Da'Love Woods (born September 7, 1982) is an American professional

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player, in Europe. At 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) in height, she plays at the

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position.

College career

Born in

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, Woods played college basketball at the

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and

Colorado State University Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University Syst ...

. In 2001, as a freshman at the University of Portland, she broke the then

West Coast Conference The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting o ...

Tournament scoring record with 31 points. As a sophomore, Woods went on to become a 1st-Team all West Coast Conference player in 2002.

Professional playing career

Woods began her European playing career in

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for LNA club

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in 2007. There she averaged 34.8 points per game. In 2004 and 2005 Woods was invited to the training camp of the Colorado Chill of the

National Women's Basketball League The National Women's Basketball League, often abbreviated to the NWBL, was an organization governing professional basketball leagues for women in the United States. The league was founded in 1997 and began play in the Fall of that year. The leagu ...

. Woods most recently played in

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

's DBBL for

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during the 2007-2008 season. She earned several

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awards while playing for BBV Leipzig, which included DBBL Guard of the Year. Woods was also awarded 1st Team-DBBL and was a member of the DBBL All-Imports Team. Woods finished the DBBL season as the league leader in points and assist, averaging 20.2 points per game and 6 assist per game.

Professional career

Woods is the owner of Deep Three Basketball which holds summer league basketball tournaments in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Woods also acts as the league director of the Portland Women's Summer League (PWSL), a venture of the Deep Three Basketball company.

Career statistics

College

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Notes

External links

Player Profile - Agent's Page

Eurobasket Player Page

First Eagles Substitute

Cukierki Odra Brzeg Player Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Da'Love 1982 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Poland American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland American women's basketball coaches American women's basketball players Basketball players from Portland, Oregon Colorado State Rams women's basketball players High school basketball coaches in the United States Point guards Portland Pilots women's basketball players St. Mary's Academy (Portland, Oregon) alumni National Women's Basketball League players