No. 14 – Nadezhda Orenburg | |
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League | Premier League |
Personal information | |
Born | Latvian SSR, USSR (now Latvia) | September 24, 1983
Nationality | Latvian |
Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) |
Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) |
Career information | |
College | Western Illinois (2002–2006) |
WNBA draft | 2006: 3rd round, 35th overall pick |
Selected by the Detroit Shock | |
Playing career | 1999–present |
Career history | |
1999–2003 | RTU/Klondaika Rīga |
2006 | Washington Mystics |
2006–2007 | Universitat F.C. Barcelona |
2007–2008 | Hondarribia Irun |
2008–2009 | Nadežda Orenburg |
2009–2010 | ZVVZ USK Blex Praha |
2010–2011 | MKB Euroleasing Sopron |
2011–2012 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul |
2012 | Phoenix Mercury |
2012–present | Nadezhda Orenburg |
Stats at WNBA.com | |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com |
Zane Tamane (née Teilāne; born September 24, 1983) is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Nadezhda Orenburg and Latvia women's national basketball team.
Tamane, who is 2.00m tall,[1] was the first female basketball player in Latvia to be able to slam dunk in practice.[1] She has played for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA, and was in the 2012 training camp with the Phoenix Mercury,[2][3] but was waived.[4] She has also represented Western Illinois Leathernecks in the NCAA.
April 11: The Phoenix Mercury signed Zane Temane and Brittney Thomas