The Phoenix Mercury have been around since 1997, and they have had several players. They drafted some of those players, and others they acquired in a trade, or they signed them during free agency. Some of Phoenix’s players have come from exceptional programs, and one of the first programs that comes to mind is Tennessee. Tennessee has had 47 players make the WNBA, and the first players to do so were Tiffany Woosley, Dena Head, Bridgette Gordon and Daedra Charles. Woosley went undrafted, but she signed a deal with the Houston Comets. Head was the first pick of the elite draft, and she went to the Utah Starzz. Gordon was a part of the allocation period, and she went to the Sacramento Monarchs. Charles was also a part of the elite draft, and she went to the Los Angeles Sparks. Another Tennessee player entered the WNBA in 1998, as Nikki McCray went to the Washington Mystics. The Mystics was one of two teams making their debut, and Washington received McCray through allocation. McCray played with the Mystics for
