Former WNBA star Chantel Tremitiere has been a beast on the basketball court since her school days. Her college career was the stuff of legend, her playing overseas broke boundaries, her WNBA career saw her put up numbers other basketball players drooled over.
Still, the general public didn't really know who she was. Tremitiere has always been a sort of "athlete's athlete"—until TikTok, that is.
The platform offered her a way to connect with the general public and so Tremitiere was re-born as "Auntie Chantel" and has been flexing her skills all over the platform. Her videos combine her skill with her sense of humor, often focusing on people issuing challenges based on what the internet says Chantel can't do.
Spoiler alert: missing shots is not Auntie's style. She's like a Dr. Seuss book worth of trick shots.
She can hit 'em from afar:
Was tryna hit the @mPinoe on em, but got cut off! Boooo! pic.twitter.com/wk0xIO0Iqm
— Dr. Tremitiere (@crtremitiere) April 22, 2020
She nails 'em from behind a car:
Doesn't matter! @Nike @nikebasketball pic.twitter.com/H1vMlQcyuv
— Dr. Tremitiere (@crtremitiere) April 17, 2020
Auntie Chantel can shoot to music, y'all:
Ninja!!! pic.twitter.com/iJ9ihIee3k
— Dr. Tremitiere (@crtremitiere) May 16, 2020
And she can definitely land tricks with a standard men's ball.
don't play with her (tiktok: auntiechantel) pic.twitter.com/hDTnfdVwC7
— Joshua Caleb (@maneatsdragon) June 16, 2020
Napping in a vehicle?
Not a problem at all.
Here she is again...
She do this https://t.co/5aUzw8FeaT..
🙌 #ChantelTremitiere pic.twitter.com/qhrQzWZ7Bo
— .LEx.PLAY. (@algametrade) June 16, 2020
P.S. Yup, she can even do it at the mall.
Once auntie palmed the ball... I knew pic.twitter.com/2cK7huqjVa
— Zoe 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹 (@YourFavoriteZoe) June 15, 2020
She's incredible and we love that people are getting to see her athleticism even though she has retired from playing ball professionally.
Twitter is loving it too. People are so impressed with her skills.
How could you not be‽‽
AUNTIE!!!!!!!!!!! Came through with the buckets!!!!!!
— Ms. Lofton (@ComplicateDove) June 16, 2020
Thats the confident palm 😂😂😂
— C Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (@bigcon97) June 15, 2020
Daaaaaaang!! 🏀🏀🏀
— Mark Shafer (@MarkShafer) May 17, 2020
Right here. The moment we knew it was all over but the swish. pic.twitter.com/88OfcMhkn4
— Chloe (@1JunkYardDawg) June 15, 2020
She ain't walk, she pimped! 🤣🤣🤣
— Teña Nock-Hope 🌈♐️ (@Litpreacher_wmn) June 15, 2020
People contemplated what playing against her would be like ... and promptly decided nope!
you right lmao, double ankle replacement surgery ain't cheap bro
— leo. (@leonijdas) June 16, 2020
Ain't finna have me hitting the stanky leg in front of everybody
— Papa Rose 🥀 (@GoldenChild_IV) June 16, 2020
But basketball is just the beginning of Dr. Chantel Tremitiere's excellence.
Auntie is also an actor, public speaker, author, has a PhD and an MBA, has a graphic design company, is a producer, does consulting work on films and more.
Chantel Tremitiere played in the WNBA, has a MBA and a PhD, teaches college classes *and* owns her own graphic design company in Atlanta: https://t.co/iSkhiEHOEp https://t.co/fHbaKWpc6q
— Karen K. Ho (@karenkho) June 16, 2020
This woman is an inspiration and she markets well! https://t.co/1cZWSdLIyk
— Tellmeallyourthoughtsongod (@galljmoney) June 15, 2020
She's ... 🙇🏾♀️🏆👑
"Chantel Tremitiere just finished a course in sneaker essentials.
She also wrapped up a Harvard entrepreneurship course during the pandemic, a sports marketing class at NYU and another course from Northwestern."https://t.co/D8LaDOJtIS
— Laurel Hechanova (@hechanova) June 15, 2020
We don't know anything about her relationship status, but if she's looking for love all she has to do is hit the comments section.
first question: do you have a wife. second question: can she fight?
— Maxine (@Maxie_million13) June 15, 2020
And for the science-minded among you, here's a helpful poll about who Twitter thinks is the better shot.
Who's the better shooter?
— Zoe 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹 (@YourFavoriteZoe) June 15, 2020
Numbers don't lie. People love Auntie Chantel!
You can check out her videos on TikTok and Twitter, but don't expect nothing but ball. "Dr. Trem" is an incredibly accomplished and multi-faceted woman.
Her work spans decades and cris-crosses the globe. She has made major waves in sports, graphic design, business, and activism and has done it all while battling racism, prejudice, misogyny and cancer.
Like she said, don't play with her. Auntie can do it all.