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Sandra ("Sandy") Anne Brondello (born August 20, 1968 in Mackay, Queensland
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
) is an Australia
Australia

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n women's basketball
Basketball

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 player who played in Australia and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach. The 1.70 m (5'7") Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best shooting guard
Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional Basketball position on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forward s....
s. She played on Australia's "Opals" national team at four Summer Olympics, and won three medals (one bronze, two silvers).

Brondello's career began playing in Australia's Women's National Basketball League
Women's National Basketball League

The Women's National Basketball League is the premier women's basketball league in Australia.The league was established in 1986, following 5 years of the sport's development through the Women?s Basketball League and the Women?s Basketball Conference....
, where she was named the Australian Basketball Player of the Year
Player of the year award

Several sports leagues honor their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award....
 in 1992.






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Sandra ("Sandy") Anne Brondello (born August 20, 1968 in Mackay, Queensland
Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
) is an Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
n women's basketball
Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
 player who played in Australia and the WNBA before retiring to become a coach. The 1.70 m (5'7") Brondello is one of Australia's all-time best shooting guard
Shooting guard

The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional Basketball position on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forward s....
s. She played on Australia's "Opals" national team at four Summer Olympics, and won three medals (one bronze, two silvers).

Brondello's career began playing in Australia's Women's National Basketball League
Women's National Basketball League

The Women's National Basketball League is the premier women's basketball league in Australia.The league was established in 1986, following 5 years of the sport's development through the Women?s Basketball League and the Women?s Basketball Conference....
, where she was named the Australian Basketball Player of the Year
Player of the year award

Several sports leagues honor their best player with an award called Player of the Year. In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award....
 in 1992. She played for the Australian National Team for 17 years, including the 1988
1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea....
, 1996
1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
, 2000
2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
 and 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries....
.

Brondello started her WNBA career in 1998 by being selected in the fourth round (34th overall) by the Detroit Shock
Detroit Shock

The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
, becoming an All-Star in the first WNBA All-Star Game
Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game

The Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, commonly referred to as the WNBA All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game played in the United States between the best players of the Eastern and Western Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association ....
 in 1999. She was selected by the Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever

The Indiana Fever is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association . The Fever are based in Indiana's capital and largest city, Indianapolis, Indiana....
 in late 1999's expansion draft
Expansion draft

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, but never played a game for them, being traded to the Miami Sol
Miami Sol

The Miami Sol was a women's basketball team which joined the Women's National Basketball Association in 2000. They played their games at American Airlines Arena....
 along with a first-round pick for Stephanie McCarty. She signed as a free agent with the Seattle Storm
Seattle Storm

The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently led by Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson and University of Connecticut star Sue Bird....
 in 2003, joining fellow Opals Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson

Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. She is often called LJ or Loz. She is a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA, the Australian national team Australia women's national basketball team and, until 2006, the Canberra Capitals of the Australian WNBL....
 and Tully Bevilaqua
Tully Bevilaqua

Tully Bevilaqua is an Australian professional women's basketball player. She currently plays for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association....
. Brondello was one of the top three-point shooters in league history, her .410 percentage ranking fourth all-time.

Brondello chose not to play in the WNBA in 2004 because of a commitment to the Australian Olympic basketball team, which finished with a silver medal for the second time. This was the last major event in which she played.

In 2005, Brondello was named an assistant coach of the San Antonio Silver Stars
San Antonio Silver Stars

The San Antonio Silver Stars is a team in the Women's National Basketball Association based in San Antonio, Texas. They are one of the original eight founding teams in the WNBA....
.