After trading Kelly Miller to the Indiana Fever in exchange for the 3rd overall pick in the WNBA Draft, the Sting drafted Stanford University standout Nicole Powell.

After completing two years at Santa Monica College, Smith transferred to the University of Utah, where he established himself as a standout wideout in the Mountain West Conference where he was a teammate of running back Mike Anderson.

After graduating from Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Rush attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where he was a standout guard on the basketball team.

After playing college football at the University of Miami where he was a defensive standout, Sapp was drafted into the NFL by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1995 draft ( 12th pick overall ).

After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft.

After a standout prep career at Skyland, North Carolina's TC Roberson High School, where he was named the North Carolina state player of the year in 1998, Testo played his first and second years of college soccer at the University of South Carolina, where he registered 6 goals and 11 assists in 33 games.

After his time at Foothill, Porter was a standout on the football field for the Colorado State Rams.

After a standout career at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia in which he was named Parade Magazines National Player of the Year, he competed in the McDonald's All American Game and led Roman to the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship in his junior year.

After attending and playing basketball for Minneapolis Central High School in Minneapolis ( which closed in 1982 ), Kundla was a standout for the Minnesota Gophers basketball team in the late 1930s.

After his standout performance for Celtic against FC Barcelona in the 2003 – 04 UEFA Cup, Marshall was selected by Scotland national football team.

After a standout performance at the famous CBGB in Manhattan, New York the band signed with Elektra Records.

After graduating from Middletown High School, in Middletown, Ohio as a very highly recruited and standout ball player, Bell went on to play for the Ohio State University as a four-year starter at defensive back.

After a standout amateur career, Jones started wrestling professionally as Soul Train Jones in the Championship Wrestling Association based in Memphis, Tennessee in 1985.

After a standout collegiate career at the University of Connecticut, which included an NCAA national collegiate title in 2000, Abrosimova was selected in the first round ( seventh overall pick ) by the Minnesota Lynx during the 2001 WNBA Draft despite a foot injury.

After releasing one more musically stronger album Close Enough, for Kirshner, which features standout ballads like " Somebody's Angel " and " God Bless You ," and the rocker, " Paradise ," Dash left Kirshner for other opportunities.

After a standout minor hockey career, Perry was drafted fifth overall into the Ontario Hockey League ( OHL ) by the London Knights in the 2001 Priority Draft.

After being a standout pitcher at Caesar Rodney High School, Snell made his professional debut with the rookie league Gulf Coast Pirates in following being selected by the Pirates in the 26th round of the Major League Baseball Draft.

After his standout 1962 campaign, Purkey's record slipped to just 6-10 in 1963, and after finishing 11-9 in 1964 he was traded that December to the Cardinals in exchange for Roger Craig and outfielder Charlie James.

After many years and many interruptions he was able to finish the canopy fresco, and slightly less than half the frieze, beginning with the Liberty group opposite the East door, and ending with William Penn, all but one leg, when a tragic accident ended his career.

After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.

After starting his writing career by writing for " true confession " style pulp magazines like True Story, van Vogt decided to switch to writing something he enjoyed, science fiction.

After the early death of his father, Ambrose followed his father's career.

After leaving school at 17, Ayckbourn's career took several temporary jobs in various places before starting a temporary job at the Scarborough Library Theatre, where he was introduced to the artistic director, Stephen Joseph.

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After Cal, Walsh did a stint at Stanford as an assistant coach, before beginning his pro coaching career.

After initially building his career on " tough guy " roles Lancaster abandoned his " all-American " image in the late 1950s in favor of more complex and challenging roles, and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation as a result.

After Richie left to pursue a solo career, former Heatwave singer J. D.

After the war he began a career as a journalist.

After working as assistant director on Resnais's Night and Fog in 1955, Marker made Sunday in Peking, a short documentary " film essay " that would characterize Marker's unique film style for most of his career.

After the events of May 1968, Marker felt a moral obligation to abandon his own personal film career and devote himself to SLON and its activities.

After the season, Young received an offer to play for the minor league Canton team, which started Young's professional career.

After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and Parliament of Fowls, the Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus.

After completing this particular poem, it seems that de Pizan, at the age 65, decided to end her literary career.

After his extraordinary career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing memorable cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

After his bruising encounter with Cyclops and Emma Frost, Professor X is forced to revisit the biggest challenge and the biggest failure of his career, Wolverine, when the feral mutant asks for Charles ' help in freeing his son from the clutches of the Hellfire Club.

After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.

After the disappointment of a dramatic film career, Day returned to her musical / comedic roots in 1957's The Pajama Game with John Raitt.

After appearing on Diff ' rent Strokes, Plato's career declined, though she did have roles in some independent movies.

After leaving Diff ' rent Strokes in 1986, Plato attempted to establish herself as a serious actress, but found it difficult to step out of the long shadows cast by her sitcom career.

After her child was born, she had breast implants and appeared in a June 1989 Playboy pictorial, but her career remained in the doldrums.

After the death of his mother from emphysema when he was 14 years old, Jones rejected acting in favour of a career as a jockey, apprenticing with Newmarket trainer Basil Foster.

After his brother's death, Poe began more earnest attempts to start his career as a writer.

After filing for bankruptcy, Gracen was given a few television guest roles, as well as a supporting role in the made-for-television movie Interceptor Force 2, before taking a long leave of absence from her acting career in 2002.