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Anriel Howard, Natalie Butler and Presley Hudson are youngest and sexy basketball player, they are welknown player in the history of Women Basketball, lets see why they are well known

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Anriel Howard

Anriel Howard who was born on May 6, 1997, in Atlanta, GA. She is the daughter of Che’ Bledsoe. And she has two brothers named Chance & Brody. Anriel completed her graduation in Telecommunications Media Studies from Texas A&M in August 2018. Her height is 5 ft. 11 inches, and weight is 176 pounds. At her young age, she performed very well. Below I’ll mention some of the best performance highlights from her high school to till now. 

High school highlight

In 2015, she was rated in the 16th position in the best wing players by ESPN (Entertainment and Sports Programming Network). She was selected as First Team All-Georgia three times, where she scored more than 2000 and collected over 1,000 rebounds at Westlake High School. She was also chosen as All-Metro Atlanta two times by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. Anriel Howard also played AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) basketball for the Douglasville Lady Tigers. Anriel also won the 6A state title in the triple jump in her high school career. 

Career highlight 

Season 2015-16

Anriel qualified for the SEC Championship and finished at 14th positions. She also completed the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) tournament at 38th positions. She created an NCAA tournament record in 27 rebounds against Missouri State in the single game. 

Season 2016-17

In this season, she became the first Texas A&M player to average a double-double since Lisa Jordon in 1988-89. In this whole season, 13 games are recorded as double-doubles, 18 games for double-figure scoring, and 23 games for double-digit rebounds. And at the end of this season, she ranked 22nd nationally and 3rd in the SEC.

Season 2017-18

In this season, 22 games are recorded for double-digit scoring. This year she is settled for the SEC Community Service Team. And she ends this season by holding 7th ranked nationally and 2nd in the SEC. 

Season 2018-19

This year she records a double-double with 14 rebounds and 21 points against Clemson and makes career’s high nine free throws. This season she played for First Team All-SEC, SEC All-Tournament Team, and AP All-American Honorable Mention. Anriel Howard ended this year by holding 2nd position in the SEC. 

We also found some interesting facts about her personal life. Anriel mentioned some of her favorite things. These are-

• Role model: Her mother.
• Favorite professional basketball team: Los Angeles Sparks.
• Favorite professional Athlete: Allyson Felix.
• Favorite Texas A&M Tradition: “Howdy”
• Favorite Snack: Nutella & Pretzels.
• Favorite TV Show: Real Housewives of Atlanta.
• Spirit Animal: Bull.

Natalie Butler

Natalie Butler is the youngest basketball player who is currently playing for Namur (BEL) club. She was born on 16 June, 1995 in Fairfax Station, Virginia. Her father is Vernon Butler. Her height is 6 ft. 5 inches or 196 cm. She is now playing as a Freshman in the center position. We didn't find much about her personal life, but there is enough information about her career. Below I'll try to uphold some of her career's best achievements. 

High school

At Lake Braddock High School, Natalie was an All-State player. She was named the school's Sportswoman for scoring more than 1,000 points in single-season scoring average, career blocks, and career rebounds. She was recognized as a McDonald's All-American nominee, a Virginia All-State All-Star, Northern Region player of the year, Fairfax County Sportswoman of the year, and the Patriot District player of the year. She also earned the place on the All-Next Sports Phenom Team, the Patriot District All-Tournament Team, and the All-SEN Team. 

Season 2013-14

At Georgetown University, Natalie Butler immediately stepped into the starting role in the center position as she was a standout freshman. After averaging 13.4 RPG, and 13.9 PPG, Butler earned a threesome of postseason accolades from the Big East Conference. She also received All-Big East Second Team, Big East Freshman of the Year and All-Big East Freshman Team honors. 

Season 2014-15

Butler was transferred from Georgetown to Storrs, and this season was a redshirt for her. 

Season 2015-16

At the starting of this season, she was unable to play because of her thumb injury, and she didn't play until 30 December. After that, she played several games and scored very well. And in the NCAA Tournament games (regional semifinal), her team won against Mississippi State and earned eight rebounds and six points while playing semifinal. 

Season 2016-17

This season Butler played many tournaments and finished them with excellent points and rebounds. It was her career's best season till now. 

Season 2017-18

This season she earned All-America Honorable Mention honors from Associated Press and broke her records of the score and created many new records. 

That's all I know about her professional career, and if I find any other information about her personal or professional life, I'll update them as soon as possible.

Presley Hudson

Presley Hudson is an American basketball player who was born on 31st December 1997 in Wayland, Michigan. She is a very young basketball player in the U.S. and her young age she has done very well. Her height is 5 ft. 6 inches. From the high school till now, we have found some of her best performances, and below I'll mention all the seasons from her high school to 2019. And currently, she is playing for the guard position. 

High school (2013-14)

In the 2013-14 season, Presley earned BCAM Academic All-State honoree. She received the AP Honorable Mention All-State recognition two times, three times All Allegan County First Team selection, and two times OK Gold All-Conference First Team honoree. Presley also earned Advanced News South Honorable Mention honors and OK Gold All-Conference Honorable Mention as a freshman. 

