Carla McGhee
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Carla McGhee was an American basketball
player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee
. She was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 1987 and was in a coma
for 47 hours, suffering brain injuries and breaking nearly every bone in her face. She was told she’d never play again. She was a member of the gold medal-winning 1996 Olympic Team
. She donated her Olympic gold medal to a community center in where local kids could see it.
As a member of the Lady Vols, McGhee won two national championships at Tennessee (1987 and 1989) in three-tournament appearances. She averaged 6.1 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game for her collegiate career. She was named to the 1987 Tennessean All-Freshman team. McGhee missed her sophomore season due to injury. McGhee studied sports management.
She played one season in the for the Atlanta Glory
, averaging 8.2 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game in 26 games. She has played six pro seasons abroad in Germany (1990–91, 1998), Spain (1991–93) and Italy (1993–95). McGhee was a Spanish League and Spanish/Italian League All-Star in 1993.
She played for the Orlando Miracle
in the WNBA from 1999 to 2002.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player most notable for her career at the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
. She was injured in a motor vehicle accident in 1987 and was in a coma
Coma
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
for 47 hours, suffering brain injuries and breaking nearly every bone in her face. She was told she’d never play again. She was a member of the gold medal-winning 1996 Olympic Team
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
. She donated her Olympic gold medal to a community center in where local kids could see it.
As a member of the Lady Vols, McGhee won two national championships at Tennessee (1987 and 1989) in three-tournament appearances. She averaged 6.1 points per game and 5.1 rebounds per game for her collegiate career. She was named to the 1987 Tennessean All-Freshman team. McGhee missed her sophomore season due to injury. McGhee studied sports management.
She played one season in the for the Atlanta Glory
Atlanta Glory
The Atlanta Glory was a women's professional basketball team in Atlanta, Georgia. It was a member of the American Basketball League. The Glory played its home games in Forbes Arena.The team folded before the start of the abortive third ABL season in 1998....
, averaging 8.2 points per game and 5.3 rebounds per game in 26 games. She has played six pro seasons abroad in Germany (1990–91, 1998), Spain (1991–93) and Italy (1993–95). McGhee was a Spanish League and Spanish/Italian League All-Star in 1993.
She played for the Orlando Miracle
Orlando Miracle
The Orlando Miracle was a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Orlando, Florida. They began play in the 1999 WNBA season. The Miracle relocated, in 2003,to Uncasville, Connecticut where the team became the Connecticut Sun...
in the WNBA from 1999 to 2002.