Former Milwaukee Basketball Standout Traci Edwards Signs Contract In Switzerland

MILWAUKEE - Traci Edwards, formerly of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's basketball team, has signed a professional contract to join Canti Riva Basket of National League A in Switzerland.

Edwards joins the team after a successful stint with Lukoil Neftochimik Burgas in Bulgaria. Behind Edwards' league-best 22.9 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, Lukoil won a league championship.

Canti Riva Basket is located in Riva San Vitale, Switzerland and finished fourth in the league in 2009. It is also the third professional team for Edwards since she graduated from Milwaukee in 2009. Before Lukoil, she played with the Caboolture Suns of the Queensland Basketball League in Australia. She posted eight double-doubles with Caboolture and had two 30-plus point games and had a 45-point outburst during the season.

The 2008 and 2009 Horizon League Player of the Year, Edwards finished her collegiate career as the leading scorer in Milwaukee, state of Wisconsin and Horizon League history. She was the first woman in school, state or league history with 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. In addition to her two player of the year awards, she was also a four-time all-league first-team member and the 2006 newcomer of the year.

Courtesy of Kevin O'Conner, Milwaukee Associate AD-Communications