Edna Campbell
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| Women’s basketball | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Jones Cup | ||
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1987 Taipei | Team Competition |
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1988 Taipei | Team Competition |
| FIBA World Championship for Women | ||
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1998 Berlin | Team Competition |
Edna Campbell (born November 26, 1968) is the Founder and Program Director of Breathe and Stretch, a health restoration program for breast cancer survivors.Edna also authored The Breast Cancer Recovery Manual. This manual is a guide for breast cancer survivors to recover from breast cancer surgeries and treatments. The Breast Cancer Recovery Manual is based on Edna's personal recovery from breast cancer and return to perform as a professional athlete in the WNBA. Edna is a retired women's basketball player who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The 5 ft 8 in guard played with the Sacramento Monarchs as well as three other teams, but is well known for continuing to play despite suffering breast cancer. In 2004 she was designated a Women's History Month honoree by the National Women's History Project. Campbell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Campbell's college career began at the University of Maryland, College Park, but achieved her most notable success at the University of Texas' women's team, known as the Lady Longhorns, where she was named the Southwest Conference's Newcomer of the Year in 1990. She graduated in 1991 after the Lady Longhorns compiled a 48-14 won/loss record while she was there.
Campbell was named to the team representing the USA at the 1987 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. The team won all seven games to win the gold medal for the event. The USA was down at halftime in the opening game against Japan, but came back in the second half to win, helped by 15 points from Campbell. She averaged 9.7 points per game over the seven games, and was named to the all-tournament team.
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