Tamika Catchings - Defensive Player of the Year

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2009 – Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings was named the 2009 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year presented by Kia Motors, the league announced today. Catchings received 34 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, beating out the Los Angeles Sparks’ Candace Parker and Atlanta Dream’s Erika de Souza, each of whom garnered two votes. Catchings previously won the award in 2005 and 2006 and joins Sheryl Swoopes as the only three-time winners of this award.

Votes Player Team
34 Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever
2 Erika de Souza Atlanta Dream
2 Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks
1 Alana Beard Washington Mystics
1 Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm


OLHA AI!!!! ÉRIKA A SEGUNDA MAIS VOTADA...Fico muito feliz por ela! Que orgulho

2009 WNBA ALL-DEFENSIVE FIRST TEAM
Player Team Position Points
Tamika Catchings Indiana Fever Forward 24
Lauren Jackson Seattle Storm Forward/Center 12
Nicky Anosike Minnesota Lynx Center/Forward 13
Tanisha Wright Seattle Storm Guard 10
Tully Bevilaqua Indiana Fever Guard 9

Os prêmios foram merecidos...A Tully Bevilaqua é outra que defende MUITO!