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  Chamique Holdsclaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw (born August 9, 1977 in Astoria, New York) is a basketball star in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
After graduating from high school, Holdsclaw went to the University of Tennessee in 1995, where she played under coach Pat Summitt and helped to lead the Lady Vols to three consecutive Women's Basketball Championships.
At first, Holdsclaw refused to discuss the reason for her absence, other than to rule out cancer, pregnancy and drug addiction, but following the season, she told The Washington Post that she was suffering from clinical depression and that she had been ashamed to discuss it with the public.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chamique_Holdsclaw   (381 words)

  
 The Lovely Chamique Holdsclaw Page - June Holdsclaw
Her granddaughter, Chamique Holdsclaw, was playing in early June with the U.S. women's national team in Germany, and the championship game was being broadcast live from Berlin.
Chamique, 21, who's regarded as the best women's basketball player in the country, is back for her senior year at the University of Tennessee and is expected to lead the Lady Vols to a fourth straight NCAA championship.
Chamique said there was some tension between them when she decided to stay with her grandmother 10 years ago, but they have established a good relationship.
members.tripod.com /chamiqueholdsclaw/articles/articles2.html   (4196 words)

  
 USA Basketball: Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw is a star on the rise.
Holdsclaw, as a college junior to be, tried out for and was selected for USA Basketball's 1997 World Championship Qualifying team.
In 1998, a more polished and savvy Holdsclaw will continue to shine, this time among the world's best, letting it know that she is here to stay and will be as devastating as a tsunami to opponents for years to come.
www.usabasketball.com /bioswomen/chamique_holdsclaw_bio.html   (1236 words)

  
 WNBA.com: Lifetime Player's Journal: Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw is currently leading the league in scoring (19.9ppg) and the Mystics to their best start in history.
At Tennessee, Chamique overcame homesickness and endured Summitt's "tough love" to lead the school to consecutive national championships in 1996, 1997 and 1998 and also graduated in 1998, fulfilling a promise made to her grandmother.
Chamique Holdsclaw is truly a superstar on and off the court.
www.wnba.com /features/Lifetime_Players_Journal_Holdsclaw.html   (651 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In her first season, she was named the (Click link for more info and facts about Rookie of the Year) Rookie of the Year and was a starter in the inaugural (Click link for more info and facts about WNBA All-Star Game) WNBA All-Star Game.
The next year, Holdsclaw was named to the (Click link for more info and facts about Olympic) Olympic team, helping to lead them to a (A medal made of gold (or having the appearance of gold) that is usually awarded for winning first place in a competition) gold medal.
On July 24, 2004, however, she failed to show up for a game against (A mold lined with cake or crumbs and filled with fruit or whipped cream or custard) Charlotte, played one more game in reserve and then didn't play the rest of the season including the entire playoffs.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chamique_holdsclaw.htm   (401 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball by Chamique Holdsclaw
But the popularity of twenty-three-year-old Chamique Holdsclaw is rooted not only in her basketball status but also in her remarkable and inspiring life.
Here, Chamique takes us on her journey, revealing her unstable and anxiety-ridden childhood with her parents and the escape she ultimately found by moving to her grandmother's housing project, where she discovered the restorative comforts of structure, focus, and basketball.
Chamique Holdsclaw was born in 1977 in Flushing, New York.
www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=16-0743202201-0   (580 words)

  
 JockBio: Chamique Holdsclaw Facts
Chamique’s nickname as a kid was “Flat Out,” because she would flat out drop what she was doing to play basketball.
Chamique was team captain at Christ the King High School during her junior and senior years.
Chamique finished her Tennessee career as the school’s all-time leading scorer (3,025 points) and rebounder (1,295 boards), tops for both men and women.
www.jockbio.com /Bios/Holdsclaw/Holdsclaw_numbers.html   (419 words)

