Abby Meyers

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Abby Meyers
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Meyers with Maryland in 2023
No. 10–London Lions
Position Guard
League WBBL
Personal information
Born (1999-07-14) July 14, 1999 (age 25)
Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight154 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High school Walt Whitman (Bethesda, Maryland)
College
WNBA draft 2023: 1st round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Dallas Wings
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023 Washington Mystics
2023–present London Lions
Career highlights and awards
  • Ivy League Player of the Year (2022)
  • First-team All-Ivy League (2022)
  • Honorable Mention All-America (2022)
  • Second-team All-Big Ten (2023)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Jerusalem Team

Abby Meyers (born July 14, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the London Lions of the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL). She played college basketball at Princeton and Maryland. Meyers was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA draft.

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Early and personal life

Meyers is the daughter of Valerie and Steven Meyers, and has two sisters, Emily, and a twin, Olivia. [1] [2] Meyers is Jewish, and attended the Reform Jewish synagogue Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington, D.C. [3] [4]

She attended Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, where she is the school's all-time leading scorer, male or female. [5] She helped lead the Vikings to three state semifinals from 2015 to 2017. During her junior year she helped lead her team to a 24–3 record and the 4A state final. During the 2016 championship game, she scored 21 points to help her team win the state title, their first state title since 1995. [6] During her senior year, she helped lead her team to a 22–5 record and their second consecutive state final. During the 2017 championship game, she recorded 26 points and 12 rebounds in a 46–49 loss to Catonsville, failing to repeat as state champions. [7] She was named Montgomery County Player of the Year and 2016–17 First Team All-State MBCA. Meyers also played soccer and ultimate frisbee in high school. [8] [9]

College career

Meyers began her collegiate at Princeton during the 2017–18 season. In her freshman year, she averaged 9.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 28 games for Princeton. [9] During the 2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament, she averaged 13.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in two games to help lead Princeton to their first Ivy League tournament championship. She was subsequently named to the All-Ivy League tournament team. [10] After a gap year, as a sophomore during the 2019–20 season, she averaged 6.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 23 games off the bench. [9] The Ivy League cancelled the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 concerns. [11]

During the 2021–22 season, in her junior year, she led Princeton with 17.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, as she shot 45.9 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from three-point range. She ranked first in the conference in three-point percentage, effective field goal percentage, true shooting percentage, and player efficiency rating, second in scoring, third in two-point field goal percentage (15.9%), and eighth in rebounds. [12] She helped lead Princeton to a third consecutive Ivy League championship. During the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Meyers scored a career-high 29 points and upset Kentucky to advance to the second round for the second time in program history. [13] [14] Following the season she was named the Ivy League Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team. [15] [16] [17] She was also named an Associated Press All-American honorable mention, becoming the fourth All-American in program history. [18] Meyers graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in public policy and international affairs. [19]

On April 15, 2022, Meyers announced she was transferring as a graduate to Maryland. [4] [20] [21] During the 2022–23 season, in her first season at Maryland, she had the lowest turnover percentage (10.0) in the Big Ten Conference, and averaged 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.8 steals (9th in the conference) per game. She helped the Terrapins advance to the Elite Eight at the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament for the first time since 2015. [22] [23] [24] [25] Following the season she was named to the All-Big Ten second team. [26]

Professional career

On April 10, 2023, Meyers was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA draft. [27] Meyers was waived during training camp and did not make the team. [28]

Washington Mystics

On June 20, 2023, Meyers signed a hardship contract with the Washington Mystics. [29] She played for the Mystics for two weeks, before being released from her hardship contract on July 4, 2023. [30] Meyers returned to the Mystics on a 7-day contract on July 21, 2023. [31] Meyers signed three 7-day contracts with the Mystics before being released on August 7, 2023. [32]

London Lions

On August 1, 2023, Meyers signed with the London Lions of the Women's British Basketball League (WBBL). [33]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2017–18 Princeton 28017.4.402.331.8533.01.41.10.41.19.4
2019–20 Princeton 23014.7.384.284.5422.70.80.60.31.16.3
2020–21 Princeton 303029.2.450.393.8095.81.61.40.51.717.9
2023–23 Maryland 353430.5.455.388.7505.12.31.80.51.514.3
Career1166423.9.435.362.7684.31.61.30.41.712.5

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2023 Washington 904.0.385.0001.0000.40.00.10.20.11.4
Career1 year, 1 team904.0.385.0001.0000.40.00.10.20.11.4

National team career

Meyers represented the United States at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel, where she was team captain and averaged 18.4 points per game. [4] [34] In the championship game, she recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds while adding four steals to help Team USA win a gold medal. [35] She said: "It was just a very, very humbling, cool experience to be recognized as one of the best Jewish basketball players of my age in the country." [19]

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