Ebony Dickinson was an American professional basketball

Basketball

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 player. After graduating from St. John's University in 1999 she went overseas and achieved success playing professional basketball in Iceland

Iceland

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, Sweden

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, Greece

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 and China

China

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.

Iceland

For the 1999-2000 season, Dickinson joined newly promoted KFÍ

KFÍ

Körfuknattleiksfélag Ísafjarðar , also known as KFÍ, is a basketball team based in Ísafjörður, Iceland. Its men's team currently plays in the Icelandic Men's Division I and the women's team plays in the Icelandic Women's Division I as of the 2011-2012 season.-Trophies:*Icelandic Men's Division I...

 in the Icelandic top women division

Premier league women

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. She went on to lead the league in scoring (32,2 ppg) and rebounding (18,7), and tied the then record for most points in a game (56) while also break the record for most rebounds in a game (29). For her efforts she was voted the Foreign player of the year.

In 2002, she briefly joined UMF Njarðvík for the Icelandic Cup Finals game. Despite scoring 28 points, grabbing 11 rebounds and getting 5 steals, Njarðvík lost the Finals game in overtime, 81-74.

National Women's Basketball League

Dickinson spent the 2003 season with the Grand Rapids Blizzard

Grand Rapids Blizzard

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 in the National Women's Basketball League

National Women's Basketball League

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 (NWBL).

Awards and achievements

Pro career

• Foreign Player of the year (Iceland): 1
  • 2000