WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The Washington Mystics announced today that the team has worked with Shelley Patterson as an assistant trainer on General Supervisor and Head Train Mike Thibault's personnel."Shelley is an exciting hire for our Mystics mentoring staff. She has even more than twenty years of experience in the WNBA and has actually belonged of five championships, " said Thibault. "She understands the organization in and out and her scouting prep work and player advancement experience will make us a much better staff and team. I can't wait to have her in D.C.!"Patterson brings over 30 years of basketball experience to the Mystics, having last acted as an assistant train for the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx where she helped the team win 4 WNBA Championships."I am really thrilled regarding spending the summer in the DMV and to have the chance to collaborate with this Mystics company, " said Patterson. "I have only respect for Mike and Eric and the design of play they have actually incorporated with the Mystics. They are two of the hardest working coaches in business and I will certainly do whatever is needed of me to help bring another champion to DC."Before her jobs with New York and Minnesota, Patterson invested three periods as an assistant coach with the Seattle Storm and has actually operated in countless capacities for five added WNBA franchise business. In 2005, she was called the head instructor of the Chicago Blaze of the National Women's Basketball League. Patterson additionally functioned as an assistant trainer with the Phoenix Mercury in 2004 and invested 4 seasons with the Indiana began her WNBA job in 1999 with the Houston Comets where she acted as Supervisor of Basketball Operations and assisted guide the team to a WNBA Champion. Prior to joining the WNBA Liberty Store, she acted as an assistant trainer with the Philadelphia Rage of the ABL. The San Jose, The golden state, indigenous started her training occupation as a recruiting planner in 1989 at Indiana State University.