Nicole Powell #14 Forward

Nicole Powell
2012 Playoff Statistics
PPG9.0
RPG3.0
APG1.5
EFF +7.50

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Background

2011: Started in 33 games…Led the liberty in field-throw percentage with .960...Led the Liberty in most steals in a game with 6.0 (@PHX, 7/30)…Made her sixth career playoff appearance.

2010: Started in all 34 games…Averaged 9.3 points, 2.2 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game shooting .389 from the field.

2009 (Sacramento): Started all 34 games she appeared in, while averaging a career-best in points, rebounds and assists per game, with 16.7, 5.9 and 2.3, respectively ... Led the Monarchs in points and minutes ... Finished the season ranked as the WNBA’s No. 1 free-throw shooter (.979) and No. 8 leading scorer (16.7) ... SEASON HIGHS: PTS – 32 (@ NY, 7/23); REB – 12 (MN, 9/13); AST – 7 (CT, 9/01); STL – 4 (4X, 9/04); BS – 2 (PHX, 6/12); FGM – 12 (@ NY, 7/23); FGA – 26 (@ PHX, 6/13); FTM – 8 (WAS, 8/22); FTA – 8 (WAS, 8/22); MIN – 39 (2X, 9/04)

2005-2008 (Sacramento): In 2008, averaged 13.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 1.4 apg and 1.2 spg in 34 games played ... Led the team in scoring that season ... In 2007, averaged 12.8 ppg and 5.6 rpg through 34 games played ... Finished the season ranked first in the WNBA in free-throw percentage (.964) and sixth in three-point field goals made (62) ... Averaged 9.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg through 34 games played in 2006 ...Finished tied sixth in the league for most three-point field goals made (55) ... Named 2005 WNBA Most Improved Player after averaging 10.7 ppg and 3.6 rpg through 34 games ... Completed the season ranked No. 1 in the WNBA in three-point field goals made (66) ... PLAYOFFS: Owns a career average of 12.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg and 1.8 apg ... Assisted the Monarchs in winning the 2005 WNBA Championship, while averaging 11.0 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 1.9 apg.

2004 (Charlotte): Averaged 12.4 mpg, 4.3 ppg and 2.3 rpg ... Shot .414-percent from long range ... Appeared in 31 games, missing three match-ups due to an ankle injury.

AS A COLLEGIAN: One of only two three-time Kodak All-Americans in Stanford women’s basketball history ... Graduated as the program’s all-time leader in career rebounds (1,143) and third all-time leading scorer (2,062) ... Finished her collegiate career averaging 17.3 ppg, 9.6 rpg and 4.8 apg ... While guiding Stanford to the Elite Eight as a senior, was named the Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Region ... In 2004, was selected as a finalist for the Naismith Award (third nomination), the State Farm Wade Trophy and the inaugural Wooden Award... Recorded six triple-doubles and 51 double-doubles in her collegiate career and remains to be the only player in Pac-10 history to have recorded more than one career triple-double ... Named to the Associated Press All-America First Team in 2004, received Associated Press Second Team nominations in 2002 and 2003, earned Kodak First Team All-America honors from 2002-2004 ... Four-time First-Team All-Pac-10, a two-time Pac-10 Player Of The Year recipient and named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2001.

INTERNATIONAL (as of March 12): Spent the 2011-2012 offseason playing for TS Wisla Can-Pack Krakow in Poland and averaged 9.4 points, 1.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Personal

Nicole Kristen Powell was born in Sierra Vista, AZ ... Daughter of Lawrence and Ruth Powell ... Off the court, enjoys relaxing and hanging out with friends and family ... Favorite WNBA city to visit is Phoenix ... Favorite snack is popcorn ... First job was an assistant tennis coach ... Favorite arena to play in is Madison Square Garden ... Favorite TV show is The Office ... Celebrity she’d be most star struck over is President Obama ... Item she is never without is chapstick ... One place in the world she is looking to visit is Greece.

Career Transactions

Selected by the Charlotte Sting as the third overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft ... Traded to the Sacramento Monarchs (with Olympia Scott-Richardson and Erin Buescher for Tangela Smith and a 2006 second round pick) on March 3, 2005 ... Selected by the Liberty on December 14, 2009 in the WNBA Dispersal Draft.