Chante Black

Chante L’amour Black (born November 12, 1985) is an American professional basketball player. She most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA

High school career Born in Austin, Texas, Black played girls' basketball for East Forsyth High School in Kernersville, North Carolina, where she was named a WBCA All-American.

Black was a 2003 USA Youth Development Festival South Team member. In November 2003, Black was rated as the No.13 prospect in the country according to recruitment rankings by All Game Sports.

In 2004, she was honored with the Winston-Salem Journal’s Mary Garber Award, given annually to the top female high school player in northwest North Carolina. She was also selected as the Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year in 2004.

College career Black played for Duke University Women's Basketball.

During her freshman year at Duke, she started the first two games of the season before injuring her ankle and missing two contests. She earned ACC Rookie of the Week in February 2005 after leading Duke to a 60-49 victory.

As a junior, she started all 35 games. becoming the seventh Blue Devil in history to be named to the first, second or third team by the Associated Press. She was also named to the John R. Wooden Award top 20 and Naismith top 30 lists for National Player of the Year.

As a senior, she started in all 33 games. During the 2009 WNBA draft, Black became the sixth Duke University Blue Devil to be selected in the first round. As of April 2009, Duke had 11 players selected in the WNBA Draft in school history.

Black was selected the first round of the 2009 WNBA draft (10th overall) by the Connecticut Sun. In 2010, Chante Black started 23 games. Black spent the 2011 season on injured reserve due to a back injury.

International career Black has played internationally in Turkey, Israel, Italy, Australia, and China.

In 2014, Black played basketball professionally in Italy.

Black began playing for the Melbourne Boomers in 2016.

Personal life Chante Black is the daughter of Mazie Black, who was in the U.S. Army during Desert Storm. Mazie played basketball in high school, college and on the Army intramural team. For two years between playing for the Silver Stars and the Boomers, Chante cared for her mother Mazie as she underwent chemotherapy and stem cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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