Vicky Bullett

Last updated

Vicky Bullett
West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats
PositionHead coach
League Mountain East Conference
Personal information
Born (1967-10-04) October 4, 1967 (age 57)
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Martinsburg
(Martinsburg, West Virginia)
College Maryland (1985–1989)
WNBA draft 1997: Initial allocation round
Selected by the Charlotte Sting
Playing career1990–2006
Position Forward
Number23, 40
Coaching career2009–present
Career history
As player:
1990–1993Bari
1993–1997 Cesena
1997–1999 Charlotte Sting
1997–1998 Fluminense
2000–2002 Washington Mystics
2002–2004 Taranto
2004–2006Napoli
As coach:
2009 Washington Mystics (assistant)
2011–2012 Hagerstown CC (assistant)
2012–2016Hagerstown CC
2016–present West Virginia Wesleyan
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Women’s basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Team competition
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team competition
FIBA World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1990 Malaysia Team competition

Victoria Andrea Bullett (born October 4, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player and current women's basketball head coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College. [1] She played for the Charlotte Sting and Washington Mystics in the WNBA, as well as for European and South American professional teams, the U.S. Olympic team, and the University of Maryland Terrapins. Bullett played at various times as a center, small forward, and power forward. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Contents

Early years

Bullett spent her childhood in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She grew up playing backyard basketball with her six brothers. One of her older brothers coached her high school basketball team and helped Bullett attract the attention of collegiate scouts. Bullett's younger brother Scott played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in the 1990s.

College career

Bullett is one of the most decorated players in the history of the women's basketball program at the University of Maryland, which she attended from 1985 to 1989. Over the course of her college career, Bullett averaged 16.9 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game. She set Maryland records for points scored, field goals made, and rebounds recovered. She led the Terrapins to three ACC titles and one NCAA Final Four. In 1989, Bullett was named ACC Tournament MVP, ACC Player of the Year, and a Kodak All-American. She was also chosen for the All-ACC First Team in 1987, 1988, and 1989.

Bullett graduated from Maryland with a bachelor's degree in general studies. In 2001, she returned to school and earned an additional degree in social work. In 2015, she graduated from the United States Sports Academy with a master‘s degree in sports coaching.

After she graduated, the University of Maryland honored Bullett by retiring her jersey (#23). She was also named a member of the ACC Women's Basketball 50th Anniversary team in 2003. In 2007, Bullett was named an ACC Women's Basketball Legend. She is also a member of the Maryland Athletics Walk of Fame.

Fellow left-handed forward Crystal Langhorne in 2007-2008 broke many of Bullett's Maryland career records.

USA Basketball

Bullett was selected to the 1988 and 1992 United States Olympic Teams, which won gold (1988) and bronze medals (1992). She also played on the 1986 USA Select (junior national) team, the United States team which won the gold medal at the 1990 World Championships, and the United States team for the 1990 Goodwill Games. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Bullett was a member of the USA National team at the 1990 World Championships, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team won their opening round games fairly easily, with the closest of the first three games a 27-point victory over Czechoslovakia. Then they faced Cuba, a team that had beaten the US in exhibition matches only a few weeks earlier. The USA team was losing at halftime, but came back to win 87–78. The USA team found itself behind at halftime to Canada in their next game, but came back to win easily 95–70. After an easy match against Bulgaria, the USA team faced Czechoslovakia again, end achieved an almost identical result, winning 87–59. In the title match, the USA team won the gold medal with a score of 88–78. Bullett averaged 9.5 points per game. [5]

Professional career

WNBA

When the WNBA was founded in 1997, Bullett was assigned by the league to the Charlotte Sting in the Initial Player Allocation phase of the draft. Her debut game was played on June 22, 1997 in a 59 - 76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury. Despite the loss, Bullett recorded 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. [6] Over the next three seasons, Bullett started in all 90 of the Sting's games and averaged more than 10 points per game. In all three seasons, the Sting reached the WNBA Playoffs. In 1999, Bullett was named as a reserve to the inaugural WNBA Eastern Conference All-Star team, and played in the All-Star Game as a substitute for the injured Rebecca Lobo.

In January 2000, Bullett was traded to the Washington Mystics for Shalonda Enis and a 2000 3rd-round pick (later turned out to be Jill Morton, who ended up never playing in the WNBA). [7] Over the next three seasons, she started in all 96 of the Mystics' games. Bullett broke a WNBA record on July 3, 2001 by playing 55 minutes in the Mystics' quadruple-overtime victory over the Seattle Storm. Her cumulative WNBA accomplishments in six seasons included more than 800 field goals made, more than 1100 rebounds, more than 250 assists, more than 250 blocks, and more than 350 steals.

