Shereka Monique Wright (born September 21, 1981) is an American

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player and coach.

Career

She is the head coach at

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. Wright retired from competitive basketball in 2006 and has worked as an assistant coach since, at Texas Tech, Alabama, and Vanderbilt. Wright was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the

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. She appeared in 49 games over two seasons for the

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and averaged 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds over 12 minutes per game. She retired after missing the 2006 season with a torn achilles tendon.

Purdue statistics

Source

Head coaching record

References

External links

Purdue Boilermakers bio
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