Selected Notable Players
- Ann Meyers, top pick in the WBL draft in 1978, WBL Co-MVP for the 1979-1980 season playing for the New Jersey Gems, now the General Manager for the Phoenix Mercury
- Carol Blazejowski, now the General Manager for the New York Liberty
- "Machine Gun" Molly Bolin, Co-MVP for the 1979-80 season
- Brenda Chapman, the WBL scoring leader in the 1978-79 season
- Rita Easterling, MVP for the 1978-79 season
- Donna Geils, now Donna Orender, former President of the WNBA
- Althea Gwyn
- Marie Kocurek
- Nancy Lieberman, former Phoenix Mercury player, first-ever coach of the Detroit Shock, now a basketball analyst on ESPN
- Muffet McGraw, now Head Coach at University of Notre Dame
- Rhonda Rompola, now Head Coach at Southern Methodist University
- Rosie Walker, MVP for the 1980-81 season
- Kaye Young, now Kaye Young Cowher, the late wife of current NFL on CBS analyst and former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, Bill Cowher
Anita Ortega, played with the San Francisco Pioneers and a brief stint with the Minnesota Fillies. She was one of the women that decided not to play in a Fillies game due to contractual violations by the owners. She was a 1980 WBL All-Star and described as the "Dr.J" of her time because of her crafty athletic moves. She is now the highest ranking Afro-Puerto Rican in the Los Angeles Police Department.
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