Bullett's final WNBA game was Game 3 of the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Liberty on August 25, 2002. In that game, the Mystics lost to the Liberty 57 - 64 with Bullett recording two points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal. [8]

Italy and Brazil

Bullett was also a renowned professional basketball player in Italy through much of the 1990s. She played for Bari from 1990 to 1993, then for Cesena from 1993 to 1997. Four times during her career, Bullett was named an All-Star for the Italian league. In addition, Bullett played several years in Brazil for the Data Control/Fluminense professional team, which won the Brazilian league championship in 1998. [9]

Coaching career

Bullett retired from the WNBA after the 2002 season, then retired from overseas professional play in 2007. She moved back to Martinsburg, West Virginia, which renamed the street where she grew up "Vicky Bullett Street" in her honor. She then taught for the Board of Education of Berkeley County, West Virginia and took graduate courses in education. She became a teacher at South Middle School in Martinsburg. In January 2009, the Washington Mystics hired Bullett as an assistant coach. [10] In June 2009, the Mystics announced that Bullett would also take on the responsibilities of Manager of Basketball Operations.

In June 2011, Bullett was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee along with Ruthie Bolton, Muffet McGraw, Val Ackerman, Pearl Moore, and Lometa Odem.

Since leaving the Mystics in 2009, Bullett has taken the head coaching job for the women's basketball team at Hagerstown Community College in Hagerstown Maryland. In 2011, she signed on as assistant coach to Dr. Marlys Palmer. As of March 2012 Bullett has taken over the many roles needed to coach a successful coaching position. On May 10, 2016, she was named as the head coach for the women's basketball team at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Career statistics

College

Source [11]

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
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1986Maryland2121847.0%NA72.1%6.40.4NANA10.4
1987Maryland2944355.2%NA63.6%8.41.4NANA15.3
1988Maryland3258160.1%0.0%70.9%9.51.32.21.318.2
1989Maryland3268657.5%0.0%79.4%9.01.82.31.421.4
Career114192856.3%0.0%72.5%8.51.31.30.816.9

WNBA

Source [12]

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1997 Charlotte 28°28°31.3.448.304.7756.42.31.92.02.412.8
1998 Charlotte 30°30°31.6.441.154.8266.51.52.21.52.113.3
1999 Charlotte 32°32°31.5.486.370.7736.81.61.91.41.911.5
2000 Washington 32°32°34.2.486.324.7145.71.32.01.51.810.7
2001 Washington 32°32°33.5.392.297.7297.21.31.71.81.78.7
2002 Washington 32°32°29.8.462.396.8295.81.71.71.21.88.5
Career6 years, 2 teams18618632.0.452.315.7766.41.61.91.51.910.8

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
1997 Charlotte 1140.0.417.000–9.02.03.04.03.010.0
1998 Charlotte 2234.5.250.0001.0006.04.03.01.50.58.0
1999 Charlotte 4430.4.406.333.5006.52.01.82.32.07.3
2000 Washington 2234.5.500.5711.0004.51.52.52.51.015.0
2002 Washington 5522.0.407.1431.0003.0.81.61.01.25.0
Career5 years, 2 teams141429.2.391.300.8755.11.82.11.91.47.9

Related Research Articles

Charlotte Smith is a retired American professional women's basketball player for the Charlotte Sting, Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever in the WNBA, and for the Colorado Xplosion and San Jose Lasers in the ABL. She is currently the women's basketball head coach at Elon University.

Helen Marie Darling is an American former professional basketball player, who played most recently for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heidi Burge</span> American basketball player (born 1971)

Heidi Ann Horton is a former American professional women's basketball player who played overseas from 1993 to 1997 and then played for the Los Angeles Sparks and Washington Mystics of the WNBA from 1997 to 1998. She is the twin sister of Heather (Burge) Quella.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heather Burge</span> American basketball player

Heather Marie Quella is a former professional basketball player and is the twin sister of Heidi (Burge) Horton.

Nikki Kesangane McCray-Penson was an American basketball player and coach. She was the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team from 2020 to 2021 and a professional basketball player from 1996 to 2006. She played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for eight seasons. In 2008 after leaving the WNBA, McCray joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. McCray-Penson was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012.