Season 2015-16

Presley Hudson was named MAC Freshman of the Year and was selected for the Second Team All-MAC All-Freshman team this season. She ranked the first position in the MAC in free throw and ranked 4th position in the record book for making triples in a single season. After the 1st two games of her collegiate career, she named College Madness National Player of the Week and MAC West Player of the Week. 

Season 2016-17

Presley Hudson ended this season holding the 4th position nationally and the first position in the MAC with a 92.6 free-throw percentage and made a record for a single season program. Tied in the CMU season with 156 assists. She also made a record with a career's highest point of 43 against Ball State. In McGuirk Arena's history, her 43 points ranked in the third position. She also ranked 7th in the CMU record book for career triples. In this season, she is selected three times as the MAC West Player of the week. 

Season 2017-18

In this season, she was selected for the First Team All-MAC and earned All-MAC Academic honors. This season she breaks previous records and made new records. 

Season 2018-19

This season she won two tournaments, the NCAA statistical championship and the State Farm College Slam Three-Point Contest in Minneapolis. She was selected for the third time in the First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC and named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team. Earned a Nancy Lieberman Award for being a finalist. In this season, she broke the Mid-American Conference career three-point record and Cassie Breen's career 3-pointers record.

Basketball is a popular game for many years around the world. People from many parts of the world enjoy watching the game. In the history of WNBA, we have seen many exceptional talents who have been dominating the basketball court. Some of them have got retired, and some are still shining bright today. In this article, we are going to feature the top 16 women basketball player. So without any delay, let's get started!  

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There is a general stereotype that a basketball player has to be tall to perform well in the court. Well, that’s true to some extent. But still there some exceptions to that idea, generally these days the average height of NBA players is 6 feet 7 inches. Irrespective of the height, some short players also entertain the spectators with their multi-talented skills. Whenever they play with the large players, they have a disadvantage with their height, but they have been able to compensate it with their talent and skills. Here in this article, I am going to feature 15 shortest and great NBA players of all time.  

1. Shane Larkin

2. Ty Lawson

Ty is a professional basketball player from America who is also 5 feet and 11 inches long. At present, he plays for Fujian SBS Xunxing Sturgeons, which is a Chinese professional men’s basketball team based in Fujian. When Ty used to play for North Carolina Tar Hills, he won the national championship. The Minnesota Timberwolves picked him in the 2009 NBA draft with the 18th overall pick. Ty had his best season in 2013-14, where he scored on average 17.6 and 8.8 assists per game with Denver. Since then, he has been playing with Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Shandong Golden Stars, Washington Wizards, Shandong Golden Stars, and Fujian Sturgeons.

3. Thomas Terrell Brandon

Terrell Brandon is a former professional basketball player from America. In his 11 years long NBA career, he played for three teams, Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and Minnesota Timberwolves. Brandon got selected as 11th overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft by Minnesota Timberwolves. At the age of 31, he got retired from professional basketball. Throughout his career, he scored an average of 13.8 PPG and 6.1 assists per game.

4. Speedy Claxton

5. Scott Brooks

Scott is an American former professional player, and currently, he is serving as a head coach of Washington Wizards of the NBA. He was the former player of that team also. In his early life, Scott used to play as a point guard at Texas Christian University and San Joaquin Delta College. In total, Scott played 680 NBA games. Scott scored 4.9 PPG on average and 37.2% from three-point range. Back in 1994 Scott won a championship when played with Rockets.

6. Mike Wilks

Mike is another former American basketball player whose height is below 6 feet. Mike studied Economics at William Marsh Rice University. He won the sportsmanship championship award in 2001-02 season as a rookie when playing with Huntsville Flight. Since then, he played for Washington Wizards, Seattle SuperSonics, San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Atlanta Hawks. From the beginning of the career, Mike has been playing consistently until 2010, although as a professional player, the initial stage of his career was not that smooth.  Throughout his career, he scored a total 2.5 on average in 9.6 minutes per game.

7. Damon Stoudamire

Damon Lamon Stoudamire is the highest-drafted player who is less than six feet tall. His nickname is “Mighty Mouse” because of the fearsome style of play. During Damon’s early career, he was an excellent scorer and distributor. Now he is serving as a head coach of the University of the Pacific. He ended up his career as a professional basketball player with Houston Rockets and began the coaching career in 2008 with Rice University Owls squad under the head coach of Ben Braun. In his 13 years NBA careers, he scored on average 13.4 PPG and 6.1 assists per game.

8. Avery Johnson

Avery is also known as “The Little General.” He had a great NBA career despite his stature. Avery had 16 years of long NBA career, and most recently, he served as a head coach of Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks. 1995-1996 season was the best time in his career where he managed to score on average 13.1 PPG and 9.6 assists per game with San Antonio Spurs. In October 2008, Avery joined ESPN as a studio analyst and continued his new role for two seasons until he got the opportunity to serve as a head coach of New Jersey.  

9. Khalid El-Amin

University of Connecticut men’s basketball team won the NCAA championship back in 1999, and Khalid was a member of that team. When Khalid started his career, he was struggling with his height issue, he was 5 feet 10 and weighed around 200 pounds. In 2000, he had the opportunity to play NBA draft for Chicago Bulls, and he played 50 games where he managed to score 6.3 PPG and 2.9 assists per game. After leaving Bulls, Khalid signed with Dallas Mavericks but didn’t play any single match.

