Megan Mahoney

Megan Marie Mahoney (born February 13, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player. During her 14-year career, Mahoney won the Italian championship three times, in 2009, 2010 and 2012, and the Icelandic championship in 2006. In 2015, she won the EuroCup with ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq. Mahoney was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in 2005 and played in the WNBA from 2006 to 2007.

Megan Mahoney
Megan Mahoney in January 2016
Personal information
Born (1983-02-13) February 13, 1983
Rapid City, South Dakota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Listed weight72 kg (159 lb)
Career information
High schoolSturgis Brown (Sturgis, South Dakota)
CollegeKansas State (2001–2005)
WNBA draft2005 / Round: 3 / Pick: 34th overall
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career2005–2019
PositionForward
Number4, 34
Career history
2006Haukar
2006-2007Connecticut Sun
2006-2008Basket Parma
2008-2013Cras Basket Taranto
2013-2014La Lucca
2014-2016ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
2016-2018ASD San Martino di Lupari
Career highlights and awards

High School & College

Mahoney attended Sturgis Brown High School in Sturgis, South Dakota.[1] 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.[2]

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[3]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001-02 Kansas State 34 286 44.9 37.0 66.2 5.4 4.6 1.6 0.4 8.4
2002-03 Kansas State 34 473 50.0 43.4 74.0 6.4 4.8 1.5 0.3 13.9
2003-04 Kansas State 31 259 46.0 32.4 66.7 7.0 5.2 1.2 0.5 8.4
2004-05 Kansas State 30 289 47.9 23.9 80.0 6.2 3.5 1.3 0.5 9.6
Career Kansas State 129 1307 47.5 36.7 71.9 6.2 4.6 1.4 0.4 10.1

Career

In the 2005 WNBA Draft, Mahoney was selected in the third round (34th overall) by the Connecticut Sun.[4] A torn Achilles during the Big 12 championship game her senior season prevented her to play with the Sun during the 2005 season.[5][6]

Mahoney signed with Haukar of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna in January 2006, replacing KeKe Tardy.[7] In 9 regular season games she averaged 27.9 points and 13.1 rebounds per game,[8] helping the team achieve the best record in the league.[9] In the playoffs, Mahoney averaged 28.3 points and 14.3 rebounds.[10] In the finals she broke Penny Peppas scoring record by averaging 32.0 points and helped Haukar to a three-game sweep of Keflavík.[11] For her effort she was named the Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP[12] and the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[13]

In February 2006, she signed a three-year contract with the Connecticut Sun.[5] During her first season (2006), Mahoney appeared in 31 games, starting once, and averaged 11.7 minutes per game.

On March 6, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Mahoney to the Houston Comets in exchange for Barbara Turner.[14] On April 29, 2008, Mahoney was waived by the Comets.[15]

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.[16]

Mahoney signed with San Martino di Lupari of the Italian Serie A1. On January 15, 2017, she tore her anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee and missed the rest of the season.[17] In May, 2017, Mahoney re-signed with San Martion for the 2017–2018 season.[18][19][20][21]

She had planned to play the 2018–2019 season in Belgium but tore a tendon in her foot prior to the start of the season. The injury required a surgery and six to eight months of rehabbing. In June 2019, Mahoney announced her retirement from basketball.[22]

Titles and awards

Titles

Awards

References
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  2. "Megan Mahoney - #24". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  3. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. "2005 WNBA Draft Board". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  5. "Mahoney leikur í WNBA". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 February 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  6. "Basketball: Megan Mahoney finds basketball comfort in Europe". rapidcityjournal.com. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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  13. "KKÍ | Besti erlendi leikmaðurinn · Kvenna". kki.is. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  14. "Sun Acquire Barbara Turner in Trade with Comets". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  15. "2008 WNBA Transactions". Archived from the original on August 11, 2009. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  16. "Megan Mahoney". basketlfb.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  17. "San Martino di Lupari, stagione finita per Megan Mahoney". megabasket.it (in Italian). 17 January 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  18. "San Martino keeps Mahoney for another season". Eurobasket.com. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  19. "Megan Mahoney è la prima riconferma di San Martino". megabasket.it (in Italian). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  20. "Megan Mahoney è una nuova "lupa"". BasketUniverso (in Italian). 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  21. "A1 – San Martino di Lupari saluta Megan Mahoney". basketinside.com (in Italian). 14 July 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  22. Stewart Huntington (24 June 2019). "Basketball star Megan Mahoney retires". KOTA-TV. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  23. "EUROCUP : LE TITRE POUR BOURGES !". bebasket.fr. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  24. Amaury Boulay (18 June 2014). "Villeneuve d'Ascq recrute Megan Mahoney". Catch & Shoot. Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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