't picked up any majors yet, but since joining the PGA, he has consistently improved his game, making the money-list ranking in each of his first four years on the Tour. He finished 120th in 1994, and soared to the 12th position in 1997.

Parnevik earned his first PGA Tour victory in 1998 in Phoenix in his fifth season on tour. His first European Tour win came at the 1993 Bell's Scottish Open.

As an entrepreneur, Parnevik is the founder and chairman of the Brause Health, Inc., a vitamin company. Parnevik has signed an agreement making the company's LiFizz Effervescent Vitamins the "Official Vitamin and Mineral Supplement of the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour."
Climb to Fame
Jesper Parnevik is best known for his runner-up finishes in the 1994 and 1997 British Open and his trademark cap with an upturned peak.
Work History
(1999) National Car Rental Golf Classic/Disney

(1999) Michelob Championship at Kingsmill

(1999) Ryder Cup

(1999) Bell Canadian Open

(1999) PGA Championship
Awards
Jesper Parnevik has also won numerous Awards

Tamika Whitmore, the young lady from Tupelo, Mississippi, couldn't imagine she would ever be in New York, let alone, playing in the WNBA for the New York Liberty. She has succeeded, however, and is now playing in Madison Square Garden.

Whitmore, the 6' 2" center, is a 1999 graduate from Memphis, and is being thought of as the well-kept secret that coach Richie Adubado kept to himself until he grabbed her on Draft Day. She has proven herself time and time again, especially since she's had to step up for Rebecca Lobo who was injured in the first game of the 1999 season. Whitmore has been taking on the WNBA's biggest stars and winning. She says she want to play like the big guys, and she certainly has.

Her interest in basketball started in the ninth grade. She says she had no idea what she wanted to do. She saw an article in the paper stating that one of her cousins had broken their Tupelo High School record with 46 points in a game. It was then she made up her mind she was going to break the record, and she broke it later with 49 points.

While in college playing for the University of Memphis Lady Tigers, she was named MVP of the 1995 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game after recording 19 points and eight rebounds. While there she logged 46 career double-doubles and was the second-leading scorer in the Lady Tigers history with 2488 points.

Whitmore has done a great deal of charity work in Memphis area, especially speaking to children at school. She also entertains them with her drawings. She can draw almost anything she sees.

After her playing days are over she plans to pursue a career in coaching.
Work History
(1999) WNBA, New York Liberty, Center

(1998) USA R. William Jones Cup Team

(1996-1997) Dial St. John's Classic

(1996-1997) Lady Tiger Classic.

(1996)Conference USA All-Freshman Team"

Tracy Reid, the 5' 11' standout rookie forward for the WNBA’s Charlotte Sting, has been collecting accolades since high school, where as a senior she collected such awards as the National Player of the Year, Miss Florida Basketball, USA Today All-American first team, TD Club Player of the Year, and three times she was the Miami Herald Player of the Year .

Currently she is playing in the 1999 playoffs with the Sting against the New York Liberty. This season she posted a game high of 15 points and a team-high 8 rebounds in an 83-73 victory over the Washington Mystics.

From Miami, to the University of North Carolina, where she was a two-time All-American, to the Sting, where she's leading the charge to the top of the WNBA Eastern Conference, Reid has excelled wherever she has been. In 1998, as a rookie, Reid she averaged 14.0 points and 5.4 rebounds per game for the Sting and was named the winner of the 1998 Rookie of the Year award. In a close race for the award, Reid received 20 out of the possible 45 votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters. She's successfully made the transition from college power forward to professional small forward, and has brought a level of enthusiasm and drive to the court that already made her a team leader.

Reid states that if she wasn't a basketball player, she'd like to be a sports broadcaster.
Work History
(1998-1999) WNBA, Charlotte Sting

(1994-1997) Unversity of North Carolina

(1997) Kodak All-America First Team

(1998) Kodak All-America First Team

(1998) AP All-America First Team
Awards
Tracy Reid has also won numerous Awards

Chantel Tremitiere, the 5'6" guard for the Utah Starzz, comes to the WNBA after experiencing the challenges of being an assistant coach at three different colleges. The former Auburn Tiger spent five years coaching at the college level. After graduating from Auburn University in 1991, she remained and was their assistant coach from 1991 to 1992. She then went on to serve as an assistant coach at Texas from 1992-1993. She left Texas and headed to the University of Massachusetts where she stayed from 1993-1996 before being drafted by the Sacramento Monarchs in 1997.

She was released by the Monarchs in 1998 and picked up by the Utah Starzz in 1998. During her time with the Sacramento Starzz, Tremitiere scored a WNBA career-high 16 points against the Cleveland Rockers on 7/6/97. She led the Monarchs in assists (4.8 apg, 4th in the WNBA) and steals (1.93 spg, 7th). Tremitiere tied for the 1997 WNBA season-high with 12 assists against the Utah Starzz on 7/7/97. In 1998, she led the Starzz in assists (3.6 apg, 9th in the WNBA) and ranked 2nd on the team in free-throw percentage (.759, 18th).

Tremitiere grew up understanding the meaning of sharing and team spirit. She is the 12th of 15 children in her family, 12 of whom are adopted. Her brothers and sisters are from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Growing up in a big multicultural family taught her to look past prejudices and to adjust. It also made her outspoken. Tremitiere shares that the most defining moment in life was Dec. 19, 1969 -- the day she was adopted. She met her birth father for first time at age 17 and says "we are exactly alike."

Tremitiere plans to go to acting school in the offseason and hopes to pursue acting after her basketball career is over. She wants to win an Oscar and become the first African-American woman to have a lead role in an action film or comedy and do all her own stunts.
Work History
(1998-1999) Utah Starzz

(1997) Sacramento Monarchs

(1993-1996) Assistant coach at University of Massachusetts

(1992-1993) Assistant coach at Texas

(1991-1992) Assistant coach at Auburn

Dominique Canty arrived to the WNBA after an extremely successful stint with University of Alabama. Canty was one of those players the coaches hate to see graduate. She finished her career as Alabama's all-time leading scorer (male or female) with 2,294 points, passing such players as Latrell Spreewell.

Canty was a key player at Alabama and now she is the same for the Detroit Shock. She has handled the transition from college basketball to professional basketball extremely well. She's a consistent player at both ends of the court. Her ability to drive to the basket is one of the best parts of her game, along with good scoring and rebounding abilities.

While poised, Canty is making a noticeable impact on the team and the crowds. She is exciting to watch, and she brings plenty of intensity and energy to the Shock, and for this, the Detroit crowds love her.

Canty has been playing since she was eight years old. Typical little girl stuff, following big brothers to the courts and wanted to do what they were doing. And even though basketball is her first love, when it's all over she wants to hang up her basketball uniform. She plans to use her degree in Criminal Law and pursue a law enforcement career.
Work History
(1999) WNBA, Detroit Shock

(1999) First Team AP All-America

(1995-1999) University of Alabama

(1998) Selected to the All-SEC first team

(1996) SEC All-Freshman Team
Awards
Dominique Canty has also won numerous Awards