Posted: April 30, 2015PHOENIX – The three-time WNBA Champion Phoenix Mercury signed two players from its 2015 draft class today. Second-round pick Alex Harden, a 5-foot-11 guard of Wichita State University taken 18th overall and third-round pick Promise Amukamara, a 5-foot-8 guard from Arizona State University selected 36th overall both signed contracts with the team. In addition, the team signed former ASU center Becca Tobin. Amukamara and Tobin are both natives of Glendale, Ariz. All three players will be in training camp with the Mercury when camp opens on Sunday, May 17.Harden, a native of Springfield, Ill., averaged 17.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.4 assists to lead Wichita State to its third-straight NCAA Tournament in 2015. She was named Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year and to the All-Defensive Team. As a sophomore and junior, Harden was named Defensive Player of the Year for the conference and leaves Wichita State as the leading scorer in school history with 1,708 points. While with the Shockers, she was named the MVC Tournament Most Outstanding Player three times.

Amukamara appeared in all 131 games of her college career, making 97 career starts. She averaged 10.9 points and 3.6 rebounds in her senior season while shooting 31.6-percent from the three-point line. She also picked up All-Pac-12 honors this year. As a junior and senior, Amukamara was named to the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team and finishes her college career ranked 6th on ASU’s all-time steals list with 209. Amukamara’s brother, Prince, plays cornerback for the New York Giants.

Tobin graduated from ASU in 2011 after a four-year career on the Sun Devil women’s basketball team where she averaged 6.3 points and 4.79 rebounds in 128 career games. Since she left ASU, the 6-foot-5 center has played professionally in Italy, Romania, Hungary and, most recently, in France. The starting center for Angers in France’s top women’s basketball league, Tobin led the team averaging 17.0 points (4th in the league) and 8.8 rebounds (5th in the league) while shooting 53.8-percent from the field during the 2014-15 season.

Sandy Brondello, 2014 WNBA Coach of the Year, leads 2014 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Brittney Griner, All-Star Candice Dupree and three-time WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year DeWanna Bonner as the Mercury open defense of their title on Friday, June 5 at 7 p.m. against the San Antonio Stars at US Airways Center. That night, the Mercury will unveil the 2014 WNBA Championship banner and have a pregame championship ring ceremony. Tickets are available by calling 602-252-WNBA or by visiting PhoenixMercury.com.