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Trisha Nicole Dykstra (née Fallon; born 23 July 1972) is an Australian retired basketball player in the Australian Women's National Basketball League and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) of the United States. She also played with the Australian national team during the three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, including as captain at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Fallon started her career at age sixteen.

Fallon was selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the second round (19th pick overall) of the 1999 WNBA draft. After the 1999 WNBA season, she was traded to the Phoenix Mercury along with Adia Barnes and Tonya Edwards in exchange for Marlies Askamp, Angela Aycock and Kristi Harrower on 27 October 1999.

Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on 29 July 2007 in Port Douglas, Queensland.^[1]

In 2010 Fallon was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.

She has remained involved with basketball in Australia having worked for the Sydney Uni Flames and now with the Dandenong Rangers Basketball Association in Victoria. She is also the Team Manager for the Australian Opals.

Fallon had a decorated basketball career and played 224 games for Australia at junior and senior level including 34 games as the Opals Captain.

Career highlights[edit]

Three-time Olympian (two silver and one bronze medal)
Two World Championships (bronze medal in 2002)
Maher Medal - International Player of the Year
Played 251 in the WNBL for three clubs, AIS, Melbourne and Sydney between 1989 and 2007
WNBL Youth Player of the Year - 1991
Four Time WNBL All-Star Selection 1996, 1997, 1999/00, 2004/05
WNBL Co-MVP in 1999/2000
Member of the WNBL's 25th Anniversary Team
Played with numerous teams in Europe including Spain's Ros Casares Valencia, with whom she won the Spanish Cup in 2003

WNBA career statistics[edit]

Legend
GP	Games 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

Regular season[edit]


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1999	Minnesota	26	0	10.8	.300	.353	.742	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.0
2001	Phoenix	31	16	27.1	.490	.405	.815	2.5	1.1	1.1	0.4	1.5	10.4
Career	2 years, 2 teams	57	16	19.7	.445	.389	.792	1.7	1.0	0.8	0.3	1.1	7.0

References[edit]

^ "Flames legend weds". Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

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[1] "Flames legend weds". Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

