Tamecka Dixon
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| Born |
December 14, 1975 Linden, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 148 lb (67 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Linden (Linden, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||
| College | Kansas (1993–1997) | ||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1997 / Round: 2 / Pick: 14th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks | |||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1997–2009 | ||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||
| Number | 21, 20 | ||||||||||||
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| 1997–2005 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Houston Comets | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||
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Tamecka Michelle Dixon (born December 14, 1975) is an American professional basketball player. She announced her retirement prior to the 2010 WNBA season.
High school
Dixon attended Linden Senior High School in Linden, New Jersey, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA.[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring ten points.[2]
College
At the University of Kansas, Dixon averaged 14.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.8 steals in 119 career games. She was named Big 12 Player of the Year and was also named to the 1996-97 Kodak All-American Team.
USA Basketball
In 2002, Dixon was named to the national team which competed in the World Championships in Zhangjiagang, Changzhou and Nanjing, China. The team was coached by Van Chancellor. Dixon scored 3.4 points per game. The USA team won all nine games, including a close title game against Russia, which was a one-point game late in the game.[3]
WNBA career
Dixon was selected in the first round of the 1997 WNBA Draft (14th overall) by the Los Angeles Sparks.[4] Dixon was one of the 4 remaining players from the first season of the WNBA before retiring. She won two championship rings, each coming from wins with the Sparks (2001 and 2002).
She last played for the Indiana Fever before retiring.
Notes
- ↑ "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
- ↑ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
- ↑ "Fourteenth World Championship For Women -- 2002". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ "All-Time WNBA Draft List". WNBA Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.