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{{Short description|Former American basketball player (born 1986)}}
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| image = Cropped photo of Crystal Langhorne at the White House.png
| image_size = 200px
| nationality = American
| league = [[Women's National Basketball Association|WNBA]]
| team =
| number =
| position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|Centercenter]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 185
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1986|10|27}}
| birth_place = [[Queens, New York]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Willingboro High School|Willingboro]]<br>([[Willingboro, New Jersey]])
| college = [[Maryland Terrapins women's basketball|Maryland]] (2004–2008)
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| highlights = * 2x [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2018 WNBA Finals|2018]], [[2020 WNBA Finals|2020]])
* 2× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2011 WNBA All-Star Game|2011]], [[2013 WNBA All-Star Game|2013]])
* [[WNBA Most Improved Player Award]] ([[2009 WNBA season|2009]])
* [[All-WNBA Teams|All-WNBA Second Team]] ([[2010 WNBA season|2010]])
* [[2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA champion]] (2006)
* 2x [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|Kodak/State Farm Coaches']] All-American (2007, 2008)
* 3x All-American [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (2006–2008)
* 3x Second-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (2006–2008)
* [[Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year|ACC Player of the Year]] (2008)
* 3x First-team All-[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] (2006–2008)
* ACC Rookie of the Year (2005)
* ACC All-Freshman Team (2005)
* [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All-American]] (2004)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|U18 and U19]]| Team Competition}}
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==College==
In 2006, she helped the Terrapins win the [[2006 NCAA Women's Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA Championship]], and in 2007 she starred in helping the USA win the [[FIBA World Championship under 21 for women]]. She is the first player in the University of Maryland's history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds for either the men's or women's teams, and only the 106th women's college basketball player to do so.<ref name="first"/>
 
Her jersey was retired and raised to the rafters at the [[Xfinity Center (College Park, Maryland)|Comcast Center]] during her last regular season home game.<ref name="bio2"/> She was the first Maryland player to have her jersey raised to the rafters while still active.
 
At Maryland, she majored in communications.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-02-08 |title=Crystal Langhorne retires with two WNBA titles, joins Storm front office to direct team’steam's social justice platform |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/two-time-wnba-champion-crystal-langhorne-retires-joins-storm-front-office-as-director-of-community-engagement/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==College statistics==
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===USA Basketball===
Langhorne was a member of the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|USA Women's U19]] team which competed in the 2005 U19 World Championships in [[Tunis]], Tunisia. The USA team won all eight games, winning the gold medal. Langhorne led the team in scoring with 16.6 points per game and hit nine out of nine field goals attempts in the opening round game against [[South Korea]].<ref name="2005 U19"/>
 
===Overseas===
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== Post-basketball career ==
After 13 years in the WNBA, Langhorne retired in 2021 and began a community engagement role with the [[Seattle Storm]]. She is currently the director of community engagement for Force4Change, the Storm's social justice platform that focuses on voter registration, the amplification of Black women; [[Person of color|BIPOC]] and [[LGBT|LGBTQ+]] leaders; and organizations serving Black communities.<ref name=":0" />
 
==WNBA career statistics==
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<ref name="bio">[http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/langhorne_crystal00.html Crystal Langhorne player bio – UMD] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607135034/http://umterps.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/langhorne_crystal00.html |date=June 7, 2008 }}. Accessed February 17, 2008.</ref>
 
<ref name="first">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110524210103/http://www.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stories/020208aaz.html #5/5 Terps and Virginia Tech Collide on Monday Night in Blacksburg – CSTV.com]. "National player of the year candidate Crystal Langhorne became the first Maryland women's basketball player to score 2,000 points. She is the 106th player in NCAA history to have 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds, and the first in Maryland men's or women's basketball history." Accessed February 17, 2008.</ref>
 
<ref name="bio2">{{cite web |url=http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208128717 |title=Player Bio: Crystal Langhorne |publisher=Umterps.com |access-date=2012-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224032821/http://www.umterps.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208128717 |archive-date=February 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
<ref name="2005 U19">{{cite web|title=Sixth FIBA Women's U19 World Championship -- 2005|date=June 10, 2010|url=http://www.usab.com/history/u19-womens/sixth-FIBA-womens-u19-world-championship-2005.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907033628/http://www.usab.com/history/u19-womens/sixth-FIBA-womens-u19-world-championship-2005.aspx|archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=livedead|access-date=20 October 2015}}</ref>
 
<ref name="NCAA Player stats">{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|access-date=22 Sep 2015}}</ref>
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