La'Keshia Frett

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La'Keshia Frett
Personal information
Born (1975-06-12) June 12, 1975 (age 49)
Carmel, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Phoebus
(Hampton, Virginia)
College Georgia (2018–2023)
WNBA draft 1999: 4th round, 40th overall pick
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Position Forward
Career history
19992000 Los Angeles Sparks
20012003 Sacramento Monarchs
2004 Charlotte Sting
20042005 New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
  • Third-team All-American – AP (1997)
  • 3x First-team All-SEC (1995–1997)
  • SEC Freshman of the Year (1994)
  • SEC All-Freshman Team (1994)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Jones Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1994 Taipei Team Competition
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Fukuoka Team Competition
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Marsala, Sicily Team Competition

La'Keshia Frett (born June 12, 1975) is a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She is currently an assistant coach for the women's basketball team at Auburn University. [1]

Contents

High school

Born in Carmel, California, Frett attended Phoebus High School in Hampton, Virginia, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA. [2] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring six points. [3] Additionally, Frett was named the 1993 Gatorade Female Basketball Player of the Year. She was named a Parade All-American in both 1992 and 1993. [4]

University of Georgia

After being named the 1993 National Prep Player of the Year at Phoebus High School in Hampton, Virginia, Frett attended the University of Georgia and played for their women's basketball team, averaging 15.2 points and 6.9 rebounds during her collegiate career from 1993 to 1997.

She was a three-time All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) first team selection, and was named the 1993-94 "SEC Freshman of the Year". In 1996, Frett was named to the Final Four All Tournament team. [5]

By the time she graduated, she had scored 242 points in 15 NCAA tournament games, ranking third time all-time at UGA. She competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1994 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei. [6]

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

WNBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1999 Los Angeles 311821.247.80.079.13.02.10.30.20.86.1
2000 Los Angeles 2507.527.50.075.01.00.20.30.20.51.6
2001 Sacramento 301013.438.90.085.71.80.60.30.21.14.3
2002 Sacramento 321520.344.933.382.43.00.70.20.60.85.8
2003 Sacramento 2446.336.250.050.01.00.50.10.10.41.5
2004 Charlotte 1007.146.20.050.01.00.40.10.21.01.5
New York 16217.348.20.064.52.50.90.60.30.96.4
2005 New York 33110.947.70.073.71.20.50.40.10.53.0
Career7 years, 4 teams2015013.743.533.375.71.90.80.30.20.74.0

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1999 Los Angeles 4430.336.70.085.75.33.30.50.50.87.0
2000 Los Angeles 302.366.70.075.00.00.00.00.00.02.3
2001 Sacramento 503.612.50.0100.00.40.20.00.00.20.8
2003 Sacramento 109.050.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.02.0
2004 New York 5023.241.70.0100.03.41.20.80.61.48.8
2005 New York 2123.541.70.083.32.00.50.00.01.07.5
Career6 years, 3 teams20515.938.80.087.02.21.10.30.30.75.0

College

Source [7]

Legend
  GPGames 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
YearTeamGPPointsFG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
94Georgia2839347.7%76.6%6.02.51.20.514.0
95Georgia3352348.2%74.8%6.03.01.40.715.8
96Georgia3348152.1%84.1%8.72.01.91.014.6
97Georgia2845348.2%77.8%6.72.91.70.616.2
CareerGeorgia122185049.1%79.0%6.92.61.50.715.2

USA Basketball

Frett was named to the team representing the US at the 1994 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all eight games, winning the gold medal, but not without close calls. In three games the teams had to come from behind to win. One preliminary game ended up as a single-point victory, and the gold medal game went to overtime before the USA team beat South Korea by a single point, 90–89. [8]

Frett represented the US at the 1995 World University Games held in Fukuoka, Japan in August and September 1995. The team had a record of 5–1, securing the silver medal. The USA teams won early and reached a record of 5–0 when the USA beat Yugoslavia. In the semi-final game, the USA faced Russia. The team was behind much of the first half but managed to tie the game at the half. The USA broke the game open in the second half and won 101–74, with Frett contributing a double-double, 20 points and 13 rebounds. The gold medal match was against unbeaten Italy. The Italian team started strong, scoring 12 of the first 14 points of the contest. The USA took a small lead in the second half, but the team from Italy responded with a ten-point run, and won the game and the gold medal by a score of 73–65. Frett was the leading scorer for the USA team with 18.0 points per game. [9]

Frett again represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy in August 1997. The USA team won all six games, earning the gold medal at the event. In the opening game Frett was the leading scorer for the US with 14 points. She went on to average 10.2 points per game. [10]

ABL and WNBA

After graduating from college, Frett started her professional career in 1997 playing two seasons for the Philadelphia Rage of the American Basketball League (ABL). [11]

After the ABL folded due to financial difficulties, she was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 1999 WNBA draft, and later played for the Sparks during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. [12]

After the 2000 season ended, the Sparks traded Frett to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Latasha Byears. Frett played for the Monarchs for the next three seasons before signing a free agent contract with the Charlotte Sting. However, the Sting waived her halfway through the 2004 season. [12]

A week after being waived, she signed with the New York Liberty and played for them during the remainder of the season, as well as the following 2005 season. [12]

Shortly after the 2005 WNBA season ended, Frett returned to her alma mater , the University of Georgia, after being hired as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team for the 2005–06 season. [13] In April 2006, Frett announced her retirement from the WNBA to devote herself full-time to her collegiate coaching position.

In 2021, she became an assistant coach with the Atlanta Dream. [13]

Notes

  1. "La'Keshia Frett Meredith - Women's Basketball Coach". Auburn University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  2. "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
  3. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  4. "PARADE MAGAZINE ALL-AMERICANS FROM HAMPTON ROADS" (PDF).
  5. Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  6. "1994 WOMEN'S R. WILLIAM JONES CUP". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  7. "Georgia Media Guide". 26 October 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  8. "1994 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. "Seventeenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  10. "Eighteenth World University Games -- 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  11. "LA'KESHIA NOT FRETTING OVER RAGE MOVE". Daily Press. 23 July 1997. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  12. 1 2 3 "La'Keshia Frett women's basketball Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  13. 1 2 Thomas, Terrell (2021-05-12). "Atlanta Dream Add La'Keshia Frett, Daynia La-Force to Coaching Staff". These Urban Times. Retrieved 2022-04-21.

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