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 '''Trisha Nicole Dykstra''' ({{nee|'''Fallon'''}}; born 23 July 1972) is an Australian retired [[basketball]] player in the Australian [[Women's National Basketball League]] and the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) of the United States.  She also played with the [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australian national team]] during the three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]], including as captain at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]]. Fallon started her career at age sixteen.
 Fallon was selected by the [[Minnesota Lynx]] in the second round (19th pick overall) of the [[1999 WNBA draft]].  After the [[1999 WNBA season]], she was traded to the [[Phoenix Mercury]] along with [[Adia Barnes]] and [[Tonya Edwards]] in exchange for [[Marlies Askamp]], [[Angela Aycock]] and [[Kristi Harrower]] on 27 October 1999.
-Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on 29 July 2007 in [[Port Douglas, Queensland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.susport.com/Content/News/8%20August%202007/Flameslegendweds.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-11-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721103448/https://www.susport.com/Content/News/8%20August%202007/Flameslegendweds.aspx |archivedate=21 July 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+Fallon was married to Stuart Dykstra on 29 July 2007 in [[Port Douglas, Queensland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.susport.com/Content/News/8%20August%202007/Flameslegendweds.aspx |title=Flames legend weds |accessdate=2008-11-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080721103448/https://www.susport.com/Content/News/8%20August%202007/Flameslegendweds.aspx |archivedate=21 July 2008}}</ref>
+In 2010 Fallon was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.
-Her former partner Rodney Overby was found guilty of an assault charge against her in 2007.<ref>http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22411919-5001021,00.html</ref> The assault by Overby was featured as a top story in the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]''. After the assault she posted an [[Apprehended Violence Order|AVO]] against him.
+She has remained involved with basketball in Australia having worked for the Sydney Uni Flames and now with the [[Dandenong Rangers]] Basketball Association in Victoria. She is also the Team Manager for the Australian Opals.
-In 2008, Fallon (now Trish Dykstra) returned to [[Sydney Uni Flames]], for whom she had played in two periods from 1993 to 2007, as Operations Coordinator. Fallon now works for the [[Dandenong Rangers]] Basketball Association in Victoria.
+Fallon had a decorated basketball career and played 224 games for Australia at junior and senior level including 34 games as the Opals Captain.
+==Career highlights==
+* Three-time Olympian (two silver and one bronze medal)
+* Two World Championships (bronze medal in 2002)
+* Maher Medal - International Player of the Year
+* Played 251 in the WNBL for three clubs, AIS, Melbourne and Sydney between 1989 and 2007
+* WNBL Youth Player of the Year - 1991
+* Four Time WNBL All-Star Selection 1996, 1997, 1999/00, 2004/05
+* WNBL Co-MVP in 1999/2000
+* Member of the WNBL's 25th Anniversary Team
+* Played with numerous teams in Europe including Spain's Ros Casares Valencia, with whom she won the Spanish Cup in 2003
+==WNBA career statistics==
+{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
+===Regular season===
+{{WNBA player statistics start}}
+|-
+| align="left" | [[1999 WNBA season|1999]]
+| align="left" | [[1999 Minnesota Lynx season|Minnesota]]
+| 26 || 0 || 10.8 || .300 || .353 || .742 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 3.0
+|-
+| align="left" | [[2001 WNBA season|2001]]
+| align="left" | [[2001 Phoenix Mercury season|Phoenix]]
+| '''31''' || '''16'''|| '''27.1''' || '''.490''' || '''.405''' || '''.815''' || '''2.5''' || '''1.1''' || '''1.1''' || '''0.4''' || 1.5 || '''10.4'''
+|-
+| align="left" | Career
+| align="left" | 2 years, 2 teams
+| 57 || 16 || 19.7 || .445 || .389 || .792 || 1.7 || 1.0 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 7.0
+{{S-end}}
 ==See also==
 * [[List of Australian WNBA players]]
-* [[WNBL Most Valuable Player Award]], (season 1999-00)
+* [[WNBL Most Valuable Player Award]], (season 1999–00)
 * [[WNBL Rookie of the Year Award]], (season 1990)
-* [[WNBL Top Shooter Award]], (season 1999-00)
+* [[WNBL Top Shooter Award]], (season 1999–00)
-* [[WNBL All-Star Five]], (seasons 1996, 1997, 1999-00 & 2004-05)
+* [[WNBL All-Star Five]], (seasons 1996, 1997, 1999–00 & 2004–05)
 ==References==
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 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506231115/http://www.sydneyuniflames.com/Current%20news/Fallonemployed.htm 21 June 2005 press release on Fallon's association with Group Event Travel]
-{{1999 WNBA Draft}}
+{{1999 WNBA draft}}
 {{Australia Women Basketball Squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
 {{Australia Women Basketball Squad 2000 Summer Olympics}}
 {{Australia Women Basketball Squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
+{{Authority control}}
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 [[Category:1972 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States]]
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+[[Category:Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States]]
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+[[Category:Minnesota Lynx draft picks]]
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-[[Category:Olympic basketball players of Australia]]
+[[Category:Olympic basketball players for Australia]]
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+[[Category:Basketball players from Melbourne]]
+[[Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state)]]

v t e 1999 WNBA draft
First round	Chamique Holdsclaw Yolanda Griffith Natalie Williams DeLisha Milton-Jones Jennifer Azzi Crystal Robinson Tonya Edwards Tari Phillips Dawn Staley Edna Campbell Chasity Melvin Natalya Zasulskaya
Second round	Shalonda Enis Kedra Holland-Corn Debbie Black Clarisse Machanguana Val Whiting Michele Van Gorp Trisha Fallon Sheri Sam Stephanie White-McCarty Clarissa Davis Mery Andrade Sonja Henning