Tiffany Travis (born March 20, 1978) is a retired American professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Tiffany Travis
Personal information
Born (1978-03-20) March 20, 1978 (age 46)
Picayune, Mississippi
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High schoolHarrison Central (Gulfport, Mississippi)
CollegeFlorida (1996–2000)
WNBA draft2000: 2nd round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career2000–2000
PositionGuard / forward
Number10
Career history
2000Charlotte Sting
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-SEC (2000)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Travis was born in Picayune, Mississippi. She attended Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, where she played high school basketball for the Harrison Central Red Rebels. She graduated from Harrison Central in 1996.

She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, and Travis excelled for coach Carol Ross's Florida Gators women's basketball team from 1996 to 2000. Travis was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection as a senior in 2000. She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 2000.

Travis was selected in the second round, 11th pick overall, of the 2000 WNBA draft by the Charlotte Sting.[1] She played in all 32 games, starting 12 of them, as a rookie. She scored 10 or more points on four occasions, including a career-high of 16. Among her 2000 Sting teammates, she scored the fifth-highest point total (173), and was sixth in points per game (5.4). Her 81 rebounds were the fifth-most on the team. Her 31 steals were the third-highest on the Sting, and seventh-highest among 2000 WNBA rookies. She led the Sting in three-point field goal percentage (48.0%), and was fourth in three-point field goals made (12) and attempted (25).

Her WNBA career ended as a result of a 2001 knee injury.[2]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2000 Charlotte 32 12 17.9 44.3 48.0 75.0 2.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.0 5.4
Career 1 year, 1 team 32 12 17.9 44.3 48.0 75.0 2.5 0.8 1.0 0.1 1.0 5.4

College

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Source[3]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996-97 Florida 33 234 44.6% 0.0% 74.3% 2.6 0.6 0.6 0.2 7.1
1997-98 Florida 16 229 52.1% 33.3% 69.2% 5.9 1.1 1.4 0.9 14.3
1998-99 Florida 32 465 46.1% 40.0% 85.2% 4.2 0.9 1.1 0.5 14.5
1999-00 Florida 34 560 43.3% 35.2% 71.2% 4.3 1.3 1.6 0.5 16.5
TOTALS Florida 115 1488 45.6% 34.2% 74.5% 4.0 1.0 1.2 0.1 12.9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gator stats". Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Bio for Tiffany Travis". WNBA. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Florida Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-09-10.
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