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2008 Statistics

PPG
12.7
RPG
4.50
APG
3.1
EFF
+ 12.12
Born: Feb 25, 1983
Height: 6-0 /  1,83
Weight: 177  lbs. / 80,3  kg.
College: Duke
Years Pro: 2








Background

2007 Season: Traded to Washington from Chicago two games into the season…started 24 games…averaging 25.2 minutes per game…averaged career highs in points (10.7) and rebounds (4.0)…averaged 1.8 assists, and .73 steals…Had career highs in total points (354), blocks (7) and total rebounds (133)…Had a career high 25 points in a game against the Phoenix Mercury (6/13/07)…had a career high 11 rebounds twice…in a games against the Seattle Storm (7/24/07) and Houston Comets (7/18/07)…had a career high 5 steals in a game against the Minnesota Lynx (7/20/07)…had career high 42 points in a game against the Seattle Storm (7/24/07)…Recorded 3 double doubles on the season…ranks 8th in the league in free throws (128.0) and 7th in the league in free throw attempts (163.0)

2006 Season: Named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team…played in 34 games recording 33 starts…averaged 25.0 minutes per game…averaged 10.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.0 steals…shot 81.0% from the free throw line

College: Averaged 15.2 points, 6.2 rebounds 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 140 career games at Duke…Earned Kodak All-American honors twice, joining Alana Beard, as the only players in Duke history to be selected as repeat honorees…As a senior, she averaged 16.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.8 steals while shooting .475 (202-425) from the floor and a career-best .420 (42-100) from three-point range…Became the first player in ACC history to register over 2,000 points (2,122), 800 rebounds (874), 400 assists (413) and 200 steals (228) in her career…Posted the only triple-double in the ACC in 2005-06 with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists against Florida State on January 5, 2006…Scored a career-high 43 points on February 19, 2006 at Miami…Is only the third player in Duke history to tally over 2,000 points…Also finished her career ranked third with 749 field goals made, second with 1592 field goals attempted, fifth with .782 free throw percentage, fourth with 874 rebounds, sixth with 413 assists, tenth with 75 blocks, fourth with 228 steals, third with 538 free throws made…Tallied 118 double-figure scoring games and 22 double-doubles over her career…Named to the AP All-American Second Team in 2006 and the First Team in 2005…In 2004-05, she averaged a career-best 17.5 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists and was named the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and was a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award, State Farm Wade Trophy and Naismith Trophy for the National Player of the Year…Received All-ACC First Team honor in 2006 and 2005 and Second Team honors in 2004 and 2002…Redshirted the 2002-03 season with a torn ACL in left knee…As a freshman averaged 14.3 points and 6.0 rebounds and was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team...Represented the United States at the 2005 World University Games, helping them capture the gold medal with a 7-0 record…Also played on the 2001 USA Basketball Junior World Championship Team that captured the bronze medal…Graduated from Duke with a degree in public policy and African-American studies and spent her fifth-year on campus pursuing a degree in humanities.


Personal

  • Full name is Monique Paulette Currie
  • Daughter of Michael and Gwendolyn Currie
  • Has one sister, Mikia
  • As a high school senior was named a finalist for the Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award
  • Scored 2,151 career points in her prep career
  • Was a three-time Maryland Miss Basketball selection
  • In 1998 led her AAU team to the national title
  • Lists the most famous person she has met as Bill Clinton and her craziest ambition is to sky dive.

  • Career Transactions

    Selected third overall by Charlotte Sting in 2006 WNBA Draft. ... Selected first by Chicago Sky in the 2007 Sting dispersal draft.

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