Dominique Danyell Canty (born March 2, 1977) is an American professional

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player, most recently with the

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in the WNBA.

High School and College

Born in

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, Canty attended Whitney Young High School, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring seventeen points. After graduating from High School, where she was a 1995

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All-American and a four-time All-State player, Canty attended the

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and majored in

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with a minor in

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while spending four seasons with

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. In her senior year, she was named First-Team

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n by the ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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

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. By the time she graduated, Canty finished her career as the school's all-time leading scorer—male or female.

Team statistics

Source

WNBA career

Canty was drafted 29th overall in the 3rd round during the

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by the

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. She was the runner-up in the 1999

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voting. After playing four seasons with the Shock, she was traded to the

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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

, she served the 1999–2000 off-season in their

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department as an

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. A year later, she worked as an intern in the public relations department of the

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team. After the 2001 WNBA season ended, she served as an assistant coach for the

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women's basketball team. On February 12, 2007, the

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signed her as a

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NWBL career

Canty played with the Chicago Blaze of the

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prior to the 2003 WNBA season.

International career

*2004–2005: Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (Israel)Dominique Canty
*2005–2006: Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel), won the League Championship. *2006–2007: Canty also played in a professional league (

PLKK Basket Liga Kobiet (BLK), currently known for sponsorship reasons as Energa Basket Liga Kobiet (EBLK; 2001–2013 Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, PLKK) is a professional women's club basketball league in Poland. It constitutes the first and highes ...

) in

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for TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. In 2007, she won the championship with the team and was voted the season's

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averaging 11.9 points per game. She is currently playing for them during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. *2007–2008: Lotos PKO BP Gdynia – 12.3 points per game. *2008–2009: TS Wisla Can-Pack Kraków

Notes

External links

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Press release on Canty signing with the Chicago Sky
{{DEFAULTSORT:Canty, Dominique 1977 births Living people Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball players All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball coaches American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Poland American women's basketball players Basketball coaches from Illinois Chicago Sky players Detroit Shock players Houston Comets players Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball) Shooting guards Small forwards Sportspeople from Chicago Whitney M. Young Magnet High School alumni Basketball players from Chicago