American women's basketball player
Dominique Danyell Canty
(born March 2, 1977) is an American professional
women's basketball
player, most recently with the
Washington Mystics
in the
WNBA
.
High School and College
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Born in
Chicago, Illinois
, Canty attended
Whitney Young High School
, where she was named a High School All-American by the
WBCA
.
[1]
She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring seventeen points.
[2]
After graduating from High School, where she was a 1995
Street & Smith
All-American
and a four-time All-State player, Canty attended the
University of Alabama
and majored in
criminal justice
with a minor in
social work
while spending four seasons with
Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball
.
In her senior year, she was named First-Team
All-American
by the
Associated Press
and
The Sporting News
.
She finished her collegiate career as a two-time All-American and four-time All-
SEC
selection, and averaged 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists during her four seasons with the
Alabama Crimson Tide
.
By the time she graduated, Canty finished her career as the school's all-time leading scorer?male or female.
Team statistics
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Source
[3]
Year
|
Team
|
GP
|
Points
|
FG%
|
3P%
|
FT%
|
RPG
|
APG
|
SPG
|
BPG
|
PPG
|
1995-96
|
Alabama
|
31
|
452
|
53.0%
|
0.0%
|
66.2%
|
6.8
|
2.4
|
1.8
|
0.5
|
14.6
|
1996-97
|
Alabama
|
31
|
498
|
51.3%
|
0.0%
|
66.1%
|
7.3
|
2.9
|
1.7
|
0.4
|
16.1
|
1997-98
|
Alabama
|
34
|
732
|
51.8%
|
20.8%
|
75.2%
|
7.1
|
4.8
|
1.3
|
0.5
|
21.5
|
1998-99
|
Alabama
|
31
|
612
|
47.9%
|
31.3%
|
76.7%
|
7.5
|
4.2
|
2.3
|
0.3
|
19.7
|
Career
|
|
127
|
2294
|
50.9%
|
19.2%
|
71.8%
|
7.2
|
3.6
|
1.7
|
0.4
|
18.1
|
WNBA career
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Canty was drafted 29th overall in the 3rd round during the
1999 WNBA draft
by the
Detroit Shock
. She was the runner-up in the 1999
WNBA Rookie of the Year
voting.
After playing four seasons with the Shock, she was traded to the
Houston Comets
on April 28, 2003 in exchange for the draft rights to Allison Curtin (Houston's 2003 first-round draft choice).
Like most WNBA players during the off-season, Canty kept active in basketball at various levels. When she was with the
Detroit Shock
, she served the 1999?2000 off-season in their
public relations
department as an
intern
. A year later, she worked as an intern in the public relations department of the
Dallas Mavericks
NBA
team.
After the 2001 WNBA season ended, she served as an assistant coach for the
Chicago State University
women's basketball team.
On February 12, 2007, the
Chicago Sky
signed her as a
free agent
.
NWBL career
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Canty played with the Chicago Blaze of the
National Women's Basketball League
prior to the 2003 WNBA season.
International career
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- 2004?2005: Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (Israel)
[4]
- 2005?2006: Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel), won the League Championship.
[4]
- 2006?2007: Canty also played in a professional league (
PLKK
) in
Poland
for
TS Wisła Can-Pack Krakow
. In 2007, she won the championship with the team and was voted the season's
MVP
averaging 11.9 points per game. She is currently playing for them during the 2008?09 WNBA off-season.
[5]
- 2007?2008: Lotos PKO BP Gdynia ? 12.3 points per game.
- 2008?2009:
TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow
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