Tamika Whitmore

Infobox WNBA Player

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name = Tamika Whitmore
team = Connecticut Sun
number = 00
position = Forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 190
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1977|6|5|mf=y
birth_place = Tupelo, Mississippi
college = Memphis
draft = 30^th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = New York Liberty
career_start = 1999
career_end =
former_teams = New York Liberty, Los Angeles Sparks, Indiana Fever

Tamika Whitmore (born on June 5, 1977 in Tupelo, Mississippi) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA currently with the Connecticut Sun.

College years

She played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship. She finished second in career scoring with 2,488 points, first in career field goal percentage at 60.6%, fourth in career rebounds with 952, and second in career blocked shots with 108. She was the Conference USA player of the year in 1998 and 1999. She lead the NCAAW in scoring during her senior year at University of Memphis.

WNBA career

In the 1999 WNBA Draft, she was selected by the New York Liberty and played for the team for five seasons before signing a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Sparks and played for the Sparks during the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Afterwards, she signed another free agent contract with the Indiana Fever for the 2006 season.In Game 2 of the Fever's semifinals matchup against the Shock, Tamika Whitmore set a WNBA record for points in a playoff game with 41. She broke Lisa Leslie's mark of 35.

On February 19, 2008 Whitmore was traded along with Indiana's 2008 first round draft pick to the Connecticut Sun for Katie Douglas.

International career

*2001-2002: flagicon|Spain Las Palmas (Spain)
*2003-2004: flagicon|Spain Las Palmas (Spain)
*2004-2005: flagicon|Spain Halcón Viajes Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca (Spain)
*2005-2006: flagicon|France Mourenx BC (LFB, France)
*2006 (till December): flagicon|Poland Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland)
*2007 (from January): flagicon|Russia Spartak Moscow Region (Russia)
*2007-2008: flagicon|Czech Republic Gambrinus Sika Brno (Czech Republic)

External links

* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/tamika_whitmore/index.html?nav=page WNBA Player Profile]
* [http://www.wnba.com/sparks/news/whit_interview.html WNBA "Who I Am" article]
* [http://www.wnba.com/fever/news/080219_douglastrade.html Sun acquires Whitmore and Fever's 2008 1st round pick for Douglas]