Erin Perperoglou

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Erin Perperoglou
Personal information
Born (1979-06-05) June 5, 1979 (age 45)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight181 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolRincon Valley Christian
(Santa Rosa, California)
College
WNBA draft 2001: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2001–2009
Position Forward
Number11, 7, 12
Career history
2001 Minnesota Lynx
2002–2003 Charlotte Sting
2005–2006 Sacramento Monarchs
2007–2009 San Antonio Silver Stars
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBA champion (2005)
  • WNBA Most Improved Player (2006)
  • Third-team All-American – AP (2000)
  • 4x Big West Player of the Year (1997–2000)
  • 3x First-team All-Big West (1998–2000)
  • Big West Freshman of the Year (1998)
  • Big West All-Freshman Team (1998)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Jones Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Taipei Team Competition

Erin Buescher Perperoglou (born June 5, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. She played most recently as a forward for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the WNBA.

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In her WNBA career, Buescher Perperoglou played more than 2,500 minutes in 150 WNBA games, including 9 playoff games, scoring nearly 900 career points and accumulating 500 rebounds. [1] She announced her retirement from the WNBA at the conclusion of the 2009 season.

Early life

Born in San Francisco, California, [1] Perperoglou is the daughter of Jim and Margie Buescher. She has two sisters, Jenny and Emily, and a brother, James. [1] From 1997 to 2000 she attended University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) for her freshman, sophomore, and junior years, helping to lead its women's basketball team (The Gauchos) to an 83–14 record during that three-year period. In each of those years Buescher Perperoglou was named the Big West Conference Player of the Year, UCSB won the Big West Conference title, and the team appeared in the NCAA tournament.

In September 2000, Buescher Perperoglou, a devout Christian, transferred to The Master's College, a small Christian college in Santa Clarita, California.

During her senior year at Master's, Buescher Perperoglou helped lead their team (The Lady Mustangs) to a 26–3 record and a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) tournament appearance. She was an NAIA first-team All-American and was voted the National Christian College Athletic Association player of the year.

USA Basketball

Buescher was named to the team representing the US at the 1998 William Jones Cup competition in Taipei, Taiwan. She scored six points over the five games. [2]

WNBA career

Minnesota Lynx

On April 11, 2001, Buescher Perperoglou was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round (No. 23 overall) of the 2001 WNBA draft. [1] She spent her rookie year with the Lynx, playing in all of the team's 32 games that year and starting 19 times. [3] She led the Lynx team with 29 blocked shots. [1]

Charlotte Sting

In a 2002 WNBA multi-player draft-day deal, the Charlotte Sting acquired Buescher Perperoglou and teammate Maylana Martin from the Lynx in exchange for Shaunzinski Gortman and Charlotte's No. 9 overall selection in the 2002 WNBA Draft. [1]

During the 2002 WNBA season, Buescher Perperoglou averaged 3.3 points per game in 29 games with Charlotte, [3] but had to miss the final 3 games of the regular season due to a sprained left ankle. During the 2003 WNBA season she only averaged 0.6 points per game in 14 games [3] with the Sting and missed the 11 remaining games of the regular season due to a strained lower back. [1]

Buescher Perperoglou took a hiatus from the WNBA in 2004 but played in New Zealand for the Harbour Breeze and in Greece for Akademia during the 2004-05 WNBA off-season. She returned to the WNBA in 2005. [1]

Sacramento Monarchs

The Charlotte Sting traded Buescher Perperoglou, along with teammates Nicole Powell and Olympia Scott-Richardson, to the Sacramento Monarchs in exchange for Tangela Smith and a second-round draft pick in the 2006 WNBA draft. [1] The Monarchs off-season trades paid off and they finished with a franchise-best 25–9 record. They won their first WNBA Finals by defeating the Connecticut Sun three games to one in a best-of-five playoff series, which brought Sacramento its first major championship in a professional sport. Buescher Perperoglou averaged 3.3 points per game in 23 games with the Monarchs but missed 11 games due to lumbar strain. [1]

During the early part of the 2006 WNBA season, the Monarchs played Buescher Perperoglou more often after teammate DeMya Walker went on maternity leave. [1] Buescher Perperoglou went on to lead the WNBA in field goal percentage (.537) during the regular season and was awarded the 2006 WNBA Most Improved Player Award. [3]

San Antonio Silver Stars

In March 2007, Buescher Perperoglou signed with the San Antonio Silver Stars as a restricted free agent. [1] During the 2007 season she averaged 11.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.2 assist and 1.9 steals per game. [3] She was the reigning Western Conference Player of the Week when she suffered a season-ending knee injury less than a minute into a game against the Phoenix Mercury on July 11.

Off the court

Buescher Perperoglou was a local broadcast commentator for Silver Stars games during her convalescence from an Anterior Cruciate Ligament rupture and reconstructive surgery. She married Stratos Perperoglou, [4] who plays basketball for the Spanish ACB League team FC Barcelona. Buescher Perperoglou also started a Healthful Hints column for fans on the Silver Stars' website.

Buescher Perperoglou is an avid surfer and belongs to a Christian surfers' organization. She has said in interviews that she is interested in missionary work after her playing career ends. In a Sacramento Bee article in 2006, Buescher Perperoglou revealed she purchased land near a beach in Costa Rica and said that she dreamed of owning a coffee shop in the area. Buescher Perperoglou speaks fluent Spanish and is learning Greek. [1]

Career statistics

WNBA

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
†Denotes seasons in which Perperoglou won a WNBA championship

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2001 Minnesota 321922.7.348.276.6183.71.90.80.92.05.7
2002 Charlotte 29013.5.402.364.6943.10.60.40.50.93.3
2003 Charlotte 1403.1.375.000.7500.30.20.00.00.10.6
2005 † Sacramento 2309.1.700.000.5881.30.60.70.21.13.3
2006 Sacramento 341219.6.537.000.7503.91.01.00.41.69.7
2007 San Antonio 181127.7.462.265.816 6.12.2'1.90.72.411.3
2008 San Antonio 342326.7.427.431.7713.31.71.10.61.57.2
2009 San Antonio 34917.0.323.318.6762.20.90.70.31.02.7
Career8 years, 4 teams2187418.4.440.344.7223.11.20.80.51.45.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2002 Charlotte 2015.5.8751.000.5003.50.50.00.51.58.5
2005 † Sacramento 304.3.000.000.5001.30.70.00.30.31.0
2006 Sacramento 9011.7.3791.000.6361.81.00.80.20.13.3
2008 San Antonio 9827.8.380.292.7332.91.70.80.22.16.2
2009 San Antonio 3011.0.111.0001.0000.30.70.70.30.71.3
Career5 years, 3 teams26816.6.396.300.6582.11.10.60.31.04.2
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
1997–98 UCSB 31--51.738.967.98.73.02.61.4-17.1
1998–99 UCSB 30--52.447.371.89.13.42.80.5-19.9
1999–00 UCSB 33--49.554.065.09.72.92.01.2-17.3
Career94--51.238.468.49.23.12.41.1-18.1
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Erin Buescher Playerfile - Bio Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine , wnba.com, accessed 30 May 2008.
  2. ↑ "1998 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Erin Buescher Playerfile - Career Stats and Totals, wnba.com, accessed 30 May 2008.
  4. ↑ Mysanantonio.com Silver Stars’ Perperoglou walks away from game. [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Erin Buescher College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
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