Alison Lacey
Personal information | |
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Born | (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 36) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
Nationality | Australian |
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Listed weight | 159 lb (72 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Ballard (Huxley, Iowa) |
College | Iowa State (2006–2010) |
WNBA draft | 2010: 1st round, 10th overall pick |
Selected by the Seattle Storm | |
Position | Guard |
Number | 40 |
Coaching career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
As player: | |
2010 | Seattle Storm |
2010 | Canberra Capitals |
As coach: | |
2012–2013 | Marshalltown CC |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Stats at WNBA.com | |
Alison Lacey Otzelberger (born Alison Mavis Lacey; 26 December 1987) is an Australian-American basketball coach and former player. She played in the WNBA and was subsequently a collegiate women's basketball coach in the US at Marshalltown Community College in Iowa.
Lacey played at Iowa State from 2006 to 2010, where she became the highest drafted player in school history. She became the only player from ISU, and only the seventh in Big 12 history, to record 1500 points, 500 rebounds, and 500 assists. She became the second player in school history to record a triple-double. She also led the nation in assist-turnover ratio for most of the season, while finishing second at the end. She led Iowa State to four consecutive NCAA tournaments, which included an Elite 8 and a Sweet 16. She was on the All-Big 12 First Team, and was an All-American honorable mention.
Iowa State statistics
Source[1]
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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2006-07 | Iowa State | 35 | 271 | 44.4 | 40.5 | 82.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 7.7 |
2007-08 | Iowa State | 34 | 484 | 40.0 | 40.7 | 77.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 14.2 |
2008-09 | Iowa State | 35 | 392 | 34.9 | 32.4 | 84.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.2 |
2009-10 | Iowa State | 30 | 473 | 44.2 | 37.3 | 87.9 | 4.9 | 6.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 15.8 |
Career | Iowa State | 134 | 1620 | 40.4 | 37.7 | 83.3 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.1 |
Professional
Lacey watched the Seattle Storm win their second championship in 2010.[2] She also played for the Canberra Capitals in the WNBL. She did not return to the WNBA for the 2011 season.
Coaching
Lacey was hired as head coach of the Marshalltown Community College women's basketball team in February 2012 after former coach Larry Roberts was released from his coaching duties. The Tigers finished the year with an 11–17 record. Lacey led the team to an 11–20 record in 2012–13, her only full season as head coach. She resigned effective 1 July 2013, after her then-fiancé T. J. Otzelberger accepted a coaching position with the men's basketball program at the University of Washington. Otzelberger is currently the head coach of the Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball. The two were married on 1 June 2013 in Milwaukee.
See also
References
Other references
- "MCC's Lacey Resigns from Basketball Post".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- WNBA biography at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 November 2012)
- Iowa State bio
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- 5 Abby Bishop
- 7 Jana Veselá
- 10 Sue Bird
- 15 Lauren Jackson (Finals MVP)
- 20 Camille Little
- 25 Svetlana Abrosimova
- 30 Tanisha Wright
- 34 Le'coe Willingham
- 40 Alison Lacey
- 43 Ashley Robinson
- Head coach Brian Agler