Tye'sha Fluker
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Tye'sha Nicole Fluker (born December 27, 1984) is a professional basketball player in the WNBA whose rights are currently owned by the Seattle Storm, which selected her in the 2007 WNBA Dispersal Draft that followed the demise of her former team, the Charlotte Sting.
Fluker attended college at the University of Tennessee and graduated in 2006. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 10th overall in the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Charlotte Sting.
On January 8, 2007 she was traded to the Seattle Storm as the seventh pick in the WNBA Dispersal Draft of former Charlotte Sting players.
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Trivia
- She models herself after NBA All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal.
- She was born on December 27, making her birthday the latest to occur in the calendar year of any WNBA player. Lisa Harrison, born on January 2, 1971, is the earliest to occur. Ironically both players have attended the University of Tennessee.
- Has one sister, Leticia Lee, and a brother, Cory Fluker.
- Tye'sha states that the biggest influence on her development as a player was her high school coach, Beverly Ball-Powell.
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