Charde Houston

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Charde Houston
Charde Houston.jpg
Personal information
Born (1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 39)
Oceanside, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school San Diego (San Diego, California)
College UConn (2004–2008)
WNBA draft 2008: 3rd round, 30th overall pick
Drafted by Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2008–present
Position Forward
Career history
2008–2011 Minnesota Lynx
2012–2013 Phoenix Mercury
2014 New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing USA
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Brazil Team
FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2004 Puerto Rico Team

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. [1]

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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.

Charde Houston in Tarbes (2009). TarbesGespe.jpg
Charde Houston in Tarbes (2009).

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. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4]

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

Legend
  GPGames 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
†Denotes seasons in which Houston won a WNBA championship

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2008 Minnesota 33017.6.492.000.7413.70.80.90.41.78.8
2009 Minnesota 343323.3.465.333.7275.51.71.30.61.913.1
2010 Minnesota 34822.3.416.365.7044.11.41.30.62.011.8
2011 † Minnesota 2707.8.365.261.7501.70.50.30.10.82.9
2012 Phoenix 272025.7.408.348.7233.41.61.30.41.912.0
2013 Phoenix 34617.2.400.180.7782.31.30.50.41.65.9
2014 New York 1708.4.451.125.6921.00.60.50.40.93.3
Career7 years, 3 teams2066718.3.433.320.7313.31.20.90.41.68.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2011 † Minnesota 206.0.375.000.0002.00.50.50.50.03.0
2013 Phoenix 504.4.357.200.0001.00.00.20.20.22.2
Career2 years, 2 teams704.9.364.167.0001.30.10.30.30.12.4

University of Connecticut statistics

Charde Houston Statistics [5] at University of Connecticut
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2004–05 33 148 296 0.500 0 1 0 62 99 0.626 178 5.4 42 69 49 51 643 358 10.8
2005–06 33 125 237 0.527 0 2 0 63 89 0.708 159 4.8 28 85 30 36 556 313 9.5
2006–07 36 188 347 0.542 0 0 0 73 111 0.658 251 7.0 90 98 39 68 948 449 12.5
2007–08 37 113 205 0.551 0 1 0 19 37 0.514 147 4.0 42 58 14 34 584 245 6.6
Totals13957410850.5290402173360.6467355.3202310132189273113659.8

Awards and achievements

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 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". @SwishAppeal. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Liberty sign Charde Houston". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fifth Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 2004". USA Basketball. February 20, 2014. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fifteenth Pan American Games -- 2007". USA Basketball. November 19, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "UConn Media Guide" (PDF). p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
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