Nia Coffey Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and More

About Nia

WNBA CAREER

Six-year WNBA player having spent two seasons with San Antonio/Las Vegas, two with Atlanta, one with Phoenix, and one with Los Angeles.
Has appeared in 146 career regular-season games, earning the start in 51 of them
Career averages of 5.1 points and 3.0 rebounds per game
Poured in a career-high 23 points on May 27, 2018 against Seattle while with Las Vegas…finished eight-of-11 (72.7 percent) from the field and two-of-three from three-point range
Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds on June 17, 2018 against Phoenix…added 11 points in the game for her first career double-double.
Recorded a career-best two double-doubles in 2022 in only 16 games played.

2023 Highlights with the Dream

Played and started 31 games from the Dream in 2023
Shot a career-high for 3 in 2023 with 40.2%
Coffey had 10 blocks through the first four games, tying Elizabeth Williams (2016) for most blocks to start a season through 4 games in franchise history.
Scored her 100th 3-pointer against Indiana (6/18).
Recorded her 100th career assists in the Dream’s victory against New York (6/13)
Coffey recorded 3 blocks and 7 rebounds against the Sun (6/15).

Recorded her first double-double of the season with 13 points, 10 rebounds against Lynx (7/18)
Followed up with another double-double with 13 points and 13 boards (7/20)
Scored a season-high 15 points against the Mystics (6/30).

2022 Season (Atlanta)

Started in all 16 games played for the Dream.
Scored 11 points with 9 rebounds in her 2022 season debut, adding a steal and a block.
Pulled down a team-high 8 rebounds in a win over Los Angeles (5/11).
Scored 14 points off four made field goals (two three’s) in a win over Indiana (5/15), adding on a team-leading 6 rebounds.
Recorded her second career double-double (her first since 2018) with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Washington (5/20).
Earned her third career double-double with a season-high 16 points and 19 rebounds against Indiana (6/5).
Missed seven games due to injury (right knee).
Returned from her injury to start and score 11 points at Chicago (7/12), adding on 2 rebounds and a steal.
Missed the rest of the season (13 games) due to her knee injury.

2021 Season (Los Angeles)

Appeared in all 32 games with 17 starts for the Sparks
Averaged a career-high 8.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks in 25.2 minutes per game
Averaged a career-high 41.7% on 3-pointers in 2021
Recorded a career-high six blocks against Dallas on June 21, 2021
Scored in double-figures 13 times
Recorded career highs in minutes played (33) and 3-point field goals attempted (8)

2020 SEASON

Appeared in 25 games in 2020 for Phoenix, earning one start in the Mercury’s season opener
Averaged 2.9 points and 2.5 rebounds in a career-high 15.3 minutes per game
Shot a career-best 42.1 percent (16-of-38) from the field on the season
Scored a season-high 10 points to go along with a season-best six rebounds in the Mercury’s win at Dallas on August 10
Knocked down a season-best two three-pointers twice on the season (August 10 at Dallas, August 16 vs. Dallas)
Missed six regular season games due to injury, along with the Mercury’s two playoff games

2019 SEASON

Appeared in 28 games in 2019 for Atlanta, earning the start in six of them
Averaged 5.0 points and a career-best 2.8 rebounds in 13.9 minutes of action
Scored in double digits four times, with a season-high 13 points at Washington on July 21
Led the team with a season-high eight rebounds against Seattle on May 31
Tied a career high in steals (two) at Connecticut on July 19, to go along with a team-high seven rebounds in the game
Recorded six games with at least two three-pointers, including a season-high three on June 23 against Washington…played a season-high 24 minutes in the game

2018 SEASON

Appeared in 28 games and made 10 starts with Las Vegas…missed four games after suffering an ankle injury on June 3 at Chicago
Averaged 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds in 13.8 minutes per game
Scored 10 or more points five times on the season, including a career-high 23 points on May 27 against Seattle…finished with 10+ points in four of the first five games to begin the season, including the first three games
Notched her first career double-double on June 15 against Phoenix with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebound

2017 SEASON

COLLEGE CAREER

Four-year standout at Northwestern University
Named to the All-Big Ten First Team in all four seasons
AP All-America Honorable Mention as a senior in 2017
Named to the 2017 Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year watch list
Finished her collegiate career as the program’s career leader in rebounds, field goal attempts, free throws made and attempted…finished second in career points and blocked shots
Became the fifth player in Big Ten women’s basketball history with 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career

INTERNATIONAL

Played for Flammes Carolo Basket in the 2021-22 WNBA offseason, averaging 26.9 points and 12.2 rebounds | Stats
Spent the 2019-2020 WNBA offseason playing for Cukurova in Turkey…averaged 14.5 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in six games
Played for the Adelaide Lighting during 2018-19 WNBA offseason in Australia where she was named Team MVP and a WNBL All-Star…averaged a team-high 17.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 26 games
Played part of the 2018-19 WNBA offseason in Poland for Arka Gdynia…averaged 13.4 points and 4.5 rebounds in 13 games
Played for Maccabi R. Hen in Israel during the 2017-18 WNBA offseason