Ticha Penicheiro
Encyclopedia
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball
player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks
in the WNBA
. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs
most of her career.
at Old Dominion University
. Ticha played at Old Dominion from 1994–98 and helped lead the Lady Monarchs to the 1997 NCAA Championship game. During her playing time at ODU, Penicheiro collected 1,304 career points and finished her career as ODU's all-time steal leader with 591. She is second all-time at ODU on the career assist list to another ODU great Nancy Lieberman
with 939. She is the Colonial Athletic Association's
all-time leader in both assists and steals.
Penicheiro is a two-time Kodak All-American, selected in 1997 and 1998. She became ODU's second winner of the prestigious Lifetime/Wade Trophy and the first international
player to win the honor. A four-time All-CAA honoree, Ticha was named the conference's Player-of-the Year in 1995-96 and 1996-97 while also claiming the Rookie of the Year
award in 1994-95. She graduated from Old Dominion in 1998 with degrees in communications and interdisciplinary studies, and was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
. In 2001, she was selected as a member of the WNBA's second team.
She had, as of June 19, 2003, 1,027 career points in the WNBA; for an average of 6.8 per game, 1,121 assists; for a total of 7.5 per game, 615 rebounds; for a total of 4.1 per game, and 322 steals, for a total of 2.15 per game.
Ticha is the all-time WNBA leader in assists and holds the WNBA single-game record for most steals with 10.
Penicheiro is well known for her consistently flashy style of play. In 2005 she helped the Sacramento Monarchs win their first ever WNBA championship title.
After the Monarchs franchise became defunct, Penicheiro signed with the Los Angeles Sparks
. In 2011, here second year with the team, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the fifteen year history of the WNBA.
| align="left" | 1998
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 30 || 30 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|36.0 || .333 || .233 || .642 || 4.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.5 || 2.2 || 0.1 || 3.87 || 6.3
|-
| align="left" | 1999
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 32 || 32 || 35.0 || .320 || .158 || .664 || 4.8 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.1 || 2.1 || 0.2 || 4.22 || 7.3
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 30 || 30 || 31.2 || .368 || .200 || .579 || 3.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.9 || 2.3 || 0.2 || 2.37 || 6.9
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 23 || 22 || 32.3 || .339 || .262 || .766 || 3.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.5 || 1.7 || 0.4 || 2.78 || 6.3
|-
| align="left" | 2002
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 24 || 24 || 35.5 || .377 || .250 || .728 || 4.3 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|8.0 || 2.7 || 0.0 || 2.88 || 8.5
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 34 || 34 || 32.0 || .302 || .250 || .579 || 3.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.7 || 1.8 || 0.0 || 2.38 || 5.4
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 32 || 32 || 29.4 || .354 || .338 || .714 || 3.1 || 4.9 || 1.9 || 0.1 || 2.18 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 34 || 33 || 27.3 || .314 || .195 || .790 || 2.9 || 4.4 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 1.97 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 34 || 34 || 24.9 || .339 || .194 || .792 || 2.7 || 3.4 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 1.97 || 5.4
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 32 || 32 || 23.7 || .314 || .214 || .822 || 2.6 || 4.5 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 1.88 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 33 || 33 || 25.9 || .374 || .286 || .809 || 3.0 || 5.2 || 2.0 || 0.1 || 2.64 || 8.6
|-
| align="left" | 2009
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 30 || 28 || 24.1 || .324 || .111 || .814 || 2.7 || 5.2 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 2.13 || 4.9
|-
| align="left" | 2010
| align="left" | Los Angeles
| 32 || 30 || 26.3 || .410 || .111 || .819 || 4.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.9 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 2.25 || 4.9
|-
| align="left" | 2011
| align="left" | Los Angeles
| 34 || 23 || 23.7 || .486 || .417 || .868 || 2.8 || 4.8 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 2.09 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |14 years, 2 teams
| 435 || 417 || 28.8 || .351 || .250 || .732 || 3.4 || 5.9 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 2.52 || 6.2
| align="left" | 1999
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 1 || 1 || 20.0 || .200 || .000 || 1.000 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.00 || 4.0
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 2 || 2 || 38.5 || .250 || .500 || .833 || 3.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 3.00 || 8.0
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 5 || 5 || 32.6 || .250 || .368 || 1.000 || 3.8 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.6 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 1.80 || 6.2
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 6 || 6 || 23.8 || .333 || .250 || .875 || 2.3 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 1.17 || 4.2
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 6 || 6 || 32.2 || .222 || .133 || .688 || 3.3 || 5.3 || 2.5 || 0.3 || 3.17 || 4.2
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 6 || 6 || 27.0 || .323 || .000 || .800 || 4.0 || 5.2 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 2.33 || 5.3
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 9 || 9 || 23.8 || .294 || .286 || .647 || 2.3 || 3.8 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 1.22 || 5.0
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 3 || 3 || 23.0 || .273 || .000 || .600 || 2.3 || 5.0 || 2.3 || 0.0 || 3.33 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Sacramento
| 3 || 3 || 31.3 || .486 || .750 || .667 || 4.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.3 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 1.67 || 13.7
|-
| align="left" | 2010
| align="left" | Los Angeles
| 2 || 2 || 29.5 || .455 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 0.0 || 3.00 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |10 years, 2 teams
| 43 || 43 || 27.7 || .314 || .288 || .747 || 3.1 || 4.7 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 2.07 || 5.8
She was also on the Spartak Moscow Region team, with Tina Thompson
, Sue Bird
, and Diana Taurasi
.
