Jamila Wideman

Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American female left-handed point guard basketball player, lawyer, and activist. She is the daughter of award-winning author John Edgar Wideman.

High school

In 1992-93 Wideman was named USA Today First Team High School All-American, Converse High School All-American, Nike High School All-American, Kodak High School All-American, New England High School Player of the Year, Massachusetts High School Player of the Year, and High School All-American by the WBCA.^[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring ten points.^[2]

Her high school basketball team was the subject of a book, "In These Girls Hope is a Muscle," by Madeleine Blais (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995, ISBN 0-87113-572-8) While in high school, Wideman published poems on the complexities of her racial identity in her high school newspaper. Shortly after the Los Angeles uprisings of 1992, she wrote and published a poem titled "Black".^[3]

College

Wideman attended Stanford University, where she was an outstanding basketball player.

After playing professional basketball, she earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Notes

External References

• http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Two-Worlds-of-Jamila-Wideman-2849307.php
• http://www.stanfordfbc.org/FBCFiles/alumni_alphabetical.htm#W
• http://www.mylaw.net/Article/Jamila_Wideman_Hoopin_away_to_glory!/