Sharnee Zoll
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Sharnee Zoll is an American point guard
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...

 that plays professional basketball
Basketball
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 throughout Europe.

Personal

Sharnee was born to Cheryl and Tony Zoll. She is the only child of Cheryl and shares her father with brother Chris and Dustin Myers. Cheryl is a retired veteran of the Armed Forces. Sharnee lived on McGuire A.F.B. for the majority of her life and also resided in Sembach, Germany while her mother was stationed there. Zoll attended Marlboro High School for 3 of her 4 high school years. She completed her final year at Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, New Jersey.

College career

Zoll played at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
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 from 2004–2008, where she was a 1000-point scorer and two-time All-ACC third team honoree. She is most widely known for holding the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
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 assist record with 785 assists; previously held by Dawn Staley
Dawn Staley
Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball player and coach. Staley is a three-time Olympian and was elected to carry the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was named the University of South Carolina women's head basketball coach on May 7, 2008...

, also a UVA alum. Sharnee is the only woman in ACC history to post three seasons of at least 200 assists and did so in succession from 2006 to 2008. In the summer of 2005, Zoll was named to the gold medal winning USA U19 World Championship Team.

Professional career

Sharnee was drafted 29th overall in the 2008 WNBA Draft
2008 WNBA Draft
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 to the Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...

. After being waived by the Sparks, she spent a short time with the Minnesota Lynx
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...

 before continuing her playing career overseas. In the 2008-2009 season, she signed with a Romanian club named Sepsi B.C.. Zoll led the Romanian league and EuroCup in assists. In the following season, Zoll signed with Botas Spor
Botaş Spor
Botaş Spor is a women's basketball club based in Adana, Turkey, founded in 1984.-Achievements:*Turkish Women's Basketball League**Winners : 2000-01, 2002-03**Runners-up : 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97*Turkish Cup...

 in Adana, Turkey. Again she led the Turkish league and EuroCup in assists. Zoll is currently playing with CCC Polkowice in Poland. She led the league in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio while leading CCC to its highest ever finish in the PLKK playoffs (2nd place).
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