Megan Mahoney

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Megan Mahoney
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Megan Mahoney in January 2016
Personal information
Born (1983-02-13) February 13, 1983 (age 41)
Rapid City, South Dakota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight72 kg (159 lb)
Career information
High school Sturgis Brown (Sturgis, South Dakota)
College Kansas State (2001–2005)
WNBA draft 2005: 3rd round, 34th overall pick
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career2005–2019
Position Forward
Number4, 34
Career history
2006 Haukar
2006–2007 Connecticut Sun
2006–2008 Basket Parma
2008–2013 Cras Basket Taranto
2013–2014 La Lucca
2014–2016 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
2016–2018 ASD San Martino di Lupari
Career highlights and awards

Megan Marie Mahoney (born February 13, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. During her 14-year career, Mahoney won the Italian championship three times, in 2009, 2010 and 2012, and the Icelandic championship in 2006. In 2015, she won the EuroCup with ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq. Mahoney was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in 2005 and played in the WNBA from 2006 to 2007.

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High School & College

Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota. [1] As a senior, she was named Gatorade and USA Today South Dakota Player of the Year, High School Girls Athlete of the Year by the South Dakota Sports Writers Association, and Miss Basketball South Dakota. Mahoney also excelled academically, earning membership in the National Honor Society. [2]

Mahoney attended Kansas State University and was a 2003 All Big-12 First Team selection. During her career, she set the all-time school record for assists (589), and she ranks second all-time in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.62).

Kansas State statistics

Source [3]

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
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 Kansas State 34286 44.9 37.0 66.2 5.4 4.6 1.60.4 8.4
2002–03 Kansas State 3447350.043.474.0 6.4 4.8 1.5 0.3 13.9
2003–04 Kansas State 31 259 46.0 32.4 66.7 7.05.21.2 0.58.4
2004–05 Kansas State 30 289 47.9 23.9 80.06.2 3.5 1.3 0.59.6
Career Kansas State 129 1307 47.5 36.7 71.9 6.2 4.6 1.4 0.4 10.1

Career

In the 2005 WNBA draft, Mahoney was selected in the third round (34th overall) by the Connecticut Sun. [4] A torn Achilles during the Big 12 championship game her senior season prevented her from playing with the Sun during the 2005 season. [5] [6]

Mahoney signed with Haukar of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna in January 2006, replacing KeKe Tardy. [7] In nine regular season games, she averaged 27.9 points and 13.1 rebounds per game, [8] helping the team achieve the best record in the league. [9] In the playoffs, Mahoney averaged 28.3 points and 14.3 rebounds. [10] In the finals she broke Penny Peppas' scoring record by averaging 32.0 points and helped Haukar to a three-game sweep of Keflavík. [11] For her effort she was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP [12] and the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year. [13]

In February 2006, Mahoney signed a three-year contract with the Connecticut Sun. [5] During her first season (2006), Mahoney appeared in 31 games, starting once, and averaged 11.7 minutes per game.

On March 6, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Mahoney to the Houston Comets in exchange for Barbara Turner. [14] On April 29, 2008, Mahoney was waived by the Comets. [15]

In 2006 and in 2007, Megan played in Italy with Parma and the next year, she started to play with Cras Basket Taranto and she won the Italian title in 2008/2009 2009/2010 (MVP of the finals) 2011/2012

In 2010–2011, during the Euroleague Women, Mahoney was called in the "Rest of World" team against the Representatives of Europe. She scored eight points in five minutes.

Between 2014 and 2016, Mahoney played in France for ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq. She won the EuroCup Women 2015 and was runner-up the following season, and also came second in the 2014–15 Ligue Féminine de Basketball. [16]

Mahoney signed with San Martino di Lupari of the Italian Serie A1. On January 15, 2017, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee and missed the rest of the season. [17] In May, 2017, Mahoney re-signed with San Martion for the 2017–2018 season. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Mahoney had planned to play the 2018–2019 season in Belgium, but tore a tendon in her foot prior to the start of the season. The injury required a surgery and six to eight months of rehabbing. In June 2019, Mahoney announced her retirement from basketball. [22]

Titles and awards

Titles

Awards

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