Camille Little (born January 18, 1985 in Winston Salem, North Carolina) is a professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player. In 2007 she began her career in the
WNBAThe Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of thirteen teams. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA...
with the
San Antonio Silver StarsThe San Antonio Silver Stars is a team in the Women's National Basketball Association based in San Antonio, Texas. They are one of the original eight founding teams in the WNBA....
. She played college basketball at
North CarolinaThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. The university is the oldest in, and flagship of, the University of North Carolina system...
.
Known for her offensive skills and defensive game, Little and fellow All-American
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led the
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to two
Final FourThe NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981-82 season...
appearances in her four years at North Carolina. Little was voted the 2004
ACCThe Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
Freshman of The Year and was named to the 2007 ACC All-Defensive Team.
Camille Little (born January 18, 1985 in Winston Salem, North Carolina) is a professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player. In 2007 she began her career in the
WNBAThe Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of thirteen teams. The league was founded in 1996 as the women's counterpart to the NBA...
with the
San Antonio Silver StarsThe San Antonio Silver Stars is a team in the Women's National Basketball Association based in San Antonio, Texas. They are one of the original eight founding teams in the WNBA....
. She played college basketball at
North CarolinaThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. The university is the oldest in, and flagship of, the University of North Carolina system...
.
College career
Known for her offensive skills and defensive game, Little and fellow All-American
Ivory LattaIvory Latta is an American professional basketball player. A 5'6" guard noted for her three-point shooting and on-court enthusiasm, she played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels...
led the
North Carolina Tar HeelsThe North Carolina Tar Heels are the athletic teams for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The name Tar Heel is a nickname used to refer to individuals from the state of North Carolina, the Tar Heel State...
to two
Final FourThe NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981-82 season...
appearances in her four years at North Carolina. Little was voted the 2004
ACCThe Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
Freshman of The Year and was named to the 2007 ACC All-Defensive Team. In her career at UNC, she has scored 1,773 points and averaged 12.8 points per game with 5.9 rebounds per game. Little was a McDonald's All-American in high school (2003).
Professional career
Little was selected 17
th overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the
2007 WNBA DraftThe 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league....
.
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, the Silver Stars' coach and general manager, was surprised she was still available: "No mock-draft scenario we put together had us able to get Camille in the second round."
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On April 9, 2008 Little was traded along with
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and the first round pick of the 2009 WNBA draft to the
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for
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,
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, and the second round pick of the 2009 WNBA draft. On June 22, 2008 Little was traded to the
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for a second round pick of the 2009 WNBA Draft.
Personal information
According to ESPN the Magazine, Little enjoys the television show Spongebob Squarepants.