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.
See also: 2002 WNBA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | Tamara Moore | Wisconsin | ||
| 2 | 29 | Lindsey Yamasaki | Stanford | ||
| 3 | 45 | Jerica Watson | Iowa | ||
| 4 | 61 | Jerkisha Dosty | Saint Mary's |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| April 30, 2002 | Signed Iziane Castro Marques and Shaka Massey | |
| May 3, 2002 | Waived Jerkisha Dosty | |
| May 5, 2002 | Traded a 2003 3rd Round Pick to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Claudia Neves | |
| Signed Carolyn Moos | ||
| May 12, 2002 | Waived Shaka Massey | |
| May 16, 2002 | Waived Kisha Ford | |
| May 22, 2002 | Traded Marla Brumfield and Katrina Colleton to the Portland Fire in exchange for Vanessa Nygaard | |
| May 24, 2002 | Waived Jerica Watson | |
| 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 | |
| June 13, 2002 | Signed Betty Lennox | |
| June 18, 2002 | Traded Marlies Askamp to the Los Angeles Sparks in exchange for a 2003 1st Round Pick | |
| Signed Trisha Stafford-Odom | ||
| July 1, 2002 | Waived Carolyn Moos | |
|- style="background:#fcc;"| 1| May 28| Minnesota| L 63–66| Tamara Moore (22)| Vanessa Nygaard (6)| Tamara Moore (4)| American Airlines Arena| 0–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 2| May 30| Los Angeles| L 65–69| Sandy Brondello (20)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (8)| Debbie Black (5)| American Airlines Arena| 0–2|- style="background:#fcc;"| 3| June 2| @ New York| L 52–58| Sandy Brondello (17)| Sheri Sam (8)| Black
Moore
Rasmussen (2)| Madison Square Garden| 0–3|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| June 4| Orlando| L 69–71| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (16)| Sheri Sam (9)| Black
Brondello (5)| American Airlines Arena| 0–4|- style="background:#fcc;"| 5| June 9| @ Washington| L 67–76| Sheri Sam (23)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)| Debbie Black (9)| MCI Center| 0–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 6| June 11| Cleveland| W 74–65| Sheri Sam (18)| Debbie Black (9)| Black
Sam (5)| American Airlines Arena| 1–5|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 7| June 15| @ Orlando| W 69–65| Sheri Sam (17)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)| Debbie Black (5)| TD Waterhouse Centre| 2–5|- style="background:#fcc;"| 8| June 18| Houston| L 46–53| Riley
Sam (11)| Debbie Black (7)| Black
Riley (3)| American Airlines Arena| 2–6|- style="background:#fcc;"| 9| June 21| Washington| L 60–65| Sheri Sam (18)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (9)| Black
Sam (4)| American Airlines Arena| 2–7|- style="background:#fcc;"| 10| June 22| @ Charlotte| L 63–76| Betty Lennox (18)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (12)| Claudia Neves (4)| Charlotte Coliseum| 2–8|- style="background:#fcc;"| 11| June 25| @ Cleveland| L 50–71| Betty Lennox (19)| Betty Lennox (6)| Sheri Sam (4)| Gund Arena| 2–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 12| June 28| @ Detroit| W 78–74 (OT)| Sheri Sam (27)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)| Debbie Black (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 3–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 13| June 30| Indiana| W 65–59| Sheri Sam (19)| Kristen Rasmussen (6)| Lennox
Sam (4)| American Airlines Arena| 4–9|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 14| July 3| Phoenix| W 86–61| Betty Lennox (16)| Johns Kimbrough
Nygaard (6)| Debbie Black (7)| American Airlines Arena| 5–9|- style="background:#fcc;"| 15| July 5| Charlotte| L 68–72| Sandy Brondello (23)| Kristen Rasmussen (6)| Debbie Black (4)| American Airlines Arena| 5–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 16| July 7| Seattle| W 65–61 (OT)| Betty Lennox (19)| Kristen Rasmussen (9)| Sheri Sam (7)| American Airlines Arena| 6–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 17| July 9| @ Charlotte| W 66–55| Sheri Sam (23)| Sheri Sam (6)| Kristen Rasmussen (5)| Charlotte Coliseum| 7–10 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 18| July 12| @ Indiana| W 68–62| Sheri Sam (15)| Sheri Sam (10)| Debbie Black (9)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 8–10|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 19| July 13| Orlando| W 70–56| Betty Lennox (24)| Sheri Sam (6)| Black
