Jacinta Monroe (born September 4, 1988) is an American professional

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It began being played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large part via women's college compet ...

player in the

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(WNBA).

Career

Monroe attended Stranahan High School in

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, where she was the 2006 Gatorade Florida Girls' Basketball Player of the Year. She attended

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

. In the WNBA, Monroe has played with the Washington Mystics and the Tulsa Shock.

Florida State statistics

Source

USA Basketball

Monroe was named a member of the team representing the US at the 2009 World University Games held in

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. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Monroe averaged 7.3 points per game

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Player profile

Florida State Seminoles bio
1988 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in China American expatriate basketball people in Spain American women's basketball players Basketball players from Florida Beijing Great Wall players Centers (basketball) Florida State Seminoles women's basketball players Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tulsa Shock players Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball Washington Mystics draft picks Washington Mystics players Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade {{US-women-basketball-bio-stub