Rosalind Ross

Rosalind "Roz" Chanette Ross (January 17, 1980 - September 15, 2010) 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 Milwaukee Technical High School. She then was a Junior College All-American for two years at Northeastern 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

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.