Taj McWilliams Franklin

Categories: Class of 2024
  • NAIA All-American at St. Edward’s University (1992, 1993)
  • All-time leading scorer (1,837) at St. Edward’s
  • NAIA National Player of the Year (1993)
  • Inducted into the St. Edward’s Athletic Hall of Fame (1999)
  • Played three years in the American Basketball League (ABL) (1996, 1997, 1998) and fourteen years in the WNBA (1999-2012).
  • WNBA Finals Appearance with the Connecticut Sun (2004, 2005)
  • WNBA champion with the Detroit Shock (2011) and WNBA Finals runner-up (2012)
  • Second Team All-WNBA (2005)
  • 6x WNBA All-Star (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007)
  • Recipient of the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (2004)
  • Played professionally in Wolfenbüttel, Germany (1993, 1994), Contern, Luxembourg (1994, 1995), and Galilee, Israel (1995, 1996) before the ABL and WNBA
  • World Championship team Gold Medalist (1998)
  • Currently the WNBA Player Relations & Development Manager
  • Holds the all-time WNBA record for offensive rebounds at 1062
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