| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1973-02-28)February 28, 1973 (age 52) | |||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | |||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||
| High school | Lincoln (Dallas, Texas) | |||||||||||
| College | Kansas (1991–1995) | |||||||||||
| Playing career | 1995–2002 | |||||||||||
| Position | Guard | |||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | SC Alcamo | |||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Seattle Reign | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Panathinaikos AC | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Seattle Storm | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||
| Career highlights | ||||||||||||
| Career WNBA statistics | ||||||||||||
| Points | 8 (1.1 ppg) | |||||||||||
| Assists | 7 (1.0 apg) | |||||||||||
| Stats atBasketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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Angela Lynette Aycock (born February 28, 1973), later known asSister Paula, is an American former professionalbasketball player. She played for two seasons in theWomen's National Basketball Association (WNBA) before retiring to amonastic life in 2002.[1]
Aycock was recruited in 1991 fromLincoln High School inDallas,Texas to play college basketball for theUniversity of Kansas (Kansas Jayhawks). At the time she was touted as the second-best player in the country by the Women's Basketball News Service, and was theUSA Today andDallas Morning News Texas Player of the Year.[2]
In her sophomore year, she was named team captain. As a junior, she was theBig Eight Conference co-player of the year. In her senior year, she made severalAll-America teams. By the end of her college career she had scored 1,978 points for Jayhawks, the third highest total in the team's history.[1][3]
Early in her professional career, Aycock played two full seasons and part of a third for theSeattle Reign in the now-defunctAmerican Basketball League.
She also traveled overseas to compete inItaly,Greece,Spain,France andSouth Korea.
In her short stint with the WNBA, she saw game time with thePhoenix Mercury, theMinnesota Lynx and theSeattle Storm. During the2000 expansion draft on December 15, 1999, Aycock was selected by the Storm.[4]
Overall, she featured in 98 games for the ABL, and in 12 for the WNBA.[1][5]
She also turned out for theUSA Women's U18 and U19 teams, in 1992 and 1993. Her U18 team won the silver medal at the COPABA Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament inGuanajuato, Mexico.[6][7][8]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Phoenix | 8 | 0 | 3.8 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 2000 | Seattle | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 0 | 2.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Career | 2 years, 3 teams | 12 | 0 | 3.6 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Kansas | 29 | 300 | 47.5% | 0.0% | 63.3% | 5.2 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| 1992–93 | Kansas | 30 | 489 | 47.1% | 25.0% | 67.8% | 6.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 16.3 |
| 1993–94 | Kansas | 28 | 473 | 44.6% | 14.3% | 69.8% | 8.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 16.9 |
| 1994–95 | Kansas | 31 | 716 | 41.3% | 32.8% | 74.4% | 7.3 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 23.1 |
| Career | 118 | 1978 | 44.5% | 31.0% | 70.7% | 7.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 16.8 | |
In 2002, Aycock moved on from professional basketball to become a nun of theRussian Orthodox Church Outside Russia after converting to it, coming from a Baptist background. According to her sister, she was apparently introduced to the church during her time visiting various churches and cathedrals in Europe.[9] She took the nameSister Paula, and was subsequently cloistered at the Protection of the Holy Virgin Mary Convent inBluffton, Canada. In mid-2003 she transferred to another convent, the location of which is not known.[1]
In February 2003, Aycock made the journey from her Bluffton convent to the KU campus inLawrence, Kansas to see her jersey (No. 12) retired.[1][3] It remains the last time she has made a public appearance.[1]
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