Abby Waner

Abigail Nellie Waner (born October 31, 1986) is an American basketball player who, after a collegiate career at Duke, was drafted by the New York Liberty in the 2009 WNBA draft,[1] and was waived on May 29, 2009.[2] In 2008, she became a college basketball analyst for ESPN and was named assistant coach of the University of Denver's women's basketball team in 2012.[3] Born in Englewood, Colorado, Waner is married to fellow Colorado-born basketball player Jimmy Bartolotta.[4]

Abby Waner
Personal information
Born (1986-10-31) October 31, 1986
Englewood, Colorado
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolThunderRidge
(Highlands Ranch, Colorado)
CollegeDuke (2005–2009)
WNBA draft2009: 2nd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
PositionShooting guard
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place2004 U18 Puerto RicoTeam Competition
Gold medal – first place2005 U19 TunisiaTeam Competition

Playing career

High school

As a senior Waner won the Morgan Wootten award, given to the McDonald's All American player who exemplifies outstanding character, exhibits leadership and embodies the values of being a student-athlete in both schoolwork and community service activities.[5] She led ThunderRidge high school to three Class 5A State Basketball Championships during her high school career. In 2004, Waner was named Colorado Miss Basketball and Colorado Player of the Year while leading the state in scoring. She also broke the Colorado girl's single game scoring record when she tossed in 61 points in her final regular season game. Waner finished her high school career with an impressive 92-8 record. Also, Waner played her high school ball and graduated alongside WNBA draftee and former sport stacking world record holder Emily Fox.[5] Waner was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2005 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored sixteen points.[6]

USA Basketball

Waner suited up for USA Basketball on several occasions. In the summer of 2004, Waner competed at the Junior World Championship. She led the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team to a 5-0 record in Tunisia and started all five contests while averaging 12.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.2 steals. Her next appearance for Team USA was in the summer of 2005 at the Under 19 World Championship. She started all eight games as the US went 8-0 record and won the second gold medal in six attempts for the U19 team. Statistically, she averaged 8.9 points, 3.0 assists, 2.0 rebounds and hit 40.6 percent of her three-pointers. At the Under 21 World Championship in the Summer of 2007, she led the team to an 8-0 record and the gold medal in Moscow, Russia. This time, she started two of eight contests, while averaging 5.9 points, 2.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 18.5 minutes a contest.[7]

Duke University

Waner registered 222 career three-pointers over four years to rank 12th on the ACC all-time list and first all-time at Duke. She became the first Duke player and eighth ACC player to register 45 or more three-pointers in four consecutive years.[8]

Her 691 career three-pointers attempted ranks seventh in ACC history and first at Duke. Not only did Waner hit three-pointers, but she was a great all-around student-athlete as she became the fifth player in ACC history to notch over 1,400 points, 400 rebounds, 400 assists and 300 steals.[8] Waner owns the single-game Duke record for steals with 10 against Utah Valley on Dec. 18, 2007.[9]

New York Liberty

Waner got her first taste of the WNBA preseason in a 77-71 victory over the Washington Mystics.[10] Waner played for 15 minutes, scored 3 field goals, 1 three-pointer, 1 rebound and 1 steal.[11] She was released prior to the start of the 2009 WNBA season.

Duke statistics

Source[12]

Legend
  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
2005-06 Duke 35 310 45.1 38.2 69.1 2.5 3.2 1.9 0.2 8.9
2006-07 Duke 34 478 46.1 36.2 76.9 4.4 2.7 2.5 0.4 14.1
2007-08 Duke 31 319 32.7 26.1 73.5 3.6 3.8 2.6 0.2 10.3
2008-09 Duke 31 301 33.3 29.9 78.0 3.1 3.5 2.7 0.5 9.7
Career 131 1408 39.2 32.1 74.4 3.4 3.3 2.4 0.3 10.7

Awards and honors
  • 2009 Robin Roberts/WBCA Broadcasting Scholarship and was a finalist for the Lowe's Senior Class Award in 2009.
  • Three-time All-ACC Tournament first team selection
  • Gatorade National Player of the Year [13]
  • McDonald's National Player of the Year (Morgan Wootten award)

Present-day
  • Director of Marketing & Leasing at Health Connect Properties, Inc. (HCP) in Denver, CO.[14]

References
  1. "WNBA.com: 2009 WNBA Draft Board". Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  2. "WNBA.Com Transactions". Archived from the original on 27 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  3. Chambers, Mike (April 25, 2012). "New DU coach Kerry Cremeans talks about adding Abby Waner". Denver Post.
  4. "Twitter / CoachAbbyW: My fiancé @jimmybartolotta". Archived from the original on 7 April 2013.
  5. "Rocky Mountain High: Abby Waner Named McDonald's(R) All American National High School Basketball Player of the Year". Market Wire. 2005.
  6. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
  7. "Abby Waner Bio". goduke.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  8. "Duke Holds Annual Women's Basketball Celebration On Thursday". goduke.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  9. "Abby Waner Bio". goduke.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  10. "WNBA.com: Mystics at Liberty Boxscore". Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
  11. "WNBA.com: Abby Waner Playerfile". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  12. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 22 Sep 2015.
  13. "Gatorade Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 2008-06-02. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  14. "Health Connect Properties | Healthcare Real Estate Services | Abby Bartolotta". Health Connect Properties. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
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