WNBA: Washington Mystics announce their 2017 roster

By
Kwai Chan
– May 13, 2017Posted in: Basketball, Featured, Sports

Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. – The regular season for the WNBA’s Washington Mystics begins on May 14.  With just seven holdovers from the previous year, the Mystics have engineered a trade for the 2015 WNBA MVP, forward Elena Delle Donne; signed free agent guard Kristi Toliver of the Los Angeles Sparks; and signed center Krystal Thomas and forward Asia Taylor.  From the 2017 Draft, they added two rookie guards, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of the University of Maryland and Jennie Simms from Old Dominion.  See the following table for the data on the players. (http://mystics.wnba.com/roster/)

NUM PLAYER POS HEIGHT EXP FROM Draft Year/Pick
9 Natasha Cloud G 6-0 2 St. Joseph’s (PA) 2015/15
11 Elena Delle Donne F-G 6-5 4 Delaware 2013/2
21 Tianna Hawkins F 6-3 3 Maryland 2013/6
4 Tayler Hill G 5-9 4 Ohio State 2013/4
12 Ivory Latta G 5-6 10 North Carolina 2007/11
33 Emma Meesseman C 6-4 4 Belgium 2013/19
14 Tierra Ruffin-Pratt G 5-10 4 North Carolina 2013
30 LaToya Sanders F-C 6-3 5 North Carolina 2008/13
25 Jennie Simms G 6-0 R Old Dominion 2017/18
31 Asia Taylor F 6-1 2 Louisville 2014/36
34 Krystal Thomas C 6-5 5 Duke 2011/36
20 Kristi Toliver G 5-7 8 Maryland 2009/3
32 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough G 5-11 R Maryland 2017/6

 

Photos: 2017 Washington Mystics roster
all photos by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine

Elena Delle Donne previously played for the Chicago Sky from 2013-2016. (photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)
Elena Delle Donne previously played for the Chicago Sky from 2013-2016. (photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)
2017 Mystics Cloud, Natasha_1
2017 Mystics Cloud, Natasha_2
2017 Mystics Delle Donne, Elena_1
2017 Mystics Delle Donne, Elena_2
2017 Mystics Hawkins, Tianna_1
2017 Mystics Hawkins, Tianna_2
2017 Mystics Hill, Tayler_1
2017 Mystics Hill, Tayler_2
2017 Mystics Latta, Ivory_1
2017 Mystics Latta, Ivory_2
2017 Mystics Meesseman, Emma_1
2017 Mystics Meesseman, Emma_2
2017 Mystics Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra_1
2017 Mystics Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra_2
2017 Mystics Sanders, LaToya
2017 Mystics Simms, Jennie
2017 Mystics Taylor, Asia_1
2017 Mystics Taylor, Asia_2
2017 Mystics Thomas, Krystal_1
2017 Mystics Thomas, Krystal_2
2017 Mystics Tolliver, Kristi
2017 Mystics Walker-Kimbrough, Shatori_1
2017 Mystics Walker-Kimbrough, Shatori_2
Washington Mystics Head Coach Mike Thibault (photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)
Washington Mystics Head Coach Mike Thibault (photo by Kwai Chan / Meniscus Magazine)

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