Da'Love Woods

Da'Love Woods

Woods in uniform for BBV Leipzig
Personal information
Born (1982-09-07) September 7, 1982
Portland, Oregon
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Listed weight 135 lb (61 kg)
Career information
High school St. Mary's Academy
(Portland, Oregon)
College Portland
Colorado State
Playing career 2007–2009
Position Point guard
Career history
2007 ES Pully
2008 BBV Leipzig
2008 Cukierki ODRA Brzeg
Career highlights and awards
  • DBBL Guard of the Year (2008)
  • DBBL 1st Team (2008)
  • DBBL All-Imports Team (2008)
  • First Team All West Coast Conference (2002)

Da'Love Woods (born September 7, 1982) is an American professional basketball player, in Europe. At 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) in height, she plays at the point guard position.

College career

Born in Portland, Oregon, Woods played college basketball at the University of Portland and Colorado State University. In 2001, as a freshman at the University of Portland, she broke the then West Coast Conference Tournament scoring record with 31 points. As a sophomore, Woods went on to become a 1st-Team all West Coast Conference player in 2002.

Professional playing career

Woods began her European playing career in Switzerland for LNA club Esperance Sportive Pully in 2007. There she averaged 34.8 points per game.[1] In 2004 and 2005 Woods was invited to the training camp of the Colorado Chill of the National Women's Basketball League.

Woods most recently played in Germany’s DBBL for BBV Leipzig during the 2007-2008 season. She earned several EuroBasket awards while playing for BBV Leipzig, which included DBBL Guard of the Year. Woods was also awarded 1st Team-DBBL and was a member of the DBBL All-Imports Team.[2] Woods finished the DBBL season as the league leader in points and assist, averaging 20.2 points per game and 6 assist per game.[3]

Professional career

Woods is the owner of Deep Three Basketball which holds summer league basketball tournaments in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Woods also acts as the league director of the Portland Women's Summer League (PWSL), a venture of the Deep Three Basketball company.[4]

Notes

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