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Biography
Tanisha Lovely Wright (born November 29, 1983) is an American basketball player who last played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She ranks 4th in school history in points scored with 1,995 points in 134 career games. She was drafted in the 2005 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm.
High school career
Born in Brooklyn, New York, she attended the suburban Pittsburgh West Mifflin Area High School, where she played basketball and soccer. She led the team to the W.P.I.A.L (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League) basketball district finals in her junior year. The team lost a close game 81-78 to Blackhawk High School in Triple Overtime. Tanisha fouled out in the beginning of the final overtime. She led the game with 51 points. She went on to lead her team to the next seasons finals once again against Blackhawk, where she led the team in a 63-53 victory. She went on to take her team to the state finals, where they lost a close game to Allentown Central Catholic high school 56-45. The team's record was 31-1, their only loss coming in the state finals.
College career
| Seasons | College |
| 2001–2005 | Penn State University |
Penn State statistics
Source
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 | Penn State | 35 | 355 | 45.4 | 10.5 | 78.2 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 10.1 |
| 2002-03 | Penn State | 35 | 560 | 50.7 | 25.0 | 76.2 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 16.0 |
| 2003-04 | Penn State | 34 | 502 | 48.3 | 25.0 | 83.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 14.8 |
| 2004-05 | Penn State | 30 | 578 | 41.4 | 20.0 | 80.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 19.3 |
| Career | Penn State | 134 | 1995 | 46.3 | 20.0 | 79.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 14.9 |
WNBA career
| Seasons | Team |
| 2005–2014 | Seattle Storm |
| 2015–present | New York Liberty |
Wright helped the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.
On February 2, 2015 Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Liberty
In 2017, it was announced that Wright would be sitting out part of the 2017 WNBA season to rest.
Overseas career
| Seasons | Team | Country |
| 2007–2008 | Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. |  Israel |
| 2008–2009 | Tarbes GB |  France |
| 2009–2010 | Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia |  Poland |
| 2010–2011 | Elitzur Ramla | Israel |
| 2013–2015 2016–present | Abdullah Gul University Kayseri |  Turkey |