10. Andre Barrett

Andre was another undrafted player of NBA with Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic in 2004-05, where he averaged 3.1 PPG. Andre played only four seasons in NBA, thus didn’t play much as an NBA player. At the age of 25, he finished his professional career as a basketball player. Last time he played with Obras Sanitarias. However, in total 67 games, Andre has a career average of 3.3 PPG and 2.0 assists per game.

11. Michael Adams

Adams had quite an interesting career as a professional basketball player. He ended up being a third-round pick, which was rare, and that made him an NBA player. He is mostly known for his push shot. 1990-1991 season was the best part of his career where he averaged 26.5 PPG and 10.5 assists per game. During that time, he was playing for Denver Nuggets. At the age of 33, Adams finished his career as a player with an average of 14.7 PPG and 6.4 assists. He was also in the coaching profession with WNBA's Washington Mystics, University of Maryland, and Vancouver Grizzlies, and Richmond Rhythm.

12. Kay Felder

Kay Felder is a son of Kahlil Felder Sr, who also played basketball with Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball team. However, Kay is 5 feet 9 inches long and plays as a point guard for Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association). In total 57 NBA career, Felder averaged 3.9 PPG and 9.2 minutes per game. Before moving to Chicago to play for Bulls, he just played one season in Cleveland and then one game with the Detroit Pistons.

13. Nate Robinson

Nate was the 21st pick in the 2005 NBA draft. Nate is 5 feet and 9 inches long. Despite the height, Nate has an insane jumping ability and excellent athleticism. 2008-2009 was the best season of Nate, during that season he had 11 games with 17.2 PPG for New York. And the most impressive part in his career is that Nate won NBA All-star weekend slam dunk three times.

14. Gregory Alan Grant

During the high school life of Alan Grant used to work in Fishmarket and grew up in a broken home. Alan played as a decent backup point guard throughout his career with six different teams in his seven years of career. At the age of 29, Alan got retired from playing professional basketball with an average of 2.8 points and 2.7 assists in 12.2 minutes per game.

15. Spud Webb

Webb is known for his remarkable dunking ability. He has considered one of the shortest players in NBA history. Born with poverty, Webb grew up in a small two-bedroom home, and basketball was his inspiration since his childhood. He played a total of 814 NBA games from 1985 to 1998 and averaging 9.9 PPG, registering 8072 points, and 4342 assists throughout his career. At present, Webb is serving as president of basketball operations for Texas Legends.

Tiffany Kiara Hayes is a professional basketball player from America born on September 20, 1989. Presently, she plays for the Atlanta Dream (An American professional basketball team based in Atlanta) of the WNBA. During her college life, she used to play for Connecticut Huskies in the 2009 and 2010 NCAA national championship. To know more interesting facts about Tiffany, keep reading the article.

Family

Tiffany was born and raised in Louisiana, the southeastern states of the US. Her parents are Dorothy Hayes and Renard Hayes. She also has three siblings as well. They are Dontae Hayes, Latisha Jones, and Jerron. Apart from playing basketball, Tiffany loves to spend her time with her family members and friends. She is also a citizen of Azerbaijan. 

Early Life Achievement

Tiffany used to play for Winter Heaven High School in Florida. During her career, this team won the state championship back in 2004 and 2007 and compiled 117–9 record. She scored on average 18.3 PPG, and she was the top scorer for her team. 

Tiffany got the invitation from USA basketball sponsored event to join the Youth Development Festival back in 2007 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Three teams from the US and one team from Brazil attended featured the event. Tiffany was the top scorer at this time, too, and her team achieved the gold medal after winning five matches in succession. After such performance, Hoopgulrz.com announced her as the outstanding player of the festival. 

Later on back in 2008, Tiffany participated in the 'My Better' Championship event, where she was also one of the successful athletes. In the preliminary round, she finished as one of the top twenty-two athletes out of 3000 athletes. Then all the top players went to Nike World Headquarters to join the finals, where she finished as the second position among all other female contestants. 

We already mentioned before that Tiffany used to play for University of Connecticut Huskies during her college life, she always had the desire to play for Connecticut Huskies from her childhood. Tonya Maria Cardoza was the assistant coach at that time for UConn, and she had her eyes on Tiffany when she saw her playing AAU ball. And Tiffany got the chance to play for UConn after a heavy recruitment process. Initially, Tiffany could not place her position in the college team, but after the injury of Caroline Doty, she got the opportunity to play for the team. Against California in the regional semifinal of the NCAA Championship, Tiffany scored the highest. UConn won each of the games during that season. 

Tiffany got the invitation to play for the USA Women’s World University Games Team, and she was the youngest player of the team. With her performance, the team earned a gold medal with a 7-0 record in Belgrade, Serbia. Tiffany’s 100th win of college career was against DePaul in 2011, where Connecticut Huskies managed to win by 89–66. And that was Tiffany’s 101st game, and she was the fastest player to achieve that milestone in NCAA basketball history. Tiffany scored 68 points in 2 consecutive games against Syracuse (35) and South Florida (33), and that was the highest total point by any player of Connecticut in 2 successive games. 

