Rhonda Mapp (born October 13, 1969) is a former professional basketball player. She played 13 professional seasons, including time in Spain, Italy, France, Turkey, Israel, and Korea.

Expanded description

Rhonda Mapp was hired as the coach at Queen's Grant High School in Matthews, North Carolina. Queen's Grant is a charter school for students in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County area and has an enrollment of about 500. Mapp led Asheville to a state-championship in 1987 and has her jersey (No. 51) retired at the school. She still holds the school record for rebounds in a season (514) and career (1,032).

College career

A dominant low-post player, Rhonda Mapp was named to the first-team All-ACC squad in 1991 and 1992. Mapp helped lead the Wolfpack to a three-year record of 67-25 as well as NCAA Tournament appearances in 1989 and 1991. In 1991, she helped lead the Wolfpack to win the ACC Championship and was named to the first-team All-tournament team and shot 57.6 percent for the season State finished with a No. 7 final national ranking by the Associated Press and 10th by USA Today. In her final season in 1992, Mapp led the ACC in scoring (22.0) and rebounding (9.8) and finished her collegiate career with 1,553 points, which still ranks 10th on the Wolfpack career scoring list. She also ranks 5th at NC State in career scoring average (17.6), 9th in career field goals made (625), 4th in career field goal percentage (.578), 9th in rebounds (810) and 6th in career double-doubles (37). Played five seasons professionally in the WNBA with the Charlotte Sting (1997–99) and Los Angeles Sparks (2001, 2003).

NC State statistics

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WNBA

Mapp was the third pick in the 1997 WNBA Elite Draft selected by the

Charlotte Sting The Charlotte Sting were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007. The Sting was originally the sister organization of ...

. After four seasons in Charlotte, Mapp was traded to the

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along with E.C. Hill, in exchange for

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and

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. Mapp averaged 10.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game while playing in 109 of 122 games with the Sting. She helped the Sparks win the

2001 WNBA Championship The 2001 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 2001 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Los Angeles Sparks, top-seeded champions of the Western Conference, defeated the Charlotte Sting, fourth-seeded ch ...

, then missed the 2002 season, when they repeated as champions, because on unspecified personal reasons. In 2003, Mapp became the first player to be dismissed for violation of the league's anti-drug program. As a member of the Sting, she was a consistent scorer, her lowest point per game average in her four years at Charlotte being 9.5 ppg.

WNBA stats - per game averages

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Personal life

Mapp has a father named Kenneth. In 1998, she founded the nonprofit Follow Your Dreams Inc.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mapp, Rhonda 1969 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Israel American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in South Korea American expatriate basketball people in Spain American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball players from North Carolina Centers (basketball) Charlotte Sting players Los Angeles Sparks players NC State Wolfpack women's basketball players Sportspeople from Asheville, North Carolina