| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | June 5, 1977 Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Tupelo (Tupelo, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Memphis (1995–1999) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1999: 3rd round, 30th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1999–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 44,00,91 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Tamika Whitmore (born June 5, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Whitmore played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship. She finished second in career scoring with 2,488 points, first in career field goal percentage at 60.6%, fourth in career rebounds with 952, and second in career blocked shots with 108. She was the Conference USA player of the year in 1998 and 1999. She led the NCAAW in scoring during her senior year at University of Memphis.
In 1998, Whitmore was named to the team representing the US at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Whitmore was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 9.8 points per game over the five games. [1]
In the 1999 WNBA draft, she was selected by the New York Liberty, for whom she played for five seasons before signing a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Sparks. She played for the Sparks during the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
Afterwards, she signed another free agent contract with the Indiana Fever for the 2006 season. In Game 2 of the Fever's semifinals matchup against the Shock, Tamika Whitmore set a WNBA record for points in a playoff game with 41, breaking Lisa Leslie's mark of 35.
On February 19, 2008, Whitmore was traded along with Indiana's 2008 first-round draft pick to the Connecticut Sun for Katie Douglas.
- 2001–2002: Las Palmas ( Spain)
- 2003–2004: Las Palmas (Spain)
- 2004–2005: Halcón Viajes Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca (Spain)
- 2005–2006: Mourenx BC ( LFB, France)
- 2006 (until December): Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia ( Poland)
- 2007 (from January): Spartak Moscow Region ( Russia)
- 2007–2008, 2008–2009: Gambrinus Sika Brno ( Czech Republic) [2]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | New York | 27 | 1 | 21.2 | 43.5 | 12.5 | 67.9 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 7.9 |
| 2000 | New York | 32 | 16 | 21.5 | 43.1 | 0.0 | 70.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 8.7 |
| 2001 | New York | 32 | 29 | 23.5 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 56.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | New York | 32 | 32 | 30.5 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 12.7 |
| 2003 | New York | 33 | 29 | 24.9 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 65.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | 34 | 5 | 17.5 | 44.5 | 43.8 | 68.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | 34 | 34 | 27.0 | 43.4 | 26.3 | 86.8 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | Indiana | 34 | 34 | 31.1 | 45.7 | 39.5 | 82.1 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 15.5 |
| 2007 | Indiana | 34 | 25 | 25.9 | 41.5 | 30.0 | 76.3 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 10.9 |
| 2008 | Connecticut | 34 | 33 | 26.8 | 40.8 | 31.5 | 78.1 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 12.6 |
| 2009 | Connecticut | 24 | 1 | 15.7 | 29.1 | 30.4 | 72.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| Career | 11 years, 4 teams | 350 | 239 | 24.4 | 43.2 | 31.6 | 74.1 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | New York | 6 | 0 | 19.0 | 48.4 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| 2000 | New York | 7 | 7 | 28.0 | 47.7 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 11.6 |
| 2001 | New York | 6 | 6 | 25.3 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 2002 | New York | 8 | 8 | 33.9 | 54.8 | 33.3 | 70.3 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 16.1 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | 24.0 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 62.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 9.0 |
| 2006 | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 34.5 | 47.5 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 26.5 |
| 2007 | Indiana | 6 | 0 | 30.7 | 44.8 | 56.5 | 61.5 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 16.5 |
| 2008 | Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 10.0 |
| Career | 9 years, 4 teams | 43 | 28 | 27.0 | 46.9 | 39.1 | 68.5 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 11.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Memphis | 30 | - | - | 57.8 | 28.6 | 67.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 10.4 |
| 1996–97 | Memphis | ||||||||||||
| 1997–98 | Memphis | 29 | - | - | 64.7 | 25.0 | 71.2 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | - | 26.0 |
| 1998–99 | Memphis | 32 | - | - | 58.5 | 46.9 | 74.8 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | 26.3 |
| Career | 91 | - | - | 60.7 | 40.2 | 71.9 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | 21.0 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [3] | |||||||||||||
- ^ "1998 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "Tamika Whitmore College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Mississippi
- Connecticut Sun players
- Indiana Fever players
- Los Angeles Sparks players
- New York Liberty draft picks
- New York Liberty players
- Memphis Tigers women's basketball players
- Power forwards
- Sportspeople from Tupelo, Mississippi
- Tupelo High School alumni
- WNBA All-Stars
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1977 Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Tupelo (Tupelo, Mississippi) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Memphis (1995–1999) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1999: 3rd round, 30th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the New York Liberty | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1999–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 44,00,91 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2003 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
Tamika Whitmore (born June 5, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.
Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Whitmore played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship. She finished second in career scoring with 2,488 points, first in career field goal percentage at 60.6%, fourth in career rebounds with 952, and second in career blocked shots with 108. She was the Conference USA player of the year in 1998 and 1999. She led the NCAAW in scoring during her senior year at University of Memphis.
In 1998, Whitmore was named to the team representing the US at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Whitmore was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 9.8 points per game over the five games. [1]
In the 1999 WNBA draft, she was selected by the New York Liberty, for whom she played for five seasons before signing a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Sparks. She played for the Sparks during the 2004 and 2005 seasons.
Afterwards, she signed another free agent contract with the Indiana Fever for the 2006 season. In Game 2 of the Fever's semifinals matchup against the Shock, Tamika Whitmore set a WNBA record for points in a playoff game with 41, breaking Lisa Leslie's mark of 35.
On February 19, 2008, Whitmore was traded along with Indiana's 2008 first-round draft pick to the Connecticut Sun for Katie Douglas.
- 2001–2002: Las Palmas ( Spain)
- 2003–2004: Las Palmas (Spain)
- 2004–2005: Halcón Viajes Perfumerías Avenida Salamanca (Spain)
- 2005–2006: Mourenx BC ( LFB, France)
- 2006 (until December): Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia ( Poland)
- 2007 (from January): Spartak Moscow Region ( Russia)
- 2007–2008, 2008–2009: Gambrinus Sika Brno ( Czech Republic) [2]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | New York | 27 | 1 | 21.2 | 43.5 | 12.5 | 67.9 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 7.9 |
| 2000 | New York | 32 | 16 | 21.5 | 43.1 | 0.0 | 70.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 8.7 |
| 2001 | New York | 32 | 29 | 23.5 | 43.2 | 43.2 | 56.9 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
| 2002 | New York | 32 | 32 | 30.5 | 47.7 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 12.7 |
| 2003 | New York | 33 | 29 | 24.9 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 65.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 8.2 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | 34 | 5 | 17.5 | 44.5 | 43.8 | 68.1 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | 34 | 34 | 27.0 | 43.4 | 26.3 | 86.8 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.6 |
| 2006 | Indiana | 34 | 34 | 31.1 | 45.7 | 39.5 | 82.1 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 15.5 |
| 2007 | Indiana | 34 | 25 | 25.9 | 41.5 | 30.0 | 76.3 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 10.9 |
| 2008 | Connecticut | 34 | 33 | 26.8 | 40.8 | 31.5 | 78.1 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 12.6 |
| 2009 | Connecticut | 24 | 1 | 15.7 | 29.1 | 30.4 | 72.7 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| Career | 11 years, 4 teams | 350 | 239 | 24.4 | 43.2 | 31.6 | 74.1 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 9.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | New York | 6 | 0 | 19.0 | 48.4 | 0.0 | 35.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| 2000 | New York | 7 | 7 | 28.0 | 47.7 | 50.0 | 75.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 11.6 |
| 2001 | New York | 6 | 6 | 25.3 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 7.0 |
| 2002 | New York | 8 | 8 | 33.9 | 54.8 | 33.3 | 70.3 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 16.1 |
| 2004 | Los Angeles | 3 | 0 | 13.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| 2005 | Los Angeles | 2 | 2 | 24.0 | 42.9 | 100.0 | 62.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 9.0 |
| 2006 | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 34.5 | 47.5 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 26.5 |
| 2007 | Indiana | 6 | 0 | 30.7 | 44.8 | 56.5 | 61.5 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 16.5 |
| 2008 | Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 10.0 |
| Career | 9 years, 4 teams | 43 | 28 | 27.0 | 46.9 | 39.1 | 68.5 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 11.6 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | Memphis | 30 | - | - | 57.8 | 28.6 | 67.3 | 5.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | - | 10.4 |
| 1996–97 | Memphis | ||||||||||||
| 1997–98 | Memphis | 29 | - | - | 64.7 | 25.0 | 71.2 | 9.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | - | 26.0 |
| 1998–99 | Memphis | 32 | - | - | 58.5 | 46.9 | 74.8 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | 26.3 |
| Career | 91 | - | - | 60.7 | 40.2 | 71.9 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | - | 21.0 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [3] | |||||||||||||
- ^ "1998 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ "WNBA.com: Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". www.wnba.com. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ "Tamika Whitmore College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in France
- American expatriate basketball people in Russia
- American expatriate basketball people in Poland
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- American expatriate basketball people in the Czech Republic
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Mississippi
- Connecticut Sun players
- Indiana Fever players
- Los Angeles Sparks players
- New York Liberty draft picks
- New York Liberty players
- Memphis Tigers women's basketball players
- Power forwards
- Sportspeople from Tupelo, Mississippi
- Tupelo High School alumni
- WNBA All-Stars