Professional Career

Atlanta Dream selected Tiffany in the second round as the second pick, and there was a total 14 pick. Tiffany played 34 games with 17 starts, where she scored 8.6 PPG as a reserve. She could manage to place her position in the WNBA All-Rookie team. In her second season, she played a total of 23 games with 4 starts, where she managed to score 11.3 PPG. In that season, Atlanta Dream reached the 2013 WNBA Finals but could not win that time against Minnesota Lynx.

Tiffany officially became the starting shooting guard in the 2014 season for the Atlanta and scored 12.9 PPG. Tiffany signed again with Atlanta for a multi-year contract when her rookie contract period got expired. In that season, Tiffany scored averaged 15 PPG. Although her team lost against Los Angeles Sparks, she scored her career highest 32 points. Tiffany continued her top-notch performance into the playoffs, where she scored her most top playoff career points of 30, but unfortunately, her team ended up losing the game against Chicago Sky in the second round elimination game. 

In 2017, Atlanta’s leading scorer Angel McCoughtry decided to take a break in that season. And in her absence, Tiffany got the opportunity to score more, and gradually, she continued to improve. In the same year, she got the chance to play the 2017 WNBA All-Star Game, and that was her first time to play WNBA All-Star Game. At the end of the season, Tiffany scored on average, 16.3 PPG, which was her career-high. But Atlanta couldn’t be able to reach the Playoffs. 

In 2018 when Angel McCoughtry returned to the team, Atlanta emerged as one of the title contenders. Again Tiffany got her second opportunity to play in the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game. At the end of the season, she finished with her career highest score. Atlanta finished with 23-11 and received a double-bye to the semi. 

Angel McCoughtry felt to a knee injury and sidelined during that season. Atlanta lost against Washington Mystics in five games and eliminated. 

In 2019, Tiffany scored her career highest 34 points, but Atlanta ended up losing to Indiana Fever by 87-82. Regrettably key player of Atlanta Angel McCoughtry sidelined for the whole season, and Atlanta finished with worst performance 8-26 record.

Significant Achievements

• 2007 - Most valuable players, Nike Nationals, HoopGurlz.com
• 2007 - First Team, All-State 5A (Florida)
• 2008 - All American McDonalds 
• 2008 - All America Parade magazine 
• 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 – Wade watch 
•  2012—WNBA All-Rookie Team

So that’s all about Tiffany Hayes today. Do you know any interesting facts about her? I would appreciate it if you let me know in the comment box. Thanks and stay with us! 

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Early life

Stephanie loves sports since her childhood. When growing up in a rural area, it was challenging to be a woman athlete during the 80’s. But Stephanie was exceptional; she could overcome all the barriers. She played on the YMCA boys’ team. Stephanie played with the boys’ team because, at that time, there was no girls’ team, and there were not many opportunities for girls to play any sports. She was one of the few girls at that time who took the challenge.

Stephanie became the “Indiana Miss Basketball” (Best high school girl basketball player in Indiana state, US) IN 1995. In the same year, she also became the national player of the year named by The Gatorade Company, Inc. (an American manufacturer of sports-themed beverage and food products) and USA daily (American daily newspaper).  

While attending Seeger High School in Indiana, she became High School All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). She also earned the most valuable players award in 1995, where she scored seventeen points WBCA High School All-America Game. She played WNBA for five years, four with the Indiana Fever and one with the Charlotte Sting. 

Dream Of Getting Scholarship

From a young age, Stephanie had the goal of playing basketball at the college. She told her parents about her desire that she wanted to get a college scholarship. Her parents also wanted to support her with the decision. But that didn’t seem realistic considering the context of that time. But her parents did every possible thing and encouraged her to get a scholarship. They helped Stephanie to play for Amateur Athletic Union Girls Basketball. During high school, her dream of getting a college scholarship seems achievable. In middle school, she got her first college letter from Louisiana Tech’s Nell Fortner, who became her college coach later. 

While attending Purdue University, she was the National College Player of the Year, Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, and Indiana NCAA Woman of the Year in 1999. 

Family

Michelle Fletcher is the spouse of Stephanie Joanne White, and they have three children. Aside from her profession, she loves to spend time with her family. Her children also fond of games and sports. From the social media appearance, we can assume that she loves her children very much, and they hang around a lot. 

Professional career As A Player

In 1997, Stephanie played for the Jones Cup Team with USA Basketball. They won the silver medal in Taipei. During that season, most of the games were close. USA team won 4 games, including the overtime game in the semifinals against Japan. Stephanie’s average score was 10.3 PPG, and she was the second-highest scorer for her team. 

In 1999, Stephanie started her five year WNBA career with the Charlotte Sting. Then again, she signed in with Indiana Fever in next year. Then till 2004 with Indiana Fever, she ranked third in total games played, fourth for scoring, and three for point field goals. On average, she had 5.9 points and 2.0 assists per game. Then she retired as a professional player from WNBA in 2004. 

Coaching career

Stephanie started her coaching career as an assistant coach wiry Ball State (2003–04). Then she continued her coaching career with Kansas State (2004–05), and the University of Toledo (2005–06 and 2006–07). She involved with several coaching works, for instance - on-floor coaching, scouting, academic support, recruiting, etc. Stephanie also worked as a college basketball analyst for Big Ten Network and ESPN. 

