The Sun Burns Brighter

With the Sun's quick rise to the top of the WNBA rankings and countless talent passing through and developing through the Connecticut program, alongside the hundreds of thousands of fans who've supported professional women's basketball in Connecticut, enough to make the franchise one of the first teams to stand independently and perform extremely well, the Sun are forever etched into WNBA history as the perpetual underdogs.

Always fighting tooth and nail out on the court and championing the league through hard years, the Sun stand out as one of the league's first success stories.

Through it all, everything the Sun has built -- whether thanks to coaches, players, staff or fans -- was not for nothing. It was to show the world, to show the league, that this sport, this time, this moment was the correct choice. From hosting four WNBA All-Star weekends (2005, 2009, 2013 and 2015), to churning out legendary players -- whether great with the team or after -- like Tina Charles, Alyssa Thomas, Chiney Ogwumike, Jonquel Jones, Lindsay Whalen, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Nykesha Sales, DeWanna Bonner, Brionna Jones, Rebecca Lobo, Margo Dydek, Asjha Jones, Katie Douglas, Renee Montgomery, Chelsea Gray, Shekinna Stricklen, Jasmine Thomas, Rachel Banham, Courtney Williams, Morgan Tuck, Natisha Hiedeman, DiJonai Carrington, Rebecca Allen, Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Veronica Burton, Marina Mabrey, Aneesah Morrow, Leila Lacan, Saniya Rivers, Aaliyah Edwards, Charlisse Leger-Walker and many, many more.