▁had ▁also ▁played ▁with ▁future ▁W N BA ▁team mate ▁Syl via ▁F ow les ▁during ▁her ▁colleg iate ▁career ▁at ▁L SU . ▁ ▁College ▁statistics ▁Source ▁ ▁W N BA ▁career ▁▁ 2 0 0 6 – 2 0 0 8 : ▁Personal ▁Success , ▁Team ▁Fail ure ▁August us ▁was ▁draft ed ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁overall ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁W N BA ▁D raft ▁by ▁the ▁Minnesota ▁Lyn x . ▁Selected ▁as ▁a ▁reserve ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁W N BA ▁All ▁Star ▁Game ▁at ▁Mad ison ▁Square ▁Garden , ▁August us ▁led ▁the ▁West ▁squad ▁with ▁ 1 6 ▁points ▁and ▁won ▁the ▁Sk ills ▁Compet ition ▁the ▁previous ▁evening . ▁ ▁August us ▁finished ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁second ▁to ▁the ▁Mercur y ' s ▁D iana ▁T aur asi ▁in ▁scoring ▁at ▁ 2 1 . 9 ▁points ▁per ▁game , ▁a ▁ro ok ie ▁record . ▁Only ▁one ▁player ▁( T aur asi ▁ 2 0 0 6 ), ▁scored ▁more ▁points ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁season . ▁In ▁addition , ▁she ▁finished ▁fifth ▁in ▁free ▁throw ▁percentage ▁(. 9 6 7 ). ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 0 , ▁August us ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁W N BA ▁Ro ok ie ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁ ▁The ▁former ▁L SU ▁star ▁improved ▁to ▁a ▁career - high ▁ 2 2 . 6 ▁points ▁per ▁game ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁while ▁shooting ▁nearly