In 1995, Becenti was playing professional basketball in Sweden. She also played in Greece and, briefly, Turkey. She was the first Native American woman to play professional basketball for a foreign nation.[4] In 1997, she signed with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA as a free agent and played in their inaugural season. In 1998, she was drafted by the Chicago Condors in the American Basketball League.[5][6][7]
Honors
In 1996, she became the first and only female basketball player to be inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame.[1]
in 2013, she was the first women's basketball player to have her jersey (No. 21) retired by ASU.[2]
^Hirschfelder, Arlene; Molin, Paulette F. (2012). The Extraordinary Book of Native American Lists. pg. 420. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810877108.