Now Harris is ready to embark on her next endeavor, as she is working on landing the bid for the 16th expansion team in the WNBA to be in Austin. The WNBA would prefer for there to be an even amount of teams in the league. The Golden State Valkyries are ...

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

Yahoo Sports women basketball writer Cassandra Negley is joined by Fran Harris, former women’s college basketball and WNBA champion, to talk about Fran's involvement in submitting a bid for the WNBA’s 16th team to land in Austin,

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

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.

Former NCAA champ and UT Longhorn standout Fran Harris is raising capital and working on Austin's submission packet to bring the 16th team to the capital city, with the WNBA's commissioner expressing confidence that the sport will expand to 16 teams by 2028.