Dominique Canty
Dominique Danyell Canty (born March 2, 1977 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA. Canty played collegiately for the Alabama Crimson Tide.
High school and college
Canty attended Whitney Young High School in Chicago, Illinois, where she was named a High School All-American by the WBCA. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring seventeen points.
After graduating from high school, where she was a 1995 Street & Smith All-American and a four-time All-State player, Canty attended the University of Alabama and majored in criminal justice with a minor in social work while spending four seasons on their basketball team.
In her senior year for the Crimson Tide, she was named First-Team All-American by the Associated Press and The Sporting News. She finished her collegiate career as a two-time All-American and four-time All-SEC selection, and averaged 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.6 assists during her four seasons at Alabama. Canty finished her college career as Alabama's all-time leading scorer, male or female.
Professional career
Canty was drafted 29th overall in the 3rd round during the 1999 WNBA Draft by the Detroit Shock. She was the runner-up in the 1999 WNBA Rookie of the Year voting.
After playing four seasons with the Shock, she was traded to the Houston Comets on April 28, 2003 in exchange for the draft rights to Allison Curtin (Houston's 2003 first-round draft choice). Like most WNBA players during the off-season, Canty kept active in basketball at various levels. When she was with the Detroit Shock, she served the 1999-2000 off-season in their public relations department as an intern. A year later, she worked as an intern in the public relations department of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team.
After the 2001 WNBA season ended, she served as an assistant coach for the Chicago State University women's basketball team.
Canty played with the Chicago Blaze of the National Women's Basketball League prior to the 2003 WNBA season.
On February 12, 2007, the Chicago Sky signed her as a free agent.
Canty also plays in a professional league (PLKK) in Poland during the WNBA off season. In 2007 she won the championship with the TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków and was voted the season's MVP averaging 11.9 points per game.
References
- "Dominique Canty" (October 31, 2009) Wikipedia - accessed November 1, 2009