Tamika Williams-Jeter

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Williams-Jeter started playing organized basketball at age 10 in the Dayton Lady Hoopstars AAU program, played on Lady Hoopstar teams which won one national AAU age group championship and finished in top four twice. Williams-Jeter had a stellar basketball career at Chaminade-Julienne, a Catholic high school in Dayton, Ohio. She was named the 1997 and 1998 Ohio Player of the Year and was named in the 1997-98 Associated Press girls Division I All-Ohio high school basketball team. She was named "Ohio's Miss Basketball" by the Associated Press and chosen by a statewide media panel. Williams-Jeter was also named a WBCA All-American and the WBCA high school player of the year. Williams-Jeter participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored eight points. After graduating from Chaminade-Julienne, Williams-Jeter was heavily recruited by numerous collegiate teams. In 1997, she was the subject of a seven-page feature in a January 1998 issue of a Sports Illustrated magazine article on the pressures of being recruited. Ohio State arranged for a private jet to fly Williams-Jeter from her home in Dayton to Columbus, approximately 70 miles away. She mentioned this to UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who responded by mailing her a little wooden plane, explaining, "Sorry, Tamika. This is the best we can do." ==College career==

Williams-Jeter attended the University of Connecticut, majored in interpersonal communications, and served as President of UConn's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. and finished 10th all-time in rebounding (763). She was one of four players (along with Asjha Jones, Swin Cash, and Sue Bird) called by Sports Illustrated "best recruiting class of 1998". In recent years, she has been spending the WNBA off-season working on getting a master's degree in sports management at Ohio State University. ==Professional career==

During the 2002 WNBA draft, the Minnesota Lynx selected Williams-Jeter in the first round, sixth overall. In 2003, she set a WNBA single-season record for field-goal accuracy, with a percentage of 66.8%. On March 14, 2008, Williams-Jeter was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for Kristen Rasmussen. ==Coaching career==

Williams-Jeter served as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas for their women's basketball team. Williams-Jeter served as the head coach for the Senior National team of India at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou (China). The games were played in November 2010. In her first year as the head coach of the Tigers, Wittenberg knocked out #10 DePaw out of the NCAC Tournament on February 25, 2022, advancing to the title game. Dayton On March 26, 2022, Williams-Jeter was announced as the head coach of the University of Dayton Flyers. ==Career statistics==

WNBA Regular season Playoffs College ==Head coaching record==

• WBCA high school player of the year(1998) • Ohio Miss Basketball (1998) awarded by Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association • 2008 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award, awarded annually to a WNBA player who best exhibits the characteristics of a leader in the community. • 2013 Inductee of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame ==References==