Rosalind Ross

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Rosalind Ross

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1980|1|17}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| death_date= {{death date and age|2010|9|15|1980|1|17}}

| death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| nationality = American

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 160

| high_school = Bradley Tech (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

| college =

{{nowrap|Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (1998–2000)}}
Oklahoma (2000–2002)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2002

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 16

| draft_team = Los Angeles Sparks

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| career_number = 33

| career_position = Guard

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Rosalind Chanette Ross (January 17, 1980 – September 15, 2010) was a basketball player drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. On September 15, 2010, she was shot and killed by her long time partner.{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/rosalind-ross-former-ou-womens-basketball-standout-killed-outside-restaurant/article/3495805|title=Rosalind Ross, former OU women's basketball standout, killed outside restaurant|work=NewsOK.com}}

Career

Ross was a standout player at Milwaukee Technical High School. She then was a Junior College All-American for two years at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, then transferred to the University of Oklahoma.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/7985309/malika-willoughby-rosalind-ross-had-tragic-love-story-espn-magazine |title=At the corner of love and basketball |first=Allison |last=Glock |work=espnW |date=2012-06-01 |access-date=2017-06-23}} In 2002, despite being sidelined with knee surgery, the Los Angeles Sparks picked her in the First Round of the WNBA draft. Ross never played a game in the WNBA, and was released by the Sparks in May 2003.{{cite news |url=http://a.espncdn.com/wnba/news/2003/0505/1549738.html |title=WNBA – Sparks Waive Injured Ross, rookie Mobley |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=2003-05-03 |accessdate=2017-06-23}}

Honors

=University of Oklahoma Sooners=

All-Big 12 Tournament team, 2001

=Oklahoma statistics=

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!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2000–01

|Oklahoma

|34

|287

|43.7%

|39.7%

|75.0%

|3.1

|1.8

|1.2

|0.1

|8.4

2001–02

|Oklahoma

|36

|416

|39.9%

|36.2%

|82.1%

|5.3

|2.2

|1.7

|0.3

|11.6

Career

|70

|703

|41.3%

|37.5%

|78.3%

|4.2

|2.0

|1.5

|0.2

|10.0

=Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Lady Norse=

Two-time Junior College All-American, 1999, 2000
Two-time Junior College All-Conference, 1999, 2000

Personal life

Ross majored in sociology.{{cite web|url=http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=208801595|title=Player Bio: Rosalind Ross – Women's Basketball – SoonerSports.com – Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners|work=SoonerSports.com}} After basketball Ross worked as a security guard for Briggs & Stratton.

In 2010, Ross was shot and killed on Milwaukee's North Side, while waiting in the drive-thru of a fast food restaurant, by Malika Willoughby, her female partner since they were teenagers. Ross had just informed Willoughby that she had accepted a job as a recruiter with the Oklahoma Sooners and would be leaving without her. Willoughby was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://fox6now.com/2011/12/20/malika-willoughby-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison-in-death-of-rosalind-ross/|title=Malika Willoughby sentenced to 13 years in prison|work=FOX6Now.com|date=20 December 2011}}