LaQuan Stallworth (born May 17) is a former professional women's basketball player. She played for coach Leon Barmore and Kim Mulkey to play for Louisiana Tech University. After successful collegiate playing years, LaQuan took her talents overseas for the next 7 years.

LaQuan Stallworth
Personal information
BornTexas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High schoolSilsbee (Silsbee, Texas)
CollegeLouisiana Tech (1995–1999)
Playing career1999–2007 (FIBA) Texas HS Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025
PositionGuard
Number10
Coaching careerHouston Spirit /Houston Red Storm (2013-present)- ABA–present
Career highlights and awards
  • Texas HS Basketball Hall of Fame Class 2025
  • All-Sun Belt Team (1998)
  • Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year (1997)
  • 3× Defensive Player of the Year
  • 1x Texas state champion game
  • 1x Texas state final four
  • NCAA champion runner-up
  • 2 Final Four / 1 Elite 8
  • Top 100 player all time in Texas
  • HS All-American
  • 4x All-State Team
  • 2x All-State Tournament Team
  • 1x TX HS Player of the Year
  • 1x Female Athlete of the Year
  • HS Newcomer of the Year
  • HS Ranked Top 20 in the Nation
  • TABC All-Star
  • USA Junior Team
  • Leading Scorer in Israel 37.8 points
/ Undrafted.html Stats at Basketball Reference

Professional

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Stallworth went to play international basketball for FIBA Maccabi Ashdod in Ashdod, Israel, Dynamo Kursk in Kursk, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, USA Junior Olympic Team, China, Germany (Halle), and Ireland for Burnell.[citation needed] Stallworth was on the practice squad 2 times for WNBA Houston Comets (99 and 01)undrafted WNBA. Then 3 years of playing for the Adidas Travel Team. Stallworth retired from basketball in 2009.[citation needed] Stallworth is coach for the Houston Spirit and Houston Red Storm ABA (2013–present). She also train and develop the youth, participate in coaching AAU.

2018 - Named Coach of the Year - Texas Basketball Association

1998 Jones Cup Team

College

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Attended Louisiana Tech University, LaQuan has a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Information Systems. LaTech women's basketball during her years went to 1 National championship as the runner-up, semi finals in the final four, and 2 years in the final 8 of the NCAA championships. LaQuan currently holds several records at Louisiana Tech such as Defensive Player of the Year (3 years), Most Steals in Game, #3 in Assist, #1 in Most Assist in a Game, and Most NCAA Tournaments and the 2nd Player in Tech history to record over 1000 pts and 500 assists. She holds record for Most Assist in NCAA Tournament. [1] [2]

BASKETBALL WALL OF FAME

High school

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LaQuan attended Silsbee High school, which was coached by Kim Albers, started all 4 years, 2 State Tournaments Championships Runner-up and Gatorade All-American throughout all 4 years. She received awards such as MVP of District (4 years) and All-State 1st Team (4 years). Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in high school. Stallworth's high school jersey was retired in 1995. She recorded over 3,349 points in her high school career. Stallworth received the proclamation from the Mayor of Silsbee and placed on the Wall of Fame at Silsbee High School in 2016. She was named one of the Top 100 Century athletes in the State of Texas. [3] [4] She is named one of the greatest basketball player in the State of Texas.

Achievements

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Career statistics

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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

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1995–96 Louisiana Tech 31 2 - 37.4 33.1 82.5 2.2 2.5 0.6 0.2 - 4.7
1996–97 Louisiana Tech 35 33 - 38.4 38.2 89.4 3.2 6.9 1.6 0.1 - 10.1
1997–98 Louisiana Tech 35 33 - 45.8 33.3 92.3 3.9 6.4 1.6 0.1 - 11.4
1998-99 Louisiana Tech 35 34 - 44.5 39.1 88.5 4.4 4.8 0.6 0.2 - 12.7
Career 136 - - 41.5 36.0 88.1 3.4 5.2 1.3 0.1 - 9.7
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[5]

Personal

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LaQuan is an active member of the NAACP. She started playing basketball at the age of 4 years old. LaQuan is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Stallworth wrote, produced, and directed her own indie film "Caught Between the Two" which discusses relationship issues and it was released in 2016 on Amazon.com. Stallworth will be working on her 2nd film "Sins of a Scorned Wife" for 2017 to be released late 2017 or early 2018. It was released in May 2019. The film stars Paul Ynfante, Whitney Skye, and debuting actor Joseph “JoJo” Brooks. Stallworth also coached in the men's American Basketball Association (ABA) as the head coach for the Houston Red Storm and minor league basketball team the Houston Spirit.

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] WALL OF FAME - BASKETBALL GREAT

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References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee, La. Tech: Legacies Of Success". The New York Times. 29 March 1998.
  2. ^ "The Final Four" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-16.
  3. ^ "Home". wbca.org.
  4. ^ "LaQuan Stallworth and Stephen James to be honored inWall of Fame - The Silsbee Bee".
  5. ^ "LaQuan Stallworth College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "Houston Red Storm basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - usbasket.com".
  7. ^ "LaQuan Stallworth". IMDb.
  8. ^ "Caught Between the Two". 1 June 2016 – via IMDb.
  9. ^ "Watch Caught Between The Two () online - Amazon Video". Amazon.
  10. ^ "Home — CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO".
  11. ^ "LQ Stallworth (Stallworth INC) (@lqstallworth) • Instagram photos and videos".

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