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Milica Vukadinović

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Milica Vukadinović
Personal information
Born (1968-11-18) 18 November 1968 (age 56)
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Listed weight68 kg (150 lb)
Career information
CollegeCalifornia (1991–1993)
PositionPoint guard
Career history
As player:
–1991ŽKK Crvena zvezda
1997Charlotte Sting
As coach:
1997–1998California (assistant)
1998–1999Cal State Fullerton (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference

Milica Vukadinović (born 18 November 1968) is a Serbian former basketball player.

Career

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She grew up in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where she played for ŽKK Crvena zvezda and the Yugoslavian national team.[1] She played college basketball for University of California, Berkeley[2][3][4] where she was a two time First-team All-PAC-10 selection.[5] Following her college stay, she played professionally in Germany for four seasons.[6] She became the first Serbian player to play in the WNBA when she appeared in Charlotte Sting's opener of the 1997 WNBA season on 22 June where she scored 3 points in 14 minutes.[7] That ended being her only WNBA game as a back injury that she suffered in the game ended her season.[8] In 1999, she was set to join the Los Angeles Sparks but the deal fell through due to visa problems.[9]

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

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Charlotte 1 0 14.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 3.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 1 0 14.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 3.0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ron Kroichick (16 February 1993). "Cal player maintains her focus amid strife". Santa Cruz Sentinel. McClatchy News Service. p. B1. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ Rick Weber (8 January 1993). "No 'Standford-Cal thing' here - just 2 great guards". The Modesto Bee. pp. C4. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Dwight Chapin (30 November 1992). "Cal women to feature a definite international flavor". The San Francisco Examiner. pp. D1, D7. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Holly Woolard (19 December 1992). "Cal has a foreign flavor". Oakland Tribune. pp. C1, C8. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Milica Vukadinovic (2003) - California Athletics Hall of Fame - California Golden Bears Athletics". calbears.com. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ^ Lon Eubanks (20 October 1998). "Naumovic learning the American way". The Los Angeles Times. p. D8. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ "Looking Back: Golden Bears In The WNBA". calbears.com. 15 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. ^ Cliff Mehrtens (29 April 1998). "Sting seeks guards in today's WNBA draft". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1B. Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "Ex-Bear now an ex-Spark". San Francisco Chronicle. 25 May 1999. Retrieved 8 April 2022.