Andrea Armstrong

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Andrea Armstrong (born May 18, 1982) is an American who is a former NCAA basketball player.

After a stellar high school basketball career, Armstrong began her collegiate sports career in 2001, with the Kansas State University basketball team. She played for Kansas State until the 2002 season. She was a 2002 Academic All-Big 12 selection.

Armstrong transferred to the University of South Florida in 2003. 2003 was a red shirt season in accordance with NCAA regulations. She was team Co-Captain for the 2004 Season. She claimed to have converted to Islam soon after her arrival at the Florida campus.

Armstrong created a controversy when she requested to be allowed to play in Islamically appropriate attire. The school initially did not want to allow her to do this, and Armstrong lost her scholarship in the first week of September of that year.

On September 11, the school announced it was going to back off and let Armstrong wear modest athletic attire for their basketball games, and re-instate her scholarship. Armstrong and school officials had met the previous day to discuss her reinstatement. Ahmed Bedler, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, was present at the reunion, and he declared that "An athlete should not be asked to choose between engaging in healthy sporting activities and her deeply held religious beliefs".

Days later, Armstrong left the team.

Armstrong averaged three points and two rebounds per game for The University of South Florida.

Kansas State and South Florida statistics

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  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
2000-01Kansas State2813533.6%0.0%73.4%2.70.90.60.14.8
2001-02Kansas State204635.6%33.3%86.7%1.50.60.1-2.3
2002-03South FloridaSat out due to NCAA transfer rules
2003-04South Florida279334.4%25.9%62.5%2.30.60.20.23.4
Career7527434.2%59.3%45.6%27.30.70.30.13.7

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References

  1. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.