PHOENIX AZ-- The three-time WNBA Champ Phoenix Mercury today revealed the enhancement of WNBA expert Tully Bevilaqua as an assistant coach in advance of the 2023 WNBA season. Bevilaqua joins returners Nikki Blue and Cinnamon Lister on head coach Vanessa Nygaard's team. Originally an undrafted freelance from Merredin, Western Australia, Bevilaqua began her WNBA career in 1998, playing 14 periods with the Cleveland Rockers, Portland Fire Chris Stoll Jersey, Seattle Storm, Indiana Fever and San Antonio Silver Stars. Bevilaqua, who was a teammate of Nygaard's while with Portland, made 2 WNBA Finals appearances with the Seattle Storm and Indiana Fever and won a championship in 2004. She was the 2007 winner of the WNBA's Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, offered each season to a player who exhibits the suitables of gamesmanship on the court, consisting of ethical behavior, fair game and Head Coach Vanessa Nygaard: "We are thrilled to include Tully Bevilaqua to our training personnel. Her huge experience, champion pedigree, incredible work principles and relentless positivity will be superb properties to our whole organization." Bevilaqua's expanding resume beyond playing consists of three periods as an assistant and gamer growth trainer for the Indiana Fever and as the head trainer of Mainland Pouakai in the WNBL New Zealand. She has also served several seasons as the color expert for Fever television programs, starting in 2014. A longtime participant of the Australian Women's National Group, Bevilaqua was a teammate of Mercury legend Dime Taylor for both the nation's gold medal win in the 2006 World Championships and their silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. As a pro in Australia's Women's National Basketball Organization, Bevilaqua was a three-time Champion, winning in 2002 with the Perth Breakers and two times with the Canberra Capitals in 2006 and 2007. Byron Murphy II Jersey