- Marvadene Anderson
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Marvadene Anderson is a Jamaican teenager, currently recognized as the world's tallest teenage girl at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m).[1] Anderson is originally from Prospect in Clarendon Parish,[2] where she attended Edwin Allen Comprehensive High School.[3] She also played in the Jamaican U16 netball team.[4] Anderson subsequently travelled to the United States on a basketball scholarship to Rutgers Preparatory School in New Jersey.[5][6]
As the world's tallest teenage girl, Anderson was featured on The Learning Channel documentary The World's Tallest Children, and in 2010 she was interviewed on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[7] Committed to play basketball at the University of Pittsburgh.[8]
References
- ^ "World's tallest teenage girl: 6ft 11 ins, size 11 feet". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-04-26. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7634441/Worlds-tallest-teenage-girl-6ft-11-ins-size-11-feet.html. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ Gaynor, Jonique (2008-04-16). "Tallest 14 -y-o in Jamaica?". The Jamaica Star Online. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20080416/news/news1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
- ^ Walters, Kimesha (2008-06-29). "Great prospects at Prospect". Jamaica Gleaner. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080629/lead/lead7.html. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ "Marvadene Anderson: Reaching for the stars". The Jamaica Star Online. 2008-04-18. http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20080418/cleisure/cleisure2.html. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ Chiaramonte, Perry; Fagen, Cynthia R. (2009-12-21). "NJ hoops gal a huge star". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nj_hoops_gal_m1kiRXXzoE4laLi2PRqB5L. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ Hancel, Andrew (2009-12-23). "World's tallest teen turns basketball phenom". Jamaica Observer. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Worlds-tallest-teen-turns-basketball-phenom. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
- ^ Bogle, Dania (2010-02-24). "J'can teen netballer on Oprah show". Jamaica Observer. http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Marvadene-Anderson_7440940. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
- ^ Dunleavy, Ryan (2011-11-06). "Marvadene Anderson verbals to Pittsburgh women’s hoops". Scarlet Scuttlebutt. http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/rutgers/2011/11/06/marvadene-anderson-verbals-to-pittsburgh-womens-hoops/. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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