Candice Dupree

Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6'2" / 188 cms.
Weight: 162 lbs. / 73.5 kgs.
WNBA Team: Phoenix Mercury
School: Temple University ‘06

USA Basketball Notes:

• Gold Medals: 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational, 2005 World University Games.
  
• Named as a finalist for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team on Feb. 13, 2012.
• Member of the 2010 USA Basketball World Championship Team that posted a 9-0 slate, captured the gold medal and qualified the U.S. for the 2012 Olympic Games; started five games and averaged 9.2 ppg. and a team-best 6.0 rpg., while shooting a USA World Championship record 75.0 percent (39-52 FGs) from the field in fewer than 17 minutes a game.
  
• Aided the USA to a 3-1 pre-World Championship exhibition slate.
  
• Scored 13 points and grabbed eight boards for the USA National Team that defeated the WNBA Stars 99-72 in the “WNBA vs. USA Basketball: Stars at the Sun” game on July 10, 2010.
  
• Named to the 2010-12 USA Basketball Women’s National Team on March 3, 2010.
  
• Aided the USA National Team to a 3-0 mark and the gold medal at the 2009 UMMC Ekaterinburg International Invitational.
  
• A member of the 2005 USA World University Games Team that claimed the gold medal with a perfect 7-0 record in Izmir, Turkey.
  

Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 6 by the Chicago Sky in 2006; the Phoenix Mercury aquired her rights from Chicago via at three-team trade on March 30, 2010.
  
• WNBA All-Star Games: 2006, 2007, 2009
  
• WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2006
  
• EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2009, 2010
  
• Returned to play for Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia) during the 2010-11 EuroLeague season.
  
• Helped Phoenix advance to the 2010 Western Conference Finals, averaged 15.7 ppg. and 7.6 during the regular season.
  
• Competed alongside USA National Team member Angel McCoughtry for Good Angels Kosice (Slovakia) and helped the team to its first EuroLeague playoff victory as the team advanced to the quarterfinals, fell to UMMC Ekaterinburg and finished with a 8-6 record.
  
• Finished the season averaging a EuroLeague-high 11.0 rpg., and ranked third in the league for scoring at 18.9 ppg.
  
• Remained in Slovakia to help Good Angels in its quest for the Slovakia league championship, which it won.
  
• A four-year starter for the Chicago Sky, owns career averages of 15.6 ppg., 7.3 rpg. and 1.1 bpg.
  
• Finished the 2009 season ranked No. 11 among league leaders for scoring (15.7 ppg.) and third for rebounds (7.9 rpg.) and double-doubles (9).
  
• Joined Wisla Can-Pack in Krakow, Poland, for its final six games of the 2008-09 EuroLeague season and posted three double-doubles and averaged 12.3 ppg. and 9.2 rpg.
  
• Competed for Wisla Can-Pack in 2007-08, averaged 9.5 ppg. and 6.3 rpg. in 12 EuroLeague contests as Wisla Can-Pack advanced to the Eighth-Finals.
  

College Notes:

• During her four years at Temple University, the Owls posted an 87-37 record (.702), earned three Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament crowns and competed in three NCAA Tournaments, including the 2005 NCAA Tournament where the Owls won their first victory in NCAA Tournament history.
  
• Was a finalist for the 2006 WBCA State Farm Wade Trophy, the John R. Wooden Award, the Naismith Award and the Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award.
  
• Named the 2005 and 2006 Atlantic 10 Conference and Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Year.
  
• Named Associated Press All-America honorable mention in 2005 and to the A.P. All-America third team in 2006.
  
• Named the 2005 and 2006 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year.
  
• Member of the Atlantic 10 first team in 2005 and 2006 and was a three-time Big Five first seam selection (2004-06).
  
• Three-time Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team selection (2004-06).
  
• Three-time MVP of the Atlantic 10 Tournament (2004-06).
  
• Named 2004 All-Atlantic 10 second team.
  
• Member of the 2003 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.
  

Personal Notes:

• Born Candice Joanna Dupree on Aug. 16, 1984, hails from Tampa, Fla.
  
• Daughter of Patricia Mungenast and Toussaint Dupree.
  
• Has two sisters, Crystal and Shayna.
  
• Both her mother and father are retired from the Air Force.
  
• Named 2002 Federal Division and Tampa Tribune Player of the Year for Wharton High School (Fla.).
  
• Named all-state second team and All-Suncoast first team in 2002.
  
• Played for three-time Olympic gold medalist Dawn Staley at Temple.
  
• Plays the saxophone.
  
• Played volleyball in high school, earning one district title.