Edwige Lawson-Wade

Edwige Lawson-Wade
Personal information
Born (1979-05-14) 14 May 1979 (age 47)
Listed height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight
130 lb (59 kg)
Career information
Playing career
2005–present
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2005New York Liberty
2005Houston Comets
2006Seattle Storm
2007–2010San Antonio Silver Stars
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonTeam
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place2001 FranceTeam
Silver medal – second place1999 PolandTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 FranceTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 PolandTeam

Edwige Lawson (born 14 May 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional women's basketball player.

Professional career

A point guard, Lawson-Wade started her professional career at the age of 17.[citation needed]

She played in Bordeaux, Aix-en-Provence, and Valenciennes in France.

Lawson-Wade also played in the WNBA for the San Antonio Silver Stars, New York Liberty, the Houston Comets and the Seattle Storm, and also for CSKA Moscow in the Russian Superleague.

Her resume includes three French championships, two Russian championships and three Euroleague titles (two with Valenciennes and one with CSKA Samara).

European career

International career

Lawson-Wade was also the starting point guard for the France national women's basketball team, with whom she won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games.[citation needed]

She also won a European Championship with France.

Lawson-Wade was the three-point competition champion at the 2008 FIBA Europe All-Star game.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

WNBA regular season statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2005 New York 206.0.000.0001.0001.00.00.00.00.01.0
Houston 1706.7.333.3851.0000.40.20.10.10.71.5
2006 Seattle 2608.1.378.263.6670.81.10.60.00.71.7
2007 Did not appear in league
2008 San Antonio 3019.3.450.468.6671.00.90.40.00.83.3
2009 San Antonio 331217.7.384.363.8332.02.20.90.00.95.2
2010 San Antonio 331921.9.370.339.9071.92.81.10.11.46.5
Career 5 years, 4 teams 1413213.6.384.361.8541.41.60.70.00.94.0

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2005 Houston 101.0———0.00.00.00.00.00.0
2006 Seattle 303.7.250.250.5000.00.30.00.00.01.3
2008 San Antonio 5016.8.318.4671.0002.41.80.60.01.05.0
2009 San Antonio 3325.0.667.615—3.02.00.70.01.010.7
2010 San Antonio 2228.5.538.6251.0001.54.02.00.50.512.5
Career 5 years, 3 teams 14516.3.474.525.9171.71.70.60.10.66.1

Personal life

Lawson-Wade is of Beninese descent through her father.

Lawson is married to professional basketball coach, James Wade.[citation needed] They have a son, James "Jet" Wade III.[citation needed]

She was inducted into the French Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Edwige Lawson-Wade WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  2. ↑ "Lawson-Wade, star épanouie". www.midilibre.fr.