After four years of working as an Assistant coach, she began her career as a head coach with Indiana Fever after the retirement of Lin Dunn. With her coaching, Indiana Fever went to the second WNBA finals. Unfortunately, Fever lost the best-of-five series to Minnesota. 

However, in 2016 Stephanie got a head coaching job for Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball. She finished the 2016 season, where Fever went 37–31 overall records and 6-6 in the postseason.

Achievements & Awards At A Glance

• Gatorade National Player of the Year and USA Today National Player of the Year 1995
• Indiana Miss Basketball in 1995
• MVP honors for WBCA High School All-America Game in 1995
• Wade Trophy 1999
• Honda sports awards 1999

Personal struggle

Often there were few setbacks in Stephanie’s own life. It was not easy to maintain her family, relationship, and basketball at the same time. Growing up in a small town, she always had in her mind that she needs to get married, have children, and these are going to happen. When Stephanie shined in her basketball game, her personal life associated with relationships and some internal struggles. She used to date with her ex-husband since she was 14, and she was very immature at that time. And as an immature and young couple, they had to deal with many issues, like – finances, relationship games, and so on. She was struggling with her identity. That was a tough time. She said she was not in a perfect place. 

After the divorce of Stephanie, it took a long time to get rid of being depressed. It took years to get herself out of worrying and to find her level. She was struggling to find real happiness in life apart from basketball.

Final words

There are many interesting sides of Stephanie White’s life, family, relationship, and achievements, which I tried to demonstrate in this article. I hope you enjoyed reading this. Be with us to know more about other basketball player’s life and some exciting facts about them.

Megan Marie Mahoney is a former basketball player from America; she was born on February 13, 1983. Megan started her professional career in basketball from 2005. In her 14 years long career, she won the Italian championship three times back in 2009, 2010, and 2012. In 2006 she won the Icelandic championship, which is the highest women's basketball club competition in Iceland.

Furthermore, she won the Euro Cup in 2015 with ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2019 she announced her retirement. We will get to know more about Megan in this article. Let’s get started.  

Education and Early Life Achievement

Some Attributes of Megan In A Nutshell

• Playing position - Guard 
• Height - 6 feet 
• Weight - 158.73 pounds
• Jersey number - 04 
• Birthplace & hometown - South Dakota, US
• School - Sturgis Brown High School
• University - Kansas State University
• Major - Family Studies & Human Services

Megan Mahoney’s Social Life

Megan is one of the wealthiest basketball players from the USA. Apart from playing basketball, Megan loves to hang around with friends, spending time with family, and traveling. We don’t have much evidence about her family and relationship, so we can’t come to any conclusion regarding this. 

Career summary

• In 2005, Connecticut Sun (women's basketball team based in Uncasville) selected Megan Mahoney to play in the third round (overall 34th). 
• In her first season in 2006, she played 31 games and had an average of 11.7 minutes per game. 
• In 2006, Mahoney signed with Haukar (woman basketball team in Iceland) as a replacement for Keke Tardy. However, she scored a total of 27.9 average points and 13.1 rebounds per game in total nine regular season’s competition. And after this performance, her team achieved the top record in the tournament league. Mahoney scored an average of 28.3, and 14.3 rebounds in the playoffs. In the finals, she scored 32.0 points on average, and that was a record-breaking performance by Mahoney. She broke the previous record of Penny Peppas. Her team won over Keflavík, and because of this performance, she got named as Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs MVP and Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player of the Year. 
• Connecticut Sun took Barbara Turner as a replacement of Megan Mahoney to the Comets (WNBA team based in Houston, US) in March 2008. In April, in the same year, Comets waived Mahoney.
• In 2006-2007, Megan Mahoney started playing with Panama in Italy. And next year, she joined Taranto Cras Basket (Italian women's basketball club) and won the Italian title three times in 2009, 2010, and 2012. 
• In the Euroleague Women back in 2010-2011 season, Megan Mahoney took her place in the rest of the world team against the all the Europe team. She managed to score 8 points in 5 minutes. 
• Mahoney played for ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (French women's basketball club) in France between 2014 and 2016. In 2015 she won the Euro Cup Woman. In the following season, she became runner-up and obtained the second position in Ligue Féminine de Basketball (French professional basketball league for women) in the 2014-2015 season.
• In 2017,  Mahoney joined San Martino di Lupari to play in the Italian Serie A1 league. 
•           The same year in January, she got injured in her right knee, her anterior cruciate ligament tore. After the injury, she could not play for the rest of the season. In May 2017, she signed again with San Martino to play for the 2017-2018 season. 
• Mahoney was planning to play again in Belgium for the 2018-2019 seasons, but the injury restrained her from playing for that season. She needed to do surgery and rehabilitation required for 6 to 8 months to get fit again to play. 
• Finally, in 2019, Megan Mahoney decided to end her career and  got retired from Basketball 

Achievements

• Icelandic championship in 2006
• Úrvalsdeild Women's Foreign Player in 2006
• Úrvalsdeild Women's Playoffs Most Valuable Player in 2006
• Most Valuable Player in 2010 finals 
• Three times Italian championship in 2009, 2010, and 2012
• 2015 Euro cup woman

In this article, I tried to provide all the exciting facts and achievements of Megan Marie Mahoney. If you like to know more about other famous basketball players, then keep your eyes on this website.

