Nicole Powell

Nicole Powell
Information about the player
Full name	Nicole Kristen Powell
birthday	June 22, 1982
place of birth	Sierra Vista , Arizona , United States
size	188 cm
position	Forward
college	Stanford University
WNBA Draft	2004 , 3rd pick, Charlotte Sting
Jersey number	14th
Clubs as active
2005-2006	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
2006-2007	Halcon Avenida
2007-2008	PBK CSKA Moscow
2008-2010	Fenerbahçe İstanbul
2010–2012	Wisła Can-Pack Krakow
2012-2013	Perfumerias Avenida
WNBA clubs as active
2004	Charlotte Sting
2005-2009	Sacramento Monarchs
2010–2012	New York Liberty
2013	Tulsa Shock
2014	Seattle Storm
Clubs as trainers
2013-2014	Gonzaga Bulldogs (assistant trainer)
2014-2017	Oregon Ducks (Assistant Trainer)
2017-2020	Grand Canyon Antelopes (Head Coach)
2020–	UC Riverside Highlanders (Head Coach)
1 As of April 14, 2020

Nicole Kristen Powell (born June 22, 1982 in Sierra Vista , Arizona , United States ) is a former professional basketball player and current college basketball coach . She last played in the 2014 season for the Seattle Storm in the Women's National Basketball Association .

Career

college

Nicole Powell played for the Stanford University women's basketball team until 2004 . During her time at college, Powell broke several records, including three All-American awards.

WNBA (2004 to 2014)

Nicole Powell was selected in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Charlotte Sting in third place overall. She played 31 times for the Sting in the 2004 season , but she was never in the starting lineup and her playing time was also limited with 12.4 minutes per game.

On March 3, 2005, she was transferred to the Sacramento Monarchs . In Sacramento she was in the starting lineup in all 34 games of the season. Furthermore, with 29.1 minutes per game, she got significantly more playing time than in her first season. This improved her point average from 4.3 to 10.7 points per game. Because of this clear increase in performance, she was also named WNBA Most Improved Player . This award was only surpassed this season by winning the championship with the Monarchs. In the 2006 season , her playing time and thus her point average fell slightly, but she was on the field from the start in every game and was one of the key players in the Monarchs this season. However, she did not manage to defend the title with the monarchs. The 2007 season was statistically the best for Powell to date. With a playing time of 29 minutes per game, she achieved a remarkable average of 12.8 points per game. With 1.4 steals and 5.6 rebounds per game, she also set a new personal best in these two categories. Even in the 2008 season it was able to improve further, but the great success with the Monarchs failed again. In the 2009 season she achieved a new personal best of the season with an average of 16.7 points per game. Since Lisa Leslie could not take part in the All-Star Game due to an injury , she was nominated for Leslie and so came to her first appearance in an All-Star Game.

Although Powell played an extremely good season, the team success failed again and the Monarchs stopped playing at the end of the season. Powell was signed by the New York Liberty in the Dispersal Draft on December 14th . She plays there for three seasons. After she was always in the starting lineup of the Liberty at the beginning, this number was reduced to just 21 in the starting lineup last season. In New York it never reached the statistical values ​​that it achieved in Sacramento. The 2013 season denied Powell for the Tulsa Shock . There, too, their statistical values ​​continued to decline. Her final seasons for the time being were in 2014 for the Seattle Storm team . As in her very first WNBA season, she was never in the team's starting line-up and only played 13 minutes per game on average.

Europe

For several years she was also active for clubs in Europe.

Web links

• WNBA player profile
• Statistics about the player on basketball-reference.com (engl.)
• FIBA overview of participation in international tournaments
• FIBA Europe overview of participation in European tournaments