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Wnba: The Chamique Holdsclaw Story

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this book was one of the best books i have read in a long time. Even though it was only 80 pages it took me through Chamique's days playing at Christ The King High School, through her days playing in the WNBA for the Mystics. I love to watch her play and i recomend this book to everyone!

It occurs to me that Chamique Holdsclaw might be the Dan Gable of her generation. When Gable was an All-American wrestler at the University of Iowa the only match he ever lost was the NCAA finals as a senior. True, Holdsclaw lost more than one game when she was an All-American basketball player at the University of Tennessee, but after winning NCAA championships her first three years the Lady Vols lost to Duke in the Regional Final her senior year. Add to that the four consecutive state championships and one national title she won at Christ the King High School in NYC and you have a most impressive record before she became a pro.

But if you have to look to one achievement that really stands out, it has to be the fact that Holdsclaw was the first women's collegiate basketball player to win the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete; the only other men to do the same were Bill Bradley and Bill Walton, which is pretty good company. Kristi Nelson provides key stats from Holdsclaw's career, but the focus is more on her work ethic and how she grew as a basketball player. Young students will find it instructive that one of the greatest women ever to play basketball had problems to which they can relate. There is also a strong sense of Holdsclaw's family throughout the book. Consequently, you get a real sense of her as a person and not just as a superstar athlete.

This book is illustrated with mostly black & white photographs from throughout her playing career, including a full-color photo insert, all of Holdsclaw as a Washington Mystic in the WNBA. However, you will not find career stats total in the back of this excellent juvenile biography.