Tonya Washington
Personal information | |
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Born | December 30, 1977 |
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Paxton ( Forward |
Number | 4 |
Career history | |
2000–2003 | Washington Mystics |
2003 | Seattle Storm |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Tonya Massaline (born December 30, 1977), née Tonya Washington, is an American former professional
Washington accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she played for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1997 to 2000. She did not play during her 1996–97 freshman season, but she excelled thereafter, receiving All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors in 1999 and 2000.[1] She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 2000.
The Washington Mystics selected Washington in the second round, with the eighteenth overall pick, of the 2000 WNBA draft. She played for the Mystics for three and a half seasons from 2000 to 2003, and finished her fourth season with the Seattle Storm during the second half of 2003. She played in 98 regular season games, mostly in reserve, during her WNBA pro career.[2]
Early life
Tonya Massaline has an explosive first step creates her own shots can shoot off the dribble plays with a lot of enthusiasm on the court very versatile player who can play or the perimeter on in the paint a remarkable scoring talent sports one of the best vertical jump and broad jump on the team has a terrific one-on-one game and drives aggressively to the hole nicknamed "LT" by her teammates, taking the first and third letters of her given name: Latonya ough luck at
Florida statistics
Source[4]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1997-98 | Florida | 32 | 349 | 47.8% | 33.3% | 62.0% | 5.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 10.9 |
1998-99 | Florida | 28 | 468 | 48.7% | 40.7% | 69.0% | 8.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 16.7 |
1999-00 | Florida | 34 | 631 | 43.0% | 34.0% | 70.8% | 6.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 18.6 |
TOTALS | Florida | 94 | 1448 | 45.9% | 36.0% | 67.2% | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 15.4 |
See also
References
- ^ GatorZone.com, Women's Basketball, 1999–2000 Roster, Tonya Washington. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ Basketball-Reference.com, Players, Tonya Washington. Retrieved September 7, 2014.
- ^ "Tonya Washington - Women's Basketball".
- ^ "Florida Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-10.