Michi Atkins from Loraine, Texas[1] was a professional basketball player who was drafted by the Charlotte Sting in the 1997 WNBA elite draft. Although she never played a game in the WNBA, she would play professionally in Israel.
Atkins left Texas Tech as the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWC) all-time leader in points scored with 2,134. She is also one of only two women players to score over 2,000 points in a college career in that conference, the other being Clarissa Davis with 2,008. Atkins was named the SWC female athlete of the year and conference MVP after both her junior and senior seasons.[2]
Career statistics
| 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 |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992–93 | Texas Tech | 34 | – | – | 53.8 | 0.0 | 66.2 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | – | 9.2 |
| 1993–94 | Texas Tech | 33 | – | – | 54.9 | 0.0 | 46.9 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | – | 15.3 |
| 1994–95 | Texas Tech | 37 | – | – | 52.3 | 0.0 | 73.3 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | – | 17.5 |
| 1995–96 | Texas Tech | 32 | – | – | 51.3 | 0.0 | 69.3 | 11.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | – | 20.9 |
| Career | 136 | – | – | 52.8 | 0.0 | 63.6 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | – | 15.7 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Eight members inducted into Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame – West Texas Tribune Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- ^ Atkins signs WNBA contract
- ^ “Michi Atkins College Stats”. Sports-Reference. Retrieved July 7, 2024.