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4 unusual facts about Diana Taurasi


Big East Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year

Rebecca Lobo and Diana Taurasi, both of Connecticut, each won the award twice in their careers.

Live! with Pete Finch

His first guests were fellow athletes, UConn basketball stars Diana Taurasi and Maria Conlon.

Mike Thibault

Newcomers Sue Bird, Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi picked up the slack, but it was a team in transition.

Shawn Marion

During the 2005 All-Star Weekend, Marion teamed up with WNBA Rookie of the Year Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, and Suns legend Dan Majerle in the RadioShack Shooting Stars to run away with the title.


Ann Strother

At UConn, Strother would play for future Hall of Fame inductee Geno Auriemma and alongside two-time National Player of the Year Diana Taurasi while helping Connecticut to its fourth and fifth national titles.

Doug Bruno

Several players shared scoring honors, with Swin Cash, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Lindsay Whalen, and Sylvia Fowles all ending as high scorer in the first few games.

Naismith College Player of the Year

Also, Clarissa Davis of the University of Texas, Dawn Staley of the University of Virginia, Chamique Holdsclaw of the University of Tennessee, Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore of the University of Connecticut, and Seimone Augustus of Louisiana State University won the award twice apiece.


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