Tia Paschal

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2011}}

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| name = Tia Paschal

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| position = Forward

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|March 22, 1969}}

| birth_place = Thomson, Georgia, U.S.

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| high_school = Thomson High School
Thomson, Georgia

| college = Florida State (1989–1993)

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|years1 = {{WNBA Year|1998}}

|team1 = Charlotte Sting

| highlights =

• First-team All-ACC (1993)

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Tia Paschal (born March 22, 1969) is an American retired women's basketball player.{{cite news|last=Monigan|first=Thomas|title=South Topples North at Girls All-Star Game|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0OgvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rj8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3485,2307586&dq=tia+paschal&hl=en|accessdate=1 February 2011|newspaper=Bartow Press|date=3 August 1988}} Paschal played collegiately at Florida State University (FSU).{{cite book|title=Seminole gold: fifty years of sports at Florida State|year=1996|publisher=Longstreet Press|location=Marietta, GA|isbn=978-1-56352-332-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Zfq42zcSAUC&q=Tia+Paschal|author=Philip L. Ben|accessdate=1 February 2011|page=142}} She was a 3-year starter for FSU, from 1989 to 1993. Over her career, she helped lead the team to two consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances: in 1989-90 and 1990–91, as well as a Metro Conference championship in the 1990–91 season.

Paschal held the records for points in a game (38), free throws made (14) and attempted (19) in a game, as well as steals in a season (96) and career (269). She was also among FSU's top 10 in six season and seven career records and ranked second all-time in scoring with 1,662 points.