Edna Campbell

Edna Campbell (born November 26, 1968) is an American retired women's basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The 5' 8" guard played with the Sacramento Monarchs as well as three other teams, but is well known for continuing to play despite suffering breast cancer. In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project. Campbell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

College years

Campbell's college career began at the University of Maryland, College Park, but achieved her most notable success at the University of Texas' women's team, known as the Lady Longhorns, where she was named the Southwest Conference's Newcomer of the Year in 1990. She graduated in 1991 after the Lady Longhorns compiled a 48-14 won/loss record while she was there.

ABL career

Campbell played for the Colorado Xplosion in the American Basketball League (ABL).

WNBA career

Campbell was the 10th overall draft pick, selected by the Phoenix Mercury during the 1999 WNBA Draft. She was left unprotected in the expansion draft the following year, and was chosen by the Seattle Storm. She became the new franchise's go-to option, but the team finished with a cellar-dwelling 6-26 record.

The next year, the Storm drafted its first superstar, Lauren Jackson, and Campbell was traded to the Sacramento Monarchs for Katy Steding and a draft pick. During the second of her four seasons in Sacramento, Campbell was diagnosed with breast cancer. She received treatment and was welcomed back before the fans of her two most recent teams in the Monarchs' final game against Seattle during the 2002 season.

Campbell continued to play despite the cancer, and has become a symbol to some survivors of the disease. She became the WNBA's national spokesperson for its anti-cancer efforts with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. She received the league's Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award in 2003.

Campbell signed a free agent contract with the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2005. She played with the Silver Stars for that one season, before announcing her retirement from the WNBA on February 28, 2006.

During the 2006 WNBA season, which honored 9 years of existence, Edna Campbell's return from breast cancer was nominated by fans as Most Inspirational and one of the top four WNBA Anniversary decade moments.

Life after basketball

Shortly after retiring from basketball, Edna was hired as a television commentator for the San Antonio Silver Stars games during the 2006 WNBA season. In addition, Campbell has worked in Real Estate. Edna Campbell became a nurse in 2008, and also began coaching high school girls at that time. More on Edna Campbell here

Career statistics

WNBA Career Totals

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PTM	3PTA	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
1999	PHX	28	24	750	95	261	40	56	38	101	53	37	25	48	10	268
2000	SEA	16	16	510	84	215	41	58	13	49	34	37	19	40	4	222
2001	SAC	32	32	854	92	244	33	43	43	94	85	74	19	64	9	260
2002	SAC	1	0	12	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4
2003	SAC	34	34	724	98	244	25	33	46	111	70	43	21	43	5	267
2004	SAC	22	22	332	29	76	0	2	16	39	19	16	5	15	2	74
2005	SA	28	2	248	21	67	1	1	5	19	14	14	7	15	0	48
Totals		161	130	3,430	421	1,112	140	193	161	415	276	221	97	225	30	1,143

WNBA Career Averages

Year	Team	MIN	FG%	FT%	3PT%	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
1999	PHX	26.8	.364	.714	.376	1.9	1.3	0.9	1.7	0.4	9.6
2000	SEA	31.9	.391	.707	.265	2.1	2.3	1.2	2.5	0.3	13.9
2001	SAC	26.7	.377	.767	.457	2.7	2.3	0.6	2.0	0.3	8.1
2002	SAC	12.0	.400	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
2003	SAC	21.3	.402	.758	.414	2.1	1.3	0.6	1.3	0.2	7.9
2004	SAC	15.1	.382	.000	.410	0.9	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.1	3.4
2005	SA	8.9	.313	1.000	.263	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.7
Totals		21.3	.379	.725	.388	1.7	1.4	0.6	1.4	0.2	7.1

WNBA Career Playoff Totals

Year	Team	G	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FTM	FTA	3PTM	3PTA	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
2001	SAC	5	5	115	11	31	2	3	4	9	11	11	5	5	1	28
2003	SAC	6	6	148	17	36	2	2	4	16	4	11	1	8	0	40
2004	SAC	6	6	102	10	25	0	0	6	14	11	5	3	2	0	26
Totals		17	17	365	38	92	4	5	14	39	26	27	9	15	1	94

WNBA Career Playoff Averages

Year	Team	MIN	FG%	FT%	3PT%	REB	AST	STL	TO	BLK	PTS
2001	SAC	23.0	.355	.667	.444	2.2	2.2	1.0	1.0	0.2	5.6
2003	SAC	24.7	.472	1.000	.250	0.7	1.8	0.2	1.3	0.0	6.7
2004	SAC	17.0	.400	.000	.429	1.8	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	4.3
Totals		21.5	.413	.800	.359	1.5	1.6	0.5	0.9	0.1	5.5

External links

• WNBA player profile
• Silver Stars bio
• Story on her bout with cancer
• Silver Stars' February 28, 2006 press release on her retirement