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) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2013: 2nd round, 19th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Iper Blue Cats | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Lotto Young Cats | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | WBC Spartak Moscow Region | ||||||||||||||
| 2016-present | UMMC Ekaterinburg | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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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 24 points to go along with 10 rebounds in a loss against the Tulsa Shock on June 19, 2015.[2] She was selected to her first All-Star Game in 2015.[3]
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.[4]
Meesseman played for Spartak Moscow from 2014 to 2016, competing in two EuroCup tournaments. In February 2016, she was acquired by UMMC Ekaterinburg.[5]
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.[6] On November 25, 2015, she scored 31 points, made seventeen rebounds and five assists for the women's senior team in a EuroBasket Women 2017 qualifier against Belarus.
Personal
Her mother, Sonja Tankrey, is a former basketball player.[7] She was the Belgian Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 1983.[8]
She speaks Dutch, French and English and is half-deaf.[9]
References
- ^ "EMMA MEESSEMAN PRESENTED WITH AWARD". eurobasketwomen2013.com. June 14, 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Pierson lifts Shock past Mystics". sportsnetwork.com. June 19, 2015. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Wang, Gene (July 21, 2015). "Mystics' Dolson, Meesseman selected to WNBA All-Star Game". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ "Emma MEESSEMAN".
- ^ "UMMC Ekaterinburg acquires Emma Meesseman from Sparta&k". 10-2-2016. Retrieved 9-3-2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Meesseman Leads All Tournament Team". FIBA Europe. 2011-08-14.
- ^ "MEESSEMAN, THE RELUCTANT BELGIAN STAR". Fibaeurope.com. September 2, 2012.
- ^ Larsimont, Bert (April 18, 2013). "Making sense of the Mystics' Meesseman mystery pick". fullcourt.com. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ^ Giannotto, M. (2013-06-18). "Washington Mystics' Emma Meesseman overcomes hearing disorder". The Washington Post.
External links
- FIBA Europe profile
- Eurobasket.com Profile
Media related to Emma Meesseman at Wikimedia Commons
