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La'Tangela Atkinson

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1984)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|3|24}}

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| nationality = American

| high_school = Lee Central High School
(Bishopville, South Carolina)

| college = North Carolina (2002–2006)

| draft_year = 2006

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 9

| draft_team = Indiana Fever

| draft_league = WNBA

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| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2006}}

| team1 = Indiana Fever

| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2007}}-{{WNBA Year|2008}}

| team2 = Sacramento Monarchs

| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2009}}

| team3 = Seattle Storm

| highlights = * ACC All-Defensive Team (2006)

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La'Tangela Chiquita Atkinson (born March 22, 1984) is an American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

High school

Atkinson played for Lee Central High School in Bishopville, South Carolina, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.

College

Atkinson attended college at the University of North Carolina and graduated in 2006.

North Carolina statistics

Source

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2002-03

|North Carolina

|34

|331

|45.0

|23.5

|50.3

|8.3

|2.6

|1.4

|0.4

|9.7

2003-04

|North Carolina

|31

|306

|50.0

|29.4

|66.7

|8.1

|2.9

|1.5

|0.3

|9.9

2004-05

|North Carolina

|34

|281

|46.1

|24.5

|63.2

|7.4

|2.6

|2.0

|0.5

|8.3

2005-06

|North Carolina

|35

|317

|55.3

|20.6

|62.5

|6.6

|3.1

|1.6

|0.6

|9.1

Career

|North Carolina

|134

|1235

|49.0

|24.6

|58.4

|7.6

|2.8

|1.6

|0.5

|9.2

Professional

Following her collegiate career, she was selected as the ninth overall pick in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever.

On March 23, 2007, she was traded to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the Monarchs' second round pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.

WNBA career statistics

{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

=Regular season=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | Indiana

|33||1||12.7||43.7||29.4||46.2||2.3||0.7||0.5||0.2||1.0||3.0

|-

| align="left" | 2007

| align="left" | Sacramento

|28||0||8.1||46.8||0.0||73.7||1.6||0.5||0.4||0.2||1.2||2.1

|-

| align="left" | 2008

| align="left" | Sacramento

|5||1||14.6||37.5||0.0||50.0||2.8||1.6||1.0||0.4||2.0||2.8

|-

| align="left" | 2009

| align="left" | Seattle

|2||1||23.0||25.0||0.0||50.0||9.0||2.5||5.0||0.5||2.0||2.5

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams

|68||3||11.2||43.0||23.8||54.7||2.2||0.7||0.6||0.2||1.2||2.6

{{S-end}}

=Playoffs=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2006

| align="left" | Indiana

|2||0||14.5||22.2||0.0||50.0||8.5||1.5||0.5||1.0||1.0||3.0

|-

| align="left" | 2007

| align="left" | Sacramento

|2||0||3.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.0||0.5||0.0

|-

| align="left" | Career

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

|4||0||9.0||18.2||0.0||50.0||4.3||0.8||0.5||0.5||0.8||1.5

{{S-end}}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web|title=Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_caat_hs_past |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |accessdate=1 Jul 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715025150/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_caat_hs_past |archivedate=2014-07-15 }}

{{cite web|title=WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |accessdate=29 Jun 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064856/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores |archivedate=2014-07-15 }}

{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|date=|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|accessdate=1 October 2015}}

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External links

  • [http://www.wnba.com/player/latangela-atkinson/ WNBA Player Profile]
  • [http://www.goheels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=1058410&SPID=120108&DB_LANG=C&SITE=UNC&DB_OEM_ID=3350&ATCLID=205677458 University of North Carolina Tar Heels player biography]
  • [http://www.wnba.com/monarchs/news/Monarchs_Acquire_La_Tangela_032307.html Press release on her trade to the Sacramento Monarchs]

{{2006 WNBA draft}}

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Category:1984 births

Category:Living people

Category:American women's basketball players

Category:Basketball players from South Carolina

Category:Indiana Fever draft picks

Category:Indiana Fever players

Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball players

Category:People from Bishopville, South Carolina

Category:Sacramento Monarchs players

Category:Small forwards

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