Amy Sanders

Amy Sanders
Personal information
Born (1983-06-05) June 5, 1983
Huntington Beach, California
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight 156 lb (71 kg)
Career information
High school Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California)
College Hawaii (2002–2006)
WNBA draft 2006 / Undrafted
Position Guard
Number 13
Career history
2006 Umeå Comets
2007 Detroit Shock
2008 AZS Poznań
2010 Leipzig Eagles

Amy Marie Sanders (born 5 June 1983) is an American college and professional basketball player. After playing for the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine, she moved to the Umeå Comets in the Swedish Damligan[1] before signing with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA for the 2007 season.[2] The next year she signed a training camp contract with the Sacramento Monarchs,[3] but she subsequently returned to FIBA Europe basketball, playing for AZS Poznań in the Polish PLKK[4] and Leipzig Eagles in the German Bundesliga.[5]

College career

Sanders played youth basketball for the Orange County Spirit club. She had also been decorated for her performances for Mater Dei High School. In 2002 she joined University of Hawaii in preference to several other interested Universities. In her four-year varsity career, Sanders was twice the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine's top–pointscorer.[6] In April 2005 she was voted the top player at the team's annual banquet.[7] When Sanders played her last game for the Rainbow Wahine in February 2006, coach Jim Bolla described her as: "one of the hardest working players I've had in my years of coaching."[8]

Club career

After the expiration of her college eligibility, Sanders was overlooked at the 2006 WNBA Draft.[9] She signed for Sweden's Umeå Comets in September 2006 on a full–time professional contract.[10] It was reported that she proved a successful acquisition for the team, but she left during the Christmas break in December to complete her studies in the United States.[11]

Sanders was called into the training camp of reigning WNBA champions Detroit Shock in April 2007.[9] In the 2007 WNBA season she featured in six games for the Shock—averaging one and a half minutes in each—before being waived from the team on July 2, 2007.[12]

In January 2008 Sanders agreed a deal with Polish outfit AZS Poznań and she arrived the following month, to considerable local media attention.[13] After playing seven PLKK matches, for an average of nine points, she departed AZS Poznań by mutual consent in March 2008.[14] Sanders returned to the WNBA after being called into the Sacramento Monarchs' pre–season training camp as a free agent, but she was waived 11 days later without playing in a competitive game.[15]

Having quit basketball in summer 2008, Sanders was later tempted out of retirement to help financially troubled German Bundesliga club Leipzig Eagles. She made her debut in January 2010 against SV Halle and played for free during her time in Germany.[16] When the team were relegated in March and the American coach Ritz Ingram left, Sanders and other senior players also made an exit.[17]

Personal life

Sanders was born in Huntington Beach, California to Kim and Gary Sanders.[6] She has one elder brother, Matthew, who is known as M. Shadows in his guise as lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Amy Sanders signs for Umeå Comets. Sveriges Radio
  2. ↑ Statistics in basketballreference.com
  3. ↑ 2008 WNBA transactions in the competition's website
  4. ↑ Sanders join AZS Poznan. epoznan.pl
  5. ↑ Profile in eurobasket.com
  6. 1 2 "#13 Amy Sanders". University of Hawaii. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  7. ↑ "Sanders voted top UH Wahine hoops player". Honolulu Advertiser. 2005-04-22. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  8. ↑ Masuoka, Brandon (2006-02-25). "Rainbow Wahine will bid aloha to four seniors". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  9. 1 2 "Shock Signs Amy Sanders". Women's National Basketball Association. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  10. ↑ Wohlert, Johannes (2006-09-19). "Även Umeå värvar amerikanskt" (in Swedish). Svensk Basket Television. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  11. ↑ "Visby Ladies möter Umeå Comets" (in Swedish). Gotland.net. 2007-01-05. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  12. ↑ "Former Rainbow Wahine Sanders released by Detroit". Honolulu Advertiser. 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  13. ↑ Klin, Ł (2008-02-05). "Amy Sanders już w Poznaniu!" (in Polish). www.Express-Sport.pl. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  14. ↑ "FGE: Amy Sanders opuszcza Poznań" (in Polish). Sport1.pl. 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  15. ↑ "Monarchs Waive Amy Sanders". Women's National Basketball Association. 2008-04-29. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  16. ↑ "BBVL continues fight against relegation with new player". BBVL Basketball.de. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  17. ↑ "BBVL and Ingram go separate ways". BBVL Basketball.de. 2010-01-07. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  18. ↑ "M. Shadows". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2012-05-16.

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