Texas Tech University Athletics
O'Neal Invited to WNBA Pre-Draft Camp
April 03, 2001 | Women's Basketball
April 3, 2001
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech senior guard Katrisa O'Neal has been invited to participate in the 2001 WNBA Pre-Draft Camp, which will be held at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Ill. April 5-7.
O'Neal, a native of Plainview, Texas, became Tech's all-time leader in steals this season with 352. This season she finished third on the team in scoring with a 10.4 average, while ranking second in steals with 83 and assists with 110. The lone senior on the 2000-01 squad was named third-team All-Big 12, while being named a second-team Defensive All-American by The Women's Basketball Journal.
This year's camp will include players from one of the deepest senior classes in the history of women's college basketball, as well as a talented selection of international players.
The WNBA Pre-Draft camp offers coaches and general managers the opportunity to evaluate the skills of prospective players in advance of the annual WNBA Draft.
The 2001 WNBA Draft will be broadcast live on espn2 for the first time in the league's five-year history at the NBA Entertainment studios in Secacus, N.J. The four-round draft will be held on Friday, April 20 beginning at 10:30 a.m. CST. In addition to espn2's first-round coverage, all four rounds of the draft will be carried live on NBA.com TV and online at WNBA.com.
