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Jordan Adams (basketball, born 1981)

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Jordan Adams
Personal information
Born (1981-05-24) May 24, 1981 (age 43)
Spokane, Washington
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High schoolMoapa Valley (Overton, Nevada)
CollegeNew Mexico (1999–2003)
WNBA draft2003: 2nd round, 18th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2003–2005
PositionCenter, forward
Number40
Career history
As player:
2003Minnesota Lynx
2003–2004COB Calais
2004–2005Sporting Athens
2005Birmingham Power
As coach:
2006–2008Moapa Valley
2011–2012UC Riverside (assistant)
2012–2015Pepperdine (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-MWC (2003)
  • MWC Tournament MVP (2003)
  • MWC Newcomer of the Year (2000)
  • MWC All-Freshman Team (2000)
  • NWBL All-Star (2005)
Stats at Basketball Reference

Jordan Ashley Adams (born May 24, 1981)[1] is an American-Canadian former professional basketball player and coach who was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx with the 18th overall pick in the 2003 WNBA draft. She played college basketball for New Mexico from 1999 to 2003,[2] and represented the Canadian national team multiple times.[3] In the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, Adams averaged 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.[4] Adams was inducted into the University of New Mexico Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.

Early life

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Adams played both basketball and volleyball at Moapa Valley High School in Overton, Nevada, where she was a four-time state volleyball champion and earned the state volleyball most valuable player (MVP) award on two occasions. Adams also led her team to the 1999 state basketball championship, and was named the Nevada Gatorade Player of the Year.[5]

New Mexico statistics

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Source[6]

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
1999-00 New Mexico 29 328 48.3% 29.2% 60.8% 4.8 0.6 0.8 2.1 11.3
2000-01 New Mexico 35 509 49.1% 32.7% 79.1% 5.5 1.3 0.6 3.0 14.5
2001-02 New Mexico 31 433 42.5% 34.0% 76.7% 5.8 2.1 0.4 3.0 14.0
2002-03 New Mexico 33 528 49.1% 30.6% 70.4% 6.6 2.5 0.9 2.6 16.0
Career 128 1798 47.2% 32.0% 72.8% 5.7 1.6 0.7 2.7 14.0

WNBA career statistics

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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

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2003 Minnesota 10 0 9.6 .394 .417 1.000 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 1.0 4.0

Later career

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Adams first coached at Moapa Valley, where she was head girls' basketball coach for two seasons, starting in 2006.[5] She returned to New Mexico in 2008 as the Lobos' director of women's basketball operations for three years, and later worked as an assistant coach in the sport at University of California, Riverside and Pepperdine for a total of four seasons, until 2015.[7]

Personal life

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Adams's half-brother and Gonzaga power forward Kyle Wiltjer played for the Houston Rockets of the NBA and various European clubs.

Adams is married to Eric Smith, an Eastern New Mexico University graduate; they have two daughters. The couple co-founded Nuevo, a New Mexican cuisine-related subscription box, in January 2019.[8] She earned her bachelor's degree in undergraduate studies with an emphasis in journalism and physical education from the University of New Mexico in 2003, and also earned her master's in special education from Western Governors University, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2010.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Jordan Adams profile, FIBA World Championship for Women 2010". FIBA.com. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lobos Center Jordan Adams Selected In 2003 WNBA Draft". Golobos.com. April 25, 2003. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "Jordan Adams Smith". Golobos.com. November 27, 2012. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "15 – Jordan Adams". fiba.com. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Jordan Adams". UC Riverside Highlanders. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "30 Jordan Adams". New Mexico Lobos. Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Jordan Adams-Smith". Pepperdine Waves. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Adams, Eric (March 16, 2020). "ENMU Graduate Creates New Mexico-Themed Subscription Box" (Interview). Interviewed by Desiree Cooper. Eastern New Mexico University. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
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