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Family

Cecilia Zandalasini is the daughter of Roberto Zandalasini and Paola Lombardi. She had a colorful childhood. Her brother Andrea also used to play basketball as a professional player.  

Physical description

• Height - 6 feet and 2 inches (1.88 m)
• Weight – 170 lbs (79 kg)
• Ethnicity - White Italian 
• Eye color – Light brown
• Hair color – Dark brown
• Sexuality – straight

Relationship

Cecilia has not revealed her relationship status in the media. So we cannot come to any conclusion about her personal life or relationship. Additionally, there’s no such strong evidence by which we could able to know whether she is engaged or not.

Lifestyle

Apart from playing basketball Cecilia enjoys movies, traveling, and spending time with her family. She also loves painting, art, taking photos, and drawing in general. From the social media appearance, we reckon that Cecilia loves to wear Adidas products.  During leisure time, she loves to roam around and take photographs as well.

Income & net worth

Cecilia Zandalasini is one of the wealthiest basketball players from Italy. She earns about 42,500 USD from Minnesota Lynx per year. On the other hand, her weekly salary is around 792 USD. In 2019, an estimated net worth of Cecilia Zandalasini is approximately 200,000 USD.

Game

So far Cecilia Zandalasini has participated in 14 events.

Youth level

Career summary

• Gear basket (2013 to 14 season)

ASD Geas Basket is a woman basketball team based in Italy that I mentioned earlier in this article. They were the first team from Western Europe who won the European cup back in 1978. 

During 2013-14, Cecilia played with this team. She was 17 when she started playing with this team. She earned a total point of 314 in 20 games. 

• PF Schio (2014 to 2018 season)

Pallacanestro Femminile Schio is another Italian woman basketball team in Schio. This team is also known as Beretta Famila Schio for sponsorship purposes. They play in Serie A (Lega Basket Femminile (LBF). It is the premier national league for women in Italy. 

Cecilia started playing with this team back in 2014. PF Schio won Coppa Italia during the 2016-17 season. PF Schio reached the playoff finals of Serie A1. This team continued to play the Euro League Woman, where Cecilia had a team-averaged 13.5 points per game. EuroLeague Women is also officially known as FIBA Euro League Women. And it is the top professional basketball league for women’s club in Europe. 

• EuroBasket

European Women Basketball Championship or EuroBasket Women (2017) was the 36th edition women’s basketball tournament in the European continent. This tournament served as a qualification for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, held in Spain. 

In this tournament, Cecilia’s total average point was 19.0, which was 2nd in the event. And also 9.6 boards, which were 3rd in that event. Based on this performance, she took place in the all-tournament team. 

Jeff Taylor is an American journalist since 1990 and started covering basketball news when he moved to Europe in 1996. For the outstanding performance of Cecilia, Jeff Taylor mentioned as the most magnificent Women debut in history.

• Minnesota Lynx (2017 to present)

Minnesota Lynx is a professional women’s basketball based in Minnesota in the United States. This team won WNBA in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017. Glen Taylor is the owner of this team; he is an American millionaire businessman. 

Minnesota Lynx hired Cecilia Zandalasini on 28th August in 2017, when they had only three games left in their 2017 regular season. In the regular season, Cecilia could play 18:37 and 11 in the playoffs, where Minnesota Lynx won. On February 7th, 2018, she resigned from Lynx for the season of 2018. 

• Fenerbahçe (2018 to present)

Fenerbahçe is a multi-sport club based in Turkey.  This club founded in 1954, and it has become the most successful club in domestic competition. They won a total of 41 trophies and had remarkable success in European competition as well. 

Back on 2018 July 4th, Cecilia contracted for two years agreement with this Turkish club. 

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Tyra broke the State record by scoring 4,897 points in a basketball career for both men and women. Tyra was a unanimous choice All-State Class 2A team in 2012, 2013, and 2014. True Athelite named her as True Athlite of Month award for March, 2013. 

Her family members also have strong footsteps with their related fields of athletics and games. Mom Kelly Buss was the head coach of MCHS Track, Oldest brother Tyler is a coach in MCHS Basketball Team for Men, youngest brother Kyle is an assistant coach at Gibson Southern High School Football Team. Her education professional father Tim Buss has extensive knowledge and fascinating interest on sports.

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Tyra Buss Her Background: 

Born on April 25, 1996, Tyra Buss had been showcasing her prominence at sports and outdoor from her early childhood. Some people say that she has been carrying the heredity of sportsmanship in her blood. Being born and raised in a sports freak family, Tyra got all the enthusiasm for her brilliance in the arena.

Achievements during Junior High School:

• As an 8th Grader, she broke the State record in 800m sprint with a time of 2:22.07 and became State Champ; in 400m became State Champ; in 4x400m relay became State Champion, and in 4x100 relay stood 3rd.

• Tyra participated in Illinois State Elk’s National ‘Hoop Shoot’ contest in 2009 as an 8th Grader and became the 4th time State Champion. In the final round, she contested with Ashley Westjohn and scored 10 out of 10. She won the prestigious Jim Watson Award for her outstanding performance.  

