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Bridget Pettis

Bridget Pettis

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Bridget Pettis (born on January 1, 1971). She is a former professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a 10 foot  high hoop under organized rules...

 player in the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of thirteen teams. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA...

 (WNBA).
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Bridget Pettis (born on January 1, 1971). She is a former professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a 10 foot  high hoop under organized rules...

 player in the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of thirteen teams. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA...

 (WNBA).

At the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major research university located on a campus located in Gainesville, Florida, in the United States. The university traces its origins to 1853, and has continuously operated on its present Gainesville campus since the fall...

, Pettis excelled for the Florida Gators
Florida Gators
The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...

. She graduated in 1993 and was selected 7th overall in the first round of the 1997 WNBA Draft
1997 WNBA Draft
The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the WNBA through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players. The 1997 WNBA Draft was the first draft in the WNBA's history. Unlike later drafts, this draft was unique because there were...

by the Phoenix. She is currently coaching in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury.http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/bridget_pettis/index.html

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