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| No. 10 – Maccabi Bnot Ashdod | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Israeli League | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1999-07-14)July 14, 1999 (age 25) Potomac, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 154 lb (70 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Walt Whitman (Bethesda, Maryland) | ||||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2023: 1st round, 11th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Dallas Wings | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | London Lions | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Maccabi Bnot Ashdod | ||||||||||||||
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Abby Meyers (born July 14, 1999) is an American professionalbasketball player for theMaccabi Bnot Ashdod of theIsraeli League. She playedcollege basketball atPrinceton andMaryland. Meyers was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by theDallas Wings in the2023 WNBA draft.
Meyers is the daughter of Valerie and Steven Meyers, and has two sisters, Emily, and a twin, Olivia.[1][2] Meyers isJewish, and attended theReform Jewish synagogueWashington Hebrew Congregation inWashington, D.C.[3][4]
She attendedWalt Whitman High School inBethesda, Maryland, where she is the school's all-time leading scorer, male or female.[5] She helped lead the Vikings to three state semifinals from 2015 to 2017. During her junior year she helped lead her team to a 24–3 record and the 4A state final. During the 2016 championship game, she scored 21 points to help her team win the state title, their first state title since 1995.[6] During her senior year, she helped lead her team to a 22–5 record and their second consecutive state final. During the 2017 championship game, she recorded 26 points and 12rebounds in a 46–49 loss toCatonsville, failing to repeat as state champions.[7] She was named Montgomery County Player of the Year and 2016–17 First Team All-State MBCA. Meyers also playedsoccer andultimate frisbee in high school.[8][9]
Meyers began her collegiate atPrinceton during the2017–18 season. In her freshman year, she averaged 9.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 28 games for Princeton.[9] During the2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament, she averaged 13.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in two games to help lead Princeton to their firstIvy League tournament championship. She was subsequently named to the All-Ivy League tournament team.[10] After agap year, as a sophomore during the2019–20 season, she averaged 6.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 23 games off the bench.[9] TheIvy League cancelled the2020–21 season due toCOVID-19 concerns.[11]
During the2021–22 season, in her junior year, she led Princeton with 17.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, as she shot 45.9 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from three-point range. She ranked first in the conference in three-point percentage,effective field goal percentage,true shooting percentage, andplayer efficiency rating, second in scoring, third in two-point field goal percentage (15.9%), and eighth in rebounds.[12] She helped lead Princeton to a third consecutive Ivy League championship. During the first round of the2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Meyers scored a career-high 29 points and upsetKentucky to advance to the second round for the second time in program history.[13][14] Following the season she was named the Ivy League Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team.[15][16][17] She was also named an Associated Press All-American honorable mention, becoming the fourth All-American in program history.[18] Meyers graduated fromPrinceton University with abachelor's degree in public policy and international affairs.[19]
On April 15, 2022, Meyers announced she was transferring as a graduate toMaryland.[4][20][21] During the2022–23 season, in her first season at Maryland, she had the lowest turnover percentage (10.0) in theBig Ten Conference, and averaged 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.8 steals (9th in the conference) per game. She helped the Terrapins advance to the Elite Eight at the2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament for the first time since2015.[22][23][24][25] Following the season she was named to the All-Big Ten second team.[26]
On April 10, 2023, Meyers was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by theDallas Wings in the2023 WNBA draft.[27] Meyers was waived during training camp and did not make the team.[28]
On June 20, 2023, Meyers signed a hardship contract with theWashington Mystics.[29] She played for the Mystics for two weeks, before being released from her hardship contract on July 4, 2023.[30] Meyers returned to the Mystics on a 7-day contract on July 21, 2023.[31] Meyers signed three 7-day contracts with the Mystics before being released on August 7, 2023.[32]
On August 1, 2023, Meyers signed with theLondon Lions of theWomen's British Basketball League (WBBL).[33]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | Princeton | 28 | 0 | 17.4 | .402 | .331 | .853 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
| 2019–20 | Princeton | 23 | 0 | 14.7 | .384 | .284 | .542 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 6.3 |
| 2020–21 | Princeton | 30 | 30 | 29.2 | .450 | .393 | .809 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 17.9 |
| 2023–23 | Maryland | 35 | 34 | 30.5 | .455 | .388 | .750 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 14.3 |
| Career | 116 | 64 | 23.9 | .435 | .362 | .768 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 12.5 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Washington | 9 | 0 | 4.0 | .385 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 9 | 0 | 4.0 | .385 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.4 |
Meyers represented theUnited States at the2022 Maccabiah Games inIsrael, where she was team captain and averaged 18.4 points per game.[4][34] In the championship game, she recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds while adding four steals to help Team USA win agold medal.[35] She said: "It was just a very, very humbling, cool experience to be recognized as one of the best Jewish basketball players of my age in the country."[19]
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