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Nia Coffey
No. 12 – Atlanta Dream
Position Small forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 (age 28)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school Hopkins ( Minnetonka, Minnesota)
College Northwestern (2013–2017)
WNBA draft 2017: 1st round, 5th overall pick
Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career2017–present
Career history
2017– 2018 San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces
2019 Atlanta Dream
2020 Phoenix Mercury
2021 Los Angeles Sparks
2022–presentAtlanta Dream
Stats at WNBA.com

Nia Coffey (born June 11, 1995) is an American professional basketball player with the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). A small forward, she was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft, which is the highest of any Northwestern basketball player in school history. [1]

Coffey went to Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota where she was a McDonald's All-American. [2]

She is the daughter of former NBA player, Richard Coffey, and the sister of NBA player, Los Angeles Clipper Amir Coffey. [3]

Career statistics

College

Source [4]

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
2013-14 Northwestern 32 490 46.4% 31.3% 66.9% 8.1 2.1 1.7 1.8 15.3
2014-15 Northwestern 32 505 44.0% 32.8% 62.1% 8.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 15.8
2015-16 Northwestern 35 711 43.2% 31.4% 62.5% 9.8 2.1 1.1 2.1 20.3
2016-17 Northwestern 29 581 42.9% 28.0% 71.2% 10.4 2.7 1.2 1.4 20.0
Career 128 2287 44.0% 30.7% 65.9% 9.2 2.1 1.4 1.8 17.9

WNBA

Source [5]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2017 San Antonio 27 1 7.8 .271 .000 .727 1.9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.8
2018 Las Vegas 28 10 13.8 .380 .400 .618 2.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 1.4 5.3
2019 Atlanta 28 6 13.9 .338 .379 .548 2.8 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 5.0
2020 Phoenix 15 1 15.3 .421 .333 .167 2.5 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.5 2.7
2021 Los Angeles 32° 17 25.2 .421 .417 .778 3.8 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.4 8.3
2022 Atlanta 16 16 21.0 .347 .290 .742 5.2 0.8 0.6 0.1 2.2 6.4
2023 Atlanta 31 31 21.9 .432 .402 .625 4.8 1.5 0.5 1.2 1.5 6.9
Career 7 years, 4 teams 177 82 17.2 .386 .383 .646 3.3 0.8 0.5 0.6 1.2 5.4

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Phil (April 15, 2017). "WNBA draft pick Nia Coffey (and her puppy) ready to run with the big dogs". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  2. ^ Armacost, Lyndsey (November 2, 2015). "Nia Coffey hates to lose, and that's why she never has". SB Nation. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "WNBA draft pick Nia Coffey makes brother and Gopher Amir Coffey proud". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Nia Coffey WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 22, 2021.

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