Sky Selects Kristi Toliver Third Overal In 2009 WNBA Draft

CHICAGO, April 9, 2009 — The Chicago Sky selected 5’7 point guard Kristi Toliver with the third overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft. The Sky also selected 5’11 guard Danielle Gant (16th overall) and guard Jennifer Risper (29th overall). Chicago Sky Head Coach and GM Steven Key, along with Assistant Coach Stephanie White participated in the draft from Chicago via teleconference.

Toliver ranks second among ACC scorers with 18.1 points per game and leads all conference players in assists per game at 5.1. Toliver ranks second in the conference in three-point field goal percentage and consistently stood out among ACC’s top five free throw shooters with an 86.4 percentage. Toliver’s 1,939 career points rank third on Maryland’s all-time scoring list. Toliver is the first Terp to win the Nancy Lieberman Award, which is presented to the nation’s top point guard, and broke the ACC’s 30-year-old single-season assist record in 2008. Toliver holds the school records for career free throw percentage and three-point field goals made (209).

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