Tiffany Travis

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Tiffany Travis
Personal information
Born (1978-03-20) March 20, 1978 (age 43)
Picayune, Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school Harrison Central (Gulfport, Mississippi)
College Florida (1996–2000)
WNBA draft 2000 / Round: 2 / Pick: 11th overall
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career2000–2000
Position Guard / Forward
Number10
Career history
2000 Charlotte Sting
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-SEC (2000)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Tiffany Travis (born March 20, 1978) is a retired American professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Travis was born in Picayune, Mississippi. She attended Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, where she played high school basketball for the Harrison Central Red Rebels. She graduated from Harrison Central in 1996.

She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, and Travis excelled for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1996 to 2000. Travis was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection as a senior in 2000. She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 2000.

Travis was selected in the second round, 11th pick overall, of the 2000 WNBA Draft by the Charlotte Sting. [1] She played in all 32 games, starting 12 of them, as a rookie. She scored 10 or more points on four occasions, including a career-high of 16. Among her 2000 Sting teammates, she scored the fifth-highest point total (173), and was sixth in points per game (5.4). Her 81 rebounds were the fifth-most on the team. Her 31 steals were the third-highest on the Sting, and seventh-highest among 2000 WNBA rookies. She led the Sting in three-point field goal percentage (48.0%), and was fourth in three-point field goals made (12) and attempted (25).

Her WNBA career ended as a result of a 2001 knee injury. [2]

Florida statistics

Source [3]

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%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1996-97Florida3323444.6%0.0%74.3%2.60.60.60.27.1
1997-98Florida1622952.1%33.3%69.2%5.91.11.40.914.3
1998-99Florida3246546.1%40.0%85.2%4.20.91.10.514.5
1999-00Florida3456043.3%35.2%71.2%4.31.31.60.516.5
TOTALSFlorida115148845.6%34.2%74.5%4.01.01.20.112.9

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References

  1. "Gator stats" . Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  2. "Bio for Tiffany Travis". WNBA. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  3. "Florida Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-10.