Jamila Wideman was born on October 16,1975 and is an American lawyer, activist, and former professional basketball player.
19 Facts About Jamila Wideman
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Jamila Wideman is the daughter of author John Edgar Wideman.
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Jamila Wideman is currently the general manager of WNBA team, Washington Mystics.
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Jamila Wideman's father, John Edgar Wideman, is an African-American author and a professor at Brown University.
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Until she was 10 years old, Wideman lived in Laramie, Wyoming, where her father taught Creative Writing at the University of Wyoming.
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Jamila Wideman started on the Amherst Regional High School Varsity team for six straight years, beginning in 7th grade.
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Jamila Wideman participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring 10 points.
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Jamila Wideman's high school basketball team was the subject of a book, In These Girls Hope is a Muscle, by Madeleine Blais.
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Jamila Wideman was selected as the 3rd overall draft pick by the Los Angeles Sparks in the inaugural WNBA draft of collegiate players in the summer of 1997.
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Jamila Wideman recorded 4 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in her debut game.
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Jamila Wideman would be traded from the Sparks to the Cleveland Rockers on June 21,1999 and played 26 games for the team, averaging 2.2 points and 2 assists.
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Jamila Wideman would be waived by the Fire on April 24,2001 before the beginning of the next season.
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Three years after being waived by the Portland Fire and not playing in the WNBA, Jamila Wideman would try a comeback on April 19,2004 by signing a contract with the Connecticut Sun.
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Jamila Wideman only played for three and half minutes in her final game and grabbed one rebound and dished out one assist.
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In 1997, Wideman founded and implemented another youth program called "Hoopin' with Jamila".
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In 2001, Jamila Wideman participated in the Connecticut Forum, where she shared the stage with Stanley Crouch, Anita Hill, Spike Lee, and Bill Russell to talk candidly about race.
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Jamila Wideman collaborated with Juniper Lesnik to publish an article on playground basketball in the Sunday New York Times.
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In September 2018, Jamila Wideman was hired by the NBA as Vice President of Player Development.
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In December 2024, Jamila Wideman was announced as the general manager of Washington Mystics on WNBA.