Jamila Wideman

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jamila Wideman
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 16, 1975(1975-10-16)
Age	49
Birthplace	Denver
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Libra

Jamila Wideman Biography

Jamila Wideman is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on October 16, 1975 in Denver, Colorado, United States. Wideman was born October 16, 1975. John Edgar Wideman is her father and an African-American author. He is also a Brown University professor. Her mother, Judith Ann Goldman is a lawyer.

Wideman was named USA Today’s First Team High School All-American in 1992-1993. Wideman scored 10 points in 1993’s WBCA High School All-America Game.

Wideman was selected as the 3rd overall draft pick by the Los Angeles Sparks in the inaugural WNBA draft of collegiate players in the summer of 1997.

While at Stanford University, she completed a double major, earning a B.A. in political science and African-American studies in 1997. After playing professional basketball, she earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Madeleine Blais wrote a book called In These Girls Hope is a Musket about her high school basketball team. Wideman wrote poems about the complex racial identity of Wideman in her high school newspaper. She published a poem entitled Black shortly after the 1992 Los Angeles uprisings.

Jamila Wideman Net Worth

Jamila Wideman is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jamila Wideman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jamila Wideman, born October 16, 1975, is an American lawyer, activist and former professional basketball player. She is the daughter John Edgar Wideman, an author.

Wideman was born in Wyoming and lived there until she was ten years old. Her father taught Creative Writing at University of Wyoming. She moved to Massachusetts in 1986 with her father, who accepted a tenured position at the University of Massachusetts.

In 1997, Wideman founded and implemented another youth program called “Hoopin’ with Jamila”. This program combined basketball skills clinics with a reading and writing program targeted at young women of color incarcerated in the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles. The program was funded by Nike. USA Today honored Wideman as the “Most Caring Athlete” in 1998, in large part because of the success of the program. The program also earned the National Council on Crime and Delinquency “Community Award”, given annually to programs that attempt to provide creative alternatives to juvenile incarceration.

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Facts & Trivia

Jamila Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jamila Wideman celebrates birthday on October 16 of every year.