Tiffany Travis (born March 20, 1978) is a retired American professional

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player in the

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(WNBA). Travis was born in

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. She attended Harrison Central High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, where she played high school basketball for the Harrison Central Red Rebels. She graduated from Harrison Central in 1996. She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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, and Travis excelled for coach

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team from 1996 to 2000. Travis was a second-team All-

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(SEC) selection as a senior in 2000. She graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in 2000. Travis was selected in the second round, 11th pick overall, of the

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by the

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. She played in all 32 games, starting 12 of them, as a rookie. She scored 10 or more points on four occasions, including a career-high of 16. Among her 2000 Sting teammates, she scored the fifth-highest point total (173), and was sixth in points per game (5.4). Her 81 rebounds were the fifth-most on the team. Her 31 steals were the third-highest on the Sting, and seventh-highest among 2000 WNBA rookies. She led the Sting in three-point field goal percentage (48.0%), and was fourth in three-point field goals made (12) and attempted (25). Her WNBA career ended as a result of a 2001 knee injury.

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Stats for Travis with Charlotte Sting, 2000
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