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Jessie Hicks
Personal information
Born (1971-12-02) December 2, 1971 (age 52)
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
CollegeMaryland (1989–1993)
WNBA draft1997: 2nd round, 12th overall pick
Selected by the Utah Starzz
Playing career1997–2004
PositionForward / center
Career history
1997Utah Starzz
2000–2002Orlando Miracle
2003Connecticut Sun
2004San Antonio Stars
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-ACC (1992, 1993)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Jessie Hicks (born December 2, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player. She was chosen to be a member of the 2013 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament Legends Roster, a class of 12 former-student-athletes who represent three decades of basketball.[1]

Professional career

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Hicks was selected with the 12th overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft by the Utah Starzz. In her debut game on June 21, 1997, Hicks played for four and half minutes and recorded only one rebound as a statistic, as the Starzz fell to the Sacramento Monarchs 61 - 73.[2] She would only play for the Starzz her rookie year, averaging 3.2 points and 1.4 rebounds in 10 minutes per game.

Pregnancy and fight back into the WNBA

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At the end of her rookie season, Hicks would discover that she was pregnant. She would be placed on the injury reserve list for the Starzz as she recovered from giving the birth of her son, Jamon Emmanuel Hicks. She was eventually waived by the Starzz on April 30, 1999.[3] Hicks has spoken publicly about the pregnancy, her difficulty with recovering and her determination to get back into the league afterwards. Saying "The doctor gives you six weeks to get your body back to normal. I didn't recover like that. Three months, it took me. And I'd gained a lot of weight — 60 pounds. But I had the desire to get back into shape."[4]

Hicks would not return to the WNBA until the spring of 2000 (2 and a half years after the final game of her rookie season) where she signed to the Orlando Miracle's training camp and made the final roster going into the 2000 season. As an appreciation token for her drive and determination to return to the league, she started for the Miracle in their season opener on May 31, 2000. However, this would be her only game that year where she was a starter as the Miracle decided to start Cíntia Santos and Taj McWilliams-Franklin at the center and power forward positions for every other game of the season.[5] She would play for the Miracle for four years (in the fourth year, the Miracle moved to Connecticut and became the Connecticut Sun with her most productive one being her third year, averaging 6.1 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. The fourth year (as a member of the now Sun) would be the only time Hicks would make the playoffs in her career, but the Sun were swept in the Eastern Conference Finals by the Detroit Shock.

After the 2003 season ended, Hicks signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Silver Stars on February 4, 2004.[6] In 27 games for the Silver Stars (starting in 10 of them), Hicks averaged 13.7 minutes per game along with 4.7 points and 2.1 rebounds as the Stars finished with the worst record in the league (9-25).

Because the Stars missed the playoffs, Hicks final WNBA game ever ended up being the last regular season game of the Stars' schedule that year on September 17, 2004. On that day, the Stars defeated the Charlotte Sting 82 - 65 with Hicks recording 2 points, 4 rebounds a 1 block in her final game.[7]

Personal life

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Hicks earned a degree in criminal justice in 1993. She later earned a master's of education in guidance and counseling. She has two children.

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Utah 26 0 10.1 .463 .000 .563 1.4 .4 .5 .4 .5 3.2
2000 Orlando 26 1 6.0 .4835 – .621 1.0 .2 .1 .3 .7 1.5
2001 Orlando 32° 5 14.3 .389 – .652 2.9 .7 .7 .5 1.7 5.3
2002 Orlando 31 6 15.2 .477 – .698 3.3 .7 .6 .8 1.6 6.1
2003 Connecticut 27 0 9.4 .463 – .960 1.8 .2 .4 .3 1.0 3.6
2004 San Antonio 27 10 13.7 .468 – .605 2.1 .7 .6 .5 1.3 4.7
Career 6 years, 2 teams 169 22 11.7 .447 .000 .679 2.1 .5 .5 .5 1.1 4.2

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2003 Connecticut 4 0 6.8 .625 – – 1.5 .3 .0 .3 .5 2.5

References

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  1. ^ "Kira Orr Announced as ACC Women's Basketball Legend". Duke University. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  2. ^ "Sacramento Monarchs at Utah Starzz, June 21, 1997".
  3. ^ "1999 Utah Starzz Transactions".
  4. ^ "Hicks has no regrets about baby". 14 June 2000.
  5. ^ "2000 Orlando Miracle Starting Lineups".
  6. ^ "Silver Stars sign WNBA veteran Jessie Hicks". 6 February 2004.
  7. ^ "Charlotte Sting at San Antonio Silver Stars, September 17, 2004".
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