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HEIGHT
6’5”
WEIGHT
188
BIRTH DATE
11/12/85
COLLEGE
Duke ‘09
WNBA EXPERIENCE
1 Year
DRAFTED BY
Connecticut
10th overall
2009
Chante
BLACK
#11 • CENTER
16 PLAYER PROFILES
2010 TULSA SHOCK MEDIA GUIDE
CHANTE BLACK
WNBA CAREER
2009 Appeared in 33 games as a rookie, starting eight for the Connecticut Sun…Averaged 2.9 ppg and 3.2 rpg in 13.0 mpg…Ranked 17th in the
WNBA in blocks per game (0.82)…Ranked 16th in the WNBA in total blocks (27)…Ranked 12th in WNBA in off ensive rebounds per 40 minutes (3.8)…
Ranked 14th in WNBA in rebounds per 40 minutes (10.0)…Ranked sixth in the WNBA in blocks per 40 minutes (2.52)…Scored a season and career-high
11 points against San Antonio 6/21/09…Grabbed a season and career-high 9 rebounds vs. Atlanta on 6/14/09.
COLLEGE
Was just the third player in ACC history to register over 1,400 points, 900 rebounds and 250 blocked shots…Notched 26 double-doubles…Became the
24th player in Duke history to register 1,000 career points…As a senior, started all 33 games, while collecting Associated Press Third Team All-America,
USBWA All-America, John R. Wooden Award fi nalist, ACC Defensive Player of the Year, All-ACC Defensive Team, and First Team All-ACC accolades…Named
State Farm Region II Finalist…Recorded 10 double-doubles and had 31 double-fi gure scoring games…Opened the season with a career-high 28 points
to go along with 10 rebounds and four blocks against 14th-ranked Oklahoma State…In her junior season, earned Associated Press Honorable Mention
All-America honors, named to the Oklahoma City Regional All-Tournament team, a State Farm All-America fi nalist and on the All-ACC second team...
Ranked 26th nationally in blocked shots (2.3) and 40th in fi eld goal percentage (52.5)…Redshirted the 2006-07 season due to a knee injury suff ered in
preseason practice… Was an All-ACC Freshman Honorable Mention selection in her fi rst season with the Blue Devils…Averaged 6.2 points, 7.6 rebounds,
1.4 blocks and 1.1 assists in 34 games…Earned All-ACC Tournament second team honors after averaging 9.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks.
PERSONAL
Full name is Chante L’amour Black Born November 12, 1985, in Austin, Texas…Daughter of Mazie Black…Member of Who’s Who Among American
High School Students as a junior and senior and the honor roll each of her four years at East Forsyth…Received a Bachelor of Arts degree in biological
anthropology & anatomy and women’s studies in May of 2008 and is now obtaining a Bachelor of Science in biological anthropology & anatomy…
Played for the silver medal-winning South Team at the USA Basketball Youth Developmental Festival in 2003…As a senior at East Forsyth, averaged 19.8
points, 16.3 rebounds, 4.8 blocks and 4.2 assists...Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year...Played in the McDonald’s All-America game and the WBCA
All-America game…Winner of the 2004 Winston-Salem Journal’s Mary Garber Award, given annually to the top female high school player in Northwest
North Carolina...Named third team USA Today All-America, third team Parade All-America and honorable mention Slam Magazine All-America... Led East
Forsyth to the 4A Section II title…Named Street & Smith’s third team All-America, 4A Metro Player of the Year and second team All-State as a junior...
A two-time Winston-Salem Journal All-Northwest team and 2001 and 2002 Street & Smith’s Honorable Mention All-America A Nike All-America.
WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM G GS MIN FGM FGA PCT 3P 3PA PCT FTM FTA PCT OR DR REB AS PF ST TO BLK PTS
2009 Connecticut 33 8 428 35 92 .380 0 1 .000 27 43 .628 41 66 107 6 54 13 25 27 97
WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHS
TOTAL OPPONENT DATE
Pts 11 San Antonio June 21, 2009
Rebs 9 Atlanta June 14, 2009
Asts 1 6 times
Stls 2 2 times
Blks 3 2 times
Min 26 Detroit July 11, 2009