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The '''Women's American Basketball Association''' (WABA) is a name given to three professional women's basketball leagues in the United States. The first league played one season in 1984. The second league played an All-Star Tour in 1992 and then three full seasons from 1993-95. The third league played one season in 2002.
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The '''Women's American Basketball Association''' ('''WABA''') is a summer [[women's basketball]] league that began in 2017 with seven teams. It is a sister league of the [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]].
The first '''Women's American Basketball Association''' (WABA) was founded by Bill Byrne, founder of the [[Women's Basketball League|WBL]] in hopes of cashing in on the USA Olympic team's success in Los Angeles in 1984. While some talented players played in the league (including Nancy Lieberman, Molly Bolin, [[Pamela McGee]] and Paula McGee) most of the league's teams folded before the league championship, which was won by Dallas over Chicago.


Marsha Blount, owner of the ABA's [[Jersey Express]], serves as league President and CEO.<ref name="ABA Basketball 2022 w191">{{cite web | title=MARSHA BLOUNT NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ABA | website=ABA Basketball | date=July 21, 2022 | url=https://realabaleague.com/marsha-blount-named-executive-vice-president-of-the-aba/ | access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
The '''Women's Basketball Association''' (WBA) was the first Women's Professional basketball summer league. The league was called the '''WABA''' and WWBA for the first All-Star tour in 1992, before settling on WBA. The pioneer league was formed in 1992 by Lightning Mitchell and played three full seasons from 1993-95.<ref name="archive1">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060616173846/http://hometown.aol.com/bradleyrd/women.html |title=The History of Women's Professional Basketball |author=Robert Bradley |coauthors=Jack Black, F. Travis Boley, Robert Bradley, Tom Goddard, John Guy, Steve Mau, Shawn Oliver, Mark Pollak, Pat Premo and Dennis Slusher
|work=Web.archive.org |date=2006-06-16 |accessdate=2014-04-28}}</ref> The WBA played a 15-game schedule and games were broadcast on Liberty Sports of Dallas. The All-Star games <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/az/hangar018/wba95.html|title=Women's Basketball Association Set|accessdate=December 29, 2013}}</ref> were also televised on [[FOX Sports|Fox Sports]]. [[Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball|Kansas Jayhawks]] All-American Geri "Kay-Kay" Hart and [[Robelyn Garcia|Robelyn "Robbie" Garcia]] announced the game on Fox Radio and [[Nancy Lieberman]] was the TV announcer for the 1995 All-Star game. The WBA played three full seasons with plans to play as a 12-team league in 1997, but disbanded before the 1997 season. When [[FOX Sports|Fox Sports]] purchased Liberty Sports and the WBA, they disbanded the league shortly after and sold off the franchising rights. The league is considered to be the first American professional women's basketball league to be successful as a SUMMER league, like the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]. Guard [[Laurie Byrd]] played for the WABA, WBA, [[American Basketball League (1996–1998)|American Basketball League]],and the [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]].


== List of WABA championships ==
The '''Women's American Basketball Association''' (WABA) formed in 2001 and played one season in 2002. The 2002 championship game was played June 2, 2002 and won by the York City Noise. Meggan Yedsena from the [[National Women's Basketball League|NWBL]] and [[Colorado Chill]] led the Schuylkill (Pa.) Syrens in the league's inaugural season. Some of the teams made the transition to the [[WEBA]] and continue to play Semi Professional Basketball. Yedsena was the only player to play in both the 1990s WABA (for [[Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball|Nebraska]]) and the 2002 WABA.<ref name="archive1"/>


{| class="wikitable" width=60%
==WBA Champions 1993 - 1995==
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
* 1993 - [[Sports in Kansas City|Kansas Crusaders]]: MVP: ([[Robelyn Garcia]])
! Year
* 1994 - Nebraska Express: MVP: Maurtice Ivy (Tice)
! Champion
* 1995 - [[Sports in Chicago|Chicago Twisters]]: MVP: Diana Vines ([[WNBA]],LBA)
! Runner-up

! Result
==WABA Clubs 2002==
! Host city
* Allentown Crunch
! Game MVP
* Reading Rage
! Ref
* Schuylkill Syrens
|-
* Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Scream
| 2017
* Wilmington Jaguars
| '''Jersey Expressions'''
* York City Noise
| Orlando Splash

| 108-96
==WBA Results 1993-95==
| [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]
1993 Regular Season<br />
| Erika Jones
AMERICAN CONFERENCE<br />
| <ref name=" Keep The Dream Alive 2017 x684">{{cite web | title=JERSEY EXPRESSIONS WIN FIRST WABA CHAMPIONSHIP - | website= Keep The Dream Alive | date=October 9, 2017 | url=https://abaliveaction.com/2017/10/09/waba-finals-set/ | access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
Nebraska Express 13 2 .867 <br />
|-
Missouri Mustangs 10 5 .667 <br />
| 2018
Oklahoma Cougars 3 12 .200
| '''Jersey Expressions'''

