Megan Huff

{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1996)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Megan Huff

| nationality = American

| league =

| team =

| number = 5

| position = Forward

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1996|4|17}}

| birth_place = Federal Way, Washington

| high_school = Todd Beamer
(Federal Way, Washington)

| college =

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2019

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 26

| draft_team = New York Liberty

| career_start = 2019

| career_end =

| years1 = 2019–2020

| team1 = TTT Riga

| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2020}}

| team2 = Minnesota Lynx

| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2020}}

| team3 = Las Vegas Aces

| highlights =

  • Big West Sixth Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
  • 2× All-Pac-12 2018, 2019
  • Big West All-Freshman Team (2015)

| wnba_profile = megan-huff

}}

Megan Huff (born April 17, 1996) is an American basketball player. Born in Federal Way, Washington, Huff went to Todd Beamer High School and played collegiately for the University of Hawaii and the University of Utah.{{cite web|url=https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/megan-huff/7444|title=Megan Huff – Women's Basketball – University of Utah Athletics|accessdate=July 30, 2020}} She was drafted by the New York Liberty with the 26th overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft.{{Cite web|title=Megan Huff Picked By New York Liberty In WNBA Draft|url=https://utahutes.com/news/2019/4/10/womens-basketball-megan-huff-picked-by-new-york-liberty-in-wnba-draft.aspx|access-date=2021-06-27|website=University of Utah Athletics|language=en}} She played most recently for the Las Vegas Aces.

College career

In 2013, Huff committed to University of Hawaii as a two-sport athlete and the goal "to be a pro volleyball player."{{cite web|url=https://www.federalwaymirror.com/sports/recruiting-beamers-megan-huff-headed-to-hawaii-several-others-also-sign-with-colleges/|title= RECRUITING: Beamer's Megan Huff headed to Hawaii; Several others also sign with colleges|work=Federal Way Mirror}} In her first year at University of Hawaii, she played on both the volleyball and basketball teams and was named UH's Rookie of the Year for her performance on both teams, as well as Big West's Sixth Player of the Year in the sport of basketball.{{Cite web|url=https://hawaiiathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/megan-huff/14616|title=Megan Huff – Women's Basketball|website=University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics}} In her second season of basketball at Hawaii, she led the team in double-doubles (4) and blocks (33) and earned Big West Sixth Player of the Year honors for a second consecutive year. In 2016, Huff announced she was transferring to University of Utah to continue her basketball career.{{cite web|url=https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30049272/megan-huff-leaves-uh-womens-volleyball-team/|title=Megan Huff leaves UH Women's Volleyball Team|work=Hawaii News Now}} At Utah, Huff became a consistent starter and earned the label "quiet superstar."{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2019/01/24/megan-huff-utahs-quiet/|title=Megan Huff, Utah's quiet superstar, has transformed herself and the program — and she vows there's more to come|work=The Salt Lake Tribune}} In two seasons at Utah, she scored over 1,000 points and was named to the All-Pac-12 first team twice.{{Cite web|url=https://lynx.wnba.com/news/get-to-know-megan-huff/|title=Get To Know Megan Huff|website=Minnesota Lynx}}

=Hawai'i and Utah statistics=

Source{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-05-19}}

{{NBA player statistics legend}}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2014–15

|Hawai'i

|21

|145

|46.1%

|0.0%

|65.0%

|4.9

|0.3

|0.5

|1.2

|6.9

2015–16

|Hawai'i

|32

|310

|50.2%

|44.4%

|74.3%

|6.5

|1.1

|0.5

|1.0

|9.7

2016–17

| colspan="11" |Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules

2017–18

|Utah

|30

|440

|50.9%

|38.4%

|76.8%

|7.8

|1.4

|0.8

|0.9

|14.7

2018–19

|Utah

|30

|589

|47.7%

|37.0%

|84.3%

|9.9

|1.6

|1.5

|1.1

|19.6

Career

|

|113

|1484

|49.0%

|37.4%

|76.8%

|7.4

|1.2

|0.8

|1.0

|13.1

Professional career

Huff was drafted by the New York Liberty with the 26th overall pick of the 2019 WNBA draft. She appeared in all four preseason games leading up to the 2019 season, but was waived by the Liberty before the season began.{{cite web|url=https://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2019/7/18/20697033/wnba-rookie-report-marine-johannes-shey-peddy-megan-huff-new-york-liberty-washington-mystics|title=The Rookie Report: Johannès dazzles in debut, Peddy and Huff forge new paths|work=Swish Appeal}} During the 2019–2020 winter season, Huff played in Latvia for TTT Riga. On March 14, 2020, she signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun,{{cite web|url=https://www.swishappeal.com/wnba/2020/2/27/21154086/wnba-connecticut-sun-dewanna-bonner-jonquel-jones-alyssa-thomas-kaleena-mosqueda-lewis|title=WNBA Free Agency: Connecticut Sun add Jacki Gemelos, Megan Huff to training camp roster|work=Swish Appeal}} however she was waived by the team on May 25.{{cite web|url=https://www.theday.com/article/20200525/SPORT13/200529659|title=Sun waive four players, cut roster down to 11|work=The Day}} On June 17, Huff signed with the Minnesota Lynx.{{Cite web|url=https://utahutes.com/news/2020/6/17/womens-basketball-former-ute-megan-huff-signs-with-minnesota-lynx.aspx|title=Former Ute Megan Huff Signs With Minnesota Lynx|website=University of Utah Athletics}} On July 28, Huff made her WNBA debut, playing three minutes in a loss to Seattle.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/boxscore?gameId=401230466|title=Minnesota vs. Seattle – Box Score|work=ESPN}} On August 6, Huff was waived by the Lynx to clear a roster spot for Odyssey Sims, who returned to the team after maternity leave.{{Cite web|url=https://lynx.wnba.com/news/lynx-activate-odyssey-sims/|title=Lynx Activate Odyssey Sims|website=Minnesota Lynx}} On August 11, Huff signed with the Las Vegas Aces.{{Cite web|url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-waive-avery-warley-talbert-sign-megan-huff/|title=Aces Waive Avery Warley-Talbert, Sign Megan Huff|website=Las Vegas Aces}} On August 17, Las Vegas waived Huff.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/aces-waive-megan-huff/n-5637252|title=Aces Waive Megan Huff|date=August 18, 2020|website=OurSports Central}}

WNBA career statistics

{{WNBA player statistics legend}}

=Regular season=

{{WNBA player statistics start}}

|-

| align="left" | 2020

| align="left" | Minnesota

| 3 || 0 || 1.7 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | 2020

| align="left" | Las Vegas

| 4 || 0 || 2.8 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 0.0

|-

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 1 year, 2 teams

| 7 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.0

{{S-end}}

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