Edwina Brown

Edwina Brown (born July 1, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player.[2]

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Edwina Brown
Personal information
Born (1978-07-01) July 1, 1978
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight163 lb (74 kg)
Career information
High schoolLockhart (Lockhart, Texas)
CollegeTexas (1996–2000)
WNBA draft2000: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Shock
PositionGuard / forward
Number24
Career history
2000–2002Detroit Shock
2003Phoenix Mercury
2006Houston Comets
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Representing USA
Jones Cup
Gold medal – first place1998 TaiwanTeam Competition[1]
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Canada Team Competition

Professional career

Brown was part of a three-way tie for second place in the 2000 WNBA Rookie of the Year voting.[3] She played 130 games in the WNBA.[4] She also played professionally in other countries: Lebanon, Austria, Spain, France and Israel.[5]

USA Basketball

Brown won a gold medal with Team USA at the 1998 R. Williams Jones Cup and a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.[6]

Personal life

Aside from basketball, Brown has worked with organizations that give back to their communities. She is the founder of MAP’D Out (Mentoring Athletes and Providing Dreams).[7]

Texas statistics

Source[8]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997 Texas 30 181 42.9% 0.0% 60.4% 3.8 1.7 1.2 0.1 6.0
1998 Texas 24 352 50.0% 0.0% 70.1% 4.9 4.3 2.6 0.2 14.7
1999 Texas 28 450 49.3% 22.2% 75.4% 7.5 5.7 2.2 0.0 16.1
2000 Texas 34 722 46.5% 40.0% 76.4% 8.4 6.0 2.9 0.3 21.2
Career 116 1705 47.5% 21.1% 73.4% 6.3 4.5 2.2 0.2 14.7

Career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2000 Detroit 32719.3.357.250.8382.82.30.80.22.15.9
2001 Detroit 321425.0.366.377.7833.22.71.00.22.17.4
2002 Detroit 28719.6.328.500.7192.92.10.90.32.14.1
2003 Phoenix 34615.4.270.000.8182.11.80.90.21.43.5
2006 Houston 407.0.200.0001.0001.00.30.30.00.51.0
Career 5 years, 3 teams 1303419.4.334.375.8032.72.20.90.21.95.1

See also

References
  1. "USAB: 1998 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". archive.usab.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  2. "SMUMUSTANGS.COM Official Women's Basketball Roster - Official Athletic Site Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". www.smumustangs.com. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  3. "WNBA.com: Edwina Brown Player Info".
  4. "Edwina Brown WNBA Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  5. "Edwina Brown Biography - New Mexico Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  6. "GOFROGS.COM - Edwina Brown Bio - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site".
  7. "edwinabrown". edwinabrown.
  8. "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-02.


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