Chasity Melvin Explained

Chasity Melvin
Career Position:Power forward / center
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:185
Nationality:American
Birth Date:May 3, 1976
High School:Lakewood
(Salemburg, North Carolina)
College:NC State (1994–1998)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:1999
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:11
Draft Team:Cleveland Rockers
Career Start:1999
Years1:1999–2003
Team1:Cleveland Rockers
Years2:2004–2007
Team2:Washington Mystics
Years3:2007–2008
Team3:Chicago Sky
Years4:2009–2010
Team4:Washington Mystics
Cteam1:Phoenix Mercury
Highlights:
  • WNBA All-Star (2001)
  • Kodak All-American (1998)
  • 2x First-team All-ACC (1997, 1998)
  • ACC Rookie of the Year (1995)
  • ACC All-Freshman Team (1995)
Wnba Profile:chasity_melvin

Chasity Melvin (born May 3, 1976) is a retired American professional basketball player, originally from Roseboro, North Carolina.

A 6'3" (1.90 m) forward, Melvin entered the WNBA in 1999, and played for the Cleveland Rockers, the Washington Mystics, and the Chicago Sky over twelve seasons in the league. She recorded WNBA career averages of 9.7 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game.[1] Melvin has also played professionally in Italy, Israel, Spain, Poland, Russia the ABL,[2] and China.

During a game at the UIC Pavilion on August 15, 2007, Melvin's left eye was dislodged from its socket after Shameka Christon of the New York Liberty accidentally struck Melvin's face as the two were battling for a rebound. Melvin was treated at the University of Illinois-Chicago Medical Center, where her eye returned into its socket by itself. She was able to return to the arena to participate in Fan Appreciation Night activities after the game. Melvin suffered scratches to her cornea, but no skull fractures or vision loss.[3]

Melvin played for Asia Aluminum Basketball Club in China during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.[4] She returned to the Mystics for the 2009 season; she had played there previously from 2004 to 2007.

Melvin attended and played basketball for North Carolina State University from 1994 to 1998. In 1996–7, she was named a Kodak All-American. She led the Wolfpack to a Final Four appearance in her senior season and set an NCAA semifinal record by scoring 37 points in the Wolfpack's loss to Louisiana Tech on March 27, 1998.Melvin joined the WUBA Southern Lady Generals in 2014.In 2019, Melvin went to Albania and Kosovo as a Sports Envoy for the U.S. State Department's Sport Diplomacy Office.[5]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 1999| align="left" | Cleveland|32||9||22.2||43.8||100.0||69.4||4.0||1.2||0.6||0.7||1.3||8.1 |-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Cleveland|32||32||28.3||47.1||14.3||73.0||5.4||1.9||0.9||0.6||1.9||11.7|-| align="left" | 2001| align="left" | Cleveland|27||20||27.9||47.4||100.0||69.8||5.7||1.9||0.9||0.6||1.7||9.9|-| align="left" | 2002| align="left" | Cleveland|32||32||33.0||46.4||50.0||68.7||6.0||1.8||0.9||0.6||2.3||12.5|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Cleveland|34||34||31.2||47.7||27.3||69.9||6.3||1.5||0.8||0.6||2.0||13.1 |-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Washington|34||16||24.3||40.6||0.0||76.6||3.9||1.1||0.4||0.5||1.5||8.6|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Washington|34||34||30.9||49.2||25.0||67.4||5.9||0.7||0.9||0.4||1.8||11.7|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Washington|34||34||29.5||52.0||0.0||65.6||6.6||1.3||1.0||0.8||1.8||11.9 |-| align="left" rowspan=2 | 2007| align="left" | Washington|3||3||27.3||34.6||0.0||84.2||6.7||0.0||2.0||0.0||0.7||11.3 |-| align="left" | Chicago|29||25||29.4||46.8||20.0||62.7||6.7||1.3||1.1||0.8||2.4||9.9|-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Chicago|34||18||22.3||44.3||33.3||61.4||5.1||1.5||0.9||0.3||1.4||8.2 |-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Washington|34||33||22.2||44.7||0.0||54.1||4.6||1.1||1.0||0.9||1.5||5.9 |-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Washington|34||12||19.4||43.4||0.0||64.3||4.7||0.7||0.7||0.5||1.2||5.2 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 12 years, 3 teams|393||302||26.6||46.3||28.6||67.8||5.4||1.3||0.9||0.6||1.7||9.7

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Cleveland|6||6||30.5||52.6||0.0||72.2||6.7||1.8||0.8||0.5||1.8||8.8|-| align="left" | 2001| align="left" | Cleveland|3||2||27.0||50.0||0.0||72.7||4.0||2.0||0.7||0.7||2.0||8.0|-| align="left" | 2003| align="left" | Cleveland|3||3||34.7||38.7||0.0||76.5||4.3||1.7||0.7||1.3||2.7||16.7 |-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Washington|3||3||34.7||41.9||0.0||71.4||8.3||2.0||0.3||1.3||0.7||13.7|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Washington|2||2||29.0||33.3||0.0||25.0||7.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||2.5||5.5|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Washington|2||2||22.5||58.3||0.0||100.0||3.0||2.0||1.0||0.5||3.5||8.5 |-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Washington|2||1||15.0||80.0||0.0||75.0||2.0||1.0||1.0||0.0||0.5||5.5|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 7 years, 2 teams|21||19||28.8||46.6||0.0||72.6||5.5||1.6||0.7||0.7||1.9||9.9

College

Source[6]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1994–95NC State3150860.3%0.0%56.4%7.01.11.51.016.4
1995–96NC State3048956.2%0.0%53.7%7.71.21.01.816.3
1996–97NC State3150058.4%0.0%60.4%8.61.41.01.416.1
1997–98NC State3254557.9%0.0%57.8%9.52.61.01.417.0
Total124204257.9%0.0%57.3%8.21.61.31.216.5

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/m/melvich01w.html Career statistics
  2. http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/chasity_melvin/bio.html Biography
  3. Tina Akouris. "Eye caramba!" Chicago Sun-Times. August 16, 2007.
  4. http://www.wnba.com/news/overseas_0809.html Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster
  5. Web site: Sports and Public Diplomacy Envoys (2005–Present) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. 2020-10-02. eca.state.gov. en. January 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220115204421/https://eca.state.gov/programs-initiatives/initiatives/sports-diplomacy/sports-envoys-and-sports-visitors/envoy-list. dead.
  6. Web site: NC State Media Guide. 2017-09-11.