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Brasheedah Elohim
American-Israeli basketball and tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brasheedah Elohim (Hebrew: בראשידה אלוהים; born November 1, 1980)[1] is an American-Israeli basketball player and tennis player. During her professional women's basketball career in Israel, she played for Ramat HaSharon, Ashdod, Ramla, and Jerusalem. She was a member of the 2016 Israel women's national basketball team.[2]
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Biography
Brasheedah Elohim was born in the Virgin Islands[3] and grew up in Mount Tremper, New York. She was raised Jewish.[1] Her mother changed the family's surname to Elohim (Hebrew for "God") because she did not want her children to carry "the name of a slave".[a][4][6]
Elohim attended Onteora High School in Boiceville, New York, where she was one of the few girls' basketball players to score more than 1,000 points in her high school career.[7]
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From 2000 to 2002 she attended the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland, where she was a substitute player for the university's Division 1 basketball team.[5] She averaged 7.4 points per game in 2000–2001 and 10.8 points per game in 2001–2002.[5] She then moved to Fayetteville State University (FSU) in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where she was a starting guard for the Division 2 Lady Broncos team from 2002 to 2004.[5] Averaging 12.3 points per game, she had a career total of 687 points.[1][8]
Elohim was also a player on the FSU tennis team from 2003 to 2004, compiling a 46–2 record.[8] In 2003 she won the CIAA doubles championship, but lost in the finals of the parallel doubles championship.[5] In 2004 she won the CIAA First Singles final and was named Most Outstanding Women's Tennis Player; that year, FSU won the CIAA Women's Tennis Championship.[9]
Maryland, Eastern Shore and Fayetteville State statistics
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
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Post-college
In 2005 Elohim played in the Women's Blue Chip Basketball League as one of the starting five players for the Jonesboro Flames.[3] She was named to the 2005 WBCBL All-Star Game.[3] In 2006 she played for the Atlanta Flames.[3] In May 2007, she was a guest player for A.S. Ramat HaSharon in an exhibition game against the Washington Mystics.[11]
Professional career
In 2007 Elohim immigrated to Israel and received Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. She signed with Elitzur Ramla for the 2007–2008 season.[8] Although she did not distinguish herself during the season, she came off the bench during the fourth game in the best-of-five EuroCup semifinals with A.S. Ramat HaSharon and scored a season-high 11 points and five rebounds, helping Ramla beat Ramat HaSharon 87–74 and forcing a fifth game.[12]
For the 2008–2009 season she signed with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.[3] In 2009–2010 she played with A.S.A. Jerusalem, and in 2010–2011 was a member of Raanana Hertzliya.[3] For the 2011–2012 season she played with Maccabi Bnot Ashdod.[3] In 2012 she moved to A.S. Ramat HaSharon, where she played through 2015.[3] Her manager on the latter team lauded her as a veteran presence for younger players.[13] In the 2013–2014 season she averaged 4 points, 5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists per game.[14]
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Awards
Elohim was part of the Israel Cup-winning team in 2008 and 2012. In 2013 she was an Israeli Super Cup finalist.[3]
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