Rosalind Ross
Rosalind Chanette Ross 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.
Career
Ross was a standout player at Lynde & [Harry Bradley Technology and Trade School#Milwaukee Trade and Technical High School|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. 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.Honors
University of Oklahoma Sooners
- All-Big 12 Tournament team, 2001
Oklahoma statistics
Source| 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 | 2001–02 [Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team|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. 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.