College: Closed out her UConn career with an average of 9.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 139 games.... Named Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention (2007,2008)... spent the summer of 2007 playing for the USA Pan American Games Team, which became the first U.S. squad to capture the gold medal at the Pan Americans Games since 1997... finished her career at UConn ranked 22nd among school's career scoring leaders with 1,365 points... totaled 132 blocks in her career, which ranked eight-best in UConn career annals...2007-08: Finished her senior season with an average of 6.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game... Averaged 11.3 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting a team-best .640 from the field over UConn's three-game run to the 2008 Big East Tournament Championship... Named 2008 Big East Tournament "Most Outstanding Player"... Tallied first double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds vs. Louisville in the Big East Tournament Final (3/11)...2006-07: Appeared in all 36 games, making 35 starts... ;posted six double-doubles... tallied double-figure points in 25 games, including four 20-point-plus scoring efforts... ranked third on the squad with averages of 12.5 points and 7.0 rebounds... ranked 26th among Big East scoring leaders at 12/5 ppg... her 7.0 rebounding average ranked third on the squad and 16th in the Big East... shot .542 from the field, good for fifth-best among Big East leaders... also registered totals among the conference leaders in steals (15th/1.89 spg) and blocks (13th, 1.08 bpg)... Second-team All Big East selections... selected to the 21007 Big East All-Tournament Team... was a finalist for the Naismith Award... became the 28th player in UConn history to reach the 1,00-point milestone...2005-06: Named a member of the Big East Honorable Mention Team for the 2005-06 season... played in 33 games with four of those appearances in a starting role... ranked 15th among Big East leaders in blocks (30)... named to the Naismith Award Watch List... posted double-figure points 16 times...2004-05: Appeared in all 33 games of her freshman season while making 12 starts... named third team all Big East... selected to the Big East All-Freshman Team... a three-time Big East Freshman of the Week performer... posted double-figure points 20 times, including three 20+ point efforts... led Huskies in blocks (49) and steals (51)... ranked second on the team with 78 rebounds... ranked fifth among Big East leaders in blocks (1.48) and 15th in steals (1.6).

Full name is Charde Lakishia Houston... daughter of Dorothy Green and Terry Houston... will graduate in May 2008 with a degree in Sociology... became the all-time leading scorer in California High School history with 3,837 points, breaking Cheryl Miller's previous mark of 3,446... named to the McDonald's, WBCA and Street & Smith's All-American teams in 2004 after posting a 34.6 ppg average in her senior season at San Diego High School.

Drafted by Minnesota in the third round (30th overall) in the 2008 WNBA Draft.