Ambrosia Anderson

Last updated
Ambrosia Anderson. 20131005 - Open LFB - Charleville-Mezieres - Tarbes 059.jpg
Ambrosia Anderson.

Ambrosia Anderson (born March 14, 1984) is an American professional women's basketball player.

Contents

High school

Anderson was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado and attended Thomas B. Doherty High School in Colorado Springs. [1]

Collegiate career

A 2006 graduate of Brigham Young University, Anderson appeared in 120 games and averaged 10.7 ppg and 5.3 rpg during her career with the Cougars. As a senior in 2006, Ambrosia led BYU in both scoring (18.7 ppg) and rebounding (7.4 rpg) in 2005-2006. In the Mountain West Conference, Anderson ranked second in scoring average and third in rebounding. She was also seventh in the conference in three-point percentage (.364) and fourth in defensive rebounds per game (5.47). Ambrosia was named the Mountain West Conference (MWC) Co-Player of the Year and All-MWC First Team in 2006. She also became one of only 18 players in BYU women’s basketball history to score more than 1,000 point points. In 2006, she was also named a Kodak All-American Honorable Mention. [1]

Brigham Young University statistics

Source [2]

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
2002-03Brigham Young University3113335.7%33.3%66.7%3.10.60.50.24.3
2003-04Brigham Young University2826741.0%35.6%75.4%5.61.40.80.19.5
2004-05Brigham Young University3031242.2%30.6%72.1%4.71.51.20.310.4
2005-06Brigham Young University3257341.3%36.4%64.5%7.52.01.30.517.9
Career121128540.7%34.4%69.3%5.21.40.90.310.6

Professional career

The Detroit Shock drafted Anderson from Brigham Young University with the 17th pick in the second round of the 2006 WNBA draft. She was then traded to the Minnesota Lynx for Jacqueline Batteast. On May 9, she was waived by Minnesota and immediately picked up by the Connecticut Sun. She appeared in one game for the Sun before being waived on June 29. Anderson signed as free agent for the New York Liberty on July 2, 2006.

During the 2007-2008 season, Anderson played in Europe for the Siemens team in Greece and was on the All Star team. During the 2008-2009 season, Anderson played in Europe for the Portugal championship team, Olivais Coimbra. Ambrosia was Portugal player of the year, Forward of the year, Import Player of the year, and First Team player. During 2009-2010, Ambrosia played for the Israel championship team, A. S. Ramat Hasharon Electra. Ramat Hasharon won the State Cup, the regular season championship and the League championship. Anderson was named Forward of the year, First Team Player and Import Team player. During 2010-2011, Ambrosia played for Maccabi Ashdod, who lost the finals to Elitzur Ramla. Ambrosia was listed as Honorable Mention for Eurobasket.com All-Israel League Awards 2010-11. Ambrosia played for H.R LeZion, Israel, and Elitzer Netanya, Israel in 2011-2012. In 2012-2013 Ambrosia moved to Kara Trutnov, Czech Republic where she was named league MVP, First Team and All-Imports Team. She finished the league with an 18.4 scoring average. In 2013-2014, Ambrosia played for Flammes Carolo, France, She finished the season ranked on the Second team and the All-imports team. Her points average was 14.4. Ambrosia is returning to the Flammes team for the 2014-15 season.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheryl Ford</span> American professional basketball player

Cheryl Ford is an American former professional basketball player. As a member of the Detroit Shock, she won the WNBA championship three times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ndudi Ebi</span> Nigerian basketball player (born 1984)

Ndudi Hamani Ebi is an English-born Nigerian former professional basketball player who most notably played for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 2003 and 2005.

