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- Chamique’s nickname as a kid was “Flat Out,” because she would flat out drop what she was doing to play basketball.
- Chamique was team captain at Christ the King High School during her junior and senior years.
- Chamique wrote a biweekly diary for the New York Daily News during her senior year in high school.
- Christ the King’s record during Chamique’s four years was 106-4, including four state titles.
- No one in New York City history besides Chamique has been named Player of the Year three seasons in a row.
- Chamique had a little fun with Pat Summitt after she decided on the Volunteers. The teenager called the Tennessee head coach and told her that she had made up her mind—she was going to Virginia. After a slight pause, Chamique admitted she was only kidding.
- Chamique reached the 1,000-point plateau in her sophomore season, faster than anyone else in Tennessee history.
- After her first stint with the U.S. national team in 1997, Chamique received a diaper from her teammates—signifying she was the baby of the squad.
- Only once in her junior season at Tennessee did Chamique fail to score in double figures (in a victory over DePaul). She can blame it on Michael Jordan. The two met earlier in the day, and Jordan challenged her to a game of one-on-one.
- Chamique finished her Tennessee career as the school’s all-time leading scorer (3,025 points) and rebounder (1,295 boards), tops for both men and women. The Lady Vols went 131-17 during her four years.
- Chamique was a first-team All-American all four years at Tennessee, and the NCAA’s Player of the Year three times.
- Chamique graduated as the NCAA Tournament’s all-time scoring and rebounding leader.
- Chamique was the leading vote-getter for the 2002 WNBA All-Star Game.
- Chamique's favorite historical figures are Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King.
- Chamique has won three ESPY Awards, two for Women’s Basketball Player of the Year (1998 & ‘99) and one for Female Athlete of the Year (‘99).
- Chamique once served as a special correspondent for Nickelodeon. She guest-starred on a some of the network’s shows, including Figure It Out, All That and Kenan & Kell, and filed reports from various sporting events.
- Spike Lee wanted to cast Holdsclaw in He Got Game while she was attending UT, but NCAA rules prevented it.
- Chamique once appeared in a a Jay-Z video.
- After Chamique graduated from Tennessee, the city of Knoxville named a street after her.
- Chamique wrote her autobiography, Chamique: On Family, Focus and Basketball, in 2001, and has her own shoe, the BBMiqueShox.
Pat Summitt book
Michael Jordan,
1998 SI for Kids