  
 The Lovely Chamique Holdsclaw
Chamique Holdsclaw was selected in the first round (first overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft by the Washington Mystics.
The Mystics are 2-0 since three-time All-Star Chamique Holdsclaw announced she would not return this season because of an undisclosed medical problem, and 5-3 since in the eight games she's missed.
June Holdsclaw offered a stable environment, a structured home and a dedication to her granddaughter that Chamique thrived on.
chamiqueholdsclaw.tripod.com   (1326 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw interview news article
Chamique Holdsclaw: Just playing with the guys out there, it was always a challenge.
Chamique Holdsclaw: Yeah, eventually I got kinda good, and I was winning, and so, they started hitting their growth spurs, then I was like, "golly, they're kinda tall..." but, I was just out there handling it, playing with the guys.
Chamique Holdsclaw: Yeah, it's definitely been a blessing, you know, it's like, this is the path that God has chosen for me, sometimes there's other things more than basketball out there in life, but I always say, this might be my calling, so I'll play as long as I can.
www.insidehoops.com /wnba/wnba_interview_chamique_holdsclaw.shtml   (494 words)

  
 The Lovely Chamique Holdsclaw Page - June Holdsclaw
Chamique went to live with her grandmother in 1988, when she was 11 years old, after her parents split up.
She was doing well in school, was participating in after-school activities and was beginning to hone her game on some of the most competitive courts in the city.
Holdsclaw has become an icon in Knoxville -- the home of the Lady Vols and a hotbed of women's hoops -- where she is asked to sign autographs everywhere she goes, including the local malls and restaurants.
members.tripod.com /chamiqueholdsclaw/articles/article3.htm   (416 words)

  
 Mystics Trade Holdsclaw To Sparks (washingtonpost.com)
Chamique Holdsclaw played 162 games for the Mystics and for her career averaged 18.3 points and 9 rebounds per game.
In an interview with The Washington Post in October, Holdsclaw said that the depression was triggered by the death of her grandmother in 2003 and that in her darkest hours she had considered quitting basketball.
For the Mystics, trading the 6-2 Holdsclaw is a signal the club will build around guard Alana Beard, who in her rookie year last season helped fuel the Mystics' late-season surge that landed the club in the playoffs.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A54736-2005Mar21.html   (797 words)

  
 ESPN.com - COMMUNITY - Holdsclaw gearing up for WNBA, Sydney
As the WNBA embarks on its fourth season, Chamique Holdsclaw says her team, the Washington Mystics, are a team to watch in the East.
Chamique Holdsclaw: Coach Summitt is tough but she is a real person.
Holdsclaw, the first overall pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft, scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds in her debut with the league in June 1999.
espn.go.com /community/s/2000/0522/545388.html   (1164 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Holdsclaw starts where she finished   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Holdsclaw had 15 points and eight rebounds in her debut with the Sparks on Tuesday night, leading Los Angeles to a 77-67 exhibition victory over her former team, the Washington Mystics, in her return to the WNBA.
Holdsclaw started 22 of Washington's first 23 games and was averaging 19 points and 8.3 rebounds before leaving the team.
Holdsclaw was traded by the Mystics to Los Angeles on March 21 for Delisha Milton-Jones and a first-round draft pick.
www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/wnba/games/2005-05-10-sparks-mystics_x.htm   (558 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - SI For Women - 100 Greatest Female Athletes - Monday November 29, 1999 02:49 PM
Chamique Holdsclaw is the player who will lead women's basketball into the next millennium.
Holdsclaw also had a chance to dazzle international fans as a member of the U.S. National Team in 1997 and '98.
Holdsclaw joined the professional ranks of the WNBA in 1999 as the top overall draft pick of the Washington Mystics.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /siforwomen/top_100/54   (441 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw, where are you?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Chamique Holdsclaw, the mercurial star of the Washington Mystics women's basketball team, is drawing attention for refusing to explain her absence from games.
Holdsclaw, a forward, has missed three of her team's past four games and four of its recent practices, and it is not certain that she will return when the Mystics resume play on Sept. 1, the Washington Times reported Tuesday.
In the 1999 draft Holdsclaw was the No. 1 pick overall and was named rookie of the year that season.
news.usti.net /home/news/clari/news/wed/do/Ubkw-holdsclaw.RljA_Ea3.html   (160 words)

