Tamika Whitmore

Tamika Whitmore

Personal information
Born	(1977-06-05) June 5, 1977 Tupelo, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Tupelo (Tupelo, Mississippi)
College	Memphis (1995–1999)
WNBA draft	1999: 3rd round, 30th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career	1999–2009
Position	Power forward
Number	44,00,91
Career history
1999–2003	New York Liberty
2004–2005	Los Angeles Sparks
2006–2007	Indiana Fever
2008–2009	Connecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Star (2006)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women’s Basketball Representing United States Jones Cup 1998 Taipei, Taiwan Team Competition

Tamika Whitmore (born June 5, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.

College years

Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Whitmore 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 led the NCAAW in scoring during her senior year at University of Memphis.

USA Basketball

In 1998, Whitmore was named to the team representing the USA at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Whitmore was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 9.8 points per game over the five games.

WNBA career

In the 1999 WNBA Draft, she was selected by the New York Liberty, for whom she played for five seasons before signing a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Sparks. She 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, breaking 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: Las Palmas (Spain)
• 2003–2004: Las Palmas (Spain)
• 2004–2005: Halcón Viajes Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca (Spain)
• 2005–2006: Mourenx BC (LFB, France)
• 2006 (until December): Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia (Poland)
• 2007 (from January): Spartak Moscow Region (Russia)
• 2007–2008, 2008–2009: Gambrinus Sika Brno (Czech Republic)

External links

• WNBA Player Profile
• WNBA "Who I Am" article
• Sun acquires Whitmore and Fever's 2008 1st round pick for Douglas