Penni Peppas

Penni Ann Peppas (born July 2, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She was the first foreign born professional player in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna,[1] where she won multiple national championships and scoring titles.

Penni Peppas
Personal information
Born (1972-07-02) July 2, 1972
NationalityAmerican
Career information
CollegeUniversity of the Ozarks
Playing career1994–1998
PositionPoint guard
Career history
1994–1995Breiðablik
1995–1998Grindavík
Career highlights and awards
Career Úrvalsdeild kvenna statistics
Points1,723 (23.9 ppg)
Rebounds599 (8.3 rpg)
Assists276 (3.8 apg)

College

Peppas played for University of the Ozarks from 1990 to 1994 and left as the schools allt time leader in total points (2170).[2][3]

Iceland

After graduating in 1994, Peppas signed with Breiðablik in Iceland,[4] becoming the first foreign born professional player in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[1] She was a three time scoring champion in the Úrvalsdeild and led the league in assists in 1997.[5] Peppas won the Icelandic championship twice, in 1995 with Breiðablik,[6][7][8][9] while also being named as Playoffs MVP,[10] and in 1997 with Grindavík.[11] On October 15, 1996, Peppas had a Quadruple-double against ÍR. For the game she had 52 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.[12]

Honours

Úrvalsdeild statistics
† Denotes seasons in which Peppas won the national championship
* Led the league

Regular season statistics
Year Team GP 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1994–95† Breiðablik 23.550.309.8248.73.54.50.925.7*
1995–96 Grindavík 18.606.304.8078.63.44.40.828.9*
1996–97† Grindavík 17.571.297.775*9.34.6*4.70.625.0*
1997–98 Grindavík 14.420.286.900*6.23.92.90.813.4
Career 72.556.294.8148.33.84.20.823.9

Playoffs statistics
Year Team GP 2P% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1995† Breiðablik 6.512.393.7939.73.53.51.723.7
1996 Grindavík 2.605.000.8187.51.56.01.527.5
1997† Grindavík 5.544.398.8408.83.22.51.420.8
1998 Grindavík 2.455.222.9005.53.02.00.517.5
Career 15.532.323.8238.53.03.31.422.4

Source

References
  1. Stefán Stefánsson (4 April 1995). "Kúrekastelpa frá Arkansas". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved July 25, 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  2. "University of the Ozarks Sports Hall of Fame" (PDF). uofoathletics.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. "Former Ozark star advances in Fort Smith's Greatest". Fort Smith Times Record. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. "Penni Peppas". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 October 1994. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  5. Óskar Ó. Jónsson (18 April 2003). "Titlar tölfræðinnar í 1. deild kvenna 1994-2003". KKI.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  6. "Breiðablik meistari í fyrstu tilraun!". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 5 April 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  7. Björn Blöndal (5 April 1995). "Nýliðarnir fögnuðu meistaratitlinum". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  8. "Sigur". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 5 April 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  9. Ingibjörg Hinriksdóttir (5 April 1995). "Meistarar á fyrsta ári í 1.deildinni". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  10. "Herbert Arnarson nýliði ársins og sá besti". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 13 April 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  11. Skúli Unnar Sveinsson (2 April 1997). "Ævintýrin gerast enn". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  12. "Grindavík - ÍR, 1. deild kvenna , 15. október 1996". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  13. Björn Blöndal (30 September 1997). "Keflavík og Grindavík meistarar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 August 2017 – via Tímarit.is. open access
  14. "Hall of Fame - Penni Peppas-Burns ('94)". uofoathletics.com. University of the Ozarks. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
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