Wojta to suit up for WNBA team

Former UW-Green Bay accounting student and basketball player Julie Wojta is expected to be in uniform today (Tuesday, July 10) for the defending WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx when the team visits Tulsa for a mid-day (11:30 a.m.) tipoff. Wojta was called up because of a series of injuries and signed to a short-term contract. Read Green Bay Press-Gazette coverage.

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Team news release: A feature story on the Lynx website says the WNBA team is high on Wojta’s potential, and advised her to expect a call-up, even though a wealth of depth at her position resulted in her being released at the end of the preseason. Interesting reading, click here.

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A ‘DNP’: After scrambling to join the team in time for Tuesday’s road game in Tulsa, Julie Wojta was listed as a “DNP” — that’s “Did Not Play” — in the box score from a 107-84 Lynx victory. Next up is a Thursday rematch with the Shock, followed by a one-month break in the WNBA season to allow the league’s stars to prepare for representing the United States at the London Olympics.