Boston College Athletics
Cournoyer To Participate In WNBA Pre-Draft Camp
April 10, 2002 | Women's Basketball
April 10, 2002
NEW YORK, NY -- Former Boston College center Jamie Cournoyer (Class of 2001) will join more than 80 players confirmed to participate in the 2002 WNBA Pre-Draft Camp at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago on April 12-13. The WNBA hopefuls, comprised of players from more than 60 colleges and universities, will showcase their skills during the two-day combine in hopes of keeping their professional dreams alive.
All 16 WNBA teams will be scouting players in preparation for the WNBA Draft, which will be held beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, April 19 at the studios of NBA Entertainment in Secaucus, N.J. For the second consecutive year, ESPN 2 will nationally televise the event, and additional live coverage will be provided on NBA TV and WNBA.com.
The WNBA will tip off its sixth season over Memorial Day weekend as the defending champion Los Angeles Sparks host the New York Liberty on Saturday, May 25 at the STAPLES Center. The nationally televised game will air on NBC at 3 p.m. EDT.
WNBA training camps will open on Monday, April 29 at teams' respective training facilities, and preseason begins on Thursday, May 9 when the Miami Sol meet the Phoenix Mercury at America West Arena in Phoenix. The 2002 WNBA regular season will end on Tuesday, August 13, with playoffs scheduled to begin on Thursday, August 15.
The WNBA concluded the 2001 season by crowning a new champion - the Los Angeles Sparks - and recording the 10 millionth fan to attend a game since the league's inception. More than 2.5 million fans attended WNBA games last season, the most ever, and for the fifth straight season, WNBA regular-season attendance averaged more than 9,000 fans. Traffic to WNBA.com increased by 46 percent during the regular season and the site attracted more than 1 million visits - a record - during the postseason. In 2001, the league's combined local, national and international television coverage reached nearly 60 million fans in 23 different languages and 167 countries.
While at Boston College, Cournoyer collected 839 points, 506 rebounds, and 130 blocked shots. She is BC's all-time blocked shots leader, is second in career games played (116), and 12th in rebounding. During her time at the Heights, she was a third team All-BIG EAST selection (2000) and the BIG EAST's Most Improved Player of 2000.
For more information on the WNBA pre-draft camp, for a complete list of draft participants, or for a schedule of events to be held at the combine, please visit www.wnba.com.
