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105. Kristi Toliver, basketball

The guard made the biggest shot in <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000188" title="Maryland Terrapins" href="/topic/sports/college-sports/maryland-terrapins-ORSPT000188.topic">Maryland</a> women's history, a 3-pointer that sent the 2006 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000122" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association" href="/topic/sports/college-sports/national-collegiate-athletic-association-ORSPT000122.topic">NCAA</a> title game into overtime, where the Terps won their first championship. Then a freshman, Toliver (with coach Brenda Frese, left) went on to make first-team All-American and break the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT00000248" title="Atlantic Coast Conference" href="/topic/sports/college-sports/atlantic-coast-conference-ORSPT00000248.topic">Atlantic Coast Conference</a> single-season record for assists, which had stood for 28 years. The third pick overall in the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000441" title="Women's National Basketball Association" href="/topic/sports/basketball/womens-national-basketball-association-ORSPT000441.topic">WNBA</a> draft, she plays for the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000448" title="Los Angeles Sparks" href="/topic/sports/basketball/los-angeles-sparks-ORSPT000448.topic">Los Angeles Sparks</a>.
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( Baltimore Sun photo by Karl Merton Ferron / April 4, 2006 )

The guard made the biggest shot in Maryland women's history, a 3-pointer that sent the 2006 NCAA title game into overtime, where the Terps won their first championship. Then a freshman, Toliver (with coach Brenda Frese, left) went on to make first-team All-American and break the Atlantic Coast Conference single-season record for assists, which had stood for 28 years. The third pick overall in the WNBA draft, she plays for the Los Angeles Sparks.

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