Andrea Nagy

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Andrea Nagy
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Personal information
Born (1971-11-16) November 16, 1971 (age 53)
Budapest, Hungary
Career information
College Florida International University (1991–1995)
WNBA draft 1999: 3rd round, 1st overall pick
Drafted by Washington Mystics
Career history
19992000 Washington Mystics
2001 New York Liberty
2002 Sacramento Monarchs
Career highlights
  • Third-team All-American – AP (1995)
  • Kodak All-American (1994)
  • 2x All-American – USBWA (1994, 1995)
  • TAAC Player of the Year (1994)
  • 4x First-team All-TAAC (1992–1995)
  • 2x NCAA season assists leader (1994, 1995)
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Andrea Nagy (born November 16, 1971) is a retired professional basketball player. After a stand-out career playing at Florida International University, Nagy was drafted into the ABL before finishing her career in the WNBA playing as a point guard.

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College

Nagy attended Florida International University (FIU), where she played from 1991 to 1995. She is considered one of the greatest players in the school's history, [1] and one of three players with a jersey retired by the Panthers. She helped FIU to two NCAA Tournament appearances, and finished with career averages of 14.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 9.4 assists – the fourth-best assist average in NCAA history.

Her 1,165 assists are the second best in NCAA history and an FIU record. Nagy ranks fourth in school history, with 1,812 career points. She led the nation in 1994 with 10.3 assists per game and was selected first-team All-America by Kodak, the United States Basketball Writers' Association, and USA Today. Named to the Atlantic Sun Conference's 25th Anniversary Team, she is [1] one of five former players and coaches inducted into the inaugural class of the FIU Hall of Fame on November 17, 2006. [2]

Professional

In 1996, Seattle selected Nagy in the fourth round of the ABL Draft. She played in 39 games and finished second on the team in assists (113), fifth in steals (34), and ninth in scoring (3.8). In 1997, she played for Long Beach, leading the Stingrays to the finals. She finished third in the league in assists (273) and averaged 7.6 points per game.

Nagy was selected by the Washington Mystics in the third round (25th overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft. In two seasons with the Washington Mystics, she started every game she played. Highlights of the 2000 season were ten-assist performances against Sacramento and a fifth-place finish in assists (118). She started 23 games, averaging 4.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 5.1 assists. In 1999, she started all 32 games, finishing seventh in the league in assists, averaging 4.6 per game. She averaged 5.1 points and shot 76.3 percent from the free throw line.

Nagy was traded to New York Liberty along with the 57th pick in the 2001 WNBA draft for the 28th and 44th picks in the 2001 WNBA draft. She was traded by the New York Liberty to the Sacramento Monarchs at beginning of 2002 season in exchange for the 2003 second round draft pick on April 22, 2002. She started eight games with the Monarchs, averaging three assists per game in 24 appearances, ranking her third in the league with 7.1 assists per 40 minutes average.

Nagy played professionally for seven seasons before retiring in 2003.

International

Nagy played as starting point guard for the MTK in Hungary, where she won the 1991 Hungarian Championship. She played as point guard for the 1991 Hungarian Women's National Basketball Team that won the bronze medal at the European Championship. She played as starting point guard for the 1995–1996 Strasbourg team in France. She played as starting point guard for the 1999 Fenerbahçe Istanbul team in Turkey, where she won the Turkish Cup, Turkish President's Cup, and the Turkish Championship.

WNBA career highlights

Honors

Career statistics

WNBA career statistics

Career averages
YEARTEAMGGSMPGFG%3P%FT%OFFDEFRPGAPGSPGBPGTOPFPPG
1999WAS323229.6.409.273.763.302.102.404.6.97.092.593.505.1
2000WAS232330.2.392.359.808.402.302.705.1.74.352.392.404.2
2001NYL2309.3.419.500.500.00.40.401.0.09.131.001.101.5
2002SAC24817.0.273.214.438.101.101.203.0.42.171.292.101.4
Career1026322.2.385.327.714.201.501.803.5.59.181.882.403.2
Playoff407.5.750.000.667.001.001.00.8.00.25.75.502.0
Career totals
YEARTEAMGGSMINFGM-A3PM-AFTM-AOFFDEFTOTASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
1999WAS323294754–1329–3345–5911677814631383111162
2000WAS232369431–7914–3921–26105363118178555597
2001NYL23021313–316–122–40992423232534
2002SAC24840912–443–147–163262973104315134
Career102632,263110–28632–9875–105241551793616018192242327
Playoff40303–40–02–3044301328
Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage
 FT%  Free throw percentage RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game
 TO  Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high * Led Division I

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1991–92 FIU 33--50.132.472.32.98.52.50.2-13.8
1992–93 FIU 31--46.826.769.73.48.72.50.2-13.6
1993–94 FIU 29--58.940.075.54.210.3*2.20.2-17.5
1994–95 FIU 32--43.326.975.33.89.8*2.80.2-13.3
Career125--49.732.173.23.69.32.50.2-14.5
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 W Basketball – Golden Panthers in the WNBA – Florida International University Athletics Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Florida International University: Media Release Archived August 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Andrea Nagy College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved April 11, 2024.