Ruthie Bolton

Ruthie Bolton
Ruthie Bolton (2006)
Information about the player
Full name	Alice Ruth Bolton
birthday	May 25, 1967
place of birth	Lucedale , Mississippi , United States
size	175 cm
position	Shooting Guard
WNBA Draft	Initial Player Allocation 1997 , Sacramento Monarchs
Jersey number	6th
Clubs as active
1991-1992	FTC Diego Budapest
1996-1997	Galatasaray Istanbul
2002-2003	Lavezzini Parma
WNBA clubs as active
1997-2004	Sacramento Monarchs
Clubs as trainers
2004–	William Jessup University
1 As of May 20, 2016

Alice Ruth Bolton (born May 25, 1967 in Lucedale , Mississippi , United States ; at times also Ruthie Bolton-Holifield ) is a former professional basketball player. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs in the Women's National Basketball Association as a shooting guard .

Career

Women's National Basketball Association

Bolton was assigned to the Sacramento Monarchs at the 1997 Initial Player Allocation . Bolton played for the Monarchs in the WNBA from 1997 to 2004. At the end of the 2004 season , Bolton announced her retirement from competitive sports at the age of 37.

She was honored for her achievements in the WNBA 2006 in the election of the WNBA All-Decade Team . Although she was not one of the ten players directly elected to the team, she was honored with the addition of an “Honorable Mention” along with four other players.

Europe

For several years she was also active for clubs in Europe.

International

Bolton won gold with the US women's basketball team at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . In 1998 she was also world champion and in 1994 third in the basketball world championship.

Web links

• WNBA player profile
• Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
• FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments
• FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments