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  • Nicole Powell
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  • Forward - Sacramento Monarchs
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2008 Statistics

PPG
13.2
RPG
4.20
APG
1.3
EFF
+ 9.33
Born: Jun 22, 1982
Height: 6-2 /  1,88
Weight: 175  lbs. / 79,4  kg.
College: Stanford
Years Pro: 4








Background

WNBA TRANSACTIONS: 3/3/05: Traded by Charlotte to Sacramento, along with Olympia Scott-Richardson and Erin Buescher for Tangela Smith and a 2006 second round draft pick…4/17/04: Selected by Charlotte in the first round (third overall) of the 2004 WNBA Draft.

2007 WNBA REGULAR SEASON:
Averaged 12.8 ppg, (.376 FG%, .380 3FG%, .964 FT%), 5.6 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.4 bpg and 29.0 mpg through 34 games played (34 started)…Finished the season ranked first in the WNBA in free-throw percentage and sixth in three-point field-goals made (62)…Scored in double figures in 23 games…Led the Monarchs in scoring six times and in rebounds seven times…Recorded three double-doubles…Scored a career-high 29 points vs. Minnesota (7/29)…Grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds at Los Angeles (6/22)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 15.3 ppg (.457 FG%, .300 3FG%, 1.000 FT%), 5.7 rpg, 1.7 apg, 1.3 spg, 0.3 bpg and 26.7 mpg through three playoff games.

WNBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Averaging 9.5 ppg (.380 FG%, .386 3FG%, .869 FT%), 3.9 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.1 spg, 0.3 bpg and 24.4 mpg through four WNBA seasons and 133 career games with the Sacramento Monarchs and Charlotte Sting…Scored over 1,200 points and played over 3,000 minutes in the WNBA…2006: Averaged 9.6 ppg (.375 FG%, .353 3FG%, .816 FT%), 3.9 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.2 spg, 0.4 bpg, and 26.1 mpg through 34 games played (34 started)…Finished tied-sixth in the WNBA for most three-point field goals made (55)…Grabbed a season-high nine rebounds at Houston (6/14)…Dished out a career-high tying six assists at Los Angeles (6/18)…Scored in double figures 16 times and was the Monarchs high scorer eight times…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 11.8 ppg (.527 FG%, .500 3FG%, .846 FT%), 4.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.1 bpg and 28.3 mpg through nine games played (nine started)…Tallied a playoff-high 21 points, four assists and three steals at Detroit (8/30)…2005: Averaged 10.7 ppg (.379 FG%, .415 3FG%, .806 FT%), 3.6 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.1 spg, 0.5 bpg, and 29.1 mpg through 34 games played (34 started)...Recipient of the WNBA’s Most Improved Award…Finished the season ranked first in the WNBA in three-point field goals made (66)…Scored a season-high 25 points vs. Detroit (7/24)…Grabbed a season-high six rebounds, five times…Dished out a career-high six assists, twice…Recorded a career-high three blocks at Phoenix (6/12)…PLAYOFFS: Averaged 11.0 ppg (.385 FG%, .476 3FG%, .800 FT%), 2.5 rpg, 1.9 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.1 bpg and 32.1 mpg through eight games played (eight started)…Scored a playoff-high 18 points, twice…2004: Averaged 4.3 ppg (.413 RG%, .414 3FG%, .800 FT%), 2.3 rpg, 0.5 apg, 0.5 spg, 0.1 bpg, and 12.4 mpg during her rookie campaign with Charlotte...Appeared in 31 games, missing three due to an ankle injury...Tallied 13 points and seven rebounds in the double overtime win over Los Angeles (6/20), including the three-pointer at the end of regulation to send the game into OT...Scored in double-digits in four consecutive games prior to the Olympic Break...Scored a career-high 14 points on three occasions during that stretch...Led the team in scoring twice and in rebounding on four occasions...Named the recipient of the WNBA’s Community Assist Award for the month of July for her work in the community.

NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE:
A member of the USA Basketball Team that won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan Am Games…Won a bronze medal with Team USA at the 2001 FIBA Junior World Championships in the Czech Republic and a gold medal at the Women’s Junior World Qualifying Tournament in Argentina.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Played for CSKA in Moscow, Russia, during the 2007-08 off-season and averaged 8.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 1.5 apg, 0.9 spg, 0.2 bpg and 22.4 mpg…Played for Perfumerias Avenida in Spain during the 2006-2007 off-season, averaging 15.8 ppg (.435 FG%, .430 3FG%, .823 FT%), 7.2 rpg, 1.8 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.3 bpg and 34.2 mpg…During the 2005-06 off-season, played for Fenerbahce in Istanbul, Turkey, averaging 34.1 mpg, 20.8 ppg (48.0 FG%, 44.5 3FG%, 85.8 FT%), 8.4 rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.5 spg…Played for Basket Spezia Club in LaSpezia, Italy, during the 2004-05 off-season and averaged 16.9 ppg and 7.0 rpg.

COLLEGE:
Averaged 17.3 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists during her college career…Stanford’s all-time leader in career rebounds (1,143) and third all-time leading scorer (2,062)...Also ranked second in free throws made (457) and attempted (551), third in three-pointers attempted (518), fourth in three-pointers made (201), and fifth in assists (577)…Holds Stanford’s single season (346) and single game (21) rebounding records…Named to the Associated Press All-America First Team in 2004…Received Associated Press Second-Team nominations in 2003 and 2002…Earned Kodak First Team All-America honors in 2004, 2003, and 2002, becoming the only three-time Kodak All-American in Stanford’s history…As a senior averaged 20.2 points and 11.2 rebounds in 31 games while guiding her team to the Elite Eight where she 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…The only player in Pac-10 history to have recorded more than one career triple-double…Earned the Pac-10 Player of the Year Award twice (2003-04; 2001-02) and was named to First-Team All-Pac 10 in each of her four seasons…Named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in 2001.


Personal

  • Full name is Nicole Kristen Powell
  • Majored in urban studies at Stanford
  • In high school, was named a 2000 Parade Magazine First Team All-American and the Arizona Player of the Century by the Arizona Republic
  • An all-region selection in both tennis and track
  • Won the state badminton singles championships in 1997, 1999 and 2000, won the state discus title in 2000
  • Was an Arizona 5A doubles runner-up in tennis in 2000

Career Transactions

  • 3/3/05: Traded by Charlotte to Sacramento, along with Olympia Scott-Richardson and Erin Buescher for Tangela Smith and a 2006 second round draft pick
  • 4/17/04: Selected by Charlotte in the first round (third overall) of the 2004 WNBA Draft

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