Kamie Ethridge
- January 4, 2024
- Basketball Player
Quick Facts
Full Name | Kamie Ethridge |
Occupation | Basketball Player |
Date Of Birth | Apr 21, 1964(1964-04-21) |
Age | 60 |
Birthplace | Hereford |
Country | United States |
Horoscope | Aries |
Kamie Ethridge Biography
Name | Kamie Ethridge |
Birthday | Apr 21 |
Birth Year | 1964 |
Place Of Birth | Hereford |
Birth Country | United States |
Birth Sign | Aries |
Kamie Ethridge is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on April 21, 1964 in Hereford, United States. Mary Camille “Kamie” Ethridge (born on April 21st 1964) is an former American basketball player and currently a basketball coach. The point guard was named All-American in the University of Texas at Austin and also won the Gold medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics. She is regarded as one of the top women’s basketball players of all time and was admitted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002. Ethridge is currently director of the basketball program at Washington State University.
Despite having a high ranking The team started the 1985-86 campaign without having been able to win an National Championship. Ethridge is one of the six senior players with Fran Harris. All was in their final season of college with one last chance to win an award. Ethridge was thought to be extremely competitive . She once took part in the triathlon in which she rode the 9 miles of the bicycle course with flat tires for the final three miles. The team was placed very high, causing Sports Illustrated to refer to their stadium to be “the best little scorehouse in Texas”.
Ethridge was a member of the gold medal winning USA team competing in the Pan American games held in Indianapolis, Indiana during August 1987, although she saw limited action due to a knee injury sustained in the first game. Ethridge finished her USA basketball playing career with a gold medal win in the 1988 Olympics held in Seoul, Korea.
That year, the team entered the tournament undefeated, and won all their tournament games, finishing the season as the first undefeated NCAA Division I women’s basketball team (34–0), and national champions. Ethridge was the 1986 winner of the Honda Sports Award for basketball and the overall Honda- Broderick Cup winner for all sports. She was also the winner of the Wade Trophy, reflecting leadership and character in addition to athletic ability. Etheridge was the 1986 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to “the nation’s most outstanding NCAA Division I female basketball player who stands 5’8″ tall or under”. While at Texas, she had 776 assists, setting a school record.
Ethridge was part of in the USA World University Games team in Kobe, Japan in 1985. The team took home with a silver medal, following losing to USSR. The team was trailing to 18-points at one point but they attempted to rally but came up short, losing to the Soviets 87-81. The next time, Ethridge played for the USA team at the World Championships, in Moscow. The USA team would play their counterparts from the USSR in the final game and win the medal of gold with a scores of 108-88.
Kamie Ethridge Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Basketball Player |
House | Living in own house. |
Kamie Ethridge is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kamie Ethridge 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
The girl was born in Hereford, Texas, Ethridge was a guard at Monterey High School, in Lubbock, Texas. She was the team captain to the State championship (5A) in 1981.
Ethridge was a student at her time at the University of Texas, where she was a player for Hall of Fame coach Jody Conradt. They Lady Longhorns were one of the most formidable teams in the nation when Ethridge joined the team and she was able to help strengthen the team’s position. Ethridge joined Texas in the year 1982. The first 2 seasons the team was awarded an unofficial two-seed at the 1983 and 1984 NCAA Basketball Tournament. In 1984 the team performed well enough to get the top ranking in the final season of the regular season AP poll. The team was afflicted with injury to the knees of five of its key players in 1984. This included an injury suffered by centre Annette Smith so severe she was in rehab for more than an entire year. In 1985 the team would finish the season at top of the list. In 1985, the team was 28-3 during the regular season and were looking toward an Final Four held at their own arena, which was the Erwin Center. In the final, the Lady Longhorns were stunned by an eerily fast shot from Western Kentucky, and lost by 92-90 in the Mideast Regional finals.
Ethridge was a graduate assistant at Texas in 1987–88 after completing her bachelor’s degree, then played professionally in Italy for the team OECE in 1988–89. Ethridge became a graduate assistant at Northern Illinois in 1989 and was promoted to assistant coach in 1990. She then moved on to Vanderbilt and was part of the coaching staff under Jim Foster to help the team to a 1993 Final Four appearance. She then moved on to Kansas State, first as an assistant, then as associate head coach, where she helped the team become competitive.
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Kamie Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kamie Ethridge celebrates birthday on April 21 of every year.