Monique Currie (born February 25, 1983) is a former American

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player for the

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of the

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(WNBA). She retired on February 26, 2019, and will now work for Nike. Currie was traded from the

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during the 2007 season in exchange for Chasity Melvin. The Sky had selected her with the first pick of the 2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft from the roster of the defunct

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. Currie signed with the

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on February 5, 2015. On February 1, 2018, Currie signed to return to the

, where she had previously spent 8 years of her WNBA career. Born in Washington, D.C., Currie went to high school at the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, where she was a Gatorade All-American. Currie attended

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, where she became an

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n. Throughout her college career, she scored over 1,500 points. She was the third overall pick in the

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Duke statistics

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Currie was named to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2001 U19 World's Championship, held in

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in July 2001. Currie scored 3.2 points per game, and helped the USA team to a 6–1 record and the bronze medal. Currie also played on the team representing the US at the 2005 World University Games held in Izmir, Turkey. The team won all seven games to earn the gold medal. Currie scored 8.9 points per game.

Overseas

*2006-2007: Elitzur Ramla *2010-2011: Galatasaray Medical Park *2011-2012: Homend Antakya *2012:

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*2013: Perfumerias Avenida

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1983 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Romania American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American women's basketball players Basketball players from Washington, D.C. Charlotte Sting players Chicago Sky players Club Sportiv Municipal Târgoviște players Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Phoenix Mercury players San Antonio Stars players Shooting guards Universiade gold medalists for the United States Universiade medalists in basketball Washington Mystics players United States women's national basketball team players {{US-women-basketball-bio-stub