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Biography
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.