Edwige Lawson-Wade
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Born | Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France | May 14, 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2005–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Point guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2005 | New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Houston Comets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Seattle Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | San Antonio Silver Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwige Lawson (born May 14, 1979, in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French professional women's basketball player. In the US, Lawson most recently played for the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars, and has played in numerous other professional basketball leagues as well. She started her professional career at the age of 17. She has played in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, and Valenciennes in France. She has also played in the WNBA for the New York Liberty, the Houston Comets and the Seattle Storm. She is currently the starting point guard for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Superleague. Edwige also plays as the starting point guard for the France national women's basketball team, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Her resume includes three French championships, two Russian championships, three FIBA World League titles and three Euroleague titles (two with Valenciennes and one with CSKA Samara) and one European Championship with France. Edwige was the three-point competition champion at the 2008 FIBA Europe all-star game. Edwige is married to professional basketball player and coach James Wade.
Career
Europe
- 1994–1995: CJM Bourges Basket
- 1995–1997: Waïti Bordeaux
- 1997–2001: ASPTT Aix-en-Provence
- 2001–2004: US Valenciennes Olympic
- 2004–2007: VBM-SGAU Samara
- 2007–2009: CSKA Moscow
- 2009–2010: WBC Spartak Moscow Region
- 2010–2011: Ros Casares
- 2011– Basket Lattes MA :
External links
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Chevaliers of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Expatriate basketball people in Russia
- French expatriate basketball people in the United States
- French expatriates in Russia
- French people of African descent
- French women's basketball players
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- New York Liberty players
- Olympic basketball players of France
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Sportspeople from Rennes
- Point guards
- Seattle Storm players
- French basketball biography stubs