History

The San Jose Spiders, a women’s basketball team competing in the National Women’s Basketball League (WNBL), showcased their talent during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. The team played home games at DeAnza College.

Notable players included Brittany Jackson, Julie McBride, and Lindsey Yamasaki and Natalie Nakase. Several Spiders players went on to play in the WNBA, including Amisha Carter. Nakase was named head coach of the new Bay Area WNBA team the Golden State Valkyries.

The Spiders wore red and black as team colors. The San Jose Lasers were another professional women’s basketball team.

2004-05 Season

The Spiders put up a 5-19 record in their first season, behind the talented Amisha Carter, Natalie Nakase, Tera Bjorklund and others. The Spiders coach was Tracy Carpenter.

2004-2005 Roster

Number	2004-05 Roster	Pts	Ast	Stl	Blk	OR	DR
21	Amisha Carter	170	9	13	4	53	83
24	Amanda Lassiter	100	26	13	6	10	40
42	Andrea Garner	100	18	9	10	30	48
13	Tera Bjorklund	121	14	10	3	14	47
11	Natalie Nakase	103	56	28	2	11	26
77	Erica Glover	144	34	27	2	21	27
8	Tyesia hunter	35	8	1	2	11	14
31	Barbie Carmeachal	92	19	11	1	4	32
1	Crickett Williams	26	10	2	0	2	7
4	Rachel Klug	25	5	3	0	8	10
13	Monica Roberts	41	2	2	1	10	19
15	Tysell Bozeman	7	3	0	0	1	0
20	Tatiana Taylor	41	3	2	2	5	19
33	LaTasha O’Keith	6	0	2	0	3	4
52	Kayla Foster	19	2	1	1	8	6

2005-06 Season

For their second season the Spiders found more talent with Brittany Jackson, Julie McBride, and Lindsey Yamasaki. With coach Fred Chmiel the Spiders improved to 7-11.

2005-2006 Roster

Number	Name
4	Kristen Green
11	Jessica Kellogg
13	Dionnah Jackson
14	Caity Matter
20	Brittany Jackson
22	Lindsey Yamasaki
23	Constance Jinks
25	Shanika Freeman
31	Cisti Greenwalt
33	Julie McBride
42	Katie Bulger