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SACRAMENTO, CALIF., April 21, 2006 - The 2005 WNBA Champion Sacramento Monarchs today announce the beginning of Training Camp and the Training Camp roster for the 2006 WNBA season. Members of the media wishing to attend practice should contact the media relations department at 916.928.8112, after 9 a.m. each day for practice times and location. The Monarchs first Training Camp session will take place on Sunday, April 23, with media availability beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the Monarchs Training Facility.
Sacramento’s Camp roster contains nine returning Monarchs, three draft picks and six training camp invitees. Those attending the 2006 Sacramento Monarchs Training Camp include: seven guards, five forwards and five centers. Though on the roster, forward DeMya Walker will not be present at Training Camp due to the recent birth of her daughter, Zachara.
Absent from this Training Camp roster are two Monarchs veterans. On February 2, former Monarchs center, Olympia Scott, signed a free agent contract with the Indiana Fever. Former Monarchs guard, Chelsea Newton was selected by the WNBA’s newest franchise, the Chicago Sky, on November 16, 2005, in the Expansion Draft.
The Monarchs will play three games in the preseason, the first being on Thursday, May 4, versus the New York Liberty, at 7:00 p.m. PDT, at ARCO Arena. *Please note this is a date change from the previously listed date of May 5. The team will then travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they will host the Connecticut Sun, in a rematch of the 2005 WNBA Finals, on Tuesday, May 9, at 6:00 p.m. PDT, at University Arena “The Pit.” The final preseason game will be on Saturday, May 13, against the New York Liberty at Madison Square Garden, at 1:00 p.m. PDT.
On Saturday, May 20, the Monarchs will be nationally televised on ABC, for the WNBA’s Opening Day, against the Phoenix Mercury, at 1:00 p.m. PDT, at ARCO Arena, with the Championship Ring Ceremony to begin at 12:15 p.m.
2006 SACRAMENTO MONARCHS TRAINING CAMP ROSTER:
| No. | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Birthdate | College/Country | WNBA Exp. |
| 43 | Lamisha Augustine | F | 6-1 | 146 | 02/07/82 | San Jose State ‘06 | R |
| 32 | Rebekkah Brunson# | F | 6-3 | 175 | 12/11/81 | Georgetown '04 | 2 |
| 11 | Erin Buescher# | F/C | 6-3 | 181 | 06/05/79 | The Masters College '01 | 4 |
| 31 | Cisti Greenwalt | C | 6-5 | 183 | 04/04/83 | Texas Tech ‘05 | R |
| 33 | Yolanda Griffith | F/C | 6-3 | 175 | 03/01/70 | Florida Atlantic '93 | 7 |
| 4 | Kristin Haynie | G | 5-9 | 147 | 06/17/83 | Michigan State '05 | 1 |
| 5 | Scholanda Dorrell | G | 5-10 | 155 | 01/09/83 | Louisiana State ‘06 | R |
| 35 | Dionnah Jackson | G | 5-9 | 155 | 08/15/82 | Oklahoma ‘05 | R |
| 20 | Kara Lawson | G | 5-10 | 172 | 02/14/81 | Tennessee '03 | 3 |
| 9 | Hamchétou Maïga# | G/F | 6-1 | 160 | 04/25/78 | Old Dominion '01 | 4 |
| 12 | Anne O’Neil | G | 5-11 | 160 | 12/08/81 | Iowa State ‘05 | R |
| 21 | Ticha Penicheiro# | G | 5-11 | 149 | 09/18/74 | Old Dominion '98 | 8 |
| 14 | Nicole Powell# | F | 6-2 | 170 | 06/22/82 | Stanford '04 | 2 |
| 3 | Chameka Scott | G | 6-0 | 155 | 05/09/84 | Baylor ‘06 | R |
| 8 | Kim Smith | F | 6-1 | 155 | 05/07/84 | Utah ‘06 | R |
| 44 | LaToya Turner | C | 6-3 | 180 | 12/02/80 | Ohio State ‘04 | R |
| 22 | DeMya Walker^ | F | 6-3 | 168 | 11/28/77 | Virginia '99 | 6 |
| 51 | Brittany Wilkins | F/C | 6-3 | 185 | 06/15/83 | Iowa State ‘06 | R |
# Denotes players currently overseas and will join the team at a later date, to be determined.
^Denotes player currently on maternity leave.
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