Donnette Jé-Michelle Snow (born March 20, 1980) is a retired American professional

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player who played most recently in the

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High school career

Born and raised in

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, Snow led

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to the state championship and was named "Miss Basketball" in 1998. Snow was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game

College career

Snow was a

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major at the

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. She played alongside Tennessee graduates like

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. On November 30, 2000, Snow became just the third woman in

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college basketball history to dunk during a game. She did so against the

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, University of South Carolina and Vanderbilt University.

College statistics

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USA Basketball

She competed with

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as a member of the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in

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. Snow was named to the National Team representing the US at the 2006 World Championships, held in

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and

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. The team won eight of their nine contests, but the lone loss came in the semifinal medal round to Russia. The USA beat Brazil in the final game to earn the bronze medal. Snow averaged 2.8 points per game and was second on the team with six blocks.

WNBA career

Snow was drafted 10th overall by the Houston Comets in the 1st round of the

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. Her nickname is "Shell". Snow has a 7'1" reach which helped her to become one of the best shot blockers in the WNBA. In 2003, Snow was named most improved player of the year. In the 2006 WNBA all-star game, Snow became the second WNBA player to dunk in an all-star game. After the Comets disbanded in late 2008, she later played for the

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. She was traded to the

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...

on March 11, 2010. She was again traded to the

Chicago Sky The Chicago Sky are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Sky compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member club of the league's Eastern Conference. The franchise was founded prior to the 20 ...

on April 20, 2011. Snow signed with the

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on February 9, 2012. On September 9, 2015, Snow signed with the

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for the rest of the season, only playing two games of the Sparks' season. She has been a free agent in the league since the end of the 2015 season.

NWBL career

Snow played on the championship team of the 2003

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in the NWBL.

Overseas career

She played for Elitzur Ramla in Israel during the 2007–08 WNBA off-season, winning a championship with the team. She had been playing for Salamanca in Spain during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. During the 2009–2012 off-seasons she played for Dynamo Kursk in the Russian Superleague A, winning a EuroCup with the team in 2012. In the 2014–2015 WNBA off-season, Snow played in the Turkish Superleague for Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi. In May 2016, Snow re-signed with Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi for the 2016–17 WNBA off-season. For the 2017–2018 season, which she announced would be her last, Snow first played at Bornova Becker (Turkey – KBSL) before moving to Adana ASKI Mersin in the same league, where she earned honorable mention for the All-League Teams.

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External links

WNBA Player Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snow, Michelle 1980 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Spain American women's basketball players Atlanta Dream players Basketball players from Florida Centers (basketball) Chicago Sky players Houston Comets players Power forwards (basketball) San Antonio Stars players Sportspeople from Pensacola, Florida Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball players Washington Mystics players Women's National Basketball Association All-Stars United States women's national basketball team players