Summer Erb (born July 25, 1977) is an American

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player. She played for

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 ...

in 2002 as center. She is 198 cm tall and 109 kg weight. She also played for Bursa Yıldırım and Fenerbahçe İstanbul in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. She was born in

Lakewood, Ohio Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, on the southern shore of Lake Erie. Established in 1889, it is one of Cleveland's historical streetcar suburbs and part of the Greater Cleveland, Greater Clevelan ...

. After spending her freshman season (1996) playing for the

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

Lady Boilers, she transferred to

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

to complete her college eligibility.

Purdue and NC State statistics

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Erb was named to the team representing the US at the 1998

William Jones Cup The R. William Jones Cup (), also known as the Jones Cup, is an international basketball tournament organized by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) held annually since 1977 in Taiwan. It was named in honor of basketball promoter ...

competition in

Taipei, Taiwan Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

. The USA team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the competition. Erb scored 23 points over the five games.

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1977 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American women's basketball players Basketball players from Ohio Charlotte Sting players Fenerbahçe women's basketball players NC State Wolfpack women's basketball players Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball players Sportspeople from Lakewood, Ohio {{US-women-basketball-bio-stub