Catarina Pollini Explained

Catarina Pollini
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Height Order:flip
Position:Power forward / center
Birth Date:16 March 1966
Birth Place:Vicenza, Italy
Nationality:Italian
College:Texas (1988–1989)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:1997
Draft Round:4
Draft Pick:32
Draft Team:Houston Comets
Career Start:1979
Career End:2006
Years1:1979-1988
Years2:1989-1994
Team2:P.A. Cesena
Years3:1994-1998
Team3:ASDG Comense 1872
Years4:1997
Team4:Houston Comets
Years5:1999-2000
Team5:PF Schio
Years6:2000–2004
Team6:Ensino Lugo
Years7:2004–2005
Team7:Ros Casares Valencia
Years8:2005–2006
Team8:Ensino Lugo
Years9:2009
Team9:Ensino Lugo
Highlights:

Catarina Pollini (born 16 March 1966) is a retired Italian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Pollini also played one short season in the WNBA with the Houston Comets in 1997.

WNBA Career

On April 28, 1997 Pollini was selected with the final pick (32nd overall) of the 1997 WNBA Draft by the Houston Comets. Her debut game was played on June 21, 1997 in a 76 - 56 win over the Cleveland Rockers where she played for 8 minutes and recorded 2 rebounds and 1 assist but no points.[2]

This 1997 season would be Pollini's only season in the WNBA. She played in 13 of the Comets' 28 games (playing in just 1 of the Comets' 15 final games from July 22 to August 24) and averaged 1.7 points and 0.9 rebounds. Her 13th played game of that season on August 1, 1997 was her final game in the league. On that day, the Comets would blowout the Los Angeles Sparks, winning by 24 points (81 - 57) with Pollini playing for less than 2 minutes and recording no stats other than one foul.[3]

Although she did not play in any playoff games, the Houston Comets won the first WNBA Championship in 1997 with Pollini as a member of the roster, thus making her a champion in her sole WNBA season.

Notes and References

  1. Catarina Pollini Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171917/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/catarina-pollini-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 July 2018.
  2. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199706210CLE.html
  3. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/boxscores/199708010LAS.html