WNBA Star Diana Taurasi Cited for Drunk Driving

By Germain Lussier on July 3rd, 2009

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Probably the biggest star in the WNBA has driven herself into a whole lot of trouble.

Phoenix Mercury shooting guard Diana Taurasi was cited for drunk driving early Thursday morning hours after her team beat the Seattle Storm 93-81, according to the Associated Press.

For those who don’t know Taurasi, she was a stand out player at the University of Connecticut earlier this decade where she won multiple player of the year awards and lead her team to three straight NCAA Championships. She was then selected first overall in the WNBA Draft in 2004. She won the WNBA Rookie of the Year award and in 2007 lead the Mercury to the WNBA championship. Currently, she’s the leading vote getting for the upcoming WNBA All Star Game.

Basically this is like if Lebron James got a DWI. Just on the WNBA side.

After scoring 22 points and blocking four shots in the win, a Phoenix police officer stopped Taurasi around 2:30 a.m. for speeding. The officer smelled alcohol, performed sobriety tests and drover Taurasi to a mobile DUI van. There some blood samples were taken and she was cited before being released.

No word on any fallout from the event yet as it’s still only hours old. One can almost bet Taurasi will have to pay for her actions, though. She’s a role model to girls of all ages.