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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1977)}}
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{{Use American English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Chamique Holdsclaw
| image = Chamique Holdsclaw.jpg
| caption = Holdsclaw in 2016
| number = 1
| position = [[Small forward]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 172
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|8|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Queens]], New York, U.S.
| high_school = [[Christ the King Regional High School|Christ the King]]<br />(Queens, New York)
| college = [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (1995–1999)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_team = [[Washington Mystics]]
| career_start = 1999
| career_end = 2010
| years1 = [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]–[[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| team1 = [[Washington Mystics]]
| years2 = [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]–[[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| team2 = [[Los Angeles Sparks]]
| years3 = [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| team3 = [[Atlanta Dream]]
| years4 = [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| team4 = [[San Antonio Silver Stars]]
| years5 = 2013
| team5 = Southern Lady Generals
| highlights = * 6× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[1999 WNBA All-Star Game|1999]]–[[2003 WNBA All-Star Game|2003]], [[2005 WNBA All-Star Game|2005]])
* 3× [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA Second Team]] ({{WNBA Year|1999}}, {{WNBA Year|2001}}, {{WNBA Year|2002}})
* [[Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award]] (2010)
* [[WNBA Rookie of the Year Award|WNBA Rookie of the Year]] (1999)
* 2× [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season rebounding leaders|WNBA rebounding champion]] (2002, 2003)
* [[List of Women's National Basketball Association season scoring leaders|WNBA scoring champion]] (2002)
* [[James E. Sullivan Award|Sullivan Award]] (1998)
* 3× [[List of NCAA Women's Division I Basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1996]]–[[1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1998]])
* 2× [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|NCAA Tournament MOP]] (1997, 1998)
* 2× [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] (1998, 1999)
* 2× [[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year|AP Player of the Year]] (1998, 1999)
* 2× [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|USBWA Player of the Year]] (1998, 1999)
* 2× [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] (1998, 1999)
* [[Honda-Broderick Cup]] (1998)
* 2× [[WBCA Player of the Year]] (1998, 1999)
* 4× All-American – [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]], [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak]] (1996–1999)
* 3× First-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (1997–1999)
* Third-team All-American – AP (1996)
* 2× [[SEC Female Athlete of the Year]] (1998, 1999)
* 2× [[SEC Women's Basketball Player of the Year|SEC Player of the Year]] (1998, 1999)
* 2× [[SEC Women's Basketball Tournament|SEC Tournament MVP]] (1998, 1999)
* [[USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year]] (1997)
* 4× First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (1996–1999)
* [[USBWA National Freshman of the Year]] (1996)
* [[Southeastern Conference women's basketball Freshman of the Year|SEC Freshman of the Year]]  (1996)
* SEC All-Freshman Team (1996)
* [[Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award|Naismith Prep Player of the Year]] (1995)
* WUBA ALL-STAR (2013)
| womensHOF = chamique-holdsclaw
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|USA}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|National Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA World Championship for Women]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[United States women's national basketball team|1998 Berlin]]| Team Competition}}
| wnba_profile = chamique_holdsclaw
}}
'''Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw''' (born August 9, 1977) is an American former professional [[basketball]] player in the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 21, 2010|title=Chamique Holdsclaw signs with San Antonio Silver Stars {{!}} WNBA|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/chamique-holdsclaw-signs-with-san-antonio-silver-stars-wnba/|url-status=live|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221123639/https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/chamique-holdsclaw-signs-with-san-antonio-silver-stars-wnba/ |archive-date=December 21, 2021 }}</ref> She announced her retirement from the Los Angeles Sparks on June 11, 2007,<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 12, 2007|title=Six-time WNBA All-Star Holdsclaw retires|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/story?id=2901253|access-date=December 21, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> though she eventually came out of retirement to play with the [[Atlanta Dream]] for the 2009 WNBA Season. Holdsclaw was inducted into the [[NYC Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2015,<ref name="NYCHOF">{{cite web |url=https://hoopshallny.org/year-of-induction/2015/ |title=Inductions for the Year 2015 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=New York City Basketball Hall of Fame |access-date=April 2, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> and the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref name="WBHOF">{{Cite web|title=Chamique Holdsclaw|url=https://www.wbhof.com/famers/chamique-holdsclaw/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Holdsclaw grew up playing basketball. While attending [[Christ the King Regional High School]] in [[Queens]], New York, she played for the school's women's basketball team, and led them to four straight New York State Championships in basketball. Holdsclaw was named a High School All-American by the [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association]] (WBCA).<ref name="HS All-Americans"/> She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995, scoring eight points.<ref name="box score"/>

