Emma Meesseman

Emma Meesseman
No. 33 – Washington Mystics
Position Center
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-05-13) 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 / Round: 2 / Pick: 19th overall
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
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Belgium
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women
2011 Oradea Belgium

Emma Meesseman (born May 13, 1993) is a Belgian professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (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]

In the 2016 WNBA season, she led the league with 45.5 percent three-point shooting.[4] In the WNBA she has averaged over years 52.4 % in free throws, 43.4 % in 3-pointers, and 15.2 points per game.[5]

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.[6]

Meesseman played for Spartak Moscow from 2014 to 2016, competing in two EuroCup tournaments. In February 2016, she was acquired by UMMC Ekaterinburg.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] She was the Belgian Women's Basketball Player of the Year in 1983.[10]

She speaks Dutch, French and English and is half-deaf.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "EMMA MEESSEMAN PRESENTED WITH AWARD". eurobasketwomen2013.com. June 14, 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pierson lifts Shock past Mystics". sportsnetwork.com. June 19, 2015. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ Wang, Gene (July 21, 2015). "Mystics' Dolson, Meesseman selected to WNBA All-Star Game". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Ward, Elle (September 17, 2016). "Emmma Meesseman leads league in three-point shooting". Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Emmma Meesseman career stats". September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Emma MEESSEMAN".
  7. ↑ "UMMC Ekaterinburg acquires Emma Meesseman from Sparta&k". February 10, 2016. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Meesseman Leads All Tournament Team". FIBA Europe. August 14, 2011.
  9. ↑ "MEESSEMAN, THE RELUCTANT BELGIAN STAR". Fibaeurope.com. September 2, 2012.
  10. ↑ Larsimont, Bert (April 18, 2013). "Making sense of the Mystics' Meesseman mystery pick". fullcourt.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  11. ↑ Giannotto, M. (June 18, 2013). "Washington Mystics' Emma Meesseman overcomes hearing disorder". The Washington Post.
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