Plenette Pierson is a professional
WNBAThe 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...
player for the
Detroit ShockThe Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champions....
. In the
2007 seasonThe 2007 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's 11th season. On January 3, 2007 The Charlotte Sting folded. Three months later on April 4, the WNBA held their annual draft in Cleveland, Ohio. Lindsey Harding of Duke University was selected number one by the Phoenix Mercury....
, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.
Pierson played
college basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.-Division I:There are 347 schools in 32...
for the
Texas Tech Red RaidersThe Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 17 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
women's basketball team. She graduated in 2003.
Pierson has won two championships with the Shock, in 2006, and 2008. Pierson is loved in Detroit for her hustle and ability to get to the basket.
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Plenette Pierson is a professional
WNBAThe 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...
player for the
Detroit ShockThe Detroit Shock was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006 and 2008 WNBA champions....
. In the
2007 seasonThe 2007 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's 11th season. On January 3, 2007 The Charlotte Sting folded. Three months later on April 4, the WNBA held their annual draft in Cleveland, Ohio. Lindsey Harding of Duke University was selected number one by the Phoenix Mercury....
, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.
College
Pierson played
college basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.-Division I:There are 347 schools in 32...
for the
Texas Tech Red RaidersThe Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 17 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
women's basketball team. She graduated in 2003.
WNBA
Pierson has won two championships with the Shock, in 2006, and 2008. Pierson is loved in Detroit for her hustle and ability to get to the basket. In the season opener against the
Houston CometsThe Houston Comets was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas, United States. Formed in 1997, the team is one of the original eight WNBA teams and won all four championships in the first four years of the league's existence. The Comets were the first dynasty of the...
, Pierson scored 19 points off the bench.
On July 22, 2008, in a game versus the
Los Angeles SparksThe Los Angeles Sparks is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1997, the Sparks are one of the eight original WNBA teams. Also one of the teams that participated in the league's inaugural game, the Sparks are the sister team of the Los Angeles...
, Plenette was involved in a
scuffleThe Sparks-Shock brawl was an altercation that occurred in a Women's National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Shock and Los Angeles Sparks on July 21, 2008 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan...
with Sparks forward
Candace ParkerCandace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA star Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
. She was suspended four games for her involvement by the WNBA.