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Chasity Melvin (born May 3, 1976) is a retired American professional basketball player, originally from
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. A
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, Melvin entered the WNBA in 1999, and played for the
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, the
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, and the
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over twelve seasons in the league. She recorded WNBA career averages of 9.7
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and 5.4
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. Melvin has also played professionally in
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, Israel, Spain, Poland,
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the
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, and China. During a game at the
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on August 15, 2007, Melvin's left eye was dislodged from its
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after
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of the
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accidentally struck Melvin's face as the two were battling for a rebound. Melvin was treated at the
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Medical Center, where her eye returned into its socket by itself. She was able to return to the arena to participate in Fan Appreciation Night activities after the game. Melvin suffered scratches to her
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, but no skull fractures or vision loss. Melvin played for Asia Aluminum Basketball Club in China during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season. She returned to the Mystics for the 2009 season; she had played there previously from 2004 to 2007. Melvin attended and played basketball for
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from 1994 to 1998. In 1996–7, she was named a Kodak All-American. She led the Wolfpack to a Final Four appearance in her senior season and set an NCAA semifinal record by scoring 37 points in the Wolfpack's loss to
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on March 27, 1998. Melvin joined the WUBA Southern Lady Generals in 2014. In 2019, Melvin went to
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and
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as a Sports Envoy for the U.S. State Department's Sport Diplomacy Office.


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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
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Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
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Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
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Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...
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Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...
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