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Chamique Holdsclaw

Contact Information

Address: c/o Washington Mystics, MCI Center, 601 F St. NW, Washington, DC, 20004-1605.

Career Statistics

Yr Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF
WAS: Washington Mystics.
1999 WAS 31 .437 .172 .773 7.90 2.4 1.19 .87 3.48 2.20
2000 WAS 32 .465 .256 .680 7.50 2.5 1.47 .56 2.91 2.30
2001 WAS 29 .400 .239 .682 8.80 2.3 1.52 .48 3.24 1.70
2002 WAS 20 .452 .393 .830 11.60 2.3 1.00 .30 2.25 2.50
TOTAL 112 .438 .261 .737 8.70 2.4 1.32 .58 3.04 2.10

Awards and Accomplishments

1995 Olympic Festival; Naismith award as best female high school player, Atlanta's Tip-Off Club; named to Street & Smith All-American; three-time USA Today All-American; named Player of the Year by New York City, Rawlings/Women's Basketball Coaches Association, and Touchdown Club (Columbus, Ohio); Southeastern Conference Player of the Week; won Kodak All-American Honors
1997 World Qualifying Tournament; USA Basketball Player of the Year Award; Honda-Broderick Cup from the National College Athletic Association
1997-98 Named most valuable player of the National College Athletic Association playoffs
1997-99 Naismith finalist; won James E. Sullivan award (first female recipient); named AP Women's Basketball Player of the Year
1998 Won Gold medal at the World Championships; honored as one of 12 female athletes selected as inspirational role models by Women's Sports and Fitness; Broderick Awards for Basketball Player of the Year and for Athlete of the Year
1998-99 Named female college player of the year; ESPY award for Women's Basketball Player of the Year
1999 Named Women's National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year ($5,000); Named to Kodak 25th Anniversary Team, Women's Basketball Journal, Sports Illustrated, and Sporting News; National Women's Player of the Year; ESPY award for Female Athlete of the Year; starter in the inaugural Women's National Basketball Association All-Star game
1999-2000 Selected to the USA Basketball team
2000 Selected as one of the Naismith College Basketball Players of the 20th Century on March 21; won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney; league All-Star game starter
Recipient of Conde Naste's Woman of the Year and USA Today 's "Shining Star in Basketball.
University of Tennessee male/female all-time leading scorer with 3,025 points, and leading rebounder (1,295).
One of only five NCAA females to achieve 3,000 points.
College jersey, number 23, was retired by University of Tennessee Lady Volunteers (only the fourth jersey ever retired).
Led Lady Volunteers to three Southeastern Conference titles.
Twice-named most valuable player of the Southeastern Conference play-offs.
Has a street named after her in Tennessee.
Named Miss Basketball of New York State on three occasions.

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