Nicole Powell

Nicole Kristen Powell ( born June 22, 1982 in Sierra Vista, Arizona, United States) is a professional basketball player. In the 2010 season she plays for the New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association.

Career

College

Nicole Powell played until 2004 for the women's basketball team at Stanford University. During her time at college Powell broke several records and was voted among other things three times to the All- American.

WNBA (since 2004)

Nicole Powell was selected by the Charlotte Sting in the WNBA Draft third overall place in 2004. She played 31 times for the Sting in the 2004 season, but they never stood in the starting lineup and also their playing time remained at 12.4 minutes per game in check.

On 3 March 2005 she was transferred to the Sacramento Monarchs. In Sacramento she stood in all 34 season games in the starting lineup. Furthermore, they got 29.1 minutes per game significantly more playing time than in their first season. Thus they improved their average of 4.3 points to 10.7 points per game. This clear increase in performance it has also been named WNBA Most Improved Player. This badge has been surpassed in this season only by winning the championship with the Monarchs. In the 2006 season, their play time and thus their points average fell slightly, while she stood in every game from the start on the field and was also in this season to key players in the Monarchs. However, they did not make it to the Monarchs to defend the title. The 2007 season was statistically the best so far from Powell. With a playing time of 29 minutes per game they came up with a remarkable average of 12.8 points points per game. With 1.4 steals and 5.6 rebounds per game, they also presented in these two categories on a new personal best. In the 2008 season, she was able to further increase but the great success with the Monarchs remained again. In the 2009 season she achieved a new personal season - best performance with an average of 16.7 points per game. Since Lisa Leslie due to an injury at the All-Star Game was unable to attend, she was re-nominated for Leslie and so came to their first use in an All- Star Game.

Although Powell played a very good season remained the mannschaftliche success again and the Monarchs presented at the end of the season, a game operation. Powell was taken on December 14, the Dispersal Draft by the New York Liberty under contract.