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| 2003
Female Professional Athlete of the Year Tamika
Catchings, Indiana Fever | |
| Tamika Catchings,
a former All-American Lady Vol and the third player selected in the 2001 draft,
topped off her first year of professional play in the WNBA by being named "Rookie
of the Year". |  | | |
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| | Catchings,
who plays for the Indiana Fever, led her team in points, rebounds, assists, steals,
blocked shots, minutes played and 3-point shots made. She was selected as WNBA
Player of the Week twice and finished the season with 94 steals, the second highest
single season mark in league history. | | |