  
 The Lovely Chamique Holdsclaw Page - Column
In the meantime, Holdsclaw is also a somewhat reluctant participant in the image makeover her manager is attempting.
As her image is molded and marketed in the coming months, Holdsclaw will be seen by some as a hoops star while others will see her as a glamour queen.
Holdsclaw says she just wants to be sure that when she looks in the mirror, she always sees someone she's comfortable with.
chamiqueholdsclaw.tripod.com /column/column.html   (952 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw - Life Isn't All About Basketball - by Jeremy Schwartz
Holdsclaw, who was also the WNBA rookie of the year, also knows that sports are not the only thing in life.
When Chamique was eleven years old, her parents separated, and she went to stay with her grandmother, June, in Queens, New York.
Chamique went to high school already labeled as a great basketball player, but her grandmother emphasized that there was more to life than basketball.
www.karateangels.com /girlstory3.html   (618 words)

  
 Holdsclaw Returns From Injury, but Mystics Still Limp (washingtonpost.com)
Chamique Holdsclaw returned to the Washington Mystics' lineup last night and was intent on single-handedly pulling her team out of its slump.
Although she had missed the last four games with a strained hamstring, Holdsclaw did not hesitate to shoot when she had the chance.
Holdsclaw, who had not played since Washington's loss in New York on June 1, managed to finish with her third double-double of the season -- 17 points and 17 rebounds.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A11169-2003Jun18.html   (719 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw : My Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
It tells the story of how Chamique went from the projects of Astoria, Queens to having a successful basketball career at the University of Tennessee where she won 3 National Championships to being picked #1 in the draft by the WNBA Washington Mystics.
You see what it takes to get to the top Chamique's life was never easy but she made it through all the hard times with her brother and grandma by her side.
Chamique Holdsclaw : My Story Review: This story is about Chamique's life and everything she went through to play for the WNBA.
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 Holdsclaw Fits in on Team of Stars
Chamique Holdsclaw has gone from being the dominant player in women's college basketball and the brightest star in the WNBA to just another top athlete on the U.S. national team training for the Sydney Olympics.
Holdsclaw received 48 of a possible 51 votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
Holdsclaw, the No. 1 pick in the 1999 WNBA Draft, averaged 16.9 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 34.2 minutes per game.
smokeys-trail.com /LadyVols-News/holdsclaw.html   (498 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw: A Rare Find
Although Chamique may not have four NCAA Championships to take with her to the pros, she was still the Number One draft pick overall for the WNBA, going to the Washington Mystics.
She was happy with the arrangement, stating that because Washington as only a three hour drive she could still visit home, but she wouldn't have the pressures of living too close to family and friends.
Chamique is as equally great off the court as she is on.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/womens_basketball/20227   (431 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Chamique Holdsclaw
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States.
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chamique-Holdsclaw   (1271 words)

  
 Time For Kids | Classroom | World Report | Spotlight: Chamique Holdsclaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
She wears his number, 23, and he once challenged her to a game of one-on-one.
Holdsclaw has led Tennessee to three national titles, and a fourth may come later in March.
"And she was so skinny!" Holdsclaw hopes to play pro ball in her hometown, New York City.
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 Holdsclaw suffering from depression   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Mystics star Chamique Holdsclaw says she left the team in the middle of the WNBA season because of depression.
Holdsclaw, then the league's second-leading scorer, stopped playing for the Mystics in July to deal with an undisclosed medical issue.
In a statement issued last month by the team, Holdsclaw said her condition is not life-threatening or career-threatening.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/10/28/sports0043EDT0006.DTL   (409 words)

  
 Chamique Holdsclaw Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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 BigSoccer Boards - The weird, strange mystery of Chamique Holdsclaw
WNBA sources say the reason for Holdsclaw's absence is that so strong a conflict exists between her and first-year coach Michael Adams, one or the other is almost certain to depart before next season.
In other words, the disease appears to be "petulance." She went public about differences with Nancy Darsch and Tom Maher, and when the Mystics fired Marianne Stanley, Holdsclaw came out in the media with surprise.
Fast Break magazine says that she has already made it clear that she is becoming a free agent after the 04 season and will sign with the New York Liberty.
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