Besides her native Portuguese
, she speaks English, Spanish and conversational Italian.
She is an avid collector of watches and clothes.
Father, João, was a former basketball player and now coaches an older brother, Paulo, who plays professionally in Portugal. Became an aunt her brother and sister-in-law gave birth their son Joao Miguel After 2008-09 off-season.
She enjoys listening to R&B music.
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 who plays for Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
in the WNBA
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
. She played for the Sacramento Monarchs
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
most of her career.
College Years
Penicheiro has played for professional clubs since her young teens, although she did not play at the senior level until after she starred in U.S. college basketballCollege basketball
College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
at Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
. Ticha played at Old Dominion from 1994–98 and helped lead the Lady Monarchs to the 1997 NCAA Championship game. During her playing time at ODU, Penicheiro collected 1,304 career points and finished her career as ODU's all-time steal leader with 591. She is second all-time at ODU on the career assist list to another ODU great Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
with 939. She is the Colonial Athletic Association's
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
all-time leader in both assists and steals.
Penicheiro is a two-time Kodak All-American, selected in 1997 and 1998. She became ODU's second winner of the prestigious Lifetime/Wade Trophy and the first international
player to win the honor. A four-time All-CAA honoree, Ticha was named the conference's Player-of-the Year in 1995-96 and 1996-97 while also claiming the Rookie of the Year
award in 1994-95. She graduated from Old Dominion in 1998 with degrees in communications and interdisciplinary studies, and was inducted into the ODU Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
WNBA career
In 1998, Penicheiro joined the Sacramento Monarchs as a rookie, finishing third in the WNBA Rookie of the Year award voting. She is a four-time WNBA All-Star player. She has twice tied the WNBA's record with 16 assists in a single game. In 1999, she was selected as a WNBA first team player. This was also the year she set her WNBA high in points, with 27 against the Minnesota LynxMinnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
. In 2001, she was selected as a member of the WNBA's second team.
She had, as of June 19, 2003, 1,027 career points in the WNBA; for an average of 6.8 per game, 1,121 assists; for a total of 7.5 per game, 615 rebounds; for a total of 4.1 per game, and 322 steals, for a total of 2.15 per game.
Ticha is the all-time WNBA leader in assists and holds the WNBA single-game record for most steals with 10.
Penicheiro is well known for her consistently flashy style of play. In 2005 she helped the Sacramento Monarchs win their first ever WNBA championship title.
After the Monarchs franchise became defunct, Penicheiro signed with the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
. In 2011, here second year with the team, she was voted in by fans as one of the Top 15 players in the fifteen year history of the WNBA.
Regular season
|-| align="left" | 1998
1998 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 30 || 30 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|36.0 || .333 || .233 || .642 || 4.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.5 || 2.2 || 0.1 || 3.87 || 6.3
|-
| align="left" | 1999
1999 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 32 || 32 || 35.0 || .320 || .158 || .664 || 4.8 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.1 || 2.1 || 0.2 || 4.22 || 7.3
|-
| align="left" | 2000
2000 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 30 || 30 || 31.2 || .368 || .200 || .579 || 3.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.9 || 2.3 || 0.2 || 2.37 || 6.9
|-
| align="left" | 2001
2001 WNBA season
-External links:**...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 23 || 22 || 32.3 || .339 || .262 || .766 || 3.7 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.5 || 1.7 || 0.4 || 2.78 || 6.3
|-
| align="left" | 2002
2002 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 24 || 24 || 35.5 || .377 || .250 || .728 || 4.3 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|8.0 || 2.7 || 0.0 || 2.88 || 8.5
|-
| align="left" | 2003
2003 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 34 || 34 || 32.0 || .302 || .250 || .579 || 3.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.7 || 1.8 || 0.0 || 2.38 || 5.4
|-
| align="left" | 2004
2004 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 32 || 32 || 29.4 || .354 || .338 || .714 || 3.1 || 4.9 || 1.9 || 0.1 || 2.18 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 2005
2005 WNBA season
-External links:***...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 34 || 33 || 27.3 || .314 || .195 || .790 || 2.9 || 4.4 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 1.97 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | 2006
2006 WNBA season
-External links:*******...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 34 || 34 || 24.9 || .339 || .194 || .792 || 2.7 || 3.4 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 1.97 || 5.4
|-
| align="left" | 2007
2007 WNBA season
-External links:* * * * * * * *...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 32 || 32 || 23.7 || .314 || .214 || .822 || 2.6 || 4.5 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 1.88 || 5.7
|-
| align="left" | 2008
2008 WNBA season
-Season Highlights:*Candace Parker becomes the second and third player in WNBA history to dunk in a regular season game.*A fight breaks out between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Detroit Shock resulting in four ejections and ten suspensions....