Tamara Kim "Tammy" Sutton-Brown is a Canadian retired professional basketball player. Her primary position was center. Throughout her playing career, Sutton-Brown played for the Charlotte Sting and Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She had also played in Asia and Europe. Sutton-Brown has won a WNBA championship (2012) and is a two-time WNBA All-Star.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Temeka Johnson</span> American basketball player

Temeka Rochelle Johnson is a former American professional basketball player. Her primary position was point guard.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shay Doron</span> Israeli basketball player

Shay Doron is an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She currently plays for Maccabi Ashdod.

Sancho Lyttle is a Vincentian-Spanish former professional basketball player for the WNBA. Combining the WNBA and the European season, she has won six domestic leagues and four Euroleague titles with four teams in three countries. She was born in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and was granted Spanish nationality in June 2010. With the Spanish basketball team she has won four medals between 2010 and 2017.

Daniel Leslie Grunfeld is an American professional basketball player, who last played as a small forward for Bnei Herzliya in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played briefly for Hapoel Holon, but left the team due to its financial problems, and signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem starting at the beginning of November 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alysha Clark</span> American basketball player

Alysha Angelica Clark is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Israeli team Elitzur Ramla. In college, she led the NCAA in scoring three years in a row. She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars. In 2018, Clark won a championship with the Seattle Storm as they swept the Mystics in the 2018 WNBA Finals, and in 2020 won her second championship as the Storm swept the Las Vegas Aces. She was also League MVP in 2018 when her team CCC Polkowice (Basketball) of Poland in the Basket Liga Kobiet Basketball won that League's Championship. In 2019, she won a Ligue Féminine de Basketball championship with her French team, Lyon Asvel. She is known for her swarming defense and clutch shooting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jantel Lavender</span> American basketball player

Jantel Lavender is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.

Laine Selwyn is an American professional women's basketball player with Maccabi Ashdod. A guard, who has played previously in the WNBA and professionally on multiple teams throughout Europe and Israel, she was a former standout for the University of Pittsburgh's women's basketball team from 1999 to 2003.

Tayler Hill is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. Hill previously played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Hill was a McDonald's All-American coming out of high school and left high school as the all-time leading scorer in Minnesota basketball history with 3,888 points. She was selected fourth overall in the 2013 WNBA draft by the Mystics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kayla McBride</span> American basketball player

Kayla Renae McBride is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League (KBSL). She was drafted third overall by the San Antonio Stars in the 2014 WNBA draft. McBride played shooting guard for Notre Dame, where she led the Fighting Irish to four consecutive Final Fours and three NCAA championship appearances.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crystal Bradford</span> American professional basketball player

Crystal Bradford is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. A star college player at Central Michigan University, she made history being the first player in the CMU program to ever be drafted to the WNBA. She was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2015 WNBA draft.

Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell is an American professional basketball player for Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Liga Leumit (basketball). He played college basketball for the Akron Zips, before playing professionally in Argentina, Israel, and France. In 2017–18, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allisha Gray</span> American basketball player

Allisha Gray is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Elitzur Ramla of Israel. She won a gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball, at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Evelyn Akhator is a Nigerian professional women's basketball forward/center for Flammes Carolo. She was drafted by the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as the 3rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brasheedah Elohim</span> American-Israeli basketball and tennis player

Brasheedah Elohim is an American-Israeli basketball player and tennis player. During her professional women's basketball career in Israel, she played for Ramat HaSharon, Ashdod, Ramla, and Jerusalem. She was a member of the 2016 Israel women's national basketball team.

Laurin Mincy is an American professional women's basketball player.

Limor Mizrachi is an Israeli former professional basketball player and a former member of the Israeli women's national basketball team. During her career, she won national championships in Croatia, Iceland, Israel and Poland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jackie Young (basketball)</span> American basketball player

Jacquelyn "Jackie" Young is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted first overall by the Las Vegas Aces in the 2019 WNBA draft. A graduate of Princeton Community High School, she played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, reaching two NCAA finals and winning one in 2018. She won a gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and a national professional WNBA championship in 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ambrosia Anderson Athlete Profile". The Official Site of BYU Athletics. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2017-08-28.