IND - Jose adds third team to WNBA tryouts

NEW DELHI (BFI/WNBA) - Indian basketball star Geethu Anna Jose will try out for three WNBA teams when she travels to the USA later this month after the San Antonio Silver Stars became the latest team to show interest in the 26-year-old.

Two weeks ago, the Chicago Sky and Los Angeles Sparks offered Jose the chance to bid for a place on their rosters for the upcoming WNBA season, which tips off on 3 June.

Over the weekend, the Silver Stars joined their WNBA rivals in wanting to take a look at the first-ever Indian player to try out for a place in the WNBA.

Jose will be in the USA from 23 April until 8 May.

The 188cms forward/centre was the top scorer at the last two editions of the FIBA Asia Championships for Women.

She captained the Indian National Team at the 2009 tournament, held in her native Chennai.

She has also represented India at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Australia and the 2010 Asian Games basketball championship in China.

Jose currently plays for Southern Railway in Chennai, and, representing Indian Railways, has won seven consecutive National Basketball Championship titles.

She was the first Indian women to play professionally in Australia, when she represented the Ringwood Hawks - a lower division team in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) - and won the league’s Most Valuable Player award in 2008.

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