Name Megan Mahoney Role Basketball Player | Height 1.83 m | |
 | ||
Similar People Ashley Zehnder, Brianne Altice, Shelley Dufresne, Meredith Powell, Rachel Respess | ||
Former Sturgis prep Megan Mahoney is newest Sacred Hoops coach
Megan Mahoney, Offseason in Parma
Megan Marie Mahoney (born February 13, 1983) is an American professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Italian women's basketball team A.S.D. San Martino di Lupari.
Contents
- Former Sturgis prep Megan Mahoney is newest Sacred Hoops coach
- Megan Mahoney Offseason in Parma
- High School College
- Kansas State statistics
- Career
- Vital statistics
- Awards
- References
High School & College
Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota. As a senior, she was named Gatorade and USA Today South Dakota Player of the Year, High School Girls Athlete of the Year by the South Dakota Sports Writers Association, and Miss Basketball South Dakota. Mahoney also excelled academically, earning membership in the National Honor Society.
Mahoney attended Kansas State University and was a 2003 All Big-12 First Team selection. During her career, she set the all-time school record for assists (589), and she ranks second all-time in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.62).
Kansas State statistics
Source
Career
In the 2005 WNBA Draft, Mahoney was selected in the third round (34th overall) by the Connecticut Sun. During her first season (2006), Mahoney appeared in 31 games, starting once, and averaged 11.7 minutes per game.
Mahoney signed with Haukar of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild in january 2006, replacing KeKe Tardy. In 9 regular season games she averaged 27,9 points and 13,1 rebounds per game, helping the team achieve the best record in the league. In the playoffs, Mahoney averaged 28,3 points and 14,3 rebounds . In the finals she broke Penny Peppas scoring record by averaging 32,0 points and helped Haukar to a three game sweep of Keflavík. For her effort she was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP and the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.
On March 6, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Megan Mahoney to the Houston Comets in exchange for Barbara Turner. On April 29, 2008, Mahoney was waived by the Comets.
In 2006 and in 2007 Megan played in Italy with Parma and next year she started to play with Cras Basket Taranto and she won Italian title in 2008/2009 2009/2010 (mvp of the finals) 2011/2012
In 2010/2011 during the Eurolegue Women Mahoney was called in the "rest of World" team against the Representative of Europe. She did 8 points in 5 minutes.
Between 2014 and 2016, Mahoney played in France for ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq. She won the EuroCup Women 2015 and was runner-up the following season, and also came second in the 2014-15 Ligue Féminine de Basketball.