==College career==
Holdsclaw went to the [[University of Tennessee]] from 1995 to 1999, where she played under coach [[Pat Summitt]] and helped to lead the Lady Vols to the women's NCAA's first ever three consecutive [[NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship|Women's Basketball Championships]] in 1996, 1997 and 1998. The 1998 championship was Tennessee's first ever undefeated season at 39–0 and also set an NCAA record for the most wins ever in a season. She also helped lead Tennessee to two SEC regular season titles in 1998 and 1999 and to three SEC tournament championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

At Tennessee, Holdsclaw was a four-time Kodak All-America, one of only six women's basketball players to earn the honor (along with teammate [[Tamika Catchings]], [[Cheryl Miller]] of [[University of Southern California|USC]], [[Ann Meyers]] of [[UCLA]], [[Lynette Woodard]] of [[University of Kansas|Kansas]] and [[LaToya Thomas]] of [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State]].) Holdsclaw finished her career with 3,025 points and 1,295 rebounds, making her the all-time leading scoring and rebounder at Tennessee in men's or women's history, the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in SEC women's history, and the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in the NCAA tournament women's history with 470 points and 197 rebounds. She was also only the fifth women's basketball player in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] history to have 3,000 points (a list including [[Jackie Stiles]] of [[Southwest Missouri State University|Southwest Missouri State]], [[Patricia Hoskins]] of [[Mississippi Valley State University|Mississippi Valley State]], [[Lorri Bauman]] of [[Drake University|Drake]], [[Cheryl Miller]] of USC, and [[Cindy Blodgett]] of [[University of Maine|Maine]]). She is also one of five women's collegiate basketball players to ever accumulate over 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 300 assists and 300 steals (a list that includes teammate [[Tamika Catchings]], [[Cheryl Miller]] of [[University of Southern California|USC]], [[Sophia Young]] of [[Baylor University|Baylor]], and [[Armintie Price]] of [[University of Mississippi|Mississippi]].) In 1998, Holdsclaw received the [[James E. Sullivan Award]] as the top amateur athlete in the United States. Holdsclaw also won the Naismith trophy for player of the year twice, in 1998 and 1999, and posted a 131–17 win–loss record during her remarkable career as a Lady Vol. In 2000, she was named Naismith's Player of the Century for the 1990s and was also part of an [[ESPY]] award given to the Lady Vols as Co-Team of the Decade for the 1990s. In 1996, 1997, and 1998, Holdsclaw was named to the Final Four All Tournament team.<ref name="FF Record book"/>

In 2006, Holdsclaw was named to a women's collegiate basketball silver anniversary team for being picked as one of the 25 greatest players of the past 25 years. She was also picked as one of the 5 greatest players in the SEC of the past 25 years.

Holdsclaw is a member of [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] sorority.

==WNBA career==
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In the [[1999 WNBA draft]], Holdsclaw was selected by the [[Washington Mystics]] 1st overall.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Knight|first=Athelia|title=Mystics Select Holdsclaw With No. 1 Pick|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/mystics/daily/may99/05/wnba5.htm|access-date=November 16, 2021|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> After this selection, Holdsclaw gained the distinction of being the first female athlete to appear on the cover of ''[[Slam (magazine)|SLAM]]'' magazine. Furthermore, Holdsclaw was pictured in a [[New York Knicks]] jersey, implying that perhaps she was good enough to play in the NBA.

In her first season, she was named the [[WNBA Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]], the first number one draft pick to win that honor. She was also a starter in the inaugural [[WNBA All-Star Game]] that same year. She averaged 16.9 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in her first season. The next year, Holdsclaw was named to the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic]] team, helping to lead them to a [[Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics|gold medal]].

