Daedra Charles
American basketball player and coach (1968–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Daedra Janel Charles (November 22, 1968 – April 14, 2018) was an American women's basketball player and assistant coach at Tennessee. She was a member of the United States women's national basketball team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Charles attended the University of Tennessee. She twice helped Tennessee win the NCAA Women's Championship in 1989 and 1991. Charles was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Born | (1968-11-22)November 22, 1968 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | April 14, 2018(2018-04-14) (aged 49) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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High school | Saint Martin de Porres (Detroit, Michigan) | ||||||||||||||||||||
College | Tennessee (1988–1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Power forward / center | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1994–1995 | Tarbes Gespe Bigorre | ||||||||||||||||||||
1997 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2003–2006 | Detroit (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Auburn (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Tennessee (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles was selected as the 8th overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She played on 28 games in her career, all of them during the 1997 season with the Sparks. Charles' final WNBA game was played on August 24, 1997 in a 68 - 73 loss to the Phoenix Mercury. Charles played 12 minutes and only recorded 1 block as a statistic.[1]