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Mercury's Taurasi named WNBA's MVP

Diana Taurasi

Credit: AP

Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi holds her WNBA Most Valuable Player award trophy during a news conference prior to Game 1 of the WNBA basketball finals between the Indiana Fever and the Mercury, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)

by The Associated Press

Associated Press

Posted on October 1, 2009 at 8:44 AM

PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi has been named the WNBA's most valuable player.

The Phoenix Mercury star was presented the award at a news conference Tuesday prior to the team's WNBA Finals opener against the Indiana Fever.

Taurasi, a four-time WNBA all-star, led the league in scoring at 23.8 points per game. She and fellow first-team all-star Cappie Pondexter led the high-scoring Mercury to a 23-11 regular season record, best in the WNBA.

A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Taurasi is in her sixth WNBA season after being drafted No. 1 by the Mercury out of Connecticut in 2004.

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