Background
She is the daughter of award-winning author John Edgar Wideman.
She is the daughter of award-winning author John Edgar Wideman.
In 1992-1993 Wideman was named United States of America Today First Team High School All-American, Converse High School All-American, Nike High School All-American, Kodak High School All-American, New England High School Player of the Year, Massachusetts High School Player of the Year, and High School All-American by the WBCA. She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1993, scoring 10 points.
Her high school basketball team was the subject of a book, In These Girls Hope is a Muscle, by Madeleine Blais (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995, ). While in high school, Wideman published poems on the complexities of her racial identity in her high school newspaper. Shortly after the Los Angeles uprisings of 1992, she wrote and published a poem titled Black.
Wideman attended, where she was an outstanding basketball player.
After playing professional basketball, she earned a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law.
In 1992-1993 Wideman was named United States of America Today First Team High School All-American, Converse High School All-American, Nike High School All-American, Kodak High School All-American, New England High School Player of the Year, Massachusetts High School Player of the Year, and High School All-American by the WBCA.