Greco released by WNBA’s Rockers

Edgar Melik-Stepanyan

Michelle Greco signed a free-agent contract with the WNBA’s Cleveland

Rockers on May 3.

Her stay at Cleveland didn’t last long, though. The Crescenta

Valley High graduate was waived Friday.

Cleveland has 19 players, including seven guards, remaining on its

roster. Clubs must trim their rosters to 11 by May 21, one day before

the start of the regular season.

Greco’s chances of landing a roster spot look slim. None of the

other teams in the league have less than 14 players on their roster.

The Rockers’ team is filled with quality guards. Helen Darling

returns as the starting point guard. Merlakia Jones and Betty Lennox

will join Darling in the backcourt. Cleveland won the Eastern

Conference in 2001.

None of the 14 WNBA franchises selected Greco in the April 25

three-round draft. Greco has said that she plans on playing in Italy

this season, where she can get dual citizenship.

In her senior year at UCLA, Greco led the Pacific-10 Conference in scoring (18.9 per game) and steals (2.8 per game) for the second time

in her career. The two-time All-Pac-10 first-team honoree finished

her tenure at UCLA as the program’s sixth all-time scoring leader

(1,707 points).

She was also second all-time in steals in the Pac-10 (288).