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  • Le'coe Willingham
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  • Forward - Phoenix Mercury
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2008 Statistics

PPG
9.7
RPG
6.30
APG
0.7
EFF
+ 12.43
Born: Feb 10, 1981
Height: 6-0 /  1,83
Weight: 200  lbs. / 90,7  kg.
College: Auburn
Years Pro: 4








Background

2007 WNBA Season:
• Appeared in 28 games, including five starts
• Averaged a career-high 11.4 minutes per game
• Recorded a season-high 10 points against San Antonio (6/23)
• Grabbed a career-high eight rebounds against Phoenix (6/2)

2006 WNBA Season: • Third-year forward appeared in a career-high 29 game
• Scored a season-high 10 points at Charlotte (6/10)
• Made her first career WNBA three-pointer in that game
• Finished the season 6 of 10 from behind the arc
• Matched her season high with six rebounds against New York (8/1)
• Had a career-high three assists twice
• Had a single-season career-high 25 made field goals

2005 WNBA Season:
• Scored a season-high seven points against Washington (8/26), making 3-of-5 shots with three rebounds
• Appeared in first six games of the season, averaging just over six minutes per game

2004 WNBA Season:
• Appeared in final 17 games
• Scored 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting at Detroit (7/21)
• Recorded career highs with six made free throws on seven attempts in win over Indiana (9/19)
• Recorded a career-high six rebounds at Minnesota (7/22)

International/National Team: Spent the 2007-08 offseason playing for Barcelona in Spain
Spent the 2006-07 offseason playing for T.E.D. Kayseri Koleji in Turkey
Played for Hapoel Haifa Motzkin in Israel in 2005-06
Spent 2004-05 offseason playing for Bnei Yehuda in Israel, where she was named Most Valuable Player of the Month

College Career:
• Among Auburn’s top ten career leaders in starts, points, field goals made, field goal percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted, rebounds, No. 7 scorer all-time (1,475 points) and sixth all-time rebounder (927)
• Led Auburn to a 22-9 record and an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a senior
• Kodak/WBCA All-America finalist in the 2003-04 season
• Named MVP as a senior
• Three-time All-SEC (2004, 2002 and 2000)
• Redshirted 2000-01 season
• Named to the All-SEC freshman team
• Scored a team-high 14 points in WNIT Championship win over Baylor including the game-winning shot


Personal

Daughter of Louis Willingham and Louise Shivers…Majored in psychology...Has three brothers: Louis, Jr. (26), Gavin (21) and Tony (19)...Has a five-year-old son named Derrick.

Career Transactions

Signed by the Connecticut Sun to a free agent contract on April 25, 2004.

created:7/19/2008 6:27:43 AM
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