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Charde Houston

American basketball player (born 1986)

Summary

American basketball player (born 1986)

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

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) 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.

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

†	Denotes seasons in which Houston won a WNBA championship

Regular season

|- | 33 || 0 || 17.6 || .492 || .000 || .741 || 3.7 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 1.7 || 8.8 |- | 34 || 33 || 23.3 || .465 || .333 || .727 || 5.5 || 1.7 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 1.9 || 13.1 |- | 34 || 8 || 22.3 || .416 || .365 || .704 || 4.1 || 1.4 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 2.0 || 11.8 |- | 27 || 0 || 7.8 || .365 || .261 || .750 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 2.9 |- | 27 || 20 || 25.7 || .408 || .348 || .723 || 3.4 || 1.6 || 1.3 || 0.4 || 1.9 || 12.0 |- | 34 || 6 || 17.2 || .400 || .180 || .778 || 2.3 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 5.9 |- | 17 || 0 || 8.4 || .451 || .125 || .692 || 1.0 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.9 || 3.3 |- | 206 || 67 || 18.3 || .433 || .320 || .731 || 3.3 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 1.6 || 8.7

Playoffs

|- | 2 || 0 || 6.0 || .375 || .000 || .000 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- | 5 || 0 || 4.4 || .357 || .200 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 2.2 |- | 7 || 0 || 4.9 || .364 || .167 || .000 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 2.4

University of Connecticut statistics

Totals	139	574	1085	0.529	0	4	0	217	336	0.646	735	5.3	202	310	132	189	2731	1365	9.8

Awards and achievements

2009 WNBA All-Star Selection

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.

Wikipedia Source

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