2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season
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The 2009 WNBA season
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...

 is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

 franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals
WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....

 for the second consecutive season.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets
Houston Comets
The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Silver Stars waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft
2009 WNBA Draft
The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...

.

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.



Additions

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| Sophia Young
Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA...

|| January 7, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson , is a WNBA player who played for the San Antonio Silver Stars until her retirement in 2009. She grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana.-High School Years:Johnson was a letterman in basketball and track and field...

|| January 8, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....

|| March 30, 2009 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|- style="height:40px"
| Edwige Lawson-Wade|| April 30, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Mattera|| May 11, 2009 || Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


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Subtractions

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| Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...

|| May 12, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Adrienne Ross|| May 15, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Olayinka Atunrase is an American basketball player who played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars during the 2008 season. She was drafted in 2008 out of Texas A&M, where she played from 2004–08.-Early years:...

|| May 25, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Candyce Bingham|| June 1, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Mattera|| July 31, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Roster

Preseason

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The 2009 WNBA season
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...

 is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

 franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals
WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....

 for the second consecutive season.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets
Houston Comets
The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Silver Stars waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft
2009 WNBA Draft
The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...

.
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| 2
| 14 (from Atl.
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

)
| Megan Frazee
Megan Frazee
Megan Frazee is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She also plays for Cankaya in the Turkish League .-High School and College:...


|
| Liberty
Liberty University
Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...


|-
| 2
| 26
| Sonja Petrovic
|  Serbia
| Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


|-
| 3
| 39
| Candyce Bingham
|
| Louisville
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...


|-
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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.

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| width=400|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


| width=400|To Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


|-
| 2nd round 2009 Draft pick, Ann Wauters
Ann Wauters
Ann Hilde Willy Wauters is a Belgian professional basketball player who currently plays for Ros Casares Valencia in Euroleague Women. Wauters played in the WNBA from 2000 to 2009, most recently with the San Antonio Silver Stars. Her primary position is center.-Personal:Wauters began playing...

, Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Olayinka Atunrase is an American basketball player who played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars during the 2008 season. She was drafted in 2008 out of Texas A&M, where she played from 2004–08.-Early years:...


| 1st round 2009 Draft pick, Camille Little
Camille Little
Camille Little is a professional basketball player. In 2007 she began her career in the WNBA with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played college basketball at North Carolina.-High school:...

, Chioma Nnamaka
Chioma Nnamaka
Chioma Nnamaka is a professional basketball player of Swedish and Nigerian heritage and is a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High School and college:...


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|- style="height:40px"
| Sophia Young
Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA...

|| January 7, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson , is a WNBA player who played for the San Antonio Silver Stars until her retirement in 2009. She grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana.-High School Years:Johnson was a letterman in basketball and track and field...

|| January 8, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....

|| March 30, 2009 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|- style="height:40px"
| Edwige Lawson-Wade|| April 30, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Mattera|| May 11, 2009 || Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


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|- style="height:40px"
| Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...

|| May 12, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Adrienne Ross|| May 15, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Olayinka Atunrase is an American basketball player who played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars during the 2008 season. She was drafted in 2008 out of Texas A&M, where she played from 2004–08.-Early years:...

|| May 25, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Candyce Bingham|| June 1, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Mattera|| July 31, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


|}

Roster

Preseason

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3" | 2009 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2009 WNBA season
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...

 is the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...

 franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...

. It is their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals
WNBA Finals
The WNBA Finals is the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association and the conclusion of the sport's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002....

 for the second consecutive season.

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets
Houston Comets
The Houston Comets were a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team was one of the best original eight WNBA teams and won the first four championships of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the WNBA and...

 dispersal draft
Dispersal draft
A dispersal draft is a process in professional sports for assigning players to a new team when their current team goes out of business, consolidates with another team, or for some other reason ceases to exist. Since most sports drafts are held in North America, this is where most dispersal drafts...

. The Silver Stars waived their pick.

WNBA Draft

The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA Draft
2009 WNBA Draft
The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at...

.
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|-
| 2
| 14 (from Atl.
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

)
| Megan Frazee
Megan Frazee
Megan Frazee is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She also plays for Cankaya in the Turkish League .-High School and College:...


|
| Liberty
Liberty University
Liberty University is a private Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia. Liberty's annual enrollment is around 72,000 students, 12,000 of whom are residential students and 60,000+ studying through Liberty University Online...


|-
| 2
| 26
| Sonja Petrovic
|  Serbia
| Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...


|-
| 3
| 39
| Candyce Bingham
|
| Louisville
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...


|-
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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.

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|-
| rowspan=2|April 9, 2008
| width=400|To San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


| width=400|To Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


|-
| 2nd round 2009 Draft pick, Ann Wauters
Ann Wauters
Ann Hilde Willy Wauters is a Belgian professional basketball player who currently plays for Ros Casares Valencia in Euroleague Women. Wauters played in the WNBA from 2000 to 2009, most recently with the San Antonio Silver Stars. Her primary position is center.-Personal:Wauters began playing...

, Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Olayinka Atunrase is an American basketball player who played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars during the 2008 season. She was drafted in 2008 out of Texas A&M, where she played from 2004–08.-Early years:...


| 1st round 2009 Draft pick, Camille Little
Camille Little
Camille Little is a professional basketball player. In 2007 she began her career in the WNBA with the San Antonio Silver Stars. She played college basketball at North Carolina.-High school:...

, Chioma Nnamaka
Chioma Nnamaka
Chioma Nnamaka is a professional basketball player of Swedish and Nigerian heritage and is a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.-High School and college:...


|}

Additions

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|- style="height:40px"
| Sophia Young
Sophia Young
Sophia Yvonne Ashley Young is a Vincentian professional women's basketball player with the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA...

|| January 7, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson
Vickie Johnson , is a WNBA player who played for the San Antonio Silver Stars until her retirement in 2009. She grew up in Coushatta, Louisiana.-High School Years:Johnson was a letterman in basketball and track and field...

|| January 8, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States....

|| March 30, 2009 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...


|- style="height:40px"
| Edwige Lawson-Wade|| April 30, 2009 || re-signed
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...


|- style="height:40px"
| Katie Mattera|| May 11, 2009 || Atlanta Dream
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...


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Subtractions

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| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#000000;color:#D3D3D3; width:210px"|New team
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| Sandora Irvin
Sandora Irvin
Sandora Lavett Irvin is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association...

|| May 12, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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| Adrienne Ross|| May 15, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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| Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Atunrase
Morenike Olayinka Atunrase is an American basketball player who played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars during the 2008 season. She was drafted in 2008 out of Texas A&M, where she played from 2004–08.-Early years:...

|| May 25, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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| Candyce Bingham|| June 1, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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| Katie Mattera|| July 31, 2009 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....


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Roster

Preseason

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