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Tamika
Tamika is a female given name. It is considered to be an African-American name in the United States. Notable people with this name include: * Tamika Catchings, American basketball player * Tamika D. Mallory, American activist * Tamika Domrow, Australian swimmer * Tamika Lawrence, American actress * Tamika Louis, American basketball coach * Tamika Saxby, Australian squash player * Tamika Scott, American singer * Tamika Whitmore, American basketball player * Tamika Williams, American basketball player As a male name * Tamika Mkandawire Tamika Paul Mkandawire (born 28 May 1983) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or defender (association football), defender. Born in Malawi, he made two appearances for the England C national footb ..., Malawian footballer References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Catchings
Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA championship (2012), WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2011), WNBA Finals MVP Award (2012), five WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Awards (2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012), four Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016), and the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2002). She is one of only 11 women to receive an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a Fiba World cup gold and a WNBA Championship. She has also been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams, 12 All-WNBA teams, 12 All-Defensive teams and led the league in steals eight times. In 2011, Catchings was voted in by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time, and would be named to two more all-time WNBA teams, the WNBA Top 20@20 in 2016 and The W25 in 2021. Catchings served as Presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Scott
Tamika Scott (born November 19, 1975) is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She is best known as a member of the multi-platinum selling R&B group Xscape, who rose to popularity in the 1990s. Early life Scott was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and at age 4 began singing in church, weddings, and local talent shows. At 9, she had recorded her first song with her sister Latocha. Scott attended TriCities High School of Performing Arts in Atlanta, Georgia, transferring to Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Georgia graduating in 1993. 1991–1992: Xscape beginnings While attending Tri-Cities performing arts high school in East Point, Georgia, Tamika met Kandi Burruss. The three (along with her sister LaTocha Scott began singing together and recruited a fourth member, Tamera Coggins, though her time with the group was short-lived. Soon Tameka "Tiny" Cottle was asked to audition for the girls, and Xscape was officially formed. After the group's major debut performance at BET's Tee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika D
Tamika is a female given name. It is considered to be an African-American name in the United States. Notable people with this name include: * Tamika Catchings, American basketball player * Tamika D. Mallory, American activist * Tamika Domrow, Australian swimmer * Tamika Lawrence, American actress * Tamika Louis, American basketball coach * Tamika Saxby, Australian squash player * Tamika Scott, American singer * Tamika Whitmore, American basketball player * Tamika Williams, American basketball player As a male name * Tamika Mkandawire Tamika Paul Mkandawire (born 28 May 1983) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or defender (association football), defender. Born in Malawi, he made two appearances for the England C national footb ..., Malawian footballer References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Louis
Tamika LaShun Louis (born June 17, 1975) is an American basketball coach who was most recently head women's basketball coach at Delaware State. Early life and education Louis was born in Flint, Michigan and was the second of five children to Robert and Joyce Louis. She attended and graduated from Flint Northern High School, where she lettered in basketball and track. As a freshman at West Virginia University, Louis played 19 games and averaged 3.9 points and 1.5 assists in the 1993–94 season. She then transferred to Fresno State, where she played from 1995 to 1998 and became a captain and starting point guard. As a senior in 1997–98, Louis averaged 5.4 assists per game to rank fourth in the Western Athletic Conference in that statistic. Louis also was a member of the Fresno State Student-Athlete Advisory Board and had an internship with U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. Louis completed her bachelor's degree in communications in 1997 at Fresno State, enrolled in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Williams
Tamika Williams-Jeter (born Tamika Maria Williams; April 12, 1980) is the head women's basketball coach at the University of Dayton. She was a professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx and the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. High school Born in Dayton, Ohio, Williams-Jeter started playing organized basketball at age 10 in the Dayton Lady Hoopstars AAU program, played on Lady Hoopstar teams which won one national AAU age group championship and finished in top four twice. Williams-Jeter had a stellar basketball career at Chaminade-Julienne, a Catholic high school in Dayton, Ohio. She was named the 1997 and 1998 Ohio Player of the Year and was named in the 1997-98 ''Associated Press'' girls Division I All-Ohio high school basketball team. She was named "Ohio's Miss Basketball" by the ''Associated Press'' and chosen by a statewide media panel. Williams-Jeter was also named a WBCA All-American and the WBCA high school player of the year. Williams-Jeter participated in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Domrow
Tamika Domrow (born 6 September 1989) is an Australian synchronized swimmer. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where her team finished seventh and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Australia finished in eighth. Personal Domrow was born on 6 September 1989 in Brisbane and is from Camp Mountain. She attended Samford State School and St Paul's School, Bald Hills. She has a Certificate in Companion Animal Services. , she lives in Brisbane and works for Samford Pet Resort as an apprentice kennel technician. Her employer accommodated her training schedule. Domrow is tall, weighs and is right handed. Tamika is married to Mathew Glover. Synchronized swimming Domrow is a synchronized swimmer, taking up the sport at the Valley Pool in Brisbane when she was ten years old. In 2008, she was a member of Neptunes Synchronised Swimming Club. a member of the Gold Coast Mermaids. She was coached by Mike Burgess. Her former coach died in July 2008, not long before the 2008 Games. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Lawrence
Tamika Sonja Lawrence is a two time Grammy winning American actress, singer, and writer. Early life and education Lawrence was born on January 11 in Columbus, Ohio. She received her BFA in musical theatre from the University of Arizona. Career Lawrence made her off-Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of ''Rent'' as the "Seasons of Love" Soloist. Since then she has appeared in seven Broadway shows and made several television and film appearances. In 2017 Lawrence and her band, "The Slay", released their album ''UGLY''. Lawrence won a Grammy for the ''Dear Evan Hansen'' album in 2018. Lawrence announced that her debut record, ''Two Faced'', would be released in 2019. For her performance as Buni in the original off-Broadway production of '' Black No More'', Lawrence was nominated for the 2022 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical and Lucille Lortel Award The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. The Awards are name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Saxby
Tamika Saxby also known as Tamika Hunt (born 18 April 1993 in Australia) is an Australian professional squash Squash may refer to: Sports * Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets * Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling * Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ... player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 48 in November 2017. References External links * * Australian female squash players Living people 1993 births Competitors at the 2017 World Games 21st-century Australian women Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamika Whitmore
Tamika Whitmore (born June 5, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA. College years Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Whitmore played collegiate basketball while attending the University of Memphis on a scholarship. She finished second in career scoring with 2,488 points, first in career field goal percentage at 60.6%, fourth in career rebounds with 952, and second in career blocked shots with 108. She was the Conference USA player of the year in 1998 and 1999. She led the NCAAW in scoring during her senior year at University of Memphis. USA Basketball In 1998, Whitmore was named to the team representing the US at the William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Whitmore was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 9.8 points per game over the five games. WNBA career In the 1999 WNBA Draft, she was selected by the New York Liberty, for whom she pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Names
African-American names are an integral part of African-American tradition. While many black Americans use names that are popular with wider American culture, a number of specific naming trends have emerged within African-American culture. Black names are often derived from existing Biblical names, African names, Arabic name, Arabic and Arabic name#Arab Muslim, Muslim names, French names, and other European names. History It is widely held that prior to the 1950s and 1960s, most African-American names closely resembled those used within European-American culture. Even within the White-American population, a few very common names were given to babies of that era, with nicknames often used to distinguish among various people with the same name. It was also quite common for immigrants and cultural minorities to choose baby names or change their names to fit in within the wider American culture. This applied to both given names and surnames. Recent research by economic historians Lisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
