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Rosalind C. “Roz” Ross

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Rosalind C. “Roz” Ross

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15 Sep 2010 (aged 30)
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
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Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Professional Basketball Player. Early in life, Rosalind played basketball at Milwaukee Tech High School. Later, she was a two-time All-American at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College. She then played for the University of Oklahoma's national runner-up team in 2002. She was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round (sixteenth overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft, April 19, 2002. She was known as a tremendous basketball player whose professional career was cut-short due to injury. She was shot and killed outside a fast-food restaurant on the northwest side of Milwaukee. She was shot while in a vehicle in the restaurant parking lot. Police arrested a 27-year-old woman in connection with the killing. Police said the shooting was related to a domestic dispute.
Professional Basketball Player. Early in life, Rosalind played basketball at Milwaukee Tech High School. Later, she was a two-time All-American at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College. She then played for the University of Oklahoma's national runner-up team in 2002. She was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round (sixteenth overall) of the 2002 WNBA Draft, April 19, 2002. She was known as a tremendous basketball player whose professional career was cut-short due to injury. She was shot and killed outside a fast-food restaurant on the northwest side of Milwaukee. She was shot while in a vehicle in the restaurant parking lot. Police arrested a 27-year-old woman in connection with the killing. Police said the shooting was related to a domestic dispute.

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  • Created by: Melanie
  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58773707/rosalind_c-ross: accessed ), memorial page for Rosalind C. “Roz” Ross (17 Jan 1980–15 Sep 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58773707, citing Graceland Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Melanie (contributor 47205535).