La'Tangela Chiquita Atkinson (born March 22, 1984) is an American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
High school Atkinson played for Lee Central High School in Bishopville, South Carolina, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.
College Atkinson attended college at the University of North Carolina and graduated in 2006.
North Carolina statistics Source
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002-03 North Carolina 34 331 45.0 23.5 50.3 8.3 2.6 1.4 0.4 9.7
2003-04 North Carolina 31 306 50.0 29.4 66.7 8.1 2.9 1.5 0.3 9.9
2004-05 North Carolina 34 281 46.1 24.5 63.2 7.4 2.6 2.0 0.5 8.3
2005-06 North Carolina 35 317 55.3 20.6 62.5 6.6 3.1 1.6 0.6 9.1
Career North Carolina 134 1235 49.0 24.6 58.4 7.6 2.8 1.6 0.5 9.2
Professional Following her collegiate career, she was selected as the ninth overall pick in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever.
On March 23, 2007, she was traded to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for the Monarchs' second-round pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Indiana |33||1||12.7||43.7||29.4||46.2||2.3||0.7||0.5||0.2||1.0||3.0 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Sacramento |28||0||8.1||46.8||0.0||73.7||1.6||0.5||0.4||0.2||1.2||2.1 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Sacramento |5||1||14.6||37.5||0.0||50.0||2.8||1.6||1.0||0.4||2.0||2.8 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Seattle |2||1||23.0||25.0||0.0||50.0||9.0||2.5||5.0||0.5||2.0||2.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams |68||3||11.2||43.0||23.8||54.7||2.2||0.7||0.6||0.2||1.2||2.6
Playoffs
| align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Indiana |2||0||14.5||22.2||0.0||50.0||8.5||1.5||0.5||1.0||1.0||3.0 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Sacramento |2||0||3.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.0||0.5||0.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams |4||0||9.0||18.2||0.0||50.0||4.3||0.8||0.5||0.5||0.8||1.5
References
External links WNBA Player Profile University of North Carolina Tar Heels player biography Press release on her trade to the Sacramento Monarchs