During her subsequent seasons in the WNBA, Holdsclaw continued to improve her numbers. In 2002, despite missing several games with an ankle injury, Holdsclaw averaged a [[Double (basketball)#Double-double|double-double]] per game with 19.9 points and 11.5 rebounds. By 2003, she was averaging 20.5 points and 10.9 rebounds per game. On July 24, 2004, however, she failed to show up for a game against [[Charlotte Sting|Charlotte]], played one more game in reserve and then did not play the rest of the season including the entire playoffs.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

On March 21, 2005, Holdsclaw was traded to the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] in exchange for [[DeLisha Milton-Jones]].

In May 2006, Holdsclaw took a sudden two-week leave from playing for the Sparks, but later clarified that this was due to the serious illnesses of her father and stepfather. As of late June, she was averaging 14.4 points per game and 7 rebounds per game.

On June 11, 2007, only a few weeks into the 2007 [[WNBA]] season, she surprisingly announced she was retiring and did not immediately provide any explanation as to her sudden departure.<ref name="retire"/>

On December 17, 2008, the [[Atlanta Dream]] traded the 13th pick in the [[2009 WNBA draft]] to the [[Los Angeles Sparks]] in exchange for the rights to Holdsclaw. Holdsclaw stated she definitely considered a return to the [[WNBA]] if healthy, and did. Holdsclaw was a constant part of the team's offense and a starter that season, despite an injury that kept her out several games toward the end of the season. However, she returned just in time for one game in the [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|playoffs]]. The Dream lost to the [[Detroit Shock]].

On May 19, 2010, she was released from the Dream after requesting a trade and did not report to the team. Two days later, she signed with the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]].

==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

===WNBA===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|}

====Regular season====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 31 || 30 || 34.2 || .437 || .172 || .773 || 7.9 || 2.4 || 1.2 || '''0.9''' || 16.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000 WNBA season|2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 32 || 32 || 35.3 || .465 || .256 || .680 || 7.5 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 17.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 29 || 29 || 33.6 || .400 || .239 || .682 || 8.8 || 2.3 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 16.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 WNBA season|2002]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 20 || 20 || 31.7 || .452 || .393 || .830 || style="background:#D3D3D3"| '''11.6'''° || 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.3 || style="background:#D3D3D3"|19.9°
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2003 WNBA season|2003]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 27 || 27|| 35.1 || .425 || .171 || '''.903''' || style="background:#D3D3D3"|10.9° || '''3.3''' || 1.3 || 0.6 || '''20.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2004 WNBA season|2004]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 23 || 22 || 34.8 || .402 || .412 || .803 || 8.3 || 2.4 || '''1.7''' || 0.8 || 19.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| '''33''' || '''33''' || '''35.8''' || .480 || .231 || .788 || 6.8 || 3.2 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 17.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 25 || 0 || 29.5 || .470 || .200 || .884 || 6.1 || 2.2 || 1.4 || 0.4 || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 5 || 5 || 30.0 || .492 || '''.667''' || .833 || 5.6 || 3.0 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 15.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]]
| 25 || 25 || 28.3 || .414 || .200 || .839 || 4.4 || 2.2 || 1.4 || 0.3 || 13.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2010 WNBA season|2010]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[San Antonio Stars|San Antonio]]
| 29 || 29 || 29.0 || '''.494''' || .355 || .806 || 5.3 || 2.0 || 1.5 || 0.3 || 13.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|11 years, 4 teams
| 279 || 252 || 32.9 || .443 || .262 || .794 || 7.6 || 2.5 || 1.3 || 0.5  ||16.9
{{S-end}}

====Playoffs====
{{NBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2000 WNBA Playoffs|2000]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| 2 || 2 || 37.5 || .448 || .000 || '''1.000''' || 5.5 || 0.5 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 15.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2002 WNBA Playoffs|2002]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Washington Mystics|Washington]]
| '''5''' || '''5''' || 34.6 || .449 || .182 || .733 || '''8.6''' || '''3.2''' || '''2.0''' || 0.6 || '''18.8'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2005 WNBA Playoffs|2005]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 2 || 2 || '''39.0''' || '''.519''' || '''1.000''' || .400 || '''5.0''' || 1.0 || '''2.0''' || 0.0 || 15.5
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2006 WNBA Playoffs|2006]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Los Angeles Sparks|Los Angeles]]
| 3 || 1 || 14.7 || .333 || .500 || .000 || 3.7 || 1.3 || 0.3 || '''0.7''' || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[2009 WNBA Playoffs|2009]]
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Atlanta Dream|Atlanta]]
| 1 || 0 || 13.0 || .250 || .000 || '''1.000''' || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| Career
| style="text-align:left;"|5 years, 3 teams
| 13 || 10 || 29.5 || .442 || .250 || .725 || 6.0 || 1.8 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 13.2
{{S-end}}

