Shoni Schimmel Selected to Second Consecutive WNBA All-Star Game

(Connecticut) – The WNBA announced today the starters for the Boost Mobile 2015 WNBA All-Star game and for the second consecutive season Shoni Schimmel (Umatilla) was named a starter for the game held that will be held at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and will be nationally televised by ESPN on Saturday, July 25, at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Shoni (8,881 votes) will return to the game where only last year she was named the Most Valuable Player of the All-Star game and set a new All-Star game record 29 points.

“It was awesome, just to be able to go out there and play my game, have fun,” said Schimmel last season, “feel free to go out there and play ‘rez ball.”

Schimmel is the first Dream player ever to earn All-Star game MVP honors.

The starting five is as follows:

Schimmel will be making her second consecutive WNBA All-Star game appearance as a starter after being recognized as the game’s most valuable player in 2014.  She registered a WNBA All-Star game-record 29 points and dished out eight assists in last season’s contest, leading the Eastern Conference to a 125-124 overtime win.

Schimmel shot 11-of-24 from the field in last year’s all-star classic, including a 7-of-16 clip from beyond the three-point arc.  McCoughtry totaled 13 points and seven rebounds, while shooting 6-of-11 overall in the 2014 overtime victory for the Eastern Conference.

Joining McCoughtry and Schimmel in the Eastern Conference lineup will be Chicago’s Elena Delle Donne, who led all players with 18,034 votes, Indiana’s Catchings (9,923 votes) and New York’s Tina Charles (6,129).

The Western Conference starters will include Tulsa’s Skylar Diggins (15,895), Minnesota’s Seimone Augustus (9,599) and Maya Moore (13,706) as well as Phoenix’s Brittney Griner (7,138) and Candice Dupree (5,954).

The East squad will be led by Chicago Sky head coach Pokey Chatman by virtue of their 2014 Eastern Conference Championship. Phoenix’s Sandy Brondello will head the West coaching staff after leading her team to the WNBA Championship last season.

The 12 WNBA head coaches will select the reserves by voting for six players within their own conference: two backcourt players, three frontcourt players, and a player from either position.  Coaches are not permitted to vote for players on their own team.

The league will announce the reserves during ESPN2’s national telecast of the Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday, July 21 at 11 p.m., ET.

In the case of players who are unable to play due to injury – such as Diggins, who has sustained a season-ending injury – replacement players will be named by WNBA President Laurel J. Richie.
Any changes to the starting lineup necessitated by injury will subsequently be made by the head coach of the respective All-Star team.

Individual tickets for Boost Mobile WNBA All-Star 2015 start at $16 and can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com , by dialing 800-745-3000 or by visiting the Mohegan Sun Box Office.