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Born | Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France | 14 May 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2005–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005 | New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Houston Comets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | San Antonio Silver Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at WNBA.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwige Lawson (born 14 May 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional women's basketball player.
A point guard, Lawson-Wade started her professional career at the age of 17.[ citation needed ]
She played in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, and Valenciennes in France.
Lawson-Wade also played in the WNBA for the San Antonio Silver Stars, New York Liberty, the Houston Comets and the Seattle Storm, and also for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Superleague.
Her resume includes three French championships, two Russian championships and three Euroleague titles (two with Valenciennes and one with CSKA Samara).
Lawson-Wade was also the starting point guard for the France national women's basketball team, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[ citation needed ]
She also won a European Championship with France.
Lawson-Wade was the three-point competition champion at the 2008 FIBA Europe All-Star game.[ citation needed ]
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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2005 | New York | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Houston | 17 | 0 | 6.7 | .333 | .385 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.5 | |
2006 | Seattle | 26 | 0 | 8.1 | .378 | .263 | .667 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
2007 | Did not appear in league | ||||||||||||
2008 | San Antonio | 30 | 1 | 9.3 | .450 | .468 | .667 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 |
2009 | San Antonio | 33 | 12 | 17.7 | .384 | .363 | .833 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.2 |
2010 | San Antonio | 33 | 19 | 21.9 | .370 | .339 | .907 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 6.5 |
Career | 5 years, 4 teams | 141 | 32 | 13.6 | .384 | .361 | .854 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2005 | Houston | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2006 | Seattle | 3 | 0 | 3.7 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
2008 | San Antonio | 5 | 0 | 16.8 | .318 | .467 | 1.000 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
2009 | San Antonio | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | .667 | .615 | — | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.7 |
2010 | San Antonio | 2 | 2 | 28.5 | .538 | .625 | 1.000 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 12.5 |
Career | 5 years, 3 teams | 14 | 5 | 16.3 | .474 | .525 | .917 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 6.1 |
Lawson-Wade is of Beninese descent through her father. [2]
Lawson is married to professional basketball coach, James Wade.[ citation needed ] They have a son, James "Jet" Wade III.[ citation needed ]
She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.[ citation needed ]