Shooting Star: Forerunners of the WNBA (English Edition)

SHOOTING STAR is the true story about how JESUS allowed me to play a part in the success of women’s professional basketball in the United States, to give American women the opportunity to stay in their home country and play professional basketball like their male counterparts have for decades. Since Title lX, there hadn’t been a greater moment for women’s basketball until the arrival of the Women’s Basketball Association. And the rest is history!

Lightning Mitchell’s book is very compelling and relays the truth about the history of the start of the WBA … instrumental … inspirational … amazing. This book should be read by all.
—Coach Marcus D. Harvey

… I thought that the Women’s Basketball Association would be something that Kansas City would be proud of for years and years to come. Today here’s a story told about what took place, and it was here in Kansas City.
—Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Missouri), Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

In an era when women had to go overseas to pursue their dream of playing professional basketball after college, one man had a vision.

His vision? To create a professional basketball league for women right here in the United States. A league where women could play their “natural game” and still be close to friends and loved ones.

There would be hurdles to overcome; struggles that would seem overwhelming; doubts that would be ever pressing and lead to questions as to whether this idea would ever become a reality.

This is a story of one man that was willing to lean into the whispering voice of God…
—Chrissy Fletcher