Joanne McCarthy (basketball)

Joanne McCarthy
Personal information
Born (1974-10-26) October 26, 1974 (age 49)[1]
Orland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 7[1] in (1.70 m)
Listed weight130[1] lb (59 kg)
Career information
High schoolMother McAuley Liberal Arts
(Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeUIC (1992–1997)
ABL draft1998: 4th round, 41st overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Condors
PositionGuard[2][1]
Career history
1998Chicago Condors
Career highlights and awards
  • MCC Player of the Year (1996)
  • 2× First-team All-Horizon (1996, 1997)
  • Mid-Con All-Newcomer team (1993)
  • No. 21 retired by UIC

Joanne McCarthy (born October 26, 1974) is an American former basketball player. She played college basketball for the University of Illinois Chicago before playing professionally for the Chicago Condors in the short lived American Basketball League. She is the UIC Flames women's basketball all-time leader in career points, career free throws made, career three-point shots made as well as single-season three-point shots made and was the first female Flames basketball player to have her number retired. McCarthy, sometimes known as JoJo, was the 1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference (now Horizon League) Women's Basketball Player of the Year. She won an Illinois High School Association (IHSA) class AA championship in high school. She is the sister of Jenny McCarthy and cousin of Melissa McCarthy.

  1. ^ a b c d "Joanne McCarthy". JustSportsStats.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "CNN/SI - ABL - Joanne McCarthy". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. CNN Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on May 8, 2001. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

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