Andrea Stinson is a retired professional basketball player from the United States, playing for the WNBA from 1997 to 2004 for the Charlotte Sting and one final season in 2005 with the Detroit Shock.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryland Terrapins women's basketball</span> Womens college basketball team

The Maryland Terrapins women's basketball are an American basketball team. The team represents the University of Maryland in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. Maryland, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference. The program won the 2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament championship and has appeared in the NCAA Final Four five times ; Maryland also appeared once in the AIAW Final Four (1978). As members of the ACC, the Terrapins won regular season conference championships and an ACC-record ten conference tournament championships. The program won the Big Ten Conference regular season and tournament championships in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lindsey Harding</span> American basketball player (born 1984)

Lindsey Marcie Harding is an American professional basketball coach and former player. She is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Throughout her playing career, Harding played for the Minnesota Lynx, Washington Mystics, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and has played overseas in Turkey and Russia. She was previously a scout and a player development coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up in Houston, Texas, and also holds a Belarusian passport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystal Langhorne</span> American basketball player (born 1986)

Crystal Allison Langhorne is an American former basketball player of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played for the University of Maryland Terrapins. In 2008 she was drafted by the Washington Mystics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marynell Meadors</span> American basketball coach

Marynell Meadors is an American women's basketball coach at the college and professional level. She most recently served as head coach and general manager of the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association and was one of the original eight head coaches when the WNBA started in 1997.

The 1997 WNBA season was the inaugural season for the Charlotte Sting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kristi Toliver</span> American-Slovak basketball player (born 1987)

Kristi Renee Toliver is an American-Slovak professional basketball associate head coach for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). During her rookie season in the WNBA, Toliver signed an endorsement deal with Nike.

Penny Moore is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player. She played in the league from its inception in 1997 to 2000. She played for the Charlotte Sting in 1997, then for the Washington Mystics in 1998-2000. She attended J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marissa Coleman</span> American basketball player (born 1987)

Marissa Coleman is an American former professional basketball player.

Abigail Nellie Waner is an American basketball player who, after a collegiate career at Duke, was drafted by the New York Liberty in the 2009 WNBA draft, and was waived on May 29, 2009. In 2008, she became a college basketball analyst for ESPN and was named assistant coach of the University of Denver's women's basketball team in 2012. Born in Englewood, Colorado, Waner is married to fellow Colorado-born basketball player Jimmy Bartolotta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monica Wright</span> American basketball player (born 1988)

Monica Ashante Wright Rogers is an American basketball executive and former player and coach. She played college basketball for Virginia and was selected second overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 WNBA draft. Outside of the WNBA, she played professionally in Poland, Turkey, Australia, South Korea and Iceland. She is currently the assistant general manager for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christy Winters-Scott</span> American basketball broadcaster

Christy Winters Scott is a basketball color analyst for college basketball games for ESPN, FSN, The Big Ten Network (BTN), Monumental Sports Network, and Raycom Sports. She has been the lead analyst for BTN Women’s Basketball since 2016. She previously was an analyst for ACC Women's games, the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament, and SEC games, and she has been working as an analyst for the NCAA women's basketball tournament since 2012. She also calls WNBA games for the Washington Mystics. She has been the host of the NBA's Washington Wizards pre-game and post-game shows on NBC Sports Washington since 2012, and she also has served as an NBA Analyst for the Wizards for NBCSW.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alyssa Thomas</span> American basketball player (born 1992)

Alyssa Thomas is an American professional basketball forward for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins. The New York Liberty drafted Thomas 4th overall in the 2014 WNBA draft, and immediately traded her to the Sun along with Kelsey Bone and a 2015 first-round draft pick in exchange for Tina Charles. Thomas is the University of Maryland's all-time leader in scoring, rebounding and double-doubles for both the women's and men's programs, and one of nine athletes in NCAAW history with six career triple-doubles. In the WNBA, Thomas recorded fifteen career triple-doubles. She is one of four players to record 15+, 15+, 10+ with 0 turnovers, the only WNBA player to do so ever.

Rhonda Mapp is a former professional basketball player. She played 6 years of professional basketball overseas before joining the WNBA in 1997. After her time in the WNBA, Mapp continued to play overseas, including time in Spain, Italy, France, Turkey, Israel, and Korea.

Jakia Brown-Turner is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack and Maryland Terrapins.

References

  1. ↑ "Bullett Named Head Coach Of Women's Basketball Program". West Virginia Wesleyan. May 10, 2016. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Games of the XXIVth Olympiad -- 1988". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Games of the XXVth Olympiad -- 1992". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Second Women's Goodwill Games -- 1990". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Eleventh World Championship -- 1990". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Charlotte Sting at Phoenix Mercury, June 22, 1997". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ Knight, Athelia (January 20, 2000). "Mystics Acquire Ex-Terp Bullett". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Washington Mystics at New York Liberty, August 25, 2002". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  9. ↑ Brazilian Championship Winners 1998.
  10. ↑ Nations, Jeff (January 9, 2009). "Bullett takes Mystics' call". Martinsburg Journal. Archived from the original on January 12, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Women's Basketball Finest" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Vicky Bullett WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference . Sports Reference . Retrieved February 8, 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.