height_ft nationality birth_date career_start weight_lbs years draft_year team draft_pick college name high_school wnba_profile draft_team draft_league position draft_round height_in article_title
6 american 3 may 1976 1999 185 1999 2009 -- 2010 -- 2003 2004 -- 2007 2007 -- 2008 1999 cleveland rockers washington mystics chicago sky washington mystics 11 nc state -lrb- 1994 -- 1998 -rrb- chasity melvin lakewood -lrb- salemburg , north carolina -rrb- chasity_melvin cleveland rockers wnba power forward / center 1 3 chasity melvin

chasity melvin

chasity melvin -lrb- born may 3 , 1976 -rrb- is an american professional basketball player , originally from roseboro , north carolina .
a 6 ' 3 '' -lrb- 1.90 m -rrb- 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 .
melvin has also played professionally in italy , israel , spain , poland , russia the abl , 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 went back 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 .
melvin played for asia aluminum basketball club in china during the 2008 -- 09 wnba off-season .
she returned to the mystics for the 2009 season ; she had played there previously from 2004 -- 07 .
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 .
