Heather Burge

Heather Burge

Heather Burge (born November 11, 1971 in Fairfax, California) is a retired professional basketball player. She is the twin sister of Heidi Burge. Both graduated from Palos Verdes High School and played college basketball at the University of Virginia and then played professionally in European leagues and in the Women's National Basketball Association. At 6 feet 5 inches each, they were the world's tallest female twins before their record was broken by Ann Recht and Claire Recht. A Disney television movie, "Double Teamed", is based on their life stories and achievements in basketball.

Before playing basketball, Heather loved, and was great at, volleyball. She discovered she could play basketball on accident.

In the WNBA, Heather Burge Quella played for the Sacramento Monarchs. She had to retire from playing basketball due to injuries. Heather is now a multilingual teacher in Southern California.

See also

* List of twins
* "Double Teamed"

External links

* [http://www.gballmag.com/cc-burges.html Gball Online: Talent Times Two]


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