Stacey Thomas
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1978)}}
{{No footnotes|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Stacey Thomas
| number =
| position = Forward
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Flint, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| high_school = Flint Southwestern Academy
(Flint, Michigan)
| college = Michigan (1996–2000)
| draft_year = 2000
| draft_round = 2
| draft_pick = 23
| draft_team = Portland Fire
| draft_league = WNBA
| career_start =
| career_end =
| career_position =
| career_number =
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2000}}–{{WNBA Year|2002}}
| team1 = Portland Fire
| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2003}}
| team2 = Phoenix Mercury
| years3 = {{WNBA Year|2003}}–{{WNBA Year|2005}}
| team3 = Detroit Shock
| years4 = {{WNBA Year|2005}}
| team4 = Minnesota Lynx
| highlights =
- WNBA champion ({{WNBA Year|2003}})
- Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (2000)
- First-team All-Big Ten (2000)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1997)
}}
{{for|the football player|Stacey Thomas (American football)}}
Stacey Thomas (born August 29, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who played as a forward.{{Cite web |title=Stacey Thomas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and More {{!}} WNBA |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100532/stacey-thomas |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=www.wnba.com}}
Career
Thomas attended college at University of Michigan and graduated in 2000. She was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 1997 and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year in 2000. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 23rd overall in the 2000 WNBA draft by the Portland Fire. She also played for the Phoenix Mercury, Detroit Shock, and Minnesota Lynx.
Thomas signed with the Seattle Storm on April 29, 2003 but was waived on May 20, 2003. She also signed with the Charlotte Sting on April 12, 2006 but was waived on May 16, 2006.
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=WNBA=
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2000
| align="left" | Portland
| 32 || 31 || 27.0 || .356 || .250 || .595 || 3.9 || 3.2 || 1.7 || 0.5 || 2.1 || 5.1
|-
| align="left" | 2001
| align="left" | Portland
| 32 || 1 || 12.9 || .367 || .000 || .429 || 2.2 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 1.3 || 1.8
|-
| align="left" | 2002
| align="left" | Portland
| 32 || 6 || 19.4 || .345 || .256 || .508 || 2.9 || 2.1 || 1.3 || 0.4 || 1.1 || 4.5
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Phoenix
| 19 || 1 || 9.8 || .326 || .273 || .625 || 1.4 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 2.4
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Detroit
| 11 || 0 || 7.5 || .313 || .200 || .364 || 1.5 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 1.4
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
| 1 || 0 || 1.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Detroit
| 17 || 0 || 7.8 || .167 || .000 || .400 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.7
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Minnesota
| 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 6 years, 4 teams
| 145 || 39 || 15.9 || .342 || .233 || .516 || 2.4 || 1.6 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 3.0
{{S-end}}
==Playoffs==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2003
| align="left" | Detroit
| 4 || 0 || 3.3 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Detroit
| 3 || 0 || 2.3 || 1.000 || 1.000 || .000 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
| 7 || 0 || 2.9 || .500 || 1.000 || .000 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.4
{{S-end}}
= College =
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97
| style="text-align:left;" | Michigan
|26||-||-||50.9||16.7||51.9||6.6||1.9||2.7||0.5||-||12.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98
| style="text-align:left;" | Michigan
|29||-||-||43.2||17.4||59.5||7.3||1.8||3.1||0.6||-||11.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1998–99
| style="text-align:left;" | Michigan
|30||-||-||44.9||32.1||62.1||7.8||1.9||3.7||0.9||-||14.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1999–00
| style="text-align:left;" | Michigan
|30||-||-||38.1||27.6||59.2||7.7||2.1||3.4||0.7||-||14.5
|-
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career
|115||-||-||43.7||26.3||58.2||7.4||1.9||3.2||0.7||-||13.5
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ashley-joens-1.html|title=Ashley Joens College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090722121830/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/stacey_thomas/index.html WNBA player profile]
{{2000 WNBA draft}}
{{Detroit Shock 2003 WNBA champions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Stacey}}
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