Tye'sha Fluker Explained

Tye'sha Fluker
Position:Center
Nationality:American
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:209
Birth Date:1984 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:Pasadena, California
High School:John Muir (Pasadena, California)
College:Tennessee (2002–2006)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2006
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:10
Draft Team:Charlotte Sting
Years1:2006
Team1:Charlotte Sting
Years2:2007
Team2:Seattle Storm
Years3:2007
Team3:Los Angeles Sparks
Years4:2008
Team4:Chicago Sky
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Tye'sha Nicole Fluker (born December 27, 1984) is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.

High school

Fluker played for Muir High School in Pasadena, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored three points. She also participated in the 2002 Inaugural Women's McDonald All-American Game

College

Fluker attended college at the University of Tennessee and graduated in 2006. There she helped lead the Lady Vols to three Final Four appearances, two regular season SEC titles, two SEC Tournament crowns and an overall record of 125–19 in her four-year career. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 10th overall in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Charlotte Sting.

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Charlotte|31||1||10.3||33.7||0.0||72.7||2.1||0.3||0.1||0.5||0.7||2.5 |-| align="left" rowspan=2 | 2007| align="left" | Seattle|9||0||3.4||0.0||0.0||50.0||0.8||0.0||0.0||0.1||0.3||0.1 |-| align="left" | Los Angeles|12||0||9.5||38.6||50.0||57.1||1.6||0.3||0.3||0.6||0.8||3.3 |-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Chicago|26||2||8.9||38.5||33.3||76.0||1.3||0.4||0.2||0.3||0.7||2.7 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 3 teams|78||3||8.9||34.6||25.0||71.4||1.6||0.3||0.1||0.4||0.7||2.4

College career statistics

Source

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG
2002–03 36 110 40.0 22.2 57.1 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 3.1
2003–04 Tennessee  35 188 48.4 63.0 3.1 0.3 0.2 0.7 5.4
2004–05 Tennessee  33 243 46.1 64.1 5.4 0.5 0.8 0.8 7.4
2005–06 Tennessee  36 334 53.2 65.4 4.9 0.6 0.5 0.6 9.3
Career Tennessee  140 875 48.0 18.2 63.6 4.0 0.5 0.4 0.6 6.3

Professional

On January 8, 2007, she was traded to the Seattle Storm as the seventh pick in the WNBA Dispersal Draft of former Charlotte Sting players.

On June 5, 2008, she signed with the Chicago Sky.

She played for Ružomberok in Slovakia during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.

She is playing in Poland for the winter of 2010 in Energa Toruń.

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