| Atlanta Angels
WORLD CONFERENCE<br />
| 115-87
Kansas Crusaders 10 5 .667<br />
| [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark, NJ]]
Iowa Unicorns 5 10 .333 5<br />
| Aliyyah Handford
Illinois Knights 4 11 .267 6<br />
| <ref name="US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings 2023 l953">{{cite web | title=US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings | website=US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings | date=October 29, 2018 | url=https://basketball.usbasket.com/ABA/news/552584/Jersey-Expressions-are-your-2018-Champions!?Women=1 | access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
'''MVP: Sarah Campbell'''
|-

| 2019
WBA FIRST ROUND Playoffs<br />
| '''DC Cyclones'''
Iowa 119, Missouri 103<br />
| Coastal Empire Lady Monarchs
Missouri 98, Iowa 93<br />
| 105-81
Missouri 117, Iowa 112 '''(OT)'''
| [[Washington, DC]]
<br />
| Kyah Proctor
Kansas 92, Oklahoma 77<br />
| <ref name="US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings 2023 m292">{{cite web | title=US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings | website=US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings | date=October 27, 2019 | url=https://www.usbasket.com/ABA/news/599854/DC-Cyclones-are-2019-champions?Women=1 | access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
Kansas 114, Oklahoma 64
|-

| 2020
Nebraska 166, Illinois 129 <br />
| colspan=6 align=center | ''Not held due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]]''
Nebraska 127, Illinois 115
|-

| 2021
WBA SECOND ROUND Playoffs<br />
| '''Jacksonville Force'''
Kansas 121, Missouri 97<br />
| Midwest Sound
Kansas 109, Missouri 99
| 85-79

| [[Augusta, GA]]
WBA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES<br />
| LaSonja Edwards
Kansas 125, Nebraska 119<br />
| <ref name="Free Press of Jacksonville 2021 m672">{{cite web | title=Women's League American Basketball Association National Champs - Free Press of Jacksonville | website=Free Press of Jacksonville | date=November 29, 2021 | url=https://jacksonvillefreepress.com/the-jacksonville-force-are-womens-league-american-basketball-association-national-champs/ | access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
Nebraska 118, Kansas 100<br />
|-
Kansas 111, Nebraska 96<br />
| 2022
Kansas 100, Nebraska 98 '''(*KANSAS: FIRST WBA CHAMPIONS)'''
| '''Atlanta Angels'''

| Mount Vernon Shamrocks
'''MVP: Robelyn (Robbie) Garcia'''
| 96-78

| [[Greensboro, NC]]
1994 WBA Regular Season<br />
| Chancie Dunn
AMERICAN CONFERENCE <br />
| <ref name="HomeTeamsONLINE w799">{{cite web | title=ATLANTA ANGELS CROWNED 2022 WABA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | website=HomeTeamsONLINE | url=https://www.womensaba.com/teams/default.asp?u=WOMENSAMERICANBASKET&s=basketball&p=NewsStory&newsID=39109 | access-date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
Nebraska Express 10 5 .667 5 Indiana Stars 8 7 .533 7 <br />
|-
Oklahoma Flames 3 12 .200 12 Iowa Twisters 1 14 .067 14
| 2023

| '''DC Cyclones'''
NATIONAL CONFERENCE Regular Season<br />
| Raleigh Red Storm
[[Sports in Kansas City|Kansas City Mustangs]] 15 0 undefeated regular season<br />
| 64-62
Memphis Blues 10 5 .667 5 St. Louis River Queens 9 6 .600 6 <br />
| [[Greensboro, NC]]
Kansas Marauders 4 11 .267 11 <br />
| Keyana Tate
'''MVP: Evette Ott, Sarah Campbell'''
| <ref name="HomeTeamsONLINE r093">{{cite web | title=WABA 2023 Championship Tournament | website=HomeTeamsONLINE | url=https://www.womensaba.com/teams/default.asp?u=WOMENSAMERICANBASKET&s=basketball&p=tournament&tournamentID=7610 | access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref>

|-
1994 WBA FIRST ROUND Playoffs<br />
| 2024
[[Memphis blues (disambiguation)|Memphis Blues]] 126, <br />
| '''Raleigh Aces'''
St. Louis River Queens 111 Memphis 122, St. Louis 110 <br />
| DC Cyclones
Indiana 107, Oklahoma 91 Indiana 103, Oklahoma 91
| 84-78

| [[Greensboro, NC]]
WBA SECOND ROUND Playoffs<br />
| Imani Watkins
Kansas City 98, Memphis 94 Memphis 101, Kansas City 87<br />
| <ref name="i094">{{cite web | title=TOURNAMENT | website=HomeTeamsONLINE | url=https://www.womensaba.com/teams/default.asp?u=WOMENSAMERICANBASKET&s=basketball&p=tournament&tournamentID=7751 | access-date=October 8, 2024}}</ref>
(winner determined by total points - Memphis 195, [[Sports in Kansas City|Kansas City Mustangs]] 185 *disputed*)
|-

|}
Nebraska 99, Indiana 89 Nebraska 91, Indiana 87

1994 WBA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES<br />
Memphis 102, Nebraska 101 Nebraska 123, Memphis 108 <br />
Memphis 138, Nebraska 128 Nebraska 111, Memphis 101 <br />
Nebraska 103, Memphis 101<br />
'''MVP: Maurtice (Tice) Ivy'''

