WASHINGTON - Former Georgetown University women's Basketball standouts Rebekkah Brunson and Sugar Rodgers were both added as replacement players to the rosters for the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game to be held on Saturday at KeyArena in Seattle. Brunson, a 14-year veteran with the Minnesota Lynx who will be making her fourth All-Star appearance, replaces Phoenix center Brittney Griner on the West roster. Rodgers, a member of the New York Liberty, will make her All-Star debut as a replacement for injured Elena Delle Donne on the East roster.

A four-time WNBA champion, Brunson is the league's career leader in offensive rebounds (1,107). This season, she is fourth on the squad in scoring with 10.8 ppg as well as 6.7 rpg to rank her second on the team. The Lynx sit atop the WNBA standings at the All-Star Break with a record of 15-2. Brunson will be one of four Lynx players on the All-Star roster.

Brunson was Georgetown's first women's basketball All-American and was also the second WNBA draft pick in program history, picked 10th overall in the 2004 draft by the Sacramento Monarchs. At Georgetown, Brunson became the program's leading rebounder (1,093) and held the record for rebounds in a season with 336 in 2004 until 2014. She was a four-time All-BIG EAST honoree and the 2004 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year.

In her professional career, Brunson has played with teams in Spain, Italy, Russia and Belgium. She has been a two-time EuroLeague All-Star, and won the 2007 FIBA Women's EuroCup.

Brunson was a part of the United States National Team pool and won a gold medal with the U.S. squad in the FIBA Americas Tournament which qualified the squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won a silver medal with the national team at the 2003 USA Pan American Games.

In the WNBA, she won a league championship in 2005 with the Monarchs as well as three with the Lynx. Additionally, she has now been a four-time All-Star and named Second Team All-Defense on four occasions along with a nod to the first team in 2011. With the Lynx, Brunson holds every rebounding record in the organization's history. Brunson supports The 32 Foundation which she started to help at-risk teens in the Washington, D.C., area stay out of trouble and overcome obstacles in a place that could limit their growth or achievement.

Rodgers will be making her all-star debut after a breakout year for the Liberty a season ago. This year, she is third in the WNBA in made three-point shots (39). She is averaging 12.7 points per game and posting career highs in rebounds (4.2 rpg), assists (2.6 apg) and steals (1.2 spg). The Liberty are currently in sixth place in the league with an overall record of 9-9.

Rodgers also was named one of five participants in the WNBA 3-point contest, which will be held at halftime Saturday.

Rodgers is the most decorated player in Georgetown women's basketball history with unprecedented accomplishments. She was a three-time Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and a four-time First Team All-BIG EAST honoree. She was the only player in Georgetown history to earn First Team All-BIG EAST four times in her career and one of just two to be named All-BIG EAST all four years.

Rodgers is the all-time leading scorer with 2,518 points to her credit, making her the first women's player to surpass the 2,000-point mark as well as the first player in Georgetown history to go over 2,500 points, and the career leader in 3-pointers (346) and also holds the single-season record for points (711 in 2012-13).

Despite her scoring prowess she was not one dimensional, holding the all-time steals record (326) as well as ranking eighth in rebounds (674). The shooting guard was a stalwart for the Blue & Gray appearing in 130 games with 129 starts including 104 consecutively.

The game is scheduled to tip at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on ABC.