2001 Orlando Miracle season
WNBA team season
The 2001 WNBA season was their third in the league. The Miracle missed the playoffs for the second time in franchise history. The Miracle also hosted the 2001 WNBA All-Star Game .
Transactions
WNBA draft
Transactions
Date
Transaction
April 20, 2001
Drafted Katie Douglas , Brooke Wyckoff , Jaclyn Johnson and Anne Thorius in the 2001 WNBA Draft [ 1]
April 30, 2001
Signed Denique Graves , Nakia Sanford , Nyree Roberts , Shaka Massey, Shawnetta Stewart, Tauja Catchings and Tawona Alhaleem [ 1]
May 1, 2001
Waived Tauja Catchings[ 1]
May 3, 2001
Waived Nakia Sanford[ 1]
Signed LaCharlotte Smith and Tora Suber [ 1]
May 4, 2001
Waived Shawnetta Stewart[ 1]
May 14, 2001
Waived LaCharlotte Smith, Shaka Massey and Tora Suber [ 1]
May 21, 2001
Waived Jannon Roland [ 1]
May 22, 2001
Waived Andrea Congreaves [ 1]
May 26, 2001
Waived Anne Thorius , Denique Graves and Romana Hamzová [ 1]
Roster
2001 Orlando Miracle Players Coaches Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 44 Alhaleem, Tawona 6' 0" (1.83m) 1974-10-17 DePaul R C 28 dos Santos, Cíntia 6' 5" (1.96m) 187 lb (85kg) 1975-01-31 1 G/F 32 Douglas, Katie 6' 0" (1.83m) 165 lb (75kg) 1979-05-07 Purdue R F/C 22 Hicks, Jessie 6' 4" (1.93m) 188 lb (85kg) 1971-12-02 Maryland 2 F 33 Johnson, Jaclyn 6' 0" (1.83m) 201 lb (91kg) 1979-03-16 Kansas R G 14 Johnson, Shannon 5' 7" (1.7m) 152 lb (69kg) 1974-08-18 South Carolina 2 G 12 McCain, Tiffany 5' 10" (1.78m) 160 lb (73kg) 1978-03-08 Kentucky 1 F 10 McGhee, Carla 6' 1" (1.85m) 173 lb (78kg) 1968-03-06 Tennessee 2 F/C 11 McWilliams-Franklin, Taj 6' 2" (1.88m) 195 lb (88kg) 1970-10-20 St. Edward's 2 G 5 Powell, Elaine 5' 8" (1.73m) 150 lb (68kg) 1975-08-09 Louisiana Tech 2 G/F 42 Sales, Nykesha 6' 0" (1.83m) 184 lb (83kg) 1976-05-10 Connecticut 2 F 21 Wyckoff, Brooke 6' 1" (1.85m) 183 lb (83kg) 1980-03-30 Florida State R
Head coach
Carolyn Peck (Vanderbilt )Assistant coaches
Charlene Thomas-Swinson Legend (C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended
Schedule
Regular season
2001 game log
June: 4–8 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–5)
July
: 5–8 (Home: 4–2; Road: 1–6)
August
: 4–3 (Home: 4–1; Road: 0–2)
2001 season schedule
Season standings
Statistics
Regular Season
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FG%
3P%
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
PPG
Taj McWilliams-Franklin
32
32
33.1
.474
.200
.744
7.6
2.2
1.6
1.6
12.6
Elaine Powell
32
32
33.0
.402
.382
.755
3.1
3.1
1.5
0.2
11.2
Nykesha Sales
32
31
32.5
.438
.314
.784
5.4
1.8
2.2
0.2
13.5
Shannon Johnson
26
22
30.2
.367
.365
.757
3.0
2.6
1.3
0.2
11.6
Brooke Wyckoff
32
27
20.3
.328
.162
.714
3.8
1.2
0.8
0.5
3.4
Katie Douglas
22
0
20.0
.362
.316
.723
2.3
1.8
1.7
0.3
7.0
Jessie Hicks
32
5
14.3
.389
N/A
.652
2.9
0.7
0.7
0.5
5.3
Tiffany McCain
32
9
13.8
.321
.313
.667
1.2
1.1
0.3
0.3
3.0
Tawona Alhaleem
26
1
9.7
.328
.364
.500
1.5
0.5
0.4
0.0
1.9
Jaclyn Johnson
17
1
8.2
.560
.429
.800
1.4
0.5
0.2
0.2
2.1
Cíntia dos Santos
10
0
6.5
.368
N/A
.833
0.6
0.2
0.3
0.5
1.9
Carla McGhee
17
0
4.2
.250
N/A
.500
0.6
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.8
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season
Awards and honors
References
Franchise Arenas Head coaches Administration All-Stars Seasons Playoff appearances Conference titles / Rivals Media
