Tully Bevilaqua

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Tully Bevilaqua (born Tully Louise Crook on July 19, 1972 in Merredin, Western Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In Australia's WNBL, she plays for the Canberra Capitals.

The 5'7" Bevilaqua's play style is energetic and disruptive, so much so that she is usually in the top 10 in steals. In the 2005 regular season, she had more steals per turnover than any other player.

WNBA career

Despite her long association with the WNBA, she has never been drafted by any of their teams.

She was selected by the Cleveland Rockers as a free agent before the 1998 season began, but played only 12 regular-season games for them before being waived by the team on July 1998.

In 2000, she signed a free agent contract with the Portland Fire and played with them for three seasons until the franchise folded after the 2002 season.

In 2003, she signed another contract with the Seattle Storm, and played two seasons for them, capping the 2004 season when the Storm won the WNBA Championship, defeating the Connecticut Sun, two games to one.

In 2005, she signed with the Indiana Fever, and led them to a #2 seed in the playoffs, where they swept the New York Liberty in two games, but in turn were swept by the Connecticut Sun in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Trivia

Her husband, Dirk Bevilaqua, is a former cricket player.

Tully played Australian rules football as a youth.

Her hobbies include: karaoke singing, golfing, tennis, cricket, and reading Patricia Cornwell's novels.

Dirk and Tully together own a building products importing company in Perth, Australia.

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