Emma Meesseman
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| No. 33 – Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 13, 1993 Ypres, West Flanders | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 182 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 19th overall | ||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||
| Pro career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Iper Blue Cats | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Lotto Young Cats (EuroCup) | ||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq | ||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||
| 2014–present | WBC Spartak Moscow Region | ||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||
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Emma Meesseman (born May 13, 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Washington Mystics of the WNBA. She was the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year.[1]
Professional career
Washington Mystics
Meesseman was drafted 19th overall in the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics.
Meesseman had a career high 22 points and 13 rebounds in a win against the Connecticut Sun on June 27, 2014.[2]
European career
Meesseman's club career began at the age of 16. She played domestically for the Blue Cats, based in her birth town of Ypres, and in the EuroCup for Lotto Young Cats, also in her native Belgium. In her second season with the Blue Cats she was named Belgium Championship MVP, and took the Young Cats to two EuroCups (2010–12).
In 2012 she joined ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball. In her second year with the club she played in her third EuroCup, reaching the semi-finals before falling to WBC Dynamo Moscow.[3]
Meesseman will play for Spartak Moscow in the 2014-15 EuroCup season.
International
Meesseman made her debut for Belgium at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women. In the final, Meesseman led the team to victory 77-49 over France, herself scoring 25 points, and was named tournament MVP.[4]
Personal
Her mother, Sonja Tankrey, is a former basketball player.[5]
She speaks Dutch, French and English and is half-deaf.[6]
References
- ↑ "EMMA MEESSEMAN PRESENTED WITH AWARD". eurobasketwomen2013.com. June 14, 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Meesseman has double-double as Mystics beat Sun". usatoday.com. June 27, 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ↑ "Emma MEESSEMAN".
- ↑ "Meesseman Leads All Tournament Team". FIBA Europe. 2011-08-14.
- ↑ "MEESSEMAN, THE RELUCTANT BELGIAN STAR". Fibaeurope.com. September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Giannotto, M. (2013-06-18). "Washington Mystics’ Emma Meesseman overcomes hearing disorder". The Washington Post.
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