Megan Duffy (born July 13, 1984) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player in the WNBA, currently playing for the
New York LibertyThe New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history. Despite making the WNBA playoffs almost every season and...
.
Duffy was born in
DaytonDayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest...
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
. After graduating from
Chaminade-JulienneChaminade Julienne Catholic High School is a private, co-educational, center-city, Catholic high school located in downtown Dayton, Ohio, and operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the Society of Mary. It is named after Blessed William Joseph Chaminade and St...
, a
CatholicThe word Catholic is derived from the Greek adjective , meaning "universal". In the context of Christian ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages. For some, the term "Catholic Church" refers to the church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, made up of the Latin Rite and the 22...
high schoolHigh school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly in Scotland, Northern America and Oceania, to describe an institution that provides all or part of secondary education...
in Dayton, she attended college at
University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
and graduated in 2006 with a double major in Psychology and Computer Applications. As an Irish athlete, Duffy was named to the CoSIDA Academic All American first team and was honorable mention Kodak All American.
Megan Duffy (born July 13, 1984) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
player in the WNBA, currently playing for the
New York LibertyThe New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history. Despite making the WNBA playoffs almost every season and...
.
Duffy was born in
DaytonDayton is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 166,179 at the 2000 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 848,153 in the 2000 census. Dayton is the fourth largest...
,
OhioOhio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...
. After graduating from
Chaminade-JulienneChaminade Julienne Catholic High School is a private, co-educational, center-city, Catholic high school located in downtown Dayton, Ohio, and operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and the Society of Mary. It is named after Blessed William Joseph Chaminade and St...
, a
CatholicThe word Catholic is derived from the Greek adjective , meaning "universal". In the context of Christian ecclesiology, it has a rich history and several usages. For some, the term "Catholic Church" refers to the church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, made up of the Latin Rite and the 22...
high schoolHigh school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly in Scotland, Northern America and Oceania, to describe an institution that provides all or part of secondary education...
in Dayton, she attended college at
University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA....
and graduated in 2006 with a double major in Psychology and Computer Applications. As an Irish athlete, Duffy was named to the CoSIDA Academic All American first team and was honorable mention Kodak All American. She received the Francis Pomeroy Naismith Award from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as the best senior player under 5 ft 8 in (1.7 m). She is one of two players from Notre Dame, along with
Niele IveyNiele Ivey is a former Women's National Basketball Association player for the Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, and Phoenix Mercury basketball teams. She played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame. She was an all-American point guard and became the 17th player in school history to...
, to win the award.
Following her collegiate career, she was selected 31st overall in the
2006 WNBA DraftOn November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since before the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.On April 5, 2006, the...
. Duffy spent her rookie season with the Lynx backing up
Amber JacobsAmber Jacobs is a professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks....
, she average 3.4 points, 1.2 assists and 12.5 minutes per game in 2006.
Duffy went to training camp with the Lynx in 2007 but was released on April 26. She signed with the
Los Angeles SparksThe Los Angeles Sparks is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1997, the Sparks are one of the eight original WNBA teams. Also one of the teams that participated in the league's inaugural game, the Sparks are the sister team of the Los Angeles...
on April 30, but she was waived on May 18 in the final pre-season roster cutdown.
A
free agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player, whose contract with a team has expired, who's eligible to sign with another franchise. The term came into wide use in North America after sports leagues stopped using a "reserve clause" after much acrimonious collective bargaining, which provided a...
most of the 2007 season, Duffy was re-signed by the Lynx on August 7, due to
Kathrin RessKathrin Ress is an Italian professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx....
' departure to train with the Italian National Team. Duffy appeared in four games with Minnesota, averaging 1.4 points per game.
On March 11, 2008 the
New York LibertyThe New York Liberty is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in New York City. They are one of the eight original WNBA teams that began to see action in 1997, as well one of the most successful teams in WNBA history. Despite making the WNBA playoffs almost every season and...
signed Duffy to a training camp contract.
During the 2006-07 WNBA off-season she played for the Rhondda Rebels in Wales, UK. In the 2007-08 WNBA off-season she played for Ribera in Italy. She played for MBK Ružomberok in Slovakia from September through December 2008 during the WNBA offseason. In January 2009, Duffy signed with CSS LMK Sfântu Gheorghe in Romania.
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