Neves
Rasmussen (3)| American Airlines Arena| 9–10|- style="background:#fcc;"| 20| July 17| Sacramento| L 62–78| Betty Lennox (18)| Kristen Rasmussen (8)| Johns Kimbrough
Lennox (2)| American Airlines Arena| 9–11 |- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 21| July 19| @ Minnesota| W 61–58| Brondello
Sam (11)| Betty Lennox (7)| Debbie Black (7)| Target Center| 10–11|- style="background:#fcc;"| 22| July 20| @ Detroit| L 48–69| Claudia Neves (9)| Sheri Sam (7)| Ruth Riley (2)| The Palace of Auburn Hills| 10–12|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 23| July 23| New York| W 54–46| Sheri Sam (24)| Black
Rasmussen (8)| Debbie Black (4)| American Airlines Arena| 11–12|- style="background:#fcc;"| 24| July 25| @ Houston| L 60–69| Sheri Sam (17)| Sheri Sam (7)| Sheri Sam (7)| Compaq Center| 11–13|- style="background:#fcc;"| 25| July 27| @ Portland| L 61–71| Sheri Sam (15)| Kristen Rasmussen (7)| Debbie Black (5)| Rose Garden| 11–14|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 26| July 30| @ Los Angeles| W 82–73| Sheri Sam (18)| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (7)| Debbie Black (7)| Staples Center| 12–14|- style="background:#fcc;"| 27| July 31| @ Utah| L 76–81 (OT)| Sheri Sam (18)| Sheri Sam (9)| Sandy Brondello (7)| Delta Center| 12–15|- style="background:#fcc;"| 28| August 2| @ New York| L 54–66| Kristen Rasmussen (19)| Sheri Sam (7)| Betty Lennox (4)| Madison Square Garden| 12–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 29| August 4| Washington| W 55–50| Sheri Sam (13)| Ruth Riley (6)| Debbie Black (6)| American Airlines Arena| 13–16|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 30| August 9| Cleveland| W 65–59| Sheri Sam (18)| Rasmussen
Sam (6)| Debbie Black (5)| American Airlines Arena| 14–16|- style="background:#fcc;"| 31| August 11| @ Indiana| L 63–77| Sheri Sam (20)| Kristen Rasmussen (5)| Debbie Black (3)| Conseco Fieldhouse| 14–17|- style="background:#bbffbb;"| 32| August 13| Detroit| W 61–56| Betty Lennox (20)| Rasmussen
Sam (7)| Debbie Black (4)| American Airlines Arena| 15–17
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheri Sam | 32 | 32 | 33.5 | .434 | .342 | .618 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 14.5 | |
| Debbie Black | 32 | 32 | 28.1 | .400 | .000 | .758 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 4.8 | |
| Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough | 31 | 30 | 25.8 | .523 | N/A | .629 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 7.0 | |
| Sandy Brondello | 30 | 23 | 25.4 | .365 | .318 | .821 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 8.8 | |
| Betty Lennox | 26 | 3 | 22.3 | .358 | .351 | .759 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.9 | |
| Kristen Rasmussen | 31 | 5 | 21.7 | .552 | .429 | .848 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 5.5 | |
| Ruth Riley | 26 | 8 | 20.0 | .465 | N/A | .609 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 5.7 | |
| Tamara Moore | 5 | 3 | 16.6 | .320 | .222 | 1.000 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 5.6 | |
| Vanessa Nygaard | 29 | 22 | 15.3 | .426 | .375 | .769 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 4.1 | |
| Marlies Askamp | 6 | 1 | 12.0 | .400 | N/A | .273 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | |
| Lindsey Yamasaki | 15 | 0 | 9.8 | .442 | .529 | .500 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.5 | |
| Claudia Neves | 20 | 0 | 9.7 | .355 | .190 | .688 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.9 | |
| Iziane Castro Marques | 19 | 1 | 9.6 | .333 | .059 | .680 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.5 | |
| Trisha Stafford-Odom | 6 | 0 | 6.3 | .167 | N/A | .750 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |
| Carolyn Moos | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |