Nicole Seekamp

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Nicole Seekamp
Adelaide Lightning
Position Guard
League WNBL
Personal information
Born (1992-04-26) 26 April 1992 (age 32)
Renmark, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High school Brighton Secondary
(Adelaide, South Australia)
College South Dakota (2012–2016)
WNBA draft 2016: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 Australian Institute of Sport
2010–2011 Adelaide Lightning
2016–2017 Gorzów Wielkopolski
2017–2020Adelaide Lightning
Medals
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Basketball
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Bangalore Team
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team

Nicole Seekamp (born 26 April 1992) is an Australian professional basketball player.

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College

Seekamp played college basketball at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota for the Coyotes. [1] After sitting out the 2011–12 season as a redshirt, Seekamp made her debut in 2012. Seekamp was the 2015–16 Summit League Player of the Year and led the Coyotes to a championship in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. [2] She was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2016 WNIT. Seekamp was a three-time all-Summit League performer (2014–16) and two-time Summit League Tournament MVP (2013, 2015). [3] She graduated from South Dakota as the program's second-leading scorer (2,056 points), second in assists (628) and second in steals (265). [4]

Statistics

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2012–13 South Dakota 353529.5.413.324.8364.03.31.60.22.614.9
2013–14 South Dakota 282531.2.380.319.8854.03.81.80.52.315.5
2014–15 South Dakota 343428.8.464.304.8423.65.11.90.12.515.6
2015–16 South Dakota 363630.0.450.370.8643.96.42.40.12.615.9
Career13313029.8.429.333.8583.94.71.90.22.515.5

Career

WNBL

Seekamp began her career, playing for the Australian Institute of Sport. [5] After a brief stint, she then signed in her home state, with the Adelaide Lightning beginning with the 2017–18 WNBL season, after signing with the Adelaide Lightning. [6] There, she joins a roster alongside the likes of Abby Bishop and Natalie Novosel. Seekamp garnered WNBL second-team honors in her first season back in Australia with a stat-line of 13.2 points, 5.1 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. [7] After the 2019–20 WNBL season Seekamp announced quit basketball and she has returned to her rural roots, started farmering in New South Wales. [8]

Europe

Seekamp was signed by AZS PWSZ Gorzów Wielkopolski to play in the Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet for 2016–17. [9] She averaged 11 points, five assists and 1.5 steals in her first professional season before deciding to return home to Australia to continue her playing career with the Adelaide Lightning in 2017. [10]

National Team

Youth level

Seekamp made her international debut for the Gems at the 2010 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Palmerston, New Zealand. [11] Seekamp was not selected for the Gems side for the Under-19 World Championship in Chile the following year.

Senior level

In March 2018, Seekamp was named to the Opals final roster for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [12] This would be Seekamp's debut for the Opals and at the senior international level. In 2019, Seekamp would go on to make her Opals debut at an official FIBA event after being named to the Opals roster for the 2019 FIBA Asia Cup. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "University of South Dakota Athletics – Nicole Seekamp – 2015–16". goyotes.com.
  2. ↑ "Nicole Seekamp - Women's Basketball". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Nicole Seekamp - Women's Basketball". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "2018-19 South Dakota Women's Basketball Media Guide". Issuu. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Player statistics for Nicole Seekamp". sportstg.com.
  6. ↑ "Nicole back, adding SA flavour". botinagy.com.
  7. ↑ "Coyote trio continue professional careers overseas". University of South Dakota Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Basketball star Nicole Seekamp calls timeout on her game to try farming in western NSW". www.abc.net.au. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Former South Dakota Standout Nicole Seekamp Signs Professional Contract". espn991.com. 3 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Catching up with Nicole Seekamp". University of South Dakota Athletics. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Gems Coach Cheryl Chambers selects squad of 19". basketball.net.au.
  12. ↑ "BOOMERS AND OPALS TEAM NAMED FOR GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES". australia.basketball.
  13. ↑ "CHEMIST WAREHOUSE AUSTRALIAN OPALS ANNOUNCE TEAM FOR FIBA WOMEN'S ASIA CUP". australia.basketball.
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