Victoria Macaulay

{{Short description|Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Victoria Macaulay

| alt = Colour photograph of Victoria Macaulay age 33 playing basketball in a white and orange kit, knee braces, and blue Nike trainer/sneaker shoes.

| image = UMMC_vs_Yenisei_Krasnoyarsk_(06.01.2024)_-_65.jpg

| caption = Victoria Macaulay (2024)

| position = Center

| height_m = 1.93

| weight_kg = 75

| league = WNBA

| team =

| number = 20

| nationality = American / Nigerian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|8|7}}

| birth_place = Staten Island, New York, U.S

| highschool = Curtis (Staten Island, New York)

| college = Temple (2009–2013)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2013

| career_start = 2013

| career_end =

| years1 = 2013–2014

| team1 = Lavezzini Parma

| years2 = 2014–2015

| team2 = Saces Mapei Dike Napoli

| years3 = 2015

| team3 = Chicago Sky

| years4 = 2015–2016

| team4 = Energa Torun

| years5 = 2016–2017

| team5 = Cavigal Nice Basket

| years6 = 2017

| team6 = Shinhan Bank S-Birds Anshan

| years7 = 2017–2019

| team7 = Olympiacos

| years8 = {{WNBA Year|2019}}

| team8 = Chicago Sky

| years9 = 2019–2020

| team9 = Galatasaray

| highlights =

A-10 All-Defensive Team (2013)

| wnba_profile = victoria-macaulay

|medaltemplates=

}}

Victoria Ayo Macaulay (born 7 August 1990) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player. In both 2015 and 2019 she played for Chicago Sky in the Women's National Basketball Association.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/player/victoria-macaulay/|title=Victoria Macaulay|website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA}}

College statistics

class="wikitable"

!Year{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|title=NCAA® Career Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2016-05-11}}

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2009–10

|Temple

|26

|78

|43.2

| –

|38.1

|2.7

|0.2

|0.4

|0.6

|3.0

2010–11

|Temple

|33

|152

|40.7

| –

|40.8

|4.5

|0.4

|0.5

|1.6

|4.6

2011–12

|Temple

|30

|290

|51.0

| –

|67.7

|7.5

|0.7

|0.6

|1.7

|9.7

2012–13

|Temple

|32

|452

|42.9

|40.0

|68.2

|9.4

|1.5

|1.1

|2.8

|14.1

Career

|Temple

|121

|972

|44.7

|33.3

|60.5

|6.1

|0.7

|1.7

|8.0

Professional career

During her time at the French side Nice, she averaged 15.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 0.8 rebounds.{{Cite web|url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/71590/victoria-macaulay|title=Victoria Macaulay, Basketball Player|website=Proballers}}

WNBA career statistics

=Regular season=

| style="text-align:left;"| 2015

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 4 || 0 || 6.3 || .286 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 1.0

| style="text-align:left;"| 2019

| style="text-align:left;"| Chicago

| 5 || 0 || 4.4 || .400 || .000 || 1.000 || 0.8 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.2

| style='text-align:left;'| Career

| style='text-align:left;'| 2 years, 1 team

| 9 || 0 || 5.2 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 1.1

Nigerian National Team

Macaulay was called up and represented Nigeria at the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket where the team won gold defeating the host Senegal in Dakar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aclsports.com/victoria-macaulay-excited-to-make-dtigress-roster/|title=Victoria Macaulay excited to make D'Tigress roster|date=9 August 2019}} She averaged 6.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists during the tournament in Dakar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2019/player/Victoria-Macaulay|title = Victoria MACAULAY at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket 2019}} She also participated in the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Belgrade.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/serbia/2020/news/macaulay-sets-sight-on-tokyo-2020-ready-to-make-impact-with-nigeria-in-serbia|title=Macaulay sets sight on Tokyo 2020, ready to make impact with Nigeria in Serbia|website=FIBA.basketball}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/serbia/2020/player/Victoria-Macaulay|title=FIBA.basketball}}