Marvadene Anderson

Marvadene (Bubbles) Anderson (born 1 May 1993) is a Jamaican basketball and netball player, at one time recognized as the world's tallest teenage girl at 6 ft 11.5 in (2.12 m).[1] Anderson is originally from Prospect in Clarendon Parish,[2] where she attended Edwin Allen Comprehensive High School.[3] She also played in the Jamaican U16 netball team.[4] Anderson subsequently travelled to the United States on a basketball scholarship to Rutgers Preparatory School in New Jersey.[5]

Marvadene Anderson
Personal information
Nickname(s)Bubbles
NationalityJamaican
Born (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993
Height2.12 m (6 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight107 kg (236 lb)
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportBasketball, Netball

As the world's tallest teenage girl, Anderson was featured on The Learning Channel documentary The World's Tallest Children, and in 2010 she was interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[6] Anderson committed to play basketball at the University of Pittsburgh,[7] and redshirted during the 2012-13 season.

References
  1. "World's tallest teenage girl: 6ft 11.5 ins, size 11 feet". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  2. Gaynor, Jonique (2008-04-16). "Tallest 14 -y-o in Jamaica?". The Jamaica Star Online. Archived from the original on 2010-04-04. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  3. Walters, Kimesha (2008-06-29). "Great prospects at Prospect". Jamaica Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  4. "Marvadene Anderson: Reaching for the stars". The Jamaica Star Online. 2008-04-18. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  5. Hancel, Andrew (2009-12-23). "World's tallest teen turns basketball phenom". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  6. Bogle, Dania (2010-02-24). "J'can teen netballer on Oprah show". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  7. Dunleavy, Ryan (2011-11-06). "Marvadene Anderson verbals to Pittsburgh women's hoops". Scarlet Scuttlebutt. Retrieved 2011-11-06.


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