“A basketball career marked by championships, trailblazing catwalks, and a role in a blockbuster film all began for Charde Houston when she caught a pass at Mid-City Gym.

Houston is set to be inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame on Monday alongside Padres Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy and All-Star Adrian Gonzalez. With her recognition at the San Diego Sports Association’s Salute to the Champions event at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla, Houston will join an exclusive club that includes legends Tony Gwynn and Bill Walton as well as fellow women’s basketball star Candice Wiggins.

With Houston shattering records at San Diego High School and Wiggins starring at La Jolla Country Day, the two made America’s Finest City the nation’s premier destination for women’s college basketball recruiters in 2004.

Houston had grown up fast from her adolescent days at Mid-City, where she said she was often the last player picked for teams when playing with adult men.

“It was so hard because they would run fast, they would jump high, they would throw behind-the-back passes, no-look passes, and I wouldn’t catch any of them because these were some of my first times playing the game,” Houston said…”

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