Jamelle Elliott
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Cincinnati |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 17, 1974 Washington, DC |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | Connecticut |
| Position(s) | Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–2009 | Connecticut (asst.) |
| 2009–present | Cincinnati |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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NCAA National Championship as a player (1995) NCAA National Championship as an assistant coach (2000,2002,2003,2004, 2009) |
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Jamelle Renee Elliott (born May 17, 1974) is an American women's basketball Head Coach of the University of Cincinnati women's basketball team.
Elliott was introduced to basketball by her cousin Adrien Elliott, who Elliott looked up to as a youngster. Adrien went to H.D. Woodson High School in Washington DC. Elliott attended summer camp one year with Adrien, and became interested in the game. She joined her junior high school basketball team, and also joined an Amateur Athletic Union team. Jamelle wanted to follow her cousin to Woodson and get the best basketball experience so she enrolled at Woodson and traveled almost an hour-and-a-half drive each way to school
"I used basketball as my way to hopefully go to college, and it worked out.”
While at Woodson her basketball team won two consecutive state championships. Jamelle also had individual success, earning Scholar-Athlete honors, as well as being named to the Washington Post All-Metro Team.
Jamelle played basketball in the summer leagues at Georgetown University. One day Geno Auriemma walked in and liked what he saw. Geno recruited Jamelle to play for him at Connecticut. Jamelle had other colleges recruiting her like Georgetown University, Syracuse University, Temple University, and George Washington University but she eventually chose UConn. Jamelle played in 135 games in her UConn career, having an overall record of 117-18 (.867) and never missing a game in her four years. In her junior season the Huskies went undefeated (35-0) and won the 1995 NCAA National Championship over the Tennessee Lady Vols, starting the decade rivalry between the two teams. She finished her UConn career with 1,387 points and is ranked No. 4 among UConn's all-time rebounding leaders (1,054). Auriemma would say about her, "I've coached a lot of bright players, but Jamelle is the smartest and the toughest".
Elliott is one of only four players in UConn history to have both more than 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds (The others are Maya Moore, Tina Charles and Rebecca Lobo.)
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