Alisa Marzatte Burras (born June 23, 1975) is a former professional

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player. She was born and raised in

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and played for Westark Community College in Fort Smith,

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from 1994 to 1996 and helped lead the Lady Lions to the 1995 JUCO National Championship. She left Westark with school records for points (1481), rebounds (534), and blocks (121). Legendary coach Leon Barmore offered Burras a scholarship to play for

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, and she played with the Lady Techsters from 1996 to 1998. Burras led LA Tech to the NCAA Championship Game in 1998 but lost to

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93–74. In the championship game, she posted 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Lady Techsters. During her two seasons at LA Tech, the Lady Techsters compiled a 62–8 record. Burras was drafted in the first round (fifth overall) by the

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in the 1998 ABL Draft. When the ABL folded, she was signed by the WNBA and allocated to the

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on May 11, 1999. After the 1999 season, Burras was selected in the first round (fourth overall) of the December 1999 WNBA Expansion Draft by the

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. She played for the Fire for 3 seasons until the franchise folded. She was then selected ninth overall in the

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by the

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. Burras retired after the 2003 season.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

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College

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Honors

* University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Hall of Fame (2011)

References

External links

* * 1975 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball players Arkansas–Fort Smith Lady Lions basketball players Basketball players from Chicago Centers (basketball) Cleveland Rockers players Colorado Xplosion players Junior college women's basketball players in the United States Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball players Portland Fire players Seattle Storm players 21st-century American women {{US-women-basketball-bio-stub