The 2002 WNBA season was the 3rd and final season for the Miami Sol. The team missed the playoffs for the second and final time in their history. The team later folded after the season due to financial issues.
Date
Transaction
March 4, 2002
Traded Tracy Reid and a 2002 1st Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough and 2002 1st Round Pick[ 1]
April 19, 2002
Drafted Tamara Moore , Lindsey Yamasaki , Jerica Watson and Jerkisha Dosty in the 2002 WNBA Draft [ 1]
April 23, 2002
Waived Levys Torres [ 1]
April 30, 2002
Signed Iziane Castro Marques and Shaka Massey[ 1]
May 3, 2002
Waived Jerkisha Dosty[ 1]
May 5, 2002
Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Claudia Neves [ 1]
Signed Carolyn Moos [ 1]
May 12, 2002
Waived Shaka Massey[ 1]
May 16, 2002
Waived Kisha Ford [ 1]
May 22, 2002
Traded Marla Brumfield and Katrina Colleton to the Portland Fire in exchange for Vanessa Nygaard [ 1]
May 24, 2002
Waived Jerica Watson[ 1]
June 11, 2002
Traded Tamara Moore and a 2003 2nd Round Pick to the Minnesota Lynx in exchange for Betty Lennox and a 2003 1st Round Pick[ 1]
June 13, 2002
Signed Betty Lennox [ 1]
June 18, 2002
Traded Marlies Askamp to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2003 1st Round Pick[ 1]
Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom [ 1]
July 1, 2002
Waived Carolyn Moos [ 1]
2002 Miami Sol roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Nat.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
Yrs
C
14
Askamp, Marlies
6' 5" (1.96m)
198 lb (90kg)
1970-07-08
5
G
31
Black, Debbie
5' 3" (1.6m)
124 lb (56kg)
1966-07-29
Saint Joseph's
3
G
6
Brondello, Sandy
5' 7" (1.7m)
136 lb (62kg)
1968-08-20
3
G/F
8
Castro Marques, Iziane
6' 0" (1.83m)
140 lb (64kg)
1982-03-13
R
C
41
Johns Kimbrough, Pollyanna
6' 3" (1.91m)
165 lb (75kg)
1975-11-06
Michigan
3
G
22
Lennox, Betty
5' 8" (1.73m)
143 lb (65kg)
1976-12-04
Louisiana Tech
2
G
30
Moore, Tamara
5' 10" (1.78m)
176 lb (80kg)
1980-04-11
Wisconsin
R
F/C
53
Moos, Carolyn
6' 6" (1.98m)
–
1978-05-23
Stanford
R
G
9
Neves, Claudia
5' 8" (1.73m)
136 lb (62kg)
1975-02-17
3
F
18
Nygaard, Vanessa
6' 1" (1.85m)
175 lb (79kg)
1975-03-13
Stanford
3
F
52
Rasmussen, Kristen
6' 4" (1.93m)
172 lb (78kg)
1978-11-01
Michigan State
2
C
7
Riley, Ruth
6' 5" (1.96m)
198 lb (90kg)
1979-08-28
Notre Dame
1
G/F
55
Sam, Sheri
6' 0" (1.83m)
160 lb (73kg)
1974-05-05
Vanderbilt
3
F
5
Stafford-Odom, Trisha
6' 0" (1.83m)
160 lb (73kg)
1970-11-11
California
1
G/F
11
Yamasaki, Lindsey
6' 1" (1.85m)
185 lb (84kg)
1980-06-02
Stanford
R
Head coach
Ron Rothstein (Rhode Island )
Assistant coaches
Jenny Boucek Tony Fiorentino
Legend
(C) Team captain
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
Injured
2002 game log Total: 15–17 (Home: 9–7; Road: 6–10)
May: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–0)
June
: 4–7 (Home: 2–3; Road: 2–4)
July
: 8–6 (Home: 4–2; Road: 4–4)
August
: 3–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–2)
2002 season schedule
‡ Waived/Released during the season
† Traded during the season
≠ Acquired during the season