Jacqueline Batteast (born March 26, 1983) is a professional

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player from

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, who last played in the

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(WNBA) for the Detroit Shock. Batteast attended the

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, where she became the school's 4th all-time leading scorer with 1,874 career points. She started a school record 97 consecutive games prior to graduating in 2005. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 17th overall in the 2005 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx. On April 5, 2006, Batteast was dealt to Detroit for

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. Batteast played one season for Detroit, averaging 1.4 points and 1.0 rebounds in 26 games as Detroit won the 2006 WNBA championship. On May 18, 2007, she was waived by Detroit. Batteast is now an assistant coach for the Washington High School Lady Panthers, where she graduated, in South Bend and is an assistant manager at Enterprise Rent A Car in Elkhart, IN

Notre Dame statistics

Source

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

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Playoffs

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Vital statistics

*Position: Forward *Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) *College:

*Team(s): Minnesota Lynx, Detroit Shock

Awards and honors

*Fifth team All-American (2004) *Honorable mention All-American (2004) *

Naismith Award Naismith Award is a basketball award named after James Naismith, and awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Naismith Awards include: * Naismith College Player of the Year (men's and women's; NCAA Division I basketball) * Naismith College Coach of t ...

finalist in 2004 *First team All

Big East The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...

in 2004 *Second team All

in 2002, and 2003 * Big East Rookie of the Year in 2002

References

External links

WNBA Player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Batteast, Jacqueline 1983 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball players from South Bend, Indiana Detroit Shock players Minnesota Lynx draft picks Minnesota Lynx players Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball players Power forwards (basketball)