2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season

none August 2023 March 2026 San Antonio Silver Stars 2009 15 19 Western 4th Dan Hughes AT&T Center Lost First Round KMYS The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season for the San Antonio Silver Stars franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It was their 7th in San Antonio. The Silver Stars were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance to the WNBA Finals for the second consecutive season. Offseason Dispersal Draft Based on the Silver Stars' 2008 record, they would pick 13th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Silver Stars waived their pick. WNBA draft The following are the Silver Stars' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft. Round Pick Player Nationality School/Team/Country 2 14 (from Atl.) Megan Frazee United States Liberty 2 26 Sonja Petrovic Serbia Serbia 3 39 Candyce Bingham United States LouisvilleWNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090825071441/http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html 2009-08-25 dead 2009-08-12 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. WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions DateTradeApril 9, 2008To San Antonio Silver StarsTo Atlanta Dream 2nd round 2009 Draft pick, Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase 1st round 2009 Draft pick, Camille Little, Chioma Nnamaka Free agents 52% Additions PlayerSignedFormer team Sophia Young January 7, 2009 re-signed Vickie Johnson January 8, 2009 re-signed Belinda Snell March 30, 2009 Phoenix Mercury Edwige Lawson-Wade April 30, 2009 re-signed Katie Mattera May 11, 2009 Atlanta Dream Subtractions PlayerLeftNew team Sandora Irvin May 12, 2009 free agent Adrienne Ross May 15, 2009 free agent Morenike Atunrase May 25, 2009 free agent Candyce Bingham June 1, 2009 free agent Katie Mattera July 31, 2009 free agent Roster San Antonio Silver Stars 2009 WNBA 5 Shanna Crossley SG 5 10 155 Tennessee USA 30 Helen Darling PG 5 6 164 Penn State USA 40 Megan Frazee G/F 6 3 191 Liberty University USA 25 Becky Hammon PG 5 6 136 Colorado State USA 55 Vickie Johnson G/F 5 9 150 Louisiana Tech USA 9 Edwige Lawson-Wade SG 5 6 130 France FRA 7 Erin Perperoglou SF 6 3 181 Master's College USA 00 Ruth Riley C 6 5 198 Notre Dame USA 10 Belinda Snell SG 5 9 170 Australia AUS 12 Ann Wauters C 6 4 193 Belgium Belgium 33 Sophia Young PF 6 1 165 Baylor Saint Vincent and the Grenadines USA Dan Hughes basketball coach Muskingum College AUS Sandy Brondello Australia USA Olaf Lange 1 USA Mike Ekanem 1 Texas Lutheran University USA Tonya Holley 1 St. Andrew's Presbyterian http://www.wnba.com/silverstars/roster/ 2009-07-31 Season standings SAN Schedule Preseason y background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3 2009 Game Log: Preseason Game Date Time (ET) Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || May 30 || 7:00pm || @ Detroit || 55-62 || Young (14) || Mattera (8) || Johnson (4) || Traverse City West H.S. 2,109 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || June 2 || 8:00pm || Indiana || 60-67 || Hammon (12) || Frazee (8) || Johnson (3) || Austin Convention Center || 0-2 |- Regular season background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3 2009 Game Log: Regular Season y background:#D3D3D3; color:black June Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || June 6 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TVKMYS || 79-90 || Young (25) || Riley (13) || Hammon (8) || US Airways Center 13,582 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || June 13 || 8:00pm || New York || NBA TVKMYSMSG || 63-60 || Hammon (16) || Johnson (7) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center 10,572 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || June 19 || 7:30pm || @ New York || NBA TVMSG || 61-77 || Crossley, Lawson-Wade (12) || Young (7) || Darling, Lawson-Wade (4) || Madison Square Garden 8,046 || 1-2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 4 || June 21 || 3:00pm || @ Connecticut || NBA TVWCTX || 58-71 || Young (22) || Riley, Young (7) || Darling (4) || Mohegan Sun Arena 6,928 || 1-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || June 23 || 7:30pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 91-87 || Hammon (19) || Young (8) || Young (5) || AT&T Center 6,692 || 2-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || June 26 || 8:00pm || Sacramento || || 62-52 || Hammon (26) || Young (10) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center 7,973 || 3-3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || June 20 || 8:00pm || Washington || || 82-84 || Young (21) || Johnson (7) || Darling (6) || AT&T Center 4,723 || 3-4 |- y background:#D3D3D3; color:black July Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || July 3 || 8:00pm || Chicago || || 85-72 || Young (19) || Riley, Young (8) || Hammon (10) || AT&T Center 6,662 || 4-4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || July 7 || 3:00pm || @ Seattle || || 53-66 || Hammon (13) || Young (7) || Hammon (5) || KeyArena 10,137 || 4-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 10 || July 10 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 77-61 || Young (21) || Riley (9) || Lawson-Wade (4) || Target Center 7,409 || 5-5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || July 12 || 7:00pm || Minnesota || NBA TVKMYS || 76-83 || Hammon (26) || Young (8) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center 6,568 || 5-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || July 15 || 11:30am || @ Washington || || 79-78 || Hammon (21) || Frazee (6) || Darling, Hammon (5) || Verizon Center 17,220 || 6-6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || July 17 || 8:00pm || Connecticut || || 64-72 || Hammon (24) || Frazee, Young (9) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center 9,524 || 6-7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || July 19 || 6:00pm || @ Chicago || NBA TVCN100 || 75-85 || Hammon (22) || Hammon, Perperoglou (5) || Hammon, Johnson (3) || UIC Pavilion 3,282 || 6-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || July 23 || 12:30pm || Indiana || || 84-65 || Young (24) || Frazee (8) || Hammon, Johnson (4) || AT&T Center 9,985 || 7-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 16 || July 28 || 8:00pm|| Seattle || KMYS || 74-71 || Hammon (24) || Frazee (7) || Hammon (4) || AT&T