=== College ===
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[1995–96 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|36||-||-||46.7||23.3||71.3||9.1||2.1||0.9||0.6||-||16.2	
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[1996–97 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|'''39'''||-||-||49.8||'''34.0'''||66.7||'''9.4'''||2.9||2.4||'''0.9'''||-||20.6	
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[1997–98 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team|Tennessee]]
|'''39'''||-||-||'''54.6'''||22.0||'''76.5'''||8.4||'''3.0'''||'''2.8'''||'''0.9'''||-||'''23.5'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1998–99
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]]
|34||-||-||51.9||14.3||70.7||8.1||2.4||2.1||0.7||-||21.3
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | '''Career'''
|148||-||-||51.0||25.4||71.5||8.8||2.6||2.1||0.8||-||20.4		
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from [[Sports-Reference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Chamique-Holdsclaw-1.html|title=Chamique Holdsclaw College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}</ref>
{{s-end}}

==USA Basketball==
Holdsclaw was a member of the National team who traveled to [[Berlin, Germany]] in July and August 1998 for the FIBA World Championships. The USA team won a close opening game against Japan 95–89, then won their next six games easily. In the quarterfinals, Holdsclaw scored 20 points to help team advance. After trailing late in the final game, the USA held on to win the gold medal 71–65. Holdsclaw averaged 10.9 points per game, third highest on the team.<ref name="1998 WC"/>

Holdsclaw continued with the National team to the 2000 Olympics in [[Sydney, Australia]]. The USA won all eight games, including the gold medal game against host Australia to win the gold medal, although Holdsclaw had a stress fracture in her right foot and was unable to compete.<ref name="2000 Olympics"/>

==Awards and honors==

* 1997—[[Naismith College Player of the Year]]
* 1997—[[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year]]
* 1997—[[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year]]
* 1997—Winner of the [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] for basketball<ref name="Past Winners - basketball"/>
* 1997—[[WBCA Player of the Year]]
* 1998—Naismith College Player of the Year award
* 1998—Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year
* 1998—USBWA Women's National Player of the Year
* 1998—Winner of the Honda Sports Award for basketball<ref name="Past Winners - basketball"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://utsports.com/news/2008/4/17/Candace_Parker_Wins_Honda_Sports_Award.aspx?path=wbball|title=Candace Parker Wins Honda Sports Award|website=University of Tennessee Athletics|language=en|access-date=March 30, 2020}}</ref>
* 1998—WBCA Player of the Year
* 1998—The [[Honda-Broderick Cup]] winner for all sports<ref name="Honda Cup past winners"/>
* 2015—Inducted into the [[NYC Basketball Hall of Fame]]<ref name="NYCHOF" />
* 2018—Inducted into the [[Women's Basketball Hall of Fame]]<ref name="WBHOF" />
* 2025—Inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame<ref name="TNHOF" />

==International career==

===Europe===
* 2004–2005: {{flagicon|Spain}} Ros Casares Valencia
* 2006–2007: {{flagicon|Poland}} [[TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków|TS Wisla Can-Pack Kraków]], championship, [[Most valuable player|MVP]] of the finals; season's average: 17.9 points per game
* 2007–2008: {{flagicon|Poland}} Lotos PKO BP Gdynia
* 2008–2009: {{flagicon|Poland}} [[TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków|TS Wisla Can-Pack Kraków]]

==Chamique Holdsclaw Foundation==
Today, Holdsclaw works as a mental health advocate.<ref>{{Cite Twitter profile|Chold1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/07/10/catching-former-wnba-star-chamique-holdsclaw|title=Where are they now: Catching up with former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw |last=Lawrence |first=Andrew |date=July 10, 2014 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812211223/https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/07/10/catching-former-wnba-star-chamique-holdsclaw |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Holdsclaw wrote in her autobiography ''Breaking Through: Beating the Odds Shot after Shot'' (2012, {{ISBN|0985029803}}) that she had suffered [[Major depressive disorder|depression]] during her professional basketball career, and attempted suicide on one occasion.<ref>Sally Jenkins, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/chamique-holdsclaw-confronts-her-little-secret-of-depression/2012/05/17/gIQAoUe7WU_story.html "Chamique Holdsclaw confronts her 'little secret' of depression"], ''The Washington Post'', May 17, 2012.</ref>

