Charde Houston
American basketball player (born 1986)
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::summary American basketball player (born 1986) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Charde Houston |
| image | Charde Houston.jpg |
| league | WNBA |
| position | Forward |
| height_ft | 6 |
| height_in | 0 |
| weight_lbs | 180 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Oceanside, California |
| nationality | American |
| high_school | San Diego (San Diego, California) |
| college | UConn (2004–2008) |
| draft_league | WNBA |
| draft_year | 2008 |
| draft_round | 3 |
| draft_pick | 30 |
| draft_team | Minnesota Lynx |
| career_start | 2008 |
| years1 | 2008–2011 |
| team1 | Minnesota Lynx |
| years2 | 2012–2013 |
| team2 | Phoenix Mercury |
| years3 | 2013-2015 |
| team3 | Bucheon KEB Hana Bank |
| years4 | 2014 |
| team4 | New York Liberty |
| highlights | * WNBA champion (2011) |
| medal_templates | |
| wnba_profile | charde_houston |
| :: |
| name = Charde Houston | image = Charde Houston.jpg | league = WNBA | team = | number = | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lbs = 180 | birth_date = | birth_place = Oceanside, California | nationality = American | high_school = San Diego (San Diego, California) | college = UConn (2004–2008) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2008 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 30 | draft_team = Minnesota Lynx | career_start = 2008 | career_end = | years1 = 2008–2011 | team1 = Minnesota Lynx | years2 = 2012–2013 | team2 = Phoenix Mercury | years3 = 2013-2015 | team3 = Bucheon KEB Hana Bank | years4 = 2014 | team4 = New York Liberty | highlights = * WNBA champion (2011)
- 1× EuroCup Women (2011)
- 1× Israeli championship (2011)
- 1× Israeli State Cup (2011)
- Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award (2011)
- WNBA Skills Challenge Champion ()
- WNBA All-Star (2009)
- Big East Tournament MOP (2008)
- Big East All-Freshman Team (2005)
- McDonald's All-American (2004) | medal_templates = | wnba_profile = charde_houston Charde Lakishia Houston (born April 10, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She last played for the New York Liberty.
Born in Oceanside, California, Houston played high school basketball at San Diego High from 2000 to 2004, where she set the California state scoring record of 3,837 points. After becoming the first in her family to graduate high school in 2004, Houston signed a letter of intent to play college basketball at UConn. Houston graduated in 2008 with a degree in sociology.
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Following her collegiate career, she was selected in the 3rd round (30th overall) of the 2008 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx.
Houston was signed by the WNBA's New York Liberty in June 2014 after spending the previous season with the Phoenix Mercury.
USA Basketball
Houston was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The event was held in August 2004, when the USA team defeated Puerto Rico to win the championship. Houston helped the team win the gold medal, scoring 10.4 points per game.
Houston played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event.
International career
Houston played during the 2010–2011 off-season for Elitzur Ramla in Israel; she won EuroCup Women, Israeli championship and Israeli State Cup.
WNBA career statistics
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| † | Denotes seasons in which Houston won a WNBA championship |
|---|---|
| :: |
Regular season
|- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Minnesota | 33 || 0 || 17.6 || .492 || .000 || .741 || 3.7 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 1.7 || 8.8 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Minnesota | 34 || 33 || 23.3 || .465 || .333 || .727 || 5.5 || 1.7 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 1.9 || 13.1 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Minnesota | 34 || 8 || 22.3 || .416 || .365 || .704 || 4.1 || 1.4 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 2.0 || 11.8 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2011† | align="left" | Minnesota | 27 || 0 || 7.8 || .365 || .261 || .750 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 2.9 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Phoenix | 27 || 20 || 25.7 || .408 || .348 || .723 || 3.4 || 1.6 || 1.3 || 0.4 || 1.9 || 12.0 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | Phoenix | 34 || 6 || 17.2 || .400 || .180 || .778 || 2.3 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 5.9 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | New York | 17 || 0 || 8.4 || .451 || .125 || .692 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 3.3 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 7 years, 3 teams | 206 || 67 || 18.3 || .433 || .320 || .731 || 3.3 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 8.7
Playoffs
|- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2011† | align="left" | Minnesota | 2 || 0 || 6.0 || .375 || .000 || .000 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | Phoenix | 5 || 0 || 4.4 || .357 || .200 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 2.2 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams | 7 || 0 || 4.9 || .364 || .167 || .000 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.4
University of Connecticut statistics
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| Totals | 139 | 574 | 1085 | 0.529 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 217 | 336 | 0.646 | 735 | 5.3 | 202 | 310 | 132 | 189 | 2731 | 1365 | 9.8 |
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Awards and achievements
Notes
References
- Appeal, Swish. (February 28, 2012). "Merc get RFA Charde Houston in sign-trade deal w/ Lynx. Phx 18th overall pick to Minn, 24th pick returned. Interesting move for Phx".
- (June 23, 2014). "Liberty sign Charde Houston". ESPN.com.
- "UConn Media Guide".
- (February 20, 2014). "Fifth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 2004". USA Basketball.
- (November 19, 2010). "Fifteenth Pan American Games -- 2007". USA Basketball.
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