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Tcha Penicheiro, Portugal
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WNBA.com: Played for Team Roverto in Italy during the 2001-2002
off-season… Led Polpharma VBW Clima to the Polish Championship in 1999-2000...
Played professionally in Portugal during the 1998-99 season... Was one of 12
WNBA players who participated on the 1998 WNBA Brazil Touring Team that competed
in exhibition games against club teams from Brazil… Member of the Portuguese
National Team and represented her country for the first time when she was just
14. Two-time First-Team All-America and four-time First-Team All-Colonial
Athletic Association at Old Dominion . . . Averaged 9.8 ppg (.440 FG%, .275
3PT%, .628 FT%), 4.7 rpg, 7.1 apg, and 4.44 spg in 133 games played during
four-year collegiate career . . . During her tenure, Monarchs posted a record of
119-14 (.895), won four conference titles, and made four postseason tournament
appearances . . . Set an NCAA Final Four record with eight steals in the 1997
Championship Game loss to Tennessee . . . Two-time CAA Player of the Year winner
(1996-97, 1995-96) . . . Named to the CAA All-Defensive Team three times
(1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98) . . . Finished career as the conference’s all-time
leader in steals (591) and ranked second in assists (939) . . . Led the NCAA in
assists and steals during all four collegiate seasons . . . Ranked fourth in the
nation in assists (7.5 apg) and steals (4.47 spg) as a junior… Scored a
career-high 25 points vs. Tennessee (1/7/97) . . . Provided with an additional
year of eligibility under Proposition 68 which allowed partial qualifiers a
fourth season of competition if they received an undergraduate degree prior to
their fifth academic year. Completed degrees in communications and
interdisciplinary studies Father, Joao, was a former basketball player and now
coaches and older brother, Paulo, plays professionally in Portugal Collects
watches and clothes Enjoys listening to R&B music Would like a career in
broadcasting when playing days are over An ardent supporter of the Special
Olympics and supports ovarian cancer research, to honor one of her best friends
who was diagnosed with the disease Interned in college at WTKR-TV3, WGH Radio
and Old Dominion’s Teletechnet program: |
Name: Patricia Nunes Penicheiro (TEE-sha Pen-a-CHAIR-o) Nickname: Ticha Born: 09/18/1974 Status: Active Origin: Portugal Height: 5-11/1,80m Weight: 158lbs/71,7kg Schools: Old Dominion 1998 Drafted: 1998, First Round, 2nd Pick by the Monarchs Languages: Portuguese, Italian, English Website: TichaPenicheiro.com & InterBasket Teams (jersey): Portuguese National Team (8), Polpharma VBW Clima, Team Roverto (Italy), Old Dominion (21), Sacramento Monarchs (21) Ibn Notes: Along with all-star frontcourt of Yolanda Griffith and DeMya Walker, Ticha Penicheiro and the Sacramento Monarchs won the 2005 WNBA Championship, defeating the Connecticut Sun. |
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