Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm was the top vote-getter and her former UConn teammates Diana Taurasi (Phoenix) and Swin Cash (Seattle) finished in the top five as the WNBA announced the top 10 vote-getters in the fan balloting for the July 10 all-star game at Mohegan Sun Arena. They will join Tamika Catchings as members of the U.S. squad since any of the top 10 finishers in the fan balloting currently on the U.S. national team player pool are guaranteed spots on the U.S. squad.

Following Bird, who received 127,490 votes, was Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Silver Stars, Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever, Lauren Jackson of Seattle, Candace Parker of Los Angeles and the San Antonio trio of Jayne Appel, Michelle Snow and Sophia Young.

These 10 players have earned a spot in the "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun" all-star game although Parker is out for the season with a shoulder injury. Hammon has become a Russian citizen, Jackson is from Australia and Young from the West Indies so they will be ineligible to play for the U.S. team, which will be coached by Geno Auriemma.

The 11-member U.S. squad will be announced on Thursday. I'd expect Sylvia Fowles, Tina Charles, Cappie Pondexter, Angel McCoughtry and Maya Moore to make the squad which would leave two spots available. Kara Lawson and Seimone Augustus are part of the core group on the USA Basketball national team pool and could be named to complete the team although Crystal Langhorne, who is enjoying an outstanding season with Washington, could be added while Candice Dupree and Renee Montgomery, who took part in the spring training camp in Connecticut, are other contenders.

The WNBA coaches will cast their ballots on July 6 to complete the 11-member WNBA squad.

Here are the voting results (with former UConn players in bold):
Sue Bird (Sea) 127,490; Becky Hammon (SA) 116,391; Tamika Catchings (Ind) 100,248; Diana Taurasi (Phx) 93,649; Swin Cash (Sea) 85,236; Lauren Jackson (Sea) 80,392; Candace Parker (LA) 78,624; Jayne Appel (SA) 69,316; Michelle Snow (SA) 67,906; Sophia Young (SA) 65,974; Briann January (Ind) 65,164; Tina Charles (Con) 61,664; Katie Douglas (Ind) 61,075; Sylvia Fowles (Chi) 60,342; Shavonte Zellous (Ind) 60,339; Cappie Pondexter (NY) 57,169; Ruth Riley (SA) 56,281; Kara Lawson (Con) 53,538; Penny Taylor (Phx) 53,509; Shameka Christon (Chi) 53,157; Katie Smith (Was) 52,878; Camille Little (Sea) 51,385; Alexis Hornbuckle (Tul) 49,039; Angel McCoughtry (Atl) 48,838; Tina Thompson (LA) 47,972; Tanisha Wright (Sea) 47,912; Ebony Hoffman (Ind) 46,840; Plenette Pierson (NY) 46,123; Tammy Sutton-Brown (Ind) 45,206; Janel McCarville (NY) 45,016; Epiphanny Prince (Chi) 44,522; Kara Braxton (Tul) 44,253; Cathrine Kraayeveld (Chi) 43,481; Scholanda Robinson (Tul) 42,382; Taj McWilliams-Franklin (NY) 42,280; Renee Montgomery (Con) 41,372; Monique Currie (Was) 39,920; Erika de Souza (Atl) 39,620; Iziane Castro Marques (Atl) 39,546; Lindsey Harding (Was) 39,090; Asjha Jones (Con) 38,353; Crystal Langhorne (Was) 37,551; Jia Perkins (Chi) 37,457; Nicole Powell (NY) 36,540; Nicky Anosike (Min) 35,531; Candice Dupree (Phx) 34,666; Betty Lennox (LA) 34,390; Marissa Coleman (Was) 33,806; Ticha Penicheiro (LA) 33,760; Lindsay Whalen (Min) 33,640; Anete Jekabsone-Zogota (Con) 33,321; Sancho Lyttle (Atl) 30,163; Shalee Lehning (Atl) 29,452; Essence Carson (NY) 29,211; Candice Wiggins (Min) 28,767; Charde Houston (Min) 25,242; DeLisha Milton-Jones (LA) 25,232; Tangela Smith (Phx) 21,465; Temeka Johnson (Phx) 21,262; Seimone Augustus (Min) 17,439.