• In 2010 she participated in the Regional Elk's Hoop Shoot Championship. She scored marvelously 25 out of 25 for which she won the Dick Froeschle Award as the best shooter in both boys and girls category from among the contestants of Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

• In 2009, she was the National Runner-Up for the Punt, Pass & Kick.

• In 2011, she was the State Champion for Punt, Pass & Kick.

• In 2011, Tyra scored 140 points in just four games at Robinson Invitational Tournament.

• She has the record high school basketball career points of 2,173 (with an average of 33.5 points per game) which is the highest for both boys and girls.

• She got honored as Ms. Basketball for the State of Illinois in 2013 and 2014.

Career Chronology at Illinois University (IU):

2014-15: Freshman Year

She took part I all 31 games and made on an average 2.1 steals, 3.2 assists, 3.6 rebounds, and 11.7 points per game. Among the freshmen nationally, she ranked 6th. In the Big Ten, she was the first among the freshmen. 

2015-16: Sophomore Year

IU gained All-Big Ten Honors as the first team in 2015-16. Tyra Buss got the first-team distinction which was first among the IU players. She scored 620 points that was the third-most points scored ever in the program history of a single year. Her combined score of 982 points for the freshman and sophomore season was the highest ever score made by an IU player. She made on an average 18.8 points, 4.4 assists, 2.1 steals, and 5.0 rebounds per game.  At each game on an average she logged 37.7 minutes and shot 77.2% from the field.

She made total 203 free throws in a single year which is a record for an IU player and is the 6th highest ever score made in the history of Bog Ten in a single year. In 37 consecutive games she scored double-digit band. She ranked within top 10 in the Big Ten as the only player in terms of assists, steals, and points.  

2016-17: Junior Year

In this season, she participated in all the 34 games. Tyra attained All-American honorable mention by WBCA. She was named in the Preseason top 50 of the Naismith Trophy and added in the watch list of Wade Trophy. She led the IU team by scoring an average 18.2 points at each game.

2017-18: Senior Year

Tyra attained her third-straight First Team Selection for All-Big Ten by participating in all 37 games of the season. She received the All-American honorable mention by the WBCA on this year too. With an average per game points of 17.5, free throws of 633, 574 assists, and 293 steals she scored 2,364 points by which she broke her school record. In a single season she made three-straight 600 points and one 763 points as a first player. She was named to Naismith Citizens Preseason Trophy Watch List and Wade Watch List. For the Senior Class Award, Tyra Buss was within the top 10 finalist

Honors Gained:

• In 2018, she was the most valuable player declared by Postseason WNIT.

• On 11/13/17, 1/18/18, 2/19/18 she got the Big-Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll.

• On August 2017 she was selected as a Trial Roster for USA U23 women’s basketball team. 

• She got All-American Honorable Mention by WBCA for consecutive two seasons.

• She was in the Wade Trophy Watch List for two consecutive seasons.

• In 2016-17, she was in the Preseason Top 50 of Naismith Trophy.

• On 30th January 2017, she achieved the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll.

• On January 18, 2016 she was the Big Ten Player of the Week.

• On 17th and 24th November 2014, she was the Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week.

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A WNBA player Jennifer Lacy lives in Queens, New York. Starting her professional career in 2006, she has been still pursuing her career. She is a Free Agent and plays in the forward position of the team. Her father Lee Lacy is an ex-baseball player who played MLB in the defensive position for 16 seasons with teams like Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Pittsburg Pirates from 1972 to 1987. 

After a strong presence in the basketball arena at both school and college level, she started her WNBA career with Phoenix Mercury. This 2007 WNBA Champion awardee played in China for Beijing Shougang in 2008-2009 when there was off-season in WNBA. 

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Jennifer Lacy Primary Life and Educational background:

At the time of being born in March 21, 1983, she was named as Jennifer by her parents and got the surname from her father. Jennifer Lee Lacy was born in Agoura, California. She has got two brothers. After graduation from Agoura Hills High School in 2002, she got herself admitted in Pepperdine University in California. 

Although she has been playing basketball skillfully from her high school level, she started playing the game professionally at the Women’s Basketball Team of Pepperdine. At the same time she was selected by the universities of Washington, California, UC Santa Barbara, and Arizona for playing in their women’s basketball team. In 2006, she joined WNBA after completion of college education as an undrafted free agent.

Achievements during College Time:

• From the WCC (West Coast Conference), she was the first player to mark the WNBA schedule.

• As a senior, she led WCC in scoring.

• As a senior, she was selected All-WCC First Team.

• She as a senior led the team in WCC for scoring and rebounding.

• In the field goal percentage, she led the team as a senior.

• As a junior she got the All-WCC Honorable Mention.

• For leading the team as a junior in the field goal percentage, she got ranked as second in the West Coast Conference.

• She as a junior was ranked sixth for blocked shots in WCC. 

• As a junior, she led her team for making double-doubles.

Career Chronology in WNBA: 

2006:

Lacy participated in 33 games including 3 starts for Mercury. At her beginning year, she scored 4.9 points and 3.1 rebounds on an average game. She was the first player in WCC to get selected for a WNBA squad. In the area of field goal percentage, she was a leading figure as a rookie. She set a record for Mercury by scoring 7 field-goals without any miss. She made 16 points (highest in the season) against Charlote on the August 03 match.

