Tweet, tweet, tweet for Ticha

On Tuesday, we wished Ticha a happy birthday.  On Wednesday, our sport bid her adieu as she announced her retirement from the WNBA after a stellar, 15-year career. Read her retirement letter here along with a sampling of farewell tweets. We'll add our personal goodbye to the former Old Dominion star in a Thursday post.

Camille Little ‏@CamilleLittle

S/O to a #LivingLegend @TichaPenicheiro you've done so much for the game! There will never be another PG like u. Stay swaggy!

 Retweeted by Ticha Penicheiro

Giulia Arturi ‏@GiuArturi5

I was the luckiest young point guard ever. Having you as an exemple for a season was like going to Harvard! Learned a lot@TichaPenicheiro

 Retweeted by Ticha Penicheiro

Tamera Young ‏@tyoung11

Many people don't know the sacrifices @TichaPenicheiro had to make being away from her family in Portugal to help build WBB.#TYT

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23mChantelle Anderson ‏@MissChantelle

Sad 2 c @TichaPenicheiro retire. Your talent made u successful but your heart made u a legend. I know ul be AMAZING at w/e is next! Hugs!

Chameka Scott ‏@supermeek

The reason I wanted to be #21 and ironically the reason I had to change to #3.. Thanks for being a great teammate and idol@TichaPenicheiro

Ticha Penicheiro ‏@TichaPenicheiro

RT @SkyDigg4: @TichaPenicheiro We love you Ticha! Thanks for being such a great player and role model to look up to! > Thank you Sky!! ☺

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Swin Cash ‏@SwinCash

Show some love to @tichapenicheiro fam... She announced today, she'll be retiring after the @wnba season. Tr http://instagr.am/p/PxSf2-HLY7/ 

 Retweeted by Ticha Penicheiro

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Coach Erika ‏@hoochie3333

@TichaPenicheiro congrats to my childhood idol on a great wnba career! Awesome role model for all the young female athletes around the world

ruth riley ‏@ruthriley00

#TYT sad 2 c @TichaPenicheiro retire! No one else can pass like Magic w/ a portuguese flare! Iconic PG, great teammate & unbelievable person

Jason ‏@JSunDoubleU

@TichaPenicheiro You were the sole reason I watched women's hoops. ODU legend, Thank you for showing me how a true pg is supposed to play.

Terrell Jones ‏@SonofRLJones

@TichaPenicheiro You are the Walt "Clyde" Frazier of women's basketball. Your hustle, love of the game, and fashion style will be missed!

Vic Dorr ‏@RTDVicDorr

Former ODU megastar Ticha Penicheiro says the 2012 WNBA season will be her last. Sad, sad news for anyone who ever watched her play.

Basketball Minds™ ‏@basketballminds

Ticha Penicheiro In 2008 Became The First Player In The WNBA To Record 2,000 Assists And Became The WNBA All -Time Leader In Steals!

Hoopfeed.com ‏@hoopfeed

Anne Donovan on Ticha in '98: "She is the best player in the country...She loves to play and loves to win." http://j.mp/pjR6sx#ncaaw #odu

Ticha and Dawn: Simply the best

ODU's Ticha Penicheiro and Virginia's Dawn Staley were voted two of the WNBA's top 15 players of all time, a list that was announced at halftime of Saturday's All-Star game.

Each of the 10 players selected to the All-Decade Team in 2006 made this current list, including Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Yolanda Griffith, Lauren Jackson, Lisa Leslie, Katie Smith, Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson. The newcomers include honorable mentions from that team, Penicheiro, Diana Taurasi and Teresa Weatherspoon, as well as Becky Hammon and Cappie Pondexter.

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Ticha and Dawn have our WNBA vote

Dawn Staley

Ticha Penicheiro

Vote, vote, vote for Ticha and Dawn -- on the ballot for most influental players of all time in the WNBA.

ODU's Ticha Penicheiro and Virginia's Dawn Staley are two of the 30 nominees on the WNBA ballot, which will be unveiled July 23 at the all-star game.

Voting for the league’s Top 15 Players of all time will be conducted among fans and select national and WNBA-market media, as well as current players and coaches. Fans are encouraged to vote by logging onto WNBA.com, which will highlight each of the 30 nominees, complete with biographical information and a photo gallery.

In case you don't know, current LA Spark Ticha is the league's all-time assist leader (2,417 and counting), which gives her a lead of 800-plus over Sue Bird, in second place. Penicheiro is also the league's all-time leader in steals with 732 and counting and is a four-time all-star.

Current South Carolina coach Staley, who retired in 2006 after amassing more than 2,000 points, ranks third overall in the league in 3-point percentage and is the only player in WNBA history to have started for both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference all-star teams.

Fans can cast a vote for their Top 15 Players of all time once per day by going online to http://www.wnba.com/top15players starting Thursday at noon ET and ending at midnight on July 14.

The WNBA’s Top 15 Players will be unveiled and honored at the 2011 WNBA All-Star Game, where the San Antonio Silver Stars will host the midseason classic for the first time in franchise history. ABC will nationally broadcast the game on July 23, at 3:30 p.m.

Simply spectacular stuff from Ticha

Miss the good ole days of Ticha? Check out this sweet pass to Candace Parker. Look carefully. It's tough to spot the ball!

Bueno, from Ticha

Consider this a commercial message, breaking up the onslaught of news in women's basketball of late.

Who better to deliver the commercial than Old Dominion's own Ticha Penicheiro, advertising the snack bar "Bueno." We know it is in Portuguese, but it's still fun to see the WBCA's all time assist leader spin a watermelon.

New York, New York for Ticha?

Sacramento Bee writer Ailene Voisin, who covered Ticha Penicheiro during all those years the former ODU point guard was with the Sacramento Monarchs, offers this speculation. Just maybe we'll see the WNBA all-time assists leader in a New York Liberty uniform? Ticha, now with the LA Sparks, is remaining mum.