Natalie Achonwa

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Natalie Achonwa (born November 22, 1992) is a Canadian basketball player for the Indiana Fever in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She attended university at, and played on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team.[1] Natalie was born in Guelph, Ontario[2] and is Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). tall.[3]

High School

Achonwa attended Centennial Collegiate and Vocational Institute in Guelph, Ontario for grade 9 before moving to Hamilton, Ontario to play with Canada Basketball's NEDA program at St. Mary's Catholic Secondary School.[2]

University

Achonwa was recruited as the first ever international player on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team.[4]

In 2011, Achonwa was named to the BIG EAST All-Freshman Team along with being selected BIG EAST Freshman of the Week in her freshman season.[2] In 2012, She was named to the NCAA Raleigh Regional All-Tournament Team.[2] In her Junior season, She was named as an Honorable Mention for the Associated Press All-America Team. Since her freshman season, she and her team have had four Final Four appearances and three National Championship appearances.[2]

In what ended up being her final home game, the six-foot-three forward suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament with about five minutes left in Notre Dame's 19-point victory over Baylor on March 31, 2014. This win helped push the Irish into the NCAA Final Four.

In 2015, Achonwa was selected as the Notre Dame Representative in the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Legends Class.

International career

Achonwa became a member of the Canadian national team in 2009. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women.

She was invited to join the national team, to play in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Xalapa, Mexico from September 21–28, 2013. She averaged 7.5 points per game, and helped the Canadian National team to a second place, silver medal finish. Canada faced Cuba in a preliminary round and won 53–40, but in the championship game, Cuba prevailed 79–71.[5][6]

She missed the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women due to injury.

Pam Am games 2015

Achonwa was a member of the Canada women's national basketball team which participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada July 10 to 26, 2015. Canada opened the preliminary rounds with an easy 101–38 win over Venezuela. The following day they beat Argentina 73–58. The final preliminary game was against Cuba; both teams were 2–0, so the winner would win the group. The game went down to the wire with Canada eking out a 71–68 win.[7] Canada would face Brazil in the semifinal.

Canada opened the game with an 11–2 run on seven consecutive points by Miranda Ayim. Miah-Marie Langlois contributed five assists. In the third quarter Canada strongly out rebounded Brazil and hit 69% of their field goals to score 33 points in the quarter. Lizanne Murphy and Nirra Fields hit three-pointers to help extend the lead to 68–39 at the end of three quarters. Canada continued to dominate in the fourth quarter with three-pointers by Kia Nurse and Kim Gaucher. Canada went on to win the game 91–63 to earn a spot in the gold-medal game against the USA.[8]

The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA, in a sold out arena dominated by fans in red and white and waving the Canadian flag. The Canadian team, arm in arm, sang Oh Canada as the respective national anthems were played.

After trading baskets early the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians, spurred on by the home crowd cheering, fought back and tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter, it was Canada's time to shine as they outscore the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73. It was Canada's first gold-medal in basketball in the Pan Am games. Nurse was the star for Canada with 33 points, hitting 11 of her 12 free-throw attempts in 10 of her 17 field-goal attempts including two of three three-pointers. Achonwa contributed two rebounds and 13 points.[9][10][11][12]

Professional career

Indiana Fever

On April 14, 2014, Achonwa was drafted ninth overall by the Indiana Fever basketball club. She sat out the entire 2014 WNBA season, due to the injury she suffered during the NCAA playoffs. In the fall of 2014, while continuing her rehab, Achonwa took a job as the interim Director of Operations for the Notre Dame women's basketball program. She was filling in for the incumbent Katie Schwab, who was hospitalized with a life-threatening illness.

Achonwa did not sign a professional contract with the Fever until April 2015. She plans to play in the summer of 2015, beginning with the Fever's training camp in May.[13][14]

University of Notre Dame statistics

Source[15]

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 SCHOOL GP GS  MPG   FG%   3P%   FT%   RPG  APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 Notre Dame  39 0 18.3 0.566 0.500 0.571 5.3 1.1 0.8 0.4 6.9
2011-12 Notre Dame  36 1 17.2 0.520 0.300 0.720 4.4 1.4 0.7 0.8 7.6
2012-13 Notre Dame  37 37 27.1 0.520 0.000 0.800 9.5 2.3 1.1 0.9 13.8
2013-14 Notre Dame  33 33 25.4 0.611 0.000 0.709 7.7 2.8 1.0 1.2 14.9
Total Notre Dame  145 71 21.9 0.562 0.357 0.723 6.7 1.9 0.9 0.8 10.7

Personal life

Achonwa's father immigrated from Nigeria to Canada when he was twelve.[16]

References

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External links


Indiana Fever roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs
C 11 Canada Achonwa, Natalie 6' 4" (1.93m) 183 lb (83kg) 11-22-1992 Notre Dame 1
F 24 United States Catchings, Tamika 6' 1" (1.85m) 167 lb (76kg) 07-21-1979 Tennessee 14
G/F 25 United States Coleman, Marissa 6' 1" (1.85m) 160 lb (73kg) 01-04-1987 Maryland 7
G 20 United States January, Briann 5' 8" (1.73m) 144 lb (65kg) 01-11-1987 Arizona State 7
G 42 United States Johnson, Shenise 5' 11" (1.8m) 172 lb (78kg) 12-09-1990 Miami (FL) 4
F 12 United States Kizer, Lynetta 6' 4" (1.93m) 230 lb (104kg) 04-04-1990 Maryland 4
F 2 United States Larkins, Erlana 6' 1" (1.85m) 205 lb (93kg) 04-02-1986 North Carolina 6
G 33 United States Lucas, Maggie 5' 10" (1.78m) 152 lb (69kg) 11-29-1991 Penn State 2
G 3 United States Mitchell, Tiffany 5' 9" (1.75m) 152 lb (69kg) 09-23-1984 South Carolina R
G 30 United States Moseley, Brene 5' 7" (1.7m) 120 lb (54kg) 11-25-1993 Maryland R
F 14 United States Peters, Devereaux 6' 2" (1.88m) 174 lb (79kg) 10-08-1989 Notre Dame 4
G 17 United States Wheeler, Erica 5' 7" (1.7m) 143 lb (65kg) 05-02-1991 Rutgers 1



East: ATL • CHI • CON • IND • NY • WAS | West: DAL • LA • MIN • PHO • SA • SEA
Head coach
United States Stephanie White (Purdue)
Assistant coaches
United States Steven Key (Boston University)
United States Gary Kloppenburg (UC San Diego)
Athletic trainer
United States Todd Champlin (Daemen)
Strength and conditioning coach
United States David Williams (Central Florida)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

WNBA roster page

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