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 33 || 33 || 25.9 || .374 || .286 || .809 || 3.0 || 5.2 || 2.0 || 0.1 || 2.64 || 8.6
|-
| align="left" | 2009
2009 WNBA season
The 2009 WNBA Season is the 13th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is the first WNBA season ever without a Houston franchise, the Comets having folded in December 2008...
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 30 || 28 || 24.1 || .324 || .111 || .814 || 2.7 || 5.2 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 2.13 || 4.9
|-
| align="left" | 2010
2010 WNBA season
The 2010 WNBA season was the 14th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began with a televised meeting between the defending champion Phoenix Mercury and the Los Angeles Sparks in Phoenix, Arizona on May 15. The Connecticut Sun hosted the 10th Annual All-Star...
| align="left" | Los Angeles
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| 32 || 30 || 26.3 || .410 || .111 || .819 || 4.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.9 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 2.25 || 4.9
|-
| align="left" | 2011
2011 WNBA season
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season of the Women's National Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 3 with the Los Angeles Sparks hosting the Minnesota Lynx, featuring 2011 WNBA Draft top pick Maya Moore, in a game televised on NBA TV...
| align="left" | Los Angeles
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| 34 || 23 || 23.7 || .486 || .417 || .868 || 2.8 || 4.8 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 2.09 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |14 years, 2 teams
| 435 || 417 || 28.8 || .351 || .250 || .732 || 3.4 || 5.9 || 1.7 || 0.1 || 2.52 || 6.2
Postseason
|-| align="left" | 1999
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 1 || 1 || 20.0 || .200 || .000 || 1.000 || 4.0 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.00 || 4.0
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 2 || 2 || 38.5 || .250 || .500 || .833 || 3.5 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|7.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 3.00 || 8.0
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 5 || 5 || 32.6 || .250 || .368 || 1.000 || 3.8 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.6 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 1.80 || 6.2
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 6 || 6 || 23.8 || .333 || .250 || .875 || 2.3 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 1.17 || 4.2
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 6 || 6 || 32.2 || .222 || .133 || .688 || 3.3 || 5.3 || 2.5 || 0.3 || 3.17 || 4.2
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 6 || 6 || 27.0 || .323 || .000 || .800 || 4.0 || 5.2 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 2.33 || 5.3
|-
| align="left" | 2006
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 9 || 9 || 23.8 || .294 || .286 || .647 || 2.3 || 3.8 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 1.22 || 5.0
|-
| align="left" | 2007
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 3 || 3 || 23.0 || .273 || .000 || .600 || 2.3 || 5.0 || 2.3 || 0.0 || 3.33 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | 2008
| align="left" | Sacramento
Sacramento Monarchs
The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
| 3 || 3 || 31.3 || .486 || .750 || .667 || 4.0 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|6.3 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 1.67 || 13.7
|-
| align="left" | 2010
| align="left" | Los Angeles
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| 2 || 2 || 29.5 || .455 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 2.5 || 0.0 || 3.00 || 6.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" |10 years, 2 teams
| 43 || 43 || 27.7 || .314 || .288 || .747 || 3.1 || 4.7 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 2.07 || 5.8
International career
She is a member of Portugal's national women's basketball team.She was also on the Spartak Moscow Region team, with Tina Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
, Sue Bird
Sue Bird
Suzanne Brigit "Sue" Bird is an American professional women's basketball player for the Seattle Storm and WBC Spartak Moscow Region....
, and Diana Taurasi
Diana Taurasi
Diana Lorena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA and Galatasaray Medical Park from Turkey...
.
Personal life
Ticha is an ardent supporter of the Special Olympics and supports ovarian cancer research, to honor one of her best friends who was diagnosed with the disease.Besides her native Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, she speaks English, Spanish and conversational Italian.
She is an avid collector of watches and clothes.
Father, João, was a former basketball player and now coaches an older brother, Paulo, who plays professionally in Portugal. Became an aunt her brother and sister-in-law gave birth their son Joao Miguel After 2008-09 off-season.
She enjoys listening to R&B music.
Vital statistics
- Position: Guard
- Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
- College: Old Dominion UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOld Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...
- Team(s): Sacramento MonarchsSacramento MonarchsThe Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...