Charde Houston

Charde Houston
WNBA's Minnesota Lynx  – No. 24
Forward
Born April 10, 1986 (1986-04-10) (age 25)
Oceanside, California
Nationality American
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 189 lb (86 kg)
College Connecticut
Draft 30th overall, 2008
Minnesota Lynx
Profile WNBA Info Page
WNBA Teams
Minnesota Lynx (2008–present)
Awards and Honors
1× WNBA All-Star (2009)
WNBA Champion (2011)
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Competitor for USA
Pan American Games
Gold 2007 Brazil Team Competition

Charde Lakishia Houston (born April 10, 1986 in Oceanside, California) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx.

Houston played high school basketball at San Diego High from 2000–2004, where she set the California state scoring record of 3,837 points. After becoming the first in her family to graduate high school in 2004, Houston signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at UConn. Houston graduated in 2008 with a degree in sociology.

Houston played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the Gold Medal for the event.[1]

Following her collegiate career, she was selected in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Lynx.

For 2009–2010 season, she plays in French championship in Tarbes, former team of Andrea Stinson and Dawn Staley.

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University of Connecticut statistics

Charde Houston Statistics[2] at University of Connecticut
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2004–05 33 148 296 0.500 0 1 0 62 99 0.626 178 5.4 42 69 49 51 643 358 10.8
2005–06 33 125 237 0.527 0 2 0 63 89 0.708 159 4.8 28 85 30 36 556 313 9.5
2006–07 36 188 347 0.542 0 0 0 73 111 0.658 251 7.0 90 98 39 68 948 449 12.5
2007–08 37 113 205 0.551 0 1 0 19 37 0.514 147 4.0 42 58 14 34 584 245 6.6
Totals 139 574 1085 0.529 0 4 0 217 336 0.646 735 5.3 202 310 132 189 2731 1365 9.8

Awards and achievements

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "FIFTEENTH PAN AMERICAN GAMES – 2007". USA Basketball. http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=wpag_2007. Retrieved 2009-08-08. 
  2. ^ "UConn Media Guide". pp. 142. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/datadump/WBasketball/2009/Media%20Guide/129-160.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 

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