Editing Marion Jones (section)

==WNBA career==
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Marion Jones
| position = [[Point guard]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 150
| league = 
| team = 
| number = 20
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|12}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Thousand Oaks High School|Thousand Oaks]]<br/>([[Thousand Oaks, California]])
| college = [[North Carolina Tar Heels women's basketball|North Carolina]] (1993–1997)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2003
| draft_round = 3
| draft_pick = 33
| draft_team = [[Phoenix Mercury]]
| career_start = 2010
| career_end = 2011
| years1 = 2010–2011
| team1 = [[Tulsa Shock]]
| highlights = *[[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament#Women's NCAA Division I basketball champions|NCAA champion]] ([[1994 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|1994]])
* Third-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (1997)
* [[ACC women's basketball tournament|ACC tournament MVP]] (1997)
* 2 × First-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] (1995, 1997)
* ACC All-Freshman Team (1994)
}}
In November 2009, Jones was working out for the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] of the [[WNBA]]. She had played basketball while in college at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], where her team won the national championship in 1994. Her No. 20 jersey, honored by the school, hangs in [[Carmichael Auditorium]]. She had been selected in the third round of the [[2003 WNBA draft]] by the [[Phoenix Mercury]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/30/marion-jones-attempting-comeback-as-pro-basketball-player/ |title=Marion Jones Attempting Comeback as Pro Basketball Player |date=November 30, 2009 |first=Kevin |last=Blackistone |access-date=December 2, 2009 |archive-date=August 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802134834/http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/11/30/marion-jones-attempting-comeback-as-pro-basketball-player |url-status=dead }}</ref> On March 10, 2010, the [[Tulsa Shock]] announced that Jones, a rookie, had signed to play with the team.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zinser |first=Lynn |date=2010-03-10 |title=Jones, Disgraced Sprinter, Is Joining the W.N.B.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/sports/basketball/11jones.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Jones made her debut on May 15, in the Shock's inaugural game at the [[BOK Center]] against the [[Minnesota Lynx]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051503799_pf.html |title=Marion Jones returns to sport with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock |date=May 16, 2010 |first=Amy |last=Shipley |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=D08}}</ref> On August 22, 2010, she logged her first start and scored a WNBA career high 15 points in a win against the [[Chicago Sky]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Stan Grossfeld |title=Fast break |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/444033990/ |access-date=14 October 2024 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=22 August 2010 |pages=D1-[https://www.newspapers.com/image/444034058/ D5]}}</ref> In 47 WNBA games, Jones averaged 2.6 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. Jones was waived by the Shock on July 21, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/07/21/Marion-Jones-cut-by-Shock.ap/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104161153/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/07/21/Marion-Jones-cut-by-Shock.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a18&eref=sihp |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |title=Ex-Olympic sprinter Marion Jones cut by Shock |date=July 21, 2011 |work=CNN}}</ref>