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Sydney Affolter

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Sydney Affolter
Affolter with Iowa in 2024
No. 3 – Iowa Hawkeyes
PositionGuard
LeagueBig Ten Conference
Personal information
BornApril 13, 2003
Chicago, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Career information
High schoolMarist (Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeIowa (2021–present)

Sydney Affolter is an American college basketball player for the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference.

Early life and high school career

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Affolter is one of two children born to Shellie and Ed Affolter.[1] Her father played college basketball for the University of Illinois Chicago, and her brother, Trey, played for St. Ambrose.[1] She went undefeated in five seasons of grammar school basketball at St. Christina School in Chicago.[2] She played high school basketball for Marist High School in Chicago, winning two regional titles, and was named all-state three times.[1] She committed to Iowa as a junior in January 2020.[3] She went undefeated in 48 games with Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team All Iowa Attack in the summer of 2020.[1][4]

College career

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Affolter began playing for Iowa in 2021–22. She played off the bench as Iowa reached the title game in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[5] She joined the team's starting lineup in the 2024 postseason after an injury to guard Molly Davis.[6] She recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds in Iowa's victory in the 2024 Big Ten title game and was recognized with all-tournament honors.[7][8] In the 2024 NCAA Regional Final, she had 16 points and five rebounds, helping to lead the Hawkeyes to the Final Four and earning a spot on the All-Regional Team.[9][10]

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

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021–22 Iowa 19 0 9.4 23.7 16.7 91.7 2.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 1.6
2022–23 Iowa 37 0 10.3 47.9 20.8 86.1 2.3 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.5 2.9
2023–24 Iowa 39 12 24.8 55.2 41.4 83.0 6.4 2.3 1.1 0.4 1.0 8.4
Career 95 12 15.1 49.5 33.0 84.4 4.0 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.7 4.9
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sydney Affolter". University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ^ Baranek, Tony (March 18, 2021). "Marist's Sydney Affolter is the 2020–21 Daily Southtown Girls Basketball Player of the Year: 'A player like her comes along once or twice in a lifetime'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Linder, Jeff (January 29, 2020). "Sydney Affolter, a wing from Chicago, commits to Iowa women's basketball". The Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Baranek, Tony (August 19, 2020). "Baranek: Marist senior Sydney Affolter looks 'ready for the college level' after sensational summer playing in Iowa". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  5. ^ Worth, Cooper (January 16, 2024). "'Chicago Toughness:' Guard Sydney Affolter brings unmatched energy to Iowa women's basketball squad". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  6. ^ Ford, Nathan (March 8, 2024). "Sydney Affolter enters Iowa starting lineup and responds with career-high 18 points". The Gazette. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Leistikow, Chad (March 10, 2024). "Leistikow: How Iowa women's basketball won an all-time Big Ten Tournament championship". HawkCentral. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Votzmeyer, Colin (March 12, 2024). "No. 2 Iowa women's basketball wins Big Ten Tournament, boasts two players on All-Tournament team". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  9. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/sydney-affolter-a-do-it-all-player-for-final-four-bound-iowa-lisa-bluder-raves/ar-BB1kYeAM
  10. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/lauren-betts-named-to-albany-2-all-regional-team-in-ncaa-tournament-alongside-caitlin-clark-angel-reese/ar-BB1kUuZg
  11. ^ "Sydney Affolter College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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