2002:
Appeared in 17 games with the Portland Fire, including three starts, averaging 5.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 15.8 minutes per game…shot .356 (36-101) from the field, .227 (5-22) from three-point range and .885 (23-26) from the foul line…scored in double figures in five games…finished with a career-high 13 points to go along with 4 rebounds in 16 minutes vs. Indiana on 6/20…played a career-high 33 minutes finishing with 12 points and 3 rebounds at Utah on 5/30…recorded 8 points, a career-high six rebounds and a career-high 3 assists in 30 minutes vs. New York on 5/29…missed the last 15 games of the season to injury.

2001:
Played in 5 games averaging 0.4 ppg and 1.2 rpg... played in her first WNBA game vs. Phoenix on June 4, grabbing 2 rebounds and dishing out an assist in 9 minutes of action... placed on injured list on August 8 with a strained lower back... missed a total of 15 games due to injury... averaged 7 mpg.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Was the second leading scorer on the USA Basketball World University Games team that earned a Silver Medal in Spain in 1999.

COLLEGE:
Averaged 13.7 points and 7.5 rebounds during her four-year career at the University of North Carolina…helped lead UNC to three NCAA appearances her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons…was a Kodak All-American finalist in 2000 and 2001…named first team All-America by Women’s Basketball News Service and earned AP All-America Honorable Mention honors in 2001…earned All-ACC First Team and All-ACC Tournament honors in 2000 and 2001... All-ACC Third Team honors in 1999...led the ACC in scoring during the 2000-01 season with 19.0 points per game…scored a career-high 32 points vs. Elon College on 12/28/00…led the ACC in scoring with 17.6 ppg and rebounding with 8.6 rpg as a junior...earned ACC Player of the Week honors on 12/13/99 after averaging 30.0 points and 18.5 rebounds in two games…finished her career at UNC ranked eighth in career scoring (1,787), sixth in career rebounds (977), sixth in rebounding average (7.52), 10th in 3-point percentage (.356, 74-208), fourth in free throw percentage (.756, 267-353) and 10th in blocked shots (59).

Full name is La Quanda Shena Barksdale

nickname is “Q”

has a younger sister, Dionna, and a younger brother, B.J

double-majored in Psychology and African-American studies at North Carolina

in her senior season at UNC, played under Fire center Sylvia Crawley, who joined the Tar Heels coaching staff as an assistant for the 2000-01 season

while in high school, also played three years of volleyball and competed for two years in track and field

says that the best word to describe her is “Real”

currently learning how to play the bass guitar.