Center 5,382 || 8-8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 17 || July 30 || 2:30pm || @ Sacramento || || 93-101 (OT) || Hammon (38) || Young (11) || Hammon (6) || ARCO Arena 10,461 || 8-9 |- y background:#D3D3D3; color:black August Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || August 1 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || NBA TVKMYS || 82-85 (OT) || Hammon (20) || Hammon (10) || Young (4) || KeyArena 8,167 || 8-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || August 4 || 3:00pm || @ Los Angeles || || 63-59 || Hammon (20) || Young (9) || Hammon (5) || STAPLES Center 13,865 || 9-10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || August 6 || 8:00pm || Atlanta || || 84-92 || Hammon (26) || Young (9) || Snell (4) || AT&T Center 5,042 || 9-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || August 9 || 6:00pm || @ Minnesota || || 89-87 || Hammon (22) || Young (7) || Hammon (9) || Target Center 7,764 || 10-11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || August 11 || 8:00pm || Sacramento || || 73-90 || Young (14) || Hammon, Young (6) || Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) || AT&T Center 4,961 || 10-12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || August 13 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 83-95 || Young (29) || Wauters (10) || Hammon (8) || US Airways Center 6,522 || 10-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || August 15 || 8:00pm || Phoenix || NBA TVKMYS || 106-89 || Young (25) || Frazee (9) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center 8,933 || 11-13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || August 20 || 7:30pm || @ Atlanta || || 87-93 || Hammon (23) || Wauters (7) || Hammon, Lawson-Wade (5) || Philips Arena 5,848 || 11-14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || August 21 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || NBA TVKMYS || 66-67 (OT) || Young (31) || Young (7) || Hammon (6) || AT&T Center 9,540 || 11-15 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || August 23 || 6:00pm || @ Detroit || || 84-99 || Young (19) || Young (5) || Darling (7) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,130 || 11-16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || August 27 || 7:00pm || @ Indiana || NBA TVFSI || 66-77 || Wauters, Young (18) || Wauters (14) || Hammon (6) || Conseco Fieldhouse 6,836 || 11-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || August 29 || 3:00pm || Detroit || ESPN2 || 100-88 (OT) || Hammon (32) || Wauters (11) || Hammon (9) || AT&T Center 7,735 || 12-17 |- y background:#D3D3D3; color:black September Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || September 1 || 8:00pm || Minnesota || || 84-82 (2OT) || Hammon (29) || Riley (8) || Hammon (5) || AT&T Center 4,881 || 13-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || September 5 || 8:00pm || Los Angeles || || 89-72 || Johnson (27) || Lawson-Wade (5) || Lawson-Wade (11) || AT&T Center 8,631 || 14-17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || September 8 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TVKMYS || 68-76 || Crossley (16) || Hammon, Wauters, Young (4) || Hammon (7) || STAPLES Center 10,476 || 14-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 33 || September 10 || 10:00pm || @ Sacramento || || 80-71 || Hammon (27) || Wauters, Young (6) || Johnson, Lawson-Wade (5) || ARCO Arena 7,566 || 15-18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || September 12 || 8:00pm || Seattle || || 55-64 || Crossley (12) || Perperoglou (11) || Darling (6) || AT&T Center 10,153 || 15-19 |- | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess Postseason background:#000000; color:#D3D3D3 2009 Game Log: Postseason y background:#D3D3D3; color:black Western Conference Semifinals Game Date Time (ET) Opponent TV Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Series |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || September 17 || 9:00pm || Phoenix || ESPN2 || 92-91 || Young (24) || Wauters (11) || Johnson (8) || AT&T Center 5,721 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || September 19 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || NBA TV || 78-106 || Young (19) || Wauters (5) || Johnson (4) || US Airways Center 7,267 || 1-1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || September 21 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || ESPN2 || 92-100 || Hammon (29) || Young (8) || Wauters (5) || US Airways Center 6,895 || 1-2 |- Regular Season Statistics Player statistics Player GP GS MPG RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Crossley, Shanna Shanna Crossley 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Darling, Helen Helen Darling 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Mattera, Katie Katie Mattera 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Frazee, Megan Megan Frazee 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Hammon, Becky Becky Hammon 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Johnson, Vickie Vickie Johnson 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Lawson-Wade, Edwige Edwige Lawson-Wade 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Perperoglou, Erin Erin Perperoglou 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Riley, Ruth Ruth Riley 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Snell, Belinda Belinda Snell 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Wauters, Ann Ann Wauters 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Young, Sophia Sophia Young 0 0 00.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.0 Team statistics Team FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG San Antonio Silver Stars .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 Opponents .000 .000 .000 00.0 00.0 0.0 0.0 00.0 00.0 00.0 Awards and honors Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of July 27, 2009. Becky Hammon was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 3, 2009. Vickie Johnson was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 31, 2009. Becky Hammon was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference starter. Sophia Young was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference reserve. Becky Hammon was named to the All-WNBA First Team. Sophia Young was named to the All-WNBA Second Team. References External links Category:San Antonio Stars seasons San Antonio