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.[1]
Two-time Junior College All-Conference, 1999, 2000
Personal lifeedit
Ross majored in sociology.[5] 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.[2] Ross had just informed Willoughby that she had accepted a job as a recruiter with the Oklahoma Sooners and would be leaving without her.[2] Willoughby was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2011.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Rosalind Ross, former OU women's basketball standout, killed outside restaurant". NewsOK.com.
^ abcGlock, Allison (2012-06-01). "At the corner of love and basketball". espnW. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
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