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15 Facts About Tamika Williams-Jeter

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Tamika Williams-Jeter was a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx and the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter had a stellar basketball career at Chaminade-Julienne, a Catholic high school in Dayton, Ohio.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter was named "Ohio's Miss Basketball" by the Associated Press and chosen by a statewide media panel.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter was named a WBCA All-American and the WBCA high school player of the year.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eight points.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter attended the University of Connecticut, majored in interpersonal communications, and served as President of UConn's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter completed her four-year collegiate career in 2002 with averages of 10.6 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter holds the Huskies' top four single-season marks for field goal percentage, ranked 14th on UConn's all-time scoring list with 1,402 points, and finished 10th all-time in rebounding.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter was one of four players called by Sports Illustrated "best recruiting class of 1998".

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On March 14,2008, Tamika Williams-Jeter was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Kristen Rasmussen.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter served as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas for their women's basketball team.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter served as the head coach for the Senior National team of India at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou.

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Tamika Williams-Jeter joined Matthew Mitchell's Kentucky staff as an assistant coach in August 2014.

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In May 2021, Tamika Williams-Jeter became head basketball coach at Wittenberg University.

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On March 26,2022, Tamika Williams-Jeter was announced as the head coach of the University of Dayton Flyers.