PHOENIX - SEPTEMBER 29: Diana Taurasi #3 of the Phoenix Mercury is named the 2009 WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors on September 29, 2009 at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Diana Taurasi named 2009 WNBA MVP
PHOENIX - SEPTEMBER 29: Diana Taurasi #3 of the Phoenix Mercury is named the 2009 WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors on September 29, 2009 at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
(Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images)
Diana Taurasi named 2009 WNBA MVP
PHOENIX - SEPTEMBER 29: Diana Taurasi #3 of the Phoenix Mercury is named the 2009 WNBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors on September 29, 2009 at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
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