Suzette Sargeant

Suzette Sargeant is an American former basketball coach and player. After graduating from Auburn University in 1992,[1] she went on to play professionally in Portugal, Italy, Israel, Finland and Iceland.

Suzette Sargeant
Personal information
Bornc.1970
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolOrange
(Orange, California)
College
Playing career1995–2003
PositionGuard / forward
Career history
As player:
1995–1996Njarðvík
1996–1997Forssan Koripojat
As coach:
1995–1996Njarðvík
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • Korisliiga scoring leader (1996)
  • NJCAA champion (1989)
  • Kodak All-American team (1990)

As coach:

Early career

Sargeant played high school basketball for Orange High School in Orange, California[2] where she averaged 22.7 points and 12.5 rebounds as a senior.[3] In 1989 she was a member of the Central Arizona College team that won the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.[4] After two seasons at Arizona, she transferred to Auburn University in 1990 and played for the Auburn Tigers women's basketball until 1992. During her senior season, she started all 29 games and averaged 13.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.[5]

Career

She started her professional career as a player-coach with Njarðvík in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna during the 1995–96 season. For the season she averaged 19.3 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.[6] In the Icelandic Cup, she led Njarðvík to the Cup Finals where the team lost to rivals Keflavík.[7] After the season she was named the Úrvalsdeild Coach of the Year.[8]

The following season, Sargeant signed with Forssan Koripojat of the Finnish Naisten Korisliiga where she went on to average a league leading 25.8 points along with 11.8 rebounds per game.

References
  1. Randy Roughton (5 January 1992). "Lady Tigers entertain No. 1 Virginia today". The Montgomery Advertiser. p. 5B. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. Barbie Ludovise (11 December 1986). "Low-Key Sargeant : Orange High Star Tired of Hearing She's Too Reserved". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. Scott Wolf (21 June 1987). "Sargeant leads north girls to 74-49 win". Los Angeles Times. p. 11. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. Ed Petruska (27 March 2014). "Silver anniversary of a landmark achievement". Casa Grande Dispatch. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. "2015-16 Auburn Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  6. "1. deild kvenna - Njarðvík". kki.is (in Icelandic). Icelandic Basketball Association. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. Björn Blöndal (30 January 1996). "Fjórði bikarmeistaratitill Keflavíkurstúlkna í röð". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. B5–B6. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  8. "Teitur og Anna María best". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 1 May 1996. p. D1. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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