Atlanta police issued an arrest warrant for Holdsclaw on November 15, 2012, after Holdsclaw allegedly attacked her ex-girlfriend's car with a baseball bat and shot at the car. The owner of the car, fellow WNBA player [[Jennifer Lacy]], was uninjured.<ref>{{cite web|last=Provano|first=Joel|title=Arrest warrant issued for ex-basketball star Chamique Holdsclaw|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/arrest-warrant-issued-for-ex-basketball-star-chami/nS7XS/|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=November 15, 2012}}</ref> It was announced on February 27, 2013, that Holdsclaw was being indicted for the November shooting in Atlanta. It is a six-count indictment charging her with [[aggravated assault]], [[criminal damage]] and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Holdsclaw was released   from jail after posting a $100,000 bond and a court date was not set.<ref>{{cite web|title=Holdsclaw indicted on aggravated assault charge|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holdsclaw-indicted-on-aggravated-assault-charge/|work=CBS News|access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref>

Holdsclaw pleaded guilty June 14, 2013, to aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and other charges. She was sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and pay a $3,000 fine under the plea agreement. Holdsclaw's attorney Ed Garland said his client "felt that to honestly accept what her actions were was best for everyone concerned".<ref>espn.go.com, citing a story by AP</ref>

Documentary filmmaker Rick Goldsmith produced a film on Holdsclaw's life and battle with mental illness called ''Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw'' which aired on [[Logo TV]] on May 3, 2016.<ref>Kovno Communications website</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 2,500 points and 1,000 rebounds
*[[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders]]
*[[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season scoring leaders]]

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<ref name="HS All-Americans">{{cite web|title=Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_caat_hs_past |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715025150/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_caat_hs_past |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="box score">{{cite web|title=WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=June 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064856/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_high_school_all-america_game_box_scores |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="1998 WC">{{cite web|title=Thirteenth World Championship For Women -- 1998|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905203810/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-womens/thirteenth-world-championship-for-women-1998.aspx|archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=dead|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="2000 Olympics">{{cite web|title=Games of the XXVIIth Olympiad -- 2000 |url=http://www.usab.com/womens/national/woly_2000.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131013183708/http://www.usab.com/womens/national/woly_2000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=February 8, 2014 }}</ref>

<ref name="Past Winners - basketball">{{cite web|title=Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Basketball |url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/basketball|website=The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program|access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="Honda Cup past winners">{{cite web|title=Past Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Winners (Honda Cup)|url=http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/aoty_awards|website=The Collegiate Women Sports Awards Program|access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name="FF Record book">{{cite web|last=Nixon|first=Rick|title=Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book|url=http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf|publisher=NCAA|access-date=April 22, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="retire">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-holdsclaw12jun12,1,6951779.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-coll_baske |title=Sparks' Holdsclaw to retire immediately |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Lauren |last=Peterson |date=June 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522043714/http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-holdsclaw12jun12%2C1%2C6951779.story?coll=la-headlines-sports-coll_baske |archive-date=May 22, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="TNHOF">{{cite web |title=Lady Vols and WNBA Great Chamique Holdsclaw Announced as 2025 Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame Inductee |url=https://tshf.net/uncategorized/lady-vols-and-wnba-great-chamique-holdsclaw-announced-as-2025-tennessee-sports-hall-of-fame-inductee/ |website=TSHF.com |access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref>

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==External links==
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*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126035308/http://www.chamiqueholdsclaw.com |date=January 26, 2013 |title=Official website}}
*{{Basketballstats|wnba=chamique-holdsclaw}}
*[https://www.espn.com/wnba/news/2004/1028/1911836.html Associated Press article about Holdsclaw's depression]
*[http://basketball.usbasket.com/team/Southern_Lady_Generals/15044?Women=1&Page=1 Southern lady generals]
*[http://kovnocommunications.org/films/mindgame-the-unquiet-journey-of-chamique-holdsclaw/ Mind/Game: The Unquiet Journey of Chamique Holdsclaw] at kovnocommunications.org.

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