{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Janell Burse | image = | nationality = American | league = | team = | number = 33 | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lbs = 199 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|05|19}} | birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana | high_school = Redeemer-Seton<br/>(New Orleans, Louisiana) | college = Tulane (1996–2000) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_round = 2 | draft_pick = 28 | draft_year = 2001 | draft_team = Minnesota Lynx | career_start = 2001 | career_end = 2011 | years1 = 2001–2003 | team1 = Minnesota Lynx | years2 = 2004–2007, 2009 | team2 = Seattle Storm | years3 = 2009–2011 | team3 = TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | highlights = * WNBA Champion (2004) * 3x CUSA Defensive Player of the Year (1999–2001) * 2x First-team All-CUSA (2000, 2001) * CUSA Tournament MVP (2000) * CUSA Sixth Player of the Year (1999) | wnba_profile = janell_burse | bbr_wnba = burseja01w | letter = b }} '''Janell Latrice Burse''' (born May 19, 1979) is a 6'5" women's basketball player who played center for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA.
After playing college ball at Tulane University, Burse was drafted in the second round (28th overall) by the Minnesota Lynx in 2001, and played her first three professional seasons with that team. As part of an ill-fated attempt by the Lynx to land hometown sensation Lindsay Whalen in the 2004 WNBA draft, Burse was traded with Sheri Sam to the Storm for Amanda Lassiter and a high draft pick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WNBA.com: 2004 WNBA Transactions |url=https://www.wnba.com/archive/wnba/transactions/WNBA_2004.html |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=www.wnba.com}}</ref> Whalen was snatched up by the Connecticut Sun, and Seattle gained two key players for its 2004 championship run.
Burse backed up center Kamila Vodichkova in 2004, and took over the starting role when Vodichkova left for the Phoenix Mercury the next season. Fans expected Burse to lose this job to the highly touted Suzy Batkovic when the latter joined the team in mid-season, but Burse played so well that she started the entire year.
Burse, who had purchased a house in Slidell, Louisiana in 2004, became the WNBA's face for relief in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. At two playoff games at KeyArena in September 2005, Burse's charity through the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church raised $25,000 for the relief efforts, which was matched by $75,000 from the team organization.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-08-30 |title=Storm to assist Janell Burse in raising funds for Hurricane Katrina Relief |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/storm-to-assist-janell-burse-in-raising-funds-for-hurricane-katrina-relief/n-3217792 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=OurSports Central |language=en}}</ref>
==WNBA career statistics== {{WNBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" |- |style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|† |Denotes seasons in which Burse won a WNBA championship |}
===Regular season=== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | Minnesota | 20 || 0 || 8.5 || .333 || .000 || .750 || 2.1 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 2.4 |- | align="left" | 2002 | align="left" | Minnesota | 31 || 2 || 11.1 || .373 || .000 || .750 || 1.9 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 2.7 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Minnesota | 29 || 14 || 15.1 || .490 || .000 || '''.771''' || 3.7 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 1.4 || 7.1 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2004<sup>†</sup> | align="left" | Seattle | 29 || 0 || 17.7 || .429 || .000 || .582 || 3.3 || 0.7 || '''0.8''' || '''1.2''' || 1.4 || 4.9 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Seattle | '''34''' || '''34''' || 25.3 || '''.523''' || .000 || .699 || 5.9 || 0.7 || 0.6 || '''1.2''' || 2.3 || 10.0 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Seattle | 27 || 27 || '''27.4''' || .511 || '''1.000''' || .670 || '''6.6''' || '''0.8''' || 0.6 || 0.9 || 2.0 || '''11.1''' |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Seattle | 29 || 29 || 24.4 || .445 || .000 || .693 || 5.3 || '''0.8''' || 0.4 || 1.0 || 2.0 || 8.8 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Seattle | '''34''' || 8 || 15.9 || .510 || .000 || .738 || 3.1 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 6.1 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 8 years, 2 teams | 34 || 8 || 15.9 || .510 || .000 || .738 || 3.1 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 6.1 {{S-end}}
===Playoffs=== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Minnesota | 3 || '''3''' || 14.0 || .333 || .000 || .667 || 3.0 || 0.7 || '''1.3''' || 0.7 || 1.0 || 5.3 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2004<sup>†</sup> | align="left" | Seattle | '''8''' || 0 || 13.6 || .444 || .000 || .750 || 2.3 || 0.1 || 1.1 || '''1.3''' || 1.0 || 3.4 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Seattle | 3 || '''3''' || '''30.0''' || '''.611''' || .000 || '''1.000''' || '''4.7''' || '''1.0''' || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 9.3 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Seattle | 3 || '''3''' || 27.0 || .385 || .000 || .846 || 3.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 0.3 || '''10.3''' |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Seattle | 3 || '''3''' || 10.7 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 2.7 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 0.7 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams | 20 || 12 || 17.7 || .402 || .000 || .788 || 3.0 || 0.5 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 5.2 {{S-end}}
==Tulane statistics== Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/tulanegreenwave.com/documents/2016/10/20/2016_17_WBB_Media_Guide.pdf|title=Tulane Media Guide|website=|access-date=2017-10-15|archive-date=September 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911053000/http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/tulanegreenwave.com/documents/2016/10/20/2016_17_WBB_Media_Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |1997-98 |Tulane |22 |93 |47.4% |0.0% |46.3% |3.0 |0.2 |0.2 |1.3 |4.2 |- |1998-99 |Tulane |30 |324 |56.1% |0.0% |55.8% |4.9 |0.3 |0.4 |2.5 |10.8 |- |1999-00 |Tulane |'''32''' |'''605''' |59.4% |0.0% |'''61.0%''' |9.8 |0.8 |'''1.4''' |'''2.5''' |'''18.9''' |- |2000-01 |Tulane |'''32''' |603 |'''59.6%''' |'''100.0%''' |54.0% |'''10.7''' |'''0.9''' |'''1.4''' |2.1 |18.8 |- |Totals |Tulane |116 |1625 |57.9% |100.0% |56.3% |7.5 |0.6 |0.9 |2.1 |14.0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.wnba.com/storm/roster/janell_burse.html Seattle Storm Player Profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20051116064936/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/janell_burse/ WNBA Player Profile] *[http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/burse050831.html Hurricane Katrina relief]
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