Adia Oshun Barnes (born February 3, 1977) is an assistant women's basketball coach with the University of Washington. She played at the collegiate level for the University of Arizona then seven seasons of professional women's basketball with the Houston Comets, Seattle Storm, Minnesota Lynx, and Sacramento Monarchs in the Women's National Basketball Association(WNBA). She has played internationally with Dynamo Kiev in the Ukraine. She serves as a TV color analyst broadcasting WNBA Seattle Storm games.
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Barnes grew up in San Diego, California and attended Mission Bay Senior High School in San Diego.[1]
Barnes attended University of Arizona from 1995–98. She set 22 individual records for the Arizona Wildcats, including career points and rebounds, many of which are still records.[2]
She also played internationally with Dynamo Kiev in the Ukraine.[3] She played for several Euroleague teams, Priolo(Italy), Elitzur Rampla(Israel), Napoli BK(Italy), UMMC(Russia), Mersin(Turkey), and Pozzuoli(Italy).[4]
In October 2010, Barnes was named Director of Player and Coach Development at Seattle Academy.[5]
In 2011, the new head coach of the University of Washington, Kevin McGuff, persuaded Barnes to try coaching, and she joined the Huskies as an assistant coach.[6]
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