Personal information | |
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Born | Virgin Islands | November 1, 1980
Nationality | Israeli |
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Career information | |
High school | Onteora High School |
College | University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2000–2002) Fayetteville State University (2002–2004) |
Playing career | 2007–2016 |
Position | Power forward |
Career history | |
2007–2008 | Elitzur Ramla |
2008–2009 | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod |
2009–2010 | A.S.A. Jerusalem |
2010–2011 | Raanana Herzliya |
2011–2012 | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod |
2012–2015 | A.S. Ramat HaSharon |
Brasheedah Elohim (Hebrew: בראשידה אלוהים; born November 1, 1980)[2] is an American-Israeli basketball player and tennis player. During her professional women's basketball career in Israel, she played for Ramat HaSharon, Ashdod, Ramla, and Jerusalem. She was a member of the 2016 Israel women's national basketball team.[3]
Brasheedah Elohim was born in the Virgin Islands[1] and grew up in Mount Tremper, New York. She was raised Jewish.[2] Her mother changed the family's surname to Elohim (Hebrew for "God") because she did not want her children to carry "the name of a slave".[a][4][6]
Elohim attended Onteora High School in Boiceville, New York, where she was one of the few girls' basketball players to score more than 1,000 points in her high school career.[7]
From 2000 to 2002 she attended the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland, where she was a substitute player for the university's Division 1 basketball team.[5] She averaged 7.4 points per game in 2000–2001 and 10.8 points per game in 2001–2002.[5] She then moved to Fayetteville State University (FSU) in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she was a starting guard for the Division 2 Lady Broncos team from 2002 to 2004.[5] Averaging 12.3 points per game, she had a career total of 687 points.[2][8]
Elohim was also a player on the FSU tennis team from 2003 to 2004, compiling a 46–2 record.[8] In 2003 she won the CIAA doubles championship, but lost in the finals of the parallel doubles championship.[5] In 2004 she won the CIAA First Singles final and was named Most Outstanding Women's Tennis Player; that year, FSU won the CIAA Women's Tennis Championship.[9]
Source[10]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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1999-00 | Maryland, Eastern Shore | 22 | 164 | 44.6% | 33.3% | 62.2% | 5.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 7.5 |
2000-01 | Maryland, Eastern Shore | 26 | 282 | 32.5% | 22.9% | 58.7% | 7.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 10.8 |
2001-02 | Fayetteville State | 28 | 370 | 40.6% | 25.0% | 68.0% | 7.6 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 13.2 |
2002-03 | Fayetteville State | 28 | 317 | 38.6% | 25.0% | 65.9% | 6.5 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.3 |
Career | 104 | 1133 | 38.2% | 24.8% | 64.2% | 6.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 10.9 |
In 2005 Elohim played in the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League as one of the starting five players for the Jonesboro Flames.[1] She was named to the 2005 WBCBL All-Star Game.[1] In 2006 she played for the Atlanta Flames.[1] In May 2007, she was a guest player for A.S. Ramat HaSharon in an exhibition game against the Washington Mystics.[11]
In 2007 Elohim immigrated to Israel and received Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. She signed with Elitzur Ramla for the 2007–2008 season.[8] Although she did not distinguish herself during the season, she came off the bench during the fourth game in the best-of-five EuroCup semifinals with A.S. Ramat HaSharon and scored a season-high 11 points and five rebounds, helping Ramla beat Ramat HaSharon 87–74 and forcing a fifth game.[12]
For the 2008–2009 season she signed with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.[1] In 2009–2010 she played with A.S.A. Jerusalem, and in 2010–2011 was a member of Raanana Hertzliya.[1] For the 2011–2012 season she played with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.[1] In 2012 she moved to A.S. Ramat HaSharon, where she played through 2015.[1] Her manager on the latter team lauded her as a veteran presence for younger players.[13] In the 2013–2014 season she averaged 4 points, 5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.[14]
Elohim was part of the Israel Cup-winning team in 2008 and 2012. In 2013 she was an Israeli Super Cup finalist.[1]