Jocelyn Penn

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Jocelyn Penn

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| nationality = American

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| position = Forward

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|09|10}}

| birth_place = Tucker, Georgia

| high_school = Meadowcreek (Norcross, Georgia)

| college = South Carolina (1998–2003)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2003

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 9

| draft_team = Charlotte Sting

| career_start = 2003

| career_end = 2004

| years1 = 2003

| team1 = Washington Mystics

| years2 = 2004

| team2 = San Antonio Silver Stars

| bbr_wnba = pennjo01w

| letter = p

|highlights=

All-American – USBWA (2003)
Second-team All-American – AP (2003)
2x First-team All-SEC (2002, 2003)

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Jocelyn Penn (born September 10, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. She played in the WNBA from 2003 to 2004. She was the ninth overall pick in the 2003 WNBA draft, selected by the Charlotte Sting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52341-2003Jun12.html|title=Penn Wastes No Time In Making Her Mark (washingtonpost.com)|website=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2017-09-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/p/pennjo01w.html|title=Jocelyn Penn WNBA Stats {{!}} Basketball-Reference.com|website=Basketball-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-08}} She scored 50+ points, making her the first in 13 years to score two 50+ games in the same season (at the time of the accomplishment).

Career statistics

=WNBA=

==Regular season==

| align="left" | 2003

| align="left" | Washington

|30||0||9.6||39.7||15.4||66.7||1.7||0.5||0.5||0.0 ||0.7||2.9

| align="left" | 2004

| align="left" | San Antonio

|1||0||3.0||100.0||0.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||0.0||0.0 ||0.0||4.0

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams

|31||0||9.4||41.3||15.4||66.7||1.7||0.5||0.5||0.0 ||0.6||2.9

=College=

Source

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

1998–99

|South Carolina

|27

|351

|52.6

| –

|0.7

|6.3

|1.5

|2.9

|0.1

|13.0

1999-00

|South Carolina

|28

|347

|55.2

|0.0

|67.4

|6.1

|2.3

|2.6

|0.1

|12.4

2001–02

|South Carolina

|32

|525

|62.1

| –

|63.6

|6.7

|1.7

|2.9

|0.1

|16.4

2002–03

|South Carolina

|30

|716

|62.8

|37.8

|71.1

|8.1

|1.9

|3.7

|0.0

|23.9

Career

|South Carolina

|117

|1939

|59.3

|36.8

|68.0

|6.9

|1.8

|3.1

|0.1

|16.6

Personal life

Penn has a twin brother and two older sisters.{{Cite news|url=http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jocelyn_penn_108263.html|title=GamecocksOnline.com – South Carolina Gamecocks Official Athletic Site Official Athletic Site of the South Carolina Gamecocks – Women's Basketball|access-date=2017-09-08|language=en|archive-date=2016-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025110324/http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jocelyn_penn_108263.html|url-status=dead}}

References

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{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|date=|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|accessdate=17 October 2015}}

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External links

[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/jocelyn_penn/index.html?nav=page WNBA.com: Jocelyn Penn Player Info]
[http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jocelyn_penn_108263.html South Carolina Gamecocks bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025110324/http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/jocelyn_penn_108263.html |date=2016-10-25 }}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:All-American college women's basketball players

Category:American women's basketball players

Category:Basketball players from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Forwards (basketball)

Category:Sportspeople from Conyers, Georgia

Category:San Antonio Stars players

Category:South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball players

Category:Washington Mystics players

Category:21st-century African-American sportswomen

Category:21st-century American sportswomen

Category:20th-century African-American sportswomen

Category:20th-century American sportswomen