Former NCAA and WNBA champion Fran Harris says Central Texas is fertile territory for the growing women’s basketball league.

Harris led The University of Texas at Austin to its first national championship in 1986, played for the Houston Comets in the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997 and won a championship, has worked as both an executive and an announcer and she even launched a ...

More than a dozen cities are being considered for the WNBA's next expansion franchise, which is expected to begin playing by 2028.

Harris played on the WNBA’s first championship team, the Houston Comets, in 1997. Portland was named the 15th expansion team in the spring. It paid $125 million to bring it to their city. It’s estimated it could cost anywhere from $150 million to $200 ...

Harris has spent the past year raising capital and working on Austin's submission packet to position the city as the WNBA's next team location.

So, Harris has spent the last several years rallying the community, and preparing for a WNBA expansion bid in Austin. That bid is underway, and in turn, Austin has emerged as one