Sugar Rodgers

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Sugar Rodgers
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No. 14 – New York Liberty
Position Guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-12-08) December 8, 1989 (age 34)
Suffolk, Virginia
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight 160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school King's Fork (Suffolk, Virginia)
College Georgetown (2009–2013)
WNBA draft 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career 2013–present
Career history
2013 Minnesota Lynx
2014–present New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com

Ta'Shauna "Sugar" Rodgers (born December 8, 1989) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the New York Liberty of the WNBA.[1] Rodgers is a guard, and played her college ball for the Georgetown Hoyas. A prolific three-point shooter, Rodgers was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in part to fill the void created by the trade of Candice Wiggins.[2]

Rodgers (left) with Georgetown

At Georgetown, she was the school's all-time scoring leader, with 2,518 points, and the team's all-time steals leader, with 326, as well as holding the team record for 3-point field goals made.[3] She was a four-time All Big East First Team pick, and was drafted by the Lynx in the second round as the 14th overall pick.[4]

Early life

Rodgers was born in Suffolk, Virginia to Barbara Mae Rodgers and Oscar Allen Saunders, Jr. in 1989. Rodgers played basketball for her high school team at King's Fork High School, where she became the school's MVP all four years, conference Player of the Year three times, as well as a McDonald's All-American. She graduated with her school's records in career points, assists, rebounds and blocks. At the 2007 AAU Nike Nationals, Sugar didn't start, but played in every game as for the Suffolk Blazers, and was named the tournament's MVP.[5] Sugar's mother, who had played basketball herself at Booker T. Washington High School, died in 2005 from lupus, and her father died in July 2012.[5]

College career

Rodgers was recruited to the Georgetown Hoyas in part through her play on the AAU Suffolk Blazers, who were coached by Boo Williams, the brother of Georgetown head coach Terri Williams-Flournoy.[5] Rodgers excelled early at Georgetown, and was named 2010 Big East Rookie of the Year,[6] as well as First Team All-Big East, a feat she repeated all four years.[7] That year she led the team to new heights, propelling them into the national rankings for the first time in fifteen years,[8] and helping the team to just its second NCAA Tournament invitation. In her sophomore year, she led the team to the NCAA's Sweet Sixteen with an upset win over rival Maryland,[9] before losing to UConn.[10]

In her four years, she amassed 2,518 points to become the leading scorer all-time at Georgetown on either the men's or women's team.[3][7] The leading scorer on the men's team, Sleepy Floyd had 2,304 points, while Patrick Ewing had 2,184.[11] She was a three-time AP Honorable Mention All-American, and majored in English.[7]

Georgetown statistics

Source[12]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Georgetown 33 580 39.6 33.3 78.0 3.6 1.9 1.8 0.2 17.6
2010-11 Georgetown 35 653 40.5 34.8 82.9 4.9 2.4 2.5 0.3 18.7
2011-12 Georgetown 31 574 34.3 29.3 81.9 5.4 1.7 2.3 0.4 18.5
2012-13 Georgetown 31 711 36.4 31.9 75.8 6.9 4.1 3.4 0.5 22.9
Career Georgetown 130 2518 37.6 32.3 79.3 5.2 2.5 2.5 0.3 19.4

Professional

Rodgers was selected 2nd in the 2nd round of the 2013 WNBA Draft as the 14th overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx.[13] She made the team out of training camp, and made her professional debut on June 1, 2013, in a victory over the Connecticut Sun.[14] Rodgers has logged the most minutes of the three rookies on the team, earning playing time thanks to aggressive defense and hustle.[15]

During the WNBA off season, Rodgers joined the Arras team in France. She was traded to the New York Liberty prior to the 2014 season.

References

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  15. ↑ Minnesota Lynx 2013 Statistics, wnba.com. http://www.wnba.com/lynx/stats/

External links


New York Liberty roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
G 22 United States Alston, Ameryst 5' 9" (1.75m) 178 lb (81kg) 07-15-1993 Ohio State R
G 15 United States Boyd, Brittany 5' 9" (1.75m) 156 lb (71kg) 06-11-1993 California 1
F 2 Kenya Bulgak, Adut 6' 4" (1.93m) 156 lb (71kg) 12-20-1992 Florida State R
F/C 31 United States Charles, Tina 6' 4" (1.93m) 186 lb (84kg) 12-05-1988 Connecticut 6
G 12 United States Harding, Lindsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 139 lb (63kg) 06-12-1984 Duke 8
G 10 United States Prince, Epiphanny Injured 5' 9" (1.75m) 179 lb (81kg) 01-11-1988 Rutgers 6
G 14 United States Rodgers, Sugar 5' 9" (1.75m) 166 lb (75kg) 12-08-1989 Georgetown 3
G 5 United States Schimmel, Shoni 5' 9" (1.75m) 161 lb (73kg) 05-04-1992 Louisville 2
C 41 United States Stokes, Kiah 6' 3" (1.91m) 191 lb (87kg) 03-30-1993 Connecticut 1
C 8 United States Swords, Carolyn 6' 6" (1.98m) 209 lb (95kg) 07-19-1989 Boston College 4
G 30 United States Wright, Tanisha 5' 11" (1.8m) 165 lb (75kg) 11-29-1983 Penn State 11
C 17 Sweden Zahui B., Amanda 6' 5" (1.96m) 250 lb (113kg) 09-08-1993 Minnesota 1
G 1 United States Zellous, Shavonte 5' 10" (1.78m) 188 lb (85kg) 08-28-1986 Pittsburgh 7



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA
Head coach
United States Bill Laimbeer (Notre Dame)
Assistant coaches
United States Katie Smith (Ohio State)
United States Herb Williams (Ohio State)
Athletic trainer
United States Rosemary Ragle (Troy)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States Kevin Duffy (Ohio)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

WNBA roster page
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