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  • Center - New York Liberty
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Born: Nov 3, 1982
Height: 6-2 /  1,88
Weight: 205  lbs. / 93,0  kg.
College: Minnesota
Years Pro: 3








Background

2006 (Charlotte):
Saw action in 30 games including three starts…Averaged 4.5 ppg and 3.5 rpg in 14.0 minutes…Missed three games with inflammation in her back…In the final five games averaged 9.0 points on .500 (19-38) shooting along with 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists … Posted career highs in points (17), field goals made (8), field goals attempted (14) and minutes (27:41) on August 5 at Seattle … Grabbed a career-best nine rebounds on August 12 against Chicago … Posted three games in double-figures and grabbed five or more rebounds on eight occasions … SEASON HIGHS: Points - 17, (@ Seattle, 8/5); Rebounds - 9, (Chicago, 8/12); Assists - 4, (Seattle, 7/20); Steals - 3, (@ Phoenix, 8/3); Blocks - 3, twice (last @ Los Angeles, 7/8); FGM - 8, (@ Seattle, 8/5); FGA - 14, (@ Seattle, 8/5); FT - 3, four times, (last @ Phoenix, 8/3); FTA - 6, (@ Phoenix, 8/3).

2005 (Charlotte):
In first WNBA season saw action in 28 games, including three starts … Averaged 1.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg and 11.1 minutes…Tallied a season-high 11 points and a season-high seven rebounds on June 28 vs. Washington…Tied her season high with seven rebounds on July 29 at Seattle… Missed five games due to a lower back sprain.

INTERNATIONAL:
Prior to the 2007 WNBA season she played in Slovakia with the Kosice where she played 37 games averaging 8.2 rpg and 14.2 ppg shooting .730 percent.

AS A COLLEGIAN:
Averaged 14.6 ppg and 9.7 rpg while shooting .580 percent (707-1220) over her four-year college career…Concluded her career as Minnesota's career leader in field goal percentage (.580) and blocked shots (200)…Also ranks second all-time in Big Ten and Minnesota history with 1,217 career rebounds…Became the 10th Big Ten player to register more than 1,000 career points (1,835) and 1,000 career rebounds (1,217)…As a senior recorded 16 double-doubles to finish her career with a Minnesota all-time high 49 … Earned Kodak All-American honors twice (2005, 2004) … As a senior, was a finalist for the 2005 Wooden Award, Naismith Award and Wade Trophy … Averaged 16.0 ppg, 10.6 rpg and 3.7 assists during her final season and was named to the 2005 Associated Press All-America Second Team … Finished her career as the only Gopher to play in four NCAA tournaments … As a junior helped Minnesota advance to the NCAA Final Four … Was selected as a member of the 2004 Final Four All-Tournament Team after setting an NCAA Tournament record with 75 rebounds … During the 2003-04 season set the Minnesota single-season record with 65 blocks … Honored with selections to the All-Big Ten First Team three times (2005, 2004, 2003) … Posted the first triple-double in Big Ten Tournament history with 23 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 10 steals on March 5, 2004 vs. Ohio State … Competed on the 2003 USA Pan American Games team that earned the silver medal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ... As a freshman, was selected as the 2002 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, the first Gopher to earn the award … Majored in history.


Personal

  • Daughter of Terry and Bonnie McCarville
  • Has three brothers and one sister
  • Nickname is “Shaq”
  • Grew up on a farm in north central Wisconsin and didn't play on a basketball team until eighth grade
  • Named the 2001 Wisconsin High School Player of the Year, along with Duke’s Mistie Williams
  • College teammate of current Connecticut Sun point guard Lindsey Whalen
  • Lists her favorite TV shows as The Simpsons and Family Guy

  • Career Transactions

    Selected by Charlotte with the first overall pick in the 2005 WNBA Draft on April 16, 2005.

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