NEW YORK  – Former Maryland women's basketball standouts Alyssa Thomas and Kristi Toliver were named reserves Monday in the AT&T WNBA All Star 2019, which will be played Saturday, July 27 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.  The 16th WNBA All-Star Game will be televised live by ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET.
 
This is Thomas' second All Star appearance, after she earned her first spot in 2017. Thomas is the Connecticut Sun's No. 2 scorer (11.6 ppg) and rebounder (7.2 rpg). She's helped the Sun to a record of 11-6 so far, which is second in the league.
 
This will mark Toliver's second straight All Star appearance and third of her career. She is averaging 12.1 points and 5.7 assists for the Washington Mystics, who own a record of 9-6 overall.
 
The reserves were selected by the league's head coaches, who voted for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference.  The coaches were not able to vote for their own players.
 
The 10 starters for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2019, announced on July 11, were selected by fans, current players and media.  As the two All-Star starters who finished with the most fan votes during WNBA All-Star Voting 2019 presented by Google, Washington's Elena Delle Donne and the Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson will serve as team captains and draft the All-Star Game rosters from the pool of players voted as starters and reserves.
 
Seven former Terrapins are currently playing in the WNBA, including Crystal Langhorne (Seattle Storm), Tianna Hawkins (Washington Mystics), Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (Washington Mystics), Brionna Jones (Connecticut Sun), Thomas and Toliver.
 

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