Angel Goodrich
Angel Goodrich (born February 24, 1990) is an American former professional basketball player, who played for the Tulsa Shock and Seattle Storm in the WNBA.
Goodrich playing for the Seattle Storm in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 24, 1990[1] Glendale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sequoyah (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) |
| College | Kansas (2009–2013) |
| WNBA draft | 2013: 3rd round, 29th overall pick |
| Selected by the Tulsa Shock | |
| Playing career | 2013–2015 |
| Position | Guard |
| Career history | |
| 2013–2014 | Tulsa Shock |
| 2014 | Chevakata Vologda (RPL) |
| 2015 | Seattle Storm |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
Background and family edit
Goodrich was born in Glendale, Arizona to Jonathan and Fayth (Goodrichard) Lewis. Jonathan is African-American; Fayth is Native American (Cherokee). Goodrich herself is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation.[2][3][4][5]
Goodrich has two siblings, an older brother Zach Goodrich, and a younger sister Nikki Lewis. Lewis played college basketball for the Tabor Bluejays.[6]
High school edit
Goodrich attended Sequoyah High School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she was the first Division I athletic scholarship recipient in the school's history. During her 4 years at the Cherokee-operated school, she lettered in basketball, softball and track and field, and earned All-State honors as a sprinter. She also led the school's basketball team, the Sequoyah Lady Indians, to three consecutive Class AAA state titles.[7][8]
College edit
Goodrich played her college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks at the University of Kansas. In her freshman year, she tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her left knee, causing her to miss the entire season. The following year she tore the ACL in her right knee after only 15 games. Despite these setbacks, she still scored over 1,000 career points for KU, and became the Jayhawks' all-time career assists leader. Her assists total of 771 ranks as the third-highest in Big 12 Conference history.[7][9][10]
In her senior year, Goodrich was a finalist for the Naismith Award, Wade Trophy, Wooden Award, Nancy Lieberman Award, and the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award. She also earned First Team All-Big 12 honors, and was a member of the WBCA All-Region 5 Team.[10]
Kansas statistics edit
Source[11]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Kansas | redshirt | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Kansas | 15 | 102 | 34.1% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 2.7 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 6.8 |
| 2010–11 | Kansas | 27 | 203 | 35.8% | 28.4% | 64.0% | 3.0 | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 7.5 |
| 2011–12 | Kansas | 34 | 476 | 43.1% | 38.5% | 65.9% | 4.1 | 7.4 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 14.0 |
| 2012–13 | Kansas | 34 | 481 | 36.5% | 31.5% | 73.0% | 3.5 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 14.1 |
| Career | 127 | 1262 | 42.3% | 33.3% | 62.0% | 9.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.9 | |
Professional career edit
In 2013, Goodrich was selected in the third round of the WNBA draft (29th pick overall) by the Tulsa Shock. At the time she was the highest-drafted Native American player in the history of the WNBA.[12] During the 2013–14 off-season, she played for Chevakata Vologda in the Russian Premier League.[13] In 2014, she completed her second and final season for the Shock. In 2015, she was picked up on waivers by the Seattle Storm.[4][14][15] In September 2015 Goodrich registered the first double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds) in her three-year WNBA career.[16] Angel then went on to play half a season in Russia and a full season in Poland after she was let go from Seattle in 2016.[17] Goodrich then turned her attention to teaching Native American youth at a basketball camp to help prepare them for playing at a collegiate level.[17]
WNBA career statistics edit
| 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 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tulsa | 31 | 16 | 21.9 | .423 | .250 | .545 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
| 2014 | Tulsa | 28 | 0 | 6.5 | .500 | .500 | .571 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| 2015 | Seattle | 23 | 5 | 15.8 | .408 | .300 | .500 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 82 | 21 | 14.9 | .426 | .273 | .538 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Angel Goodrich". WNBA. 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ^ . Cherokee Nation. December 5, 2012. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ . UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications. November 24, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ a b . nativenewsonline.net. August 18, 2014. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ^ Gyasi Ross (2015). "Black History Month: An Honest Conversation With Yawna Allen on Being Native and Black". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
- ^ . Tabor College. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ a b "The Indomitable Cherokee: University of Kansas's Court General Angel Goodrich". indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com. April 14, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Sequoyah High's Success Energizes Tribe". New York Times. December 18, 2007. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Goodrich becomes 26th to join 1,000-point scoring club". kansan.com. January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ a b . wibwnewsnow.com. April 15, 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ^ "Native American Women in the WNBA; Schimmel to Join Elite Company". NDNSPORTS.com. April 8, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ "Vologda-Chevakata signs Angel Goodrich". cherokeephoenix.org. October 16, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "KU's Angel Goodrich Highest-Drafted Native Player in WNBA History". indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com. April 16, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Shock Notebook: Former Tulsa guard Angel Goodrich picked up by Seattle Storm". Tulsa World. June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ Harwood, Rodney (September 16, 2015). "Seattle Storm Guard Angel Goodrich: 'It's All About Mindset and Staying Positive'". Indian Country Media Network. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
- ^ a b Keegan, Tom (June 30, 2017). "An Angel's journey from superstar player to camp instructor". KU Sports. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-01-09)
- Chevakata Vologda stats at FIBAEUROPE.com
- College profile at kuathletics.com