1995 WBA Regular Season<br />
American Conference<br />
Chicago Twisters 15 1 .938 .. Nebraska Express 6 9 .400 8.5 <br />
Minnesota Stars 5 10 .333 9.5 Oklahoma Flames 5 10 .333 9.5

National Conference Regular Season Results<br />
St. Louis River Queens 9 7 .562 .. Kansas City Mustangs 7 8 .467 1.5 <br />
Kentucky Marauders 7 8 .467 1.5 Memphis Blues 7 8 .467 1.5

'''1995 Last WBA CHAMPIONSHIP''' 29 July l995 Chicago 107, <br />
St. Louis 96 '''MVP Diana Vines & Petra Jackson'''<br />
Compiled by Robert Bradley, Jack Black, Robelyn Garcia, and Dennis Slusher.

==Notable Players==
* [[Nancy Lieberman]], [[Janice Lawrence Braxton]], Molly Bolin, [[Pamela McGee]] and Paula McGee
* [[List of College Football on NBC commentators|Krista Blunk]], Lisa Braddy, [[Laurie Byrd]], Sarah Campbell, Lisa Carlsen, Joy Champ, [[List of current NCAA Division I women's basketball coaches|Surina Dixon]], Cledella Evans, Crystal Flint, [[Robelyn Garcia|Robbie Garcia]], Kay Kay Hart, [[2009–10 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team|Michelle Clark-Heard]], [[Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball|Patty Jo Hedges]], Petra Jackson, Patrice Marshall, Evette Ott, Lynn Page, Lisa Sandbothe, Danielle Shareef, Melissa Stanford, Lisa Tate, Diana Vines, Tammy Williams, Cynthia Wilson, and Meggan Yedsena


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.basketballresearch.us/ Professional basketball research]
* [https://www.womensaba.com/ Official website]
* [http://photobucket.com/WomensBasketballWBA/ WBA Photo Archive]
* [http://www.beckett.com/basketball/1995/womens-basketball-association/ Beckett Cards]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/az/hangar018/wba95.html 1995 All-Star Photos]
* [http://www.wnbacards.com/WBL/WBL.htm WNBA CARDS]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOvpe8ZMoe8 Women's Pro Basketball Fox Sports News]
* [http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/schedule/?l_id=94 WABA 2002 Full Season Results]


{{Major women's sport leagues in North America}}
{{Major women's sport leagues in North America}}


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Latest revision as of 21:51, 8 October 2024

For the 1984 league, see Women's American Basketball Association (1984).
Women's American Basketball Association
SportWomen's basketball
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
First season2017
PresidentMarsha Blount
Organising bodyABA
MottoIt's Our Time!
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)		Raleigh Aces
Official websiteWABA

The Women's American Basketball Association (WABA) is a summer women's basketball league that began in 2017 with seven teams. It is a sister league of the American Basketball Association.

Marsha Blount, owner of the ABA's Jersey Express, serves as league President and CEO.[1]

List of WABA championships

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Year Champion Runner-up Result Host city Game MVP Ref
2017 Jersey Expressions Orlando Splash 108-96 Newark, NJ Erika Jones [2]
2018 Jersey Expressions Atlanta Angels 115-87 Newark, NJ Aliyyah Handford [3]
2019 DC Cyclones Coastal Empire Lady Monarchs 105-81 Washington, DC Kyah Proctor [4]
2020 Not held due to COVID-19
2021 Jacksonville Force Midwest Sound 85-79 Augusta, GA LaSonja Edwards [5]
2022 Atlanta Angels Mount Vernon Shamrocks 96-78 Greensboro, NC Chancie Dunn [6]
2023 DC Cyclones Raleigh Red Storm 64-62 Greensboro, NC Keyana Tate [7]
2024 Raleigh Aces DC Cyclones 84-78 Greensboro, NC Imani Watkins [8]

References

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  1. ^ "MARSHA BLOUNT NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ABA". ABA Basketball. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "JERSEY EXPRESSIONS WIN FIRST WABA CHAMPIONSHIP -". Keep The Dream Alive. October 9, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. October 29, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings". US Basketball News, Scores, Stats, Analysis, Standings. October 27, 2019. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Women's League American Basketball Association National Champs - Free Press of Jacksonville". Free Press of Jacksonville. November 29, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "ATLANTA ANGELS CROWNED 2022 WABA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS". HomeTeamsONLINE. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "WABA 2023 Championship Tournament". HomeTeamsONLINE. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "TOURNAMENT". HomeTeamsONLINE. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
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