Camille Little
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Los Angeles Sparks | |
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Position | Power forward |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. | January 18, 1985
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Carver (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) |
College | North Carolina (2003–2007) |
WNBA draft | 2007: 2nd round, 17th overall pick |
Selected by the San Antonio Silver Stars | |
Playing career | 2007–2019 |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2007 | San Antonio Silver Stars |
2008 | Atlanta Dream |
2008–2014 | Seattle Storm |
2015–2016 | Connecticut Sun |
2017–2019 | Phoenix Mercury |
As coach: | |
2024–present | Los Angeles Sparks (assistant) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Camille Little (born January 18, 1985) is a former American professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She began her WNBA career with the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2007. She played college basketball at North Carolina.
High school career
[edit]Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Little played for Carver High School, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored ten points.[1]
College career
[edit]Known for her offensive skills and defensive game, Little and fellow All-American Ivory Latta led the North Carolina Tar Heels to two Final Four appearances in her four years at North Carolina. Little was voted the 2004 ACC Freshman of The Year and was named to the 2007 ACC All-Defensive Team. In her career at UNC, she has scored 1,773 points and averaged 12.8 points per game with 5.9 rebounds per game. Little was a McDonald's All-American in high school (2003).
College statistics
[edit]Source[2]
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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2003–04 | North Carolina | 31 | 442 | 51.2 | 32.7 | 74.0 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.3 |
2004–05 | North Carolina | 34 | 401 | 44.9 | 43.3 | 68.2 | 5.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.8 |
2005–06 | North Carolina | 35 | 408 | 45.4 | 38.0 | 66.1 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.7 |
2006–07 | North Carolina | 38 | 522 | 48.3 | 31.0 | 69.0 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 13.7 |
Career | North Carolina | 138 | 1773 | 47.5 | 36.0 | 69.4 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 12.8 |
Professional career
[edit]![Young woman wearing orange basketball uniform leaning to her right carrying the ball](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Little4-20180601.jpg/170px-Little4-20180601.jpg)
Little was selected 17th overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the 2007 WNBA draft. Dan Hughes, the Silver Stars' coach and general manager, was surprised she was still available: "No mock-draft scenario we put together had us able to get Camille in the second round." [1]
On April 9, 2008 Little was traded along with Chioma Nnamaka and the first round pick of the 2009 WNBA draft to the Atlanta Dream for Ann Wauters, Morenike Atunrase, and the second round pick of the 2009 WNBA draft. On June 22, 2008 Little was traded to the Seattle Storm for a second round pick of the 2009 WNBA Draft. Little helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.[3]
On January 28, 2015 Little was traded along with Shekinna Stricklen to the Connecticut Sun for Renee Montgomery, and the third and fifteen overall pick of the 2015 WNBA draft.[4]
She averages 45.1% FG, 72.1% in free throws, and 9.2 points per game.[5]
In 2017, Little was traded to the Phoenix Mercury along with teammate Jillian Alleyne in a three-team deal that sent Candice Dupree to the Indiana Fever along with the Mercury's 2017 first round pick and the Connecticut Sun receiving the 8th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft along with Lynetta Kizer from the Fever.[6]
Little retired from the WNBA after the 2019 season. After retiring, she became the Player Development Coach for the Dallas Wings.[7]
WNBA career statistics
[edit]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 |
Regular season
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2007 | San Antonio | 34 | 7 | 20.9 | .412 | .273 | .525 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 |
2008 | Atlanta | 13 | 2 | 17.0 | .420 | .400 | .593 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.8 |
2008 | Seattle | 19 | 13 | 23.3 | .532 | .333 | .667 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 9.7 |
2009 | Seattle | 34 | 34 | 30.7 | .471 | .259 | .683 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 10.0 |
2010 | Seattle | 34 | 34 | 24.6 | .500 | .348 | .711 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 10.1 |
2011 | Seattle | 33 | 33 | 26.9 | .464 | .227 | .663 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 9.6 |
2012 | Seattle | 34 | 34 | 27.9 | .474 | .333 | .739 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 11.3 |
2013 | Seattle | 34 | 34 | 30.3 | .437 | .283 | .803 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 10.9 |
2014 | Seattle | 33 | 33 | 30.8 | .448 | .338 | .797 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 12.9 |
2015 | Connecticut | 34 | 34 | 27.0 | .406 | .345 | .879 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 8.2 |
2016 | Connecticut | 33 | 29 | 24.6 | .384 | .322 | .632 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 7.8 |
2017 | Phoenix | 34 | 34 | 25.4 | .419 | .224 | .607 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
2018 | Phoenix | 33 | 7 | 16.2 | .330 | .258 | .774 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
2019 | Phoenix | 29 | 0 | 14.7 | .435 | .333 | .806 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 3.9 |
Career | 13 years, 5 teams | 431 | 328 | 24.8 | .444 | .309 | .719 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 8.2 |
Postseason
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2007 | San Antonio | 5 | 0 | 17.4 | .429 | .000 | .500 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
2008 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 35.0 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 11.7 |
2009 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 34.0 | .400 | .167 | 1.000 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
2010 | Seattle | 7 | 7 | 28.7 | .508 | .200 | .667 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 11.3 |
2011 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 23.3 | .458 | .000 | .842 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 12.7 |
2012 | Seattle | 3 | 3 | 26.7 | .500 | .500 | .563 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 12.0 |
2013 | Seattle | 2 | 2 | 34.0 | .368 | .400 | .818 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 12.5 |
2017 | Phoenix | 5 | 5 | 31.6 | .571 | .500 | .800 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.0 |
2018 | Phoenix | 5 | 0 | 12.4 | .300 | .000 | .500 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
2019 | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | .400 | .000 | 1.000 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 |
Career | 10 years, 3 teams | 37 | 26 | 25.8 | .447 | .310 | .719 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 8.1 |
Personal life
[edit]Little is a Christian. Little has spoken about her faith saying, "It’s not about the talent I have but about the gifts God has given me to use for His glory. Basketball accomplishments are great, but they can’t compare to my relationship with God."[8]
According to ESPN The Magazine, Little enjoys the television show SpongeBob SquarePants.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (September 16, 2010). "Second title even sweeter for Storm". ESPN. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ^ "Connecticut Acquires Little, Stricklen". Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
- ^ "Camille Little career". WNBA. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Mercury Trade Candice Dupree to Indiana in Three-Team Deal". SLAMonline. February 21, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Dallas Wings add Camille Little to 2020 coaching staff". High Post Hoops. November 22, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "Camille Little, Seattle Storm".
External links
[edit]- 1985 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in China
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American women's basketball players
- Atlanta Dream players
- Basketball players from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
- Connecticut Sun players
- Los Angeles Sparks coaches
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball players
- Panküp TED Kayseri Koleji basketball players
- Phoenix Mercury players
- San Antonio Silver Stars draft picks
- San Antonio Stars players
- Seattle Storm players
- Shanghai Swordfish players
- Xinjiang Magic Deer players
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