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2004: Averaged 12.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.4 apg, 1.50 spgand 33.4 mpg in 34 games…Named All-WNBA FirstTeam for her third straight season…Finished secondin the WNBA in assists, fourth in three-point fieldgoalpercentage (.438) and tied for sixth in free throwpercentage (.859)…Scored her 1,000th career point vs.Houston on 6/22…Started her 100th consecutive gamefor the Storm in the season finale on 9/18…Convertedthe game-winning layup with two seconds left in overtimeagainst Washington on 7/17…2004 PLAYOFFS: Averaged8.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 5.3 apg, 1.50 spg and 29.1 mpg in eightgames…2003: Averaged 12.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.41spg and 33.4 mpg in 34 games…Named All-WNBA FirstTeam for the second straight season…Voted as a starterfor the Western Conference at the WNBA All-Star Gamewhere she scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds…Ranked second in the WNBA in assists and fifth in freethrow percentage (.884)…Handed out a career-hightying12 assists at Los Angeles on 6/19 and at Clevelandon 6/27…Recorded a WNBA-record seven point/assistdouble-doubles…Handed out 10 or more assists ineight games during the season, tying the second-highesttotal in WNBA history…Became the fifth player in WNBAhistory to post a 20-point/10-assist game when sheregistered 21 points and 10 assists vs. Washington on7/3…Became the third player in WNBA history to amassmore than 200 assists in a season (221), joining TichaPenicheiro and Teresa Weatherspoon…2002: Averaged14.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg, 1.7 spg, 6.0 apg and 35.0 mpg in 32games…Named All-WNBA First Team, joining Indiana’sTamika Catchings as the first rookies in league history toattain the distinction…Named runner-up to Catchingsfor the 2002 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award…Named astarter for the Western Conference at the WNBA All-StarGame in Washington D.C. after leading all guards in theleague’s fan voting…Handed out a WNBA-All-Star-recordseven assists in the midseason classic…Ranked secondin the WNBA in assists, eighth in steals, first in free throwpercentage (.911) and ninth in three-point percentage(.401)…Scored a then-franchise-record 33 points vs.Portland on 8/9…2002 PLAYOFFS: Averaged 14.0 points,6.0 assists and 2.50 steals in 36.5 minutes per game.COLLEGE:A member of the NCAA Division I Champion ConnecticutHuskies in 2000 and 2002…Selected as a two-timeAll-American…Recipient of the Wade Trophy in 2002and named the 2002 Associated Press and NaismithPlayer of the Year…Won the 2002 Honda Award forWomen’s Basketball…Received the first-annual SeniorCLASS Awardpresentedto thenation’s mostoutstandingseniorbasketballplayer…Selected threetimes aswinner of theConseco/NancyLieberman-Cline NationalPoint Guardof the YearAward…Ranksas UConn’sall-time leader in three-point field-goal percentage(.459) and free throw percentage (.892)…Became oneof only two players at UConn to amass more than 1,000points, 500 assists and 200 steals in her career (JenniferRizzotti)…Named as a 2002 Kodak All-American, 2002Associated Press First Team All-American and 2002 NCAAFinal Four All-Tournament Team selection…Selected asBig East Player of the Year, First Team All-BigEast and Big East All-Tournament in 2002…Started in all 39 games in the 2001-02 seasonand registered the UConn school record for mostassists in a season (231)…Led the nation in freethrow percentage (.942) in 2001-02.2008 Season HIGHS cAREER HighsPERSONAL:Born Suzanne Brigit Bird…Earned a degree incommunication science at Connecticut…Wears number10 on her jersey because she and her sister Jennifer wereboth born in October (the 10th month)…Considers hergreatest collegiate basketball memory to be hitting thegame-winning shot in the Big East Championship herjunior year in college…Named the Best Female CollegeAthlete of the Year at the 10th Annual ESPY Awards on7/10/02…Chosen as Team Sportswoman of the Year byThe Women’s Sports Foundation on 10/21/02…Selectedas the Female Sports Star of the Year by the SeattlePost-Intelligencer at the 68th Annual Sports Star ofthe Year Awards Banquet in Seattle on 1/27/03…Saysshe’s interested in a career in broadcasting followingher playing days and served as a guest color analyst onseveral of ESPN’s broadcasts of the 2003 NCAA Women’sBasketball Tournament…Off the court, says she lovesto bake chocolate-chip cookies and eat French fries…Considers her favorite basketball-themed movies tobe “Hoosiers” and “Blue Chips”…Says her favoritetelevision shows include “The Sopranos,” “Friends” and“Seinfeld”…Enjoys listening to the music of the DaveMatthews Band, Notorious B.I.G. and DMX.Pts 24 @ Connecticut, August 31 (2x) 33 Portland, August 9, 2002Rebs 8 Phoenix, June 11 8 Phoenix, June 11, 2008 (5x)Asts 11 Minnesota, July 5 14 Minnesota, July 1, 2006Stls 3 Indiana, June 20 (4x) 7 Los Angeles, May 21, 2006Blks 1 Indiana, June 20 (2x) 2 @ Minnesota, August 1, 2006 (2x)Min 40 Detroit, June 7 43 Minnesota, June 4, 200226 stormbasketball.com 27