How Mercury's Pierson Represented Her School

The WNBA has had some talented players over the years, and a lot of them were great players in their college years. A lot of these players come from exceptional programs, and some of these schools have been tied to the WNBA since the beginning. When the WNBA began, teams added players through three different phases. There was the allocation period, the elite draft and the 1997 WNBA Draft. There were some excellent players who entered the league during the allocation phase, and in the Phoenix Mercury's case, they added Jennifer Gillom and Michele Timms. Vicky Bullett was the first player assigned to a team in that period, and she went to the Charlotte Sting. Then players like Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Rebecca Logo and others followed. These players became the first players to represent their schools, and in the case of Swoopes, she was the first Texas Tech player to make the WNBA. Since then, there have been nine other Texas Tech players in the WNBA, and one of them was drafted by the Mercury. Plenette