You know, not just in Knoxville where wed have sellouts, but every game there were people there. I just focused on getting well, because it was scary. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Holdsclaw posts up against Naismith Hall of Famer Katie Smith in 2010. She was also only the fifth women's basketball player in NCAA history to have 3,000 points (a list including Jackie Stiles of Southwest Missouri State, Patricia Hoskins of Mississippi Valley State, Lorri Bauman of Drake, Cheryl Miller of USC, and Cindy Blodgett of Maine). (APM) has been first-rate. In 2006, she was rushed to the hospital for a suicide attempt which she kept from her teammates until she revealed it in a 2012 autobiography. Lacy told police that Holdsclaw then attacked her vehicle with a baseball bat, and fired a gun into the car before dousing the vehicle in gasoline in an assumed prelude to setting fire to the car. (Harper, then Kellie Jolly, joked that her father used to ask coaches on recruiting visits where Holdsclaw was going.) She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season. The couple met at a basketball camp in Africa a few years ago and had their first date April 2015, an epic outing for the NCAA Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Holdsclaw was a member of the National team who traveled to Berlin, Germany in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. Her compassion for people is inspiring and she encourages me to be my true self, Chamique said. Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/KS/LA (select parishes)/MA/MD/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OH/OR/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. In 2004, Holdsclaw announced to the world that she was dealing with depression a rare admission for an athlete even now, but especially at the time. My main trigger was losing my grandmother, she said. About Us When you have so many resources around you, and this is spoken about, why wouldnt you want to better yourself? What was your journey like in terms of recognizing the illness and coming to terms with it? Sitting in a coffee shop in suburban Virginia, less than five miles from where she began her professional career, Holdsclaw isnt a basketball star anymore. I was really moody - temper tantrums, you know, high levels of irritability. Holdsclaw was inducted into the Womens Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018 after a history-making run with the Tennessee Lady Volunteers that included three NCAA national titles (1996-98). And people told me what happened and it scared them, I was just like Are you serious?'. She was a three-time national champion in college and later starred in the WNBA. Odds and lines subject to change. Chamique Holdsclaw WNBA Stats | Basketball-Reference.com Void in ONT. Both women profess a love for traveling together, and the opportunity to learn about different cultures and eat good food. Holdsclaw, though, had her own battles away from the court. [9], Holdsclaw continued with the National team to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. And I feel good about that. Basketball was where everything felt easy. When Holdsclaw initially was approached by APM, she thought it was just for an interview, not an invitation to host her own podcast. The next year, Holdsclaw was named to the Olympic team, helping to lead them to a gold medal. 4 years after hitting rock bottom, Chamique Holdsclaw has a new mission