Charlotte returns a core group of veteran players including last year’s leading scorer Tangela Smith, as well as Sheri Sam and Helen Darling. Center Tammy Sutton-Brown is back for her sixth season in a Sting uniform, while Allison Feaster makes her return to the court after missing the last 11 games of the 2005 season due to pregnancy.

In addition, the Sting added several new faces through the WNBA Draft, selecting Monique Currie from Duke with the third overall pick, Tye’sha Fluker from Tennessee with the 10th selection and LaToya Bond with the 27th overall pick.

WNBA rosters can consist of up to 13 players. Eleven players are designated as active for each game while up to two players can be placed on the inactive list. Players can move freely between the active and inactive lists throughout the season.

The 2006 Sting roster stands as follows:

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birthday	College	Yrs
10	LaToya Bond	G	5-7	132	02/13/84	Missouri ’06	R
25	Monique Currie	G/F	6-0	177	02/25/83	Duke ’06	R
30	Helen Darling	G	5-6	164	08/29/78	Penn State ’00	5
21	Allison Feaster	G/F	5-11	168	02/11/76	Harvard ’98	8
42	Tye'sha Fluker	C	6-5	209	12/27/84	Tennessee ’06	R
33	Yelena Leuchanka	C	6-5	195	04/30/83	West Virginia ’06	R
13	Kelly Mazzante	G	6-0	155	02/02/82	Penn State ’04	2
4	Janel McCarville	F/C	6-2	220	11/03/82	Minnesota ’05	1
2	Sheri Sam	G/F	6-0	160	05/05/74	Vanderbilt ’96	7
50	Tangela Smith	F/C	6-4	160	04/01/77	Iowa ’98	8
55	Tammy Sutton-Brown	C	6-4	199	01/27/78	Rutgers ’01	4
12	Ayana Walker	F	6-3	143	09/10/79	Louisiana Tech ’02	4

HEAD COACH: Muggsy Bogues
ASSISTANT COACHES: Earl Cureton, Shelley Patterson