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Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBL | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | (1989-11-22) November 22, 1989 (age 35) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Australian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school | Lexington Catholic (Lexington, Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||
College | Notre Dame (2008–2012) | ||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2012: 1st round, 8th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Washington Mystics | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2012 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | CSM Târgovişte | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Dandenong Rangers | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Townsville Fire | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Dandenong Rangers | ||||||||||||||
2017–present | Adelaide Lightning | ||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Natalie Novosel (born November 22, 1989) is an American professional basketball player. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, she went to Lexington Catholic High School and played collegiately for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
USA Basketball
Novosel played on the team representing the US at the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. The team, coached by Bill Fennelly, won all six games to earn the gold medal. Novosel averaged 4.5 points per game.
Career statistics
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 |
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2012 | Washington | 31 | 0 | 9.9 | 33.7 | 22.0 | 75.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 31 | 0 | 9.9 | 33.7 | 22.0 | 75.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 3.2 |
College career statistics
Source
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 |
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2008-09 | Notre Dame | 31 | 214 | 49.3 | 10.0 | 72.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
2009-10 | Notre Dame | 35 | 176 | 42.8 | 35.0 | 76.1 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
2010-11 | Notre Dame | 39 | 588 | 45.2 | 41.3 | 78.9 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 15.1 |
2011-12 | Notre Dame | 39 | 591 | 42.0 | 41.1 | 82.9 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 15.2 |
Career | 144 | 1569 | 44.2 | 39.2 | 78.9 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
WNBA
Novosel was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (8th overall) by the Washington Mystics, and was cut by the Mystics before the 2013 WNBA season.
Personal
Shortly after the draft, Novosel said that her first choice of teams was the Mystics, adding that she "couldn't be any happier" that the team selected her. She had personal reasons for wanting to play in Washington, most notably that her twin brother Nathan was set to begin a two-year position in the city with Teach for America in late summer 2012.
References
- "Twenty-Sixth World University Games -- 2011". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- "WNBA.com: Draft 2012". www.wnba.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
- Smith, Jennifer (April 16, 2012). "Former Lexington Catholic star Natalie Novosel taken by Mystics in WNBA first round". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- American expatriate basketball people in Romania
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Lexington, Kentucky
- Club Sportiv Municipal Târgoviște players
- Guards (basketball)
- Lexington Catholic High School alumni
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball players
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- American sportswomen
- American twins
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
- Washington Mystics draft picks
- Washington Mystics players
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Basketball people from Kentucky