Jordan Adams (basketball, born 1981)

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Jordan Adams
Personal information
Born (1981-05-24) May 24, 1981 (age 43)
Spokane, Washington
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Moapa Valley (Overton, Nevada)
College New Mexico (1999–2003)
WNBA draft 2003: 2nd round, 18th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2003–2005
Position Center, forward
Number40
Career history
As player:
2003 Minnesota Lynx
2003–2004COB Calais
2004–2005 Sporting Athens
2005 Birmingham Power
As coach:
2006–2008Moapa Valley
2011–2012 UC Riverside (assistant)
2012–2015 Pepperdine (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MWC (2003)
  • MWC Tournament MVP (2003)
  • MWC Newcomer of the Year (2000)
  • MWC All-Freshman Team (2000)
  • NWBL All-Star (2005)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Jordan Ashley Adams (born May 24, 1981) [1] is an American-Canadian former professional basketball player and coach who was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx with the 18th overall pick in the 2003 WNBA draft. She played college basketball for New Mexico from 1999 to 2003, [2] and represented the Canadian national team multiple times. [3] In the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, Adams averaged 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game. [4] Adams was inducted into the University of New Mexico Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Early life

Adams played both basketball and volleyball at Moapa Valley High School in Overton, Nevada, where she was a four-time state volleyball champion and earned the state volleyball most valuable player (MVP) award on two occasions. Adams also led her team to the 1999 state basketball championship, and was named the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year. [5]

New Mexico statistics

Source [6]

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 PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999-00New Mexico2932848.3%29.2%60.8%4.80.60.82.111.3
2000-01New Mexico3550949.1%32.7%79.1%5.51.30.63.014.5
2001-02New Mexico3143342.5%34.0%76.7%5.82.10.43.014.0
2002-03New Mexico3352849.1%30.6%70.4%6.62.50.92.616.0
Career128179847.2%32.0%72.8%5.71.60.72.714.0

WNBA 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

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2003 Minnesota 1009.6.394.4171.0002.30.40.20.31.04.0

Later career

Adams first coached at Moapa Valley, where she was head girls' basketball coach for two seasons, starting in 2006. [5] She returned to New Mexico in 2008 as the Lobos' director of women's basketball operations for three years, and later worked as an assistant coach in the sport at University of California, Riverside and Pepperdine for a total of four seasons, until 2015. [7]

Personal life

Adams's half-brother and Gonzaga power forward Kyle Wiltjer played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA and various European clubs.

Adams is married to Eric Smith, an Eastern New Mexico University graduate; they have two daughters. The couple co-founded Nuevo, a New Mexican cuisine-related subscription box, in January 2019. [8] She earned her bachelor's degree in undergraduate studies with an emphasis in journalism and physical education from the University of New Mexico in 2003, and also earned her master's in special education from Western Governors University, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2010. [7]

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