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2009 Sacramento Monarchs season

John Whisenant (9-12)

The 2009 WNBA season was the 13th season and final season for the Sacramento Monarchs of the Women's National Basketball Association. The Monarchs failed to qualify for the WNBA Playoffs for the first time in seven years. The Monarchs would later discontinue operations just 2 months after the 2009 season ended, making them the last defunct WNBA team to date.

Offseason

Dispersal Draft

Based on the Monarchs' 2008 record, they would pick 7th in the Houston Comets dispersal draft. The Monarchs picked Ranae Camino.

WNBA draft

The following are the Monarchs' selections in the 2009 WNBA draft.

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
17Courtney ParisOklahoma
220Whitney BoddieAuburn
333Morgan WarburtonUtah

Transactions

  • September 9: The Monarchs signed Chelsea Newton and waived Lisa Willis.
  • August 28: The Monarchs signed Lisa Willis to a seven-day contract.
  • August 17: The Monarchs acquired Kristin Haynie from the Detroit Shock in exchange for Crystal Kelly.
  • August 7: The Monarchs signed Whitney Boddie to a seven-day contract and waived Chelsea Newton.
  • June 5: The Monarchs waived Miao Lijie.
  • June 4: The Monarchs waived Charel Allen, Whitney Boddie, and Morgan Warburton.
  • May 25: The Monarchs waived Barbara Farris.
  • March 20: The Monarchs traded A’Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Barbara Farris.
  • February 10: The Monarchs signed Hamchétou Maïga-Ba.
  • January 20: The Monarchs re-signed free agent Ticha Penicheiro.
  • January 14: The Monarchs re-signed free agent DeMya Walker and signed Chelsea Newton and Miao Li Jie to training camp contracts.
DateTrade
March 20, 2009**To Sacramento Monarchs**
Barbara FarrisA’Quonesia Franklin and Kim Smith

Free agents

Additions

**Kristin Haynie**August 17, 2009Detroit Shock

Subtractions

**Adrian Williams-Strong**2009free agent

Roster

Season standings

Schedule

Preseason

|- | 1 || May 21 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle || 55-64 || Powell (15) || Maiga-Ba, Paris, Harper (5) || 6 players (1) || KeyArena 4,875 || 0-1 |- | 2 || May 27 || 2:00pm || Phoenix || 74-70 || Harper (11) || Harper (9) || Penicheiro (3) || ARCO Arena 6,339 || 0-2 |-

Regular season

|- | 1 || June 6 || 4:00pm || Seattle || || 61-71 || Harper, Penicheiro (11) || Harper (6) || Harper (3) || ARCO Arena 14,824 || 0-1 |- | 2 || June 7 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle || FSN-NW || 70-80 || Lawson (17) || Lawson, Powell (7) || Penicheiro, Newton (3) || KeyArena 9,686 || 0-2 |- | 3 || June 12 || 10:00pm || Phoenix || || 90-71 || Powell (19) || Harper (8) || Lawson (4) || ARCO Arena 6,438 || 1-2 |- | 4 || June 13 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix || || 104-115 (OT) || Powell (28) || Powell (9) || Lawson (8) || US Airways Center 7,173 || 1-3 |- | 5 || June 16 || 10:00pm || Minnesota || || 83-86 || Powell (19) || Harper (9) || Lawson (4) || ARCO Arena 7,736 || 1-4 |- | 6 || June 21 || 10:30pm || @ Los Angeles || NBA TV FSNW || 47-67 || Powell (13) || Walker (9) || Newton (3) || STAPLES Center 9,494 || 1-5 |- | 7 || June 26 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio || || 52-62 || Walker (12) || Walker (8) || Walker (3) || AT&T Center 7,973 || 1-6 |- | 8 || June 28 || 6:00pm || @ Detroit || || 72-86 || Brunson (16) || Brunson (7) || Penicheiro (5) || Palace of Auburn Hills 7,277 || 1-7 |- | 9 || June 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago || || 72-74 || Powell (21) || Powell (8) || Harper, Maiga-Ba, Newton, Penicheiro (2) || UIC Pavilion 2,721 || 1-8

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10
FSN-N
6,920
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11
5,672
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12
6,838
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13
7,798
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14
FSNA
11,590
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15
6,386
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16
7,538
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17
5,675
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18
8,845
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19
10,757
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20
10,461
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21
7,204
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22
6,284
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23
4,961
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24
10,122
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25
7,646
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26
6,290
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27
7,067
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28
5,159
-
29
8,782
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30
8,579
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-
31
6,015
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32
6,517
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33
7,566
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34
10,212
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Regular Season Statistics

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
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0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
0000.00.00.00.000.000.0
0000.00.00.00.000.000.0

Team statistics

TeamFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
**Sacramento Monarchs**.000.000.00000.000.00.00.000.000.000.0
**Opponents**.000.000.00000.000.00.00.000.000.000.0

Awards and honors

  • Nicole Powell was named to the 2009 WNBA All-Star Team as a Western Conference injury replacement for Lisa Leslie.
  • Kara Lawson was awarded the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award.

References

References

  1. "WNBA.com: Houston Comets dispersal draft".
  2. [http://www.wnba.com/draft2009/draft_board.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board] {{webarchive. link. (2009-07-25)
  3. [http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2009.html WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Transactions]
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