Angela Aycock

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Angela Aycock
Personal information
Born (1973-02-28) February 28, 1973 (age 52)
Dallas, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight161 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school Lincoln (Dallas, Texas)
College Kansas (1991–1995)
Playing career1995–2002
Position Guard
Career history
1995–1996 SC Alcamo
1996–1998 Seattle Reign
1999 Panathinaikos AC
1999 Phoenix Mercury
2000 Seattle Storm
2000 Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights
  • Second-team All-American – AP (1995)
  • WBCA Coaches' All-American (1995)
  • All-American – USBWA (1995)
Career WNBA statistics
Points8 (1.1 ppg)
Assists7 (1.0 apg)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1992 Mexico Team

Angela Lynette Aycock (born February 28, 1973), later known as Sister Paula, is an American former professional basketball player. She played for two seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) before retiring to a monastic life in 2002. [1]

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College career

Aycock was recruited in 1991 from Lincoln High School in Dallas, Texas to play college basketball for the University of Kansas (Kansas Jayhawks). At the time she was touted as the second-best player in the country by the Women's Basketball News Service, and was the USA Today and Dallas Morning News Texas Player of the Year. [2]

In her sophomore year, she was named team captain. As a junior, she was the Big Eight Conference co-player of the year. In her senior year, she made several All-America teams. By the end of her college career she had scored 1,978 points for Jayhawks, the third highest total in the team's history. [1] [3]

Professional career

Early in her professional career, Aycock played two full seasons and part of a third for the Seattle Reign in the now-defunct American Basketball League.

She also traveled overseas to compete in Italy, Greece, Spain, France and South Korea.

In her short stint with the WNBA, she saw game time with the Phoenix Mercury, the Minnesota Lynx and the Seattle Storm. During the 2000 expansion draft on December 15, 1999, Aycock was selected by the Storm. [4]

Overall, she featured in 98 games for the ABL, and in 12 for the WNBA. [1] [5]

USA basketball

She also turned out for the USA Women's U18 and U19 teams, in 1992 and 1993. Her U18 team won the silver medal at the COPABA Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament in Guanajuato, Mexico. [6] [7] [8]

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

WNBA

WNBA regular season statistics
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1999 Phoenix 803.8.000.0001.0000.10.40.30.00.80.5
2000 Seattle 107.0.000.000.0002.00.00.00.00.00.0
Minnesota 302.0.000.000.0001.01.30.00.00.00.0
Career2 years, 3 teams1203.6.000.0001.0000.50.60.20.00.50.3

College

College statistics
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1991–92Kansas2930047.5%0.0%63.3%5.21.31.80.910.3
1992–93Kansas3048947.1%25.0%67.8%6.92.02.80.516.3
1993–94Kansas2847344.6%14.3%69.8%8.73.22.80.516.9
1994–95Kansas3171641.3%32.8%74.4%7.33.43.00.423.1
Career118197844.5%31.0%70.7%7.02.52.60.616.8

Personal life

In 2002, Aycock moved on from professional basketball to become a nun of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia after converting to it, coming from a Baptist background. According to her sister, she was apparently introduced to the church during her time visiting various churches and cathedrals in Europe. [9] She took the name Sister Paula, and was subsequently cloistered at the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary Convent in Bluffton, Canada. In mid-2003 she transferred to another convent, the location of which is not known. [1]

Other honors

In February 2003, Aycock made the journey from her Bluffton convent to the KU campus in Lawrence, Kansas to see her jersey (No. 12) retired. [1] [3] It remains the last time she has made a public appearance. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anderson, Jared (February 22, 2017). "After dominance at Kansas, Angela Aycock became Sister Paula, a nun in the Russian Orthodox Church". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  2. ↑ Horn, Miranda (December 22, 2020). "Jayhawk Insider: A Higher Calling". Kansas Athletics. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Jayhawks to pay tribute to Dixon, Aycock tonight". KUsports.com. February 3, 2003. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2000 WNBA Expansion Draft". Basketball Reference. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Aycock's ABL & WNBA stats". justsportsstats.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  6. ↑ "USA Women's FIBA Americas U18 Championship Team All-Time Alphabetical Roster". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ "USA All-Time Women's U19 World Championship Alphabetical Roster". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Second Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team –1992". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Aycock aiming higher". Dallas Morning News. July 13, 2003. Retrieved April 4, 2021– via KUsports.com.
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