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Jamila Wideman (born October 16, 1975) is an American lawyer, activist, and former professional basketball player. She is the daughter of author John Edgar Wideman.

Jamila Wideman
Personal information
Born (1975-10-16) October 16, 1975 (age 46)
Education
  • Stanford University (BA)
  • New York University
Years active1997–2000
Sport
SportBasketball
PositionPoint guard
Team
  • Los Angeles Sparks (1997–98)
  • Cleveland Rockers (1999)
  • Portland Fire (2000)
  • Elitzur Ramla (1999–2000)

Early life


Wideman was born on October 16, 1975. Her father, John Edgar Wideman, is an African-American author and a professor at Brown University. Her mother, Judith Ann Goldman, is a lawyer.[1][2][3][4]

Until she was 10 years old, Wideman lived in Laramie, Wyoming, where her father taught Creative Writing at the University of Wyoming. In 1986, she moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, where her father accepted a tenured teaching position at the University of Massachusetts.


Education



High school


Wideman started on the Amherst Regional High School Varsity team for six straight years, beginning in 7th grade.

In her senior year, leading her team to the high school state championship, Wideman averaged 17 points, 6 steals, 6 assists, and 6 rebounds per game. In the State Championship game, she scored 27 points, had 14 steals and 8 assists, with 7 rebounds.[citation needed]

In 19921993, Wideman was named USA Today First Team High School All-American, Converse High School All-American, Nike High School All-American, Kodak High School All-American, New England High School Player of the Year, Massachusetts High School Player of the Year, and High School All-American by the WBCA.[5] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring 10 points.[6]

Her high school basketball team was the subject of a book, In These Girls Hope is a Muscle, by Madeleine Blais.[7] While in high school, Wideman published poems on the complexities of her racial identity in her high school newspaper. Shortly after the Los Angeles uprisings of 1992, she wrote and published a poem titled Black.[8]


College


Wideman attended Stanford University, where she continued with basketball. As a 5'6" point guard, Wideman was the smallest player on her college team.

While at Stanford University, she completed a double major, earning a B.A. in political science and African-American studies in 1997. After playing professional basketball, she earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law.[9]


Professional basketball career


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.

Wideman played for four seasons in the WNBA,[9] playing for the Los Angeles Sparks, Cleveland Rockers, and Portland Fire.

Wideman spent the 1999–2000 winter season in Israel, playing for the Elitzur Ramla club in the Israeli Basketball League. Her team won the national championship.

During the winter of 2005, Wideman reunited with college teammate Kate Starbird and played professionally in Ibiza, Spain


WNBA career statistics


Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high ° League leader
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Los Angeles 281422.6.236.194.7942.03.70.90.01.83.0'
1998 Los Angeles 25013.2.279.250.7240.92.30.40.01.41.9
1999 Cleveland 261315.4.273.136.6471.32.00.80.01.52.2
2000 Portland 507.0.000.000.0000.80.40.40.01.20.0
Career 4 years, 3 teams 842716.6.254.186.7381.42.50.70.01.62.2

Activism


Upon graduation from Stanford, and during the offseasons of the WNBA, Wideman founded and directed the Stanford Athletic Alliance.[10] In 1997, Wideman founded and implemented another youth program called "Hoopin' with Jamila". The program was funded by Nike. USA Today honored Wideman as the "Most Caring Athlete" in 1998.[11] The program also earned the National Council on Crime and Delinquency "Community Award", given annually to programs that attempt to provide creative alternatives to juvenile incarceration.

In 2001, Wideman participated in the Connecticut Forum,[10] where she shared the stage with Stanley Crouch, Anita Hill, Spike Lee, and Bill Russell to talk candidly about race.


Writing


Wideman collaborated with Juniper Lesnik to publish an article on playground basketball in the Sunday New York Times.[12]


Post-basketball accomplishments


Following her graduation from New York University Law School, Wideman began working as a staff attorney at Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama, where she litigated on behalf of death sentences individuals in state and federal courts, and later became a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society in New York City.[13]

In September 2018, Wideman was hired by the NBA as Vice President of Player Development.[14]


Career statistics


Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career high ° League leader
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Los Angeles 281422.6.236.194.7942.03.70.90.01.83.0
1998 Los Angeles 25013.2.279.250.7240.92.30.40.01.41.9
1999 Cleveland 261315.4.273.136.6471.32.00.80.01.52.2
2000 Portland 507.0.0000.80.40.40.01.20.0
Career 4 years, 3 teams 842716.6.254.186.7381.42.50.70.01.62.2

References


  1. Kroichick, Ron (March 14, 1997). "Two Worlds of Jamila Wideman". SFGate. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  2. Goldman, David J. (2013-09-01). Jewish Sports Stars (2nd Revised Edition): Athletic Heroes Past and Present. Kar-Ben. ISBN 9781467716499. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
  3. Lee, Laura (2001-08-12). "Perspective; Changing Courts: Brother's Incarceration Shapes Player's Goals". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  4. "Former Stanford hoopster adds firepower to Israeli team". 1999-12-10. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  5. "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
  6. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  7. Blais, Madeleine (1995). In These Girls, Hope is a Muscle (1st ed.). New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0871135728. OCLC 30894248.
  8. Smith, Gary (March 17, 1997). "Out of the Shadows". Sports Illustrated. Time, Inc. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  9. "Stanford Fast Break Club - Where Are They Now?". www.stanfordfbc.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  10. "The Connecticut Forum - The Connecticut Forum". www.ctforum.org. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  11. "Wideman, Jamila". Jews In Sports.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  12. Wideman, Jamila (2001-08-12). "Perspective; A Basketball Journey to the American South". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  13. "Stanford Fast Break Club - Where Are They Now?". www.stanfordfbc.org. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  14. "Former WNBA player Jamila Wideman joins NBA's Player Development department". Hoopfeed.com. 2018-09-06. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.



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[ru] Уайдман, Джамиля

Джамиля Энн Уайдман (англ. Jamila Ann Wideman; родилась 16 октября 1975 года в Ларами, штат Вайоминг, США) — американская профессиональная баскетболистка, выступавшая в женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации. Она была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 1997 года в первом раунде под третьим номером клубом «Лос-Анджелес Спаркс». Играла на позиции разыгрывающего защитника.



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