2007:

In this season also, she participated for the Phoenix Mercury in 20 games. On an average in each 4.7 minutes, she scored 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds in each game. From the field, she made 41.4 shots. Jennifer won the WNBA Championship Award.  

2008:

Lacy signed agreement with Atlanta Dream where she was named as Captain of the team and she was one of only four players in the team’s history who could start more than 20 games. Including 22 starts, she played 33 games in this season. Her score was mind-blowing. On an average she made 5.7 points, 0.8 assists, and 2.7 rebounds in each game. In this season, she made her career-high 18 points twice, steals, and assists. Against the match with Chicago on June 07, she made a record 10 rebounds and first double-double (18 points+10 rebounds) in her career.  

2009:

With the Atlanta Dream, she participated in 32 games and scored 3 points, 0.3 assists, and 2.2 rebounds on an average.

2010:

She started her career with Tulsa Shock where she started 3 games and played 24 with an average score 7 points at each game. Her position was sixth in the team this year. In the June 25 game against New York she scored 16 points which was her season-high. Before falling into wrist injury that led her to miss 4 final matches, Lacy had an average 0.8 assists, 3 rebounds, and 7 points at each game.

2011:

In 2011, Lacy started 18 games while playing 34 with a score of 6.3points and 2.6 rebounds on an average game of 19.2 minutes. In the match with Washington on June 18, she made 3 blocks that were the highest in her career. On July 30, against the match with Seattle, she touched her career-high 5 assists. She made her career-high 4 three-point field goals and 18 points On September 02 against the match with Seattle.

2012:

With the same Tulsa Shock team, she participated in 26 games while started for 6. Making 8.5 points, 0.8 assists, and 2.6 rebounds on an average of 22 minutes game in this season was one her career-highs. Some of her achievements in this year were leading the team to score 19 points against Phoenix Mercury on 03 June; and stealing with 4 players (her career-high) of the opponent New York team. For a knee injury, she missed 8 games of the season.

2013:

While starting for 7 games, she participated in 32 games and made 3.9 points & 1.3 rebounds on an average game longing 14.1 minutes. From the field, she made 32.4% shots.

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Jennifer Lacy bears the heredity of athletics. Being the daughter of a former Major League Baseball player, she carries the flag of dynamism by a vibrant presence in the basketball court. Like father, like daughter!!

Kayte Christensen Primary Life and Educational background:

She born in November 16, 1980 at Lakeview, Oregon in the family of Cathy and Randy Christensen. Later she moved to Modoc County sawmill ghost town of Likely, California with the family for pursuing graduation from Modoc High School in 1998 and completed further education from University of California at Santa Barbara in 2002.

Since school days she had been showing her talent for basketball game and subsequently got selected for the Chasta Cascade League for seasons of both the junior and senior. In her spare times, she used to tutoring the younger girls on basketball. In 1998 she was named as the California Division V player to participate in the senior season and won the championship of California Interscholastic Federation.

At the university level she started to play competitive women’s basketball with some of the future WNBA stars like Lindsay Taylor, Jennifer Lacy, Kristen Mann, and Erin Buescher. In 1999, she was selected for All-Freshman Team of the Big West Conference and named as the player of year of the Conference in 2002. She is an all-time career leader for field goal percentage at Santa Barbara. For her mind-blowing performance in rebounds and blocked shots, she ranked among top ten during that time.

In the first season (1998-1999) at UCSB, Christensen scored double figures for nine times including scoring 18 points (her career-high) for twice. On an average, by 16.9 minutes of play at each game, she completed the season with an average 8 points and 5.6 rebounds. She was named as the player of the season.

In the second season (1999-2000), she could play only 18 games. In mid-way of the season, she broke her wrist on January 25, 2000 forcing her to quit the season.

The final season (2001-2002) was her finest season when she skillfully earned honors from All-Big West First Team. In the league level games, she had a dramatic performance scoring on an average 15.6 points with 7.6 rebounds in each match. She was honored twice as the conference Player of the Week on February 5 and March 5 in 2002.

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As Commentator and Courtside Reporter:

Although she started her work as color analyst back in 2003 for covering the Sun Devil’s basketball game for women in Arizona, she took the expert commentator job as profession in 2010. She was a courtside correspondent for Sacramento Kings at Sleep Train Arena at the time of Comcast Sports Net broadcasts. After Jim Gray replaced her position, she came back to her analyst commentator role in King’s 2013-2014 season and has been pursuing the job since then. She worked with ESPNU & ESPN also as color commentator, Phoenix Suns as social media spokeperson, and Arizona Republic as engagement producer for social media.

As Diplomat:

In 2011, US State Department picked her as an Envoy for SportsUnited for traveling to Venezuela. Under the leadership of Darvin Ham, she conducted a basketball clinic for 300 youths of underprivileged areas. By running the clinic Kayte Christensen helped the State Department to accomplish the mission of promoting basketball inclusion and understanding among the youths by regular meeting with sports officials of Venezuela. 

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Kayte Christensen was one of the brightest professional basketball players in WNBA and she still illuminates by way of vibrant presence as either a commentator or a reporter in the arena.