Casey Lockwood

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Casey Lockwood
Personal information
Born (1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 38)
San Francisco, California
NationalityAmerican / New Zealand
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolMarin Catholic High School (Kentfield, California)
CollegePrinceton (2003–2007)
WNBA draft2007: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
PositionForward
Career history
2011–2012Oceana Gold Rush Otago
2011–2013Townsville Fire (Australia)
2013–2015Joondalup Wolves (Australia)
Career highlights and awards
  • WBC Champion (2011)
  • SBL Champion (2013)
  • WBC Most Valuable Player (2011)
  • WBC First Team (2011)
Medals
Representing  New Zealand
Basketball
FIBA Oceania Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Australia / New Zealand Team

Casey Laing Lockwood (born 5 November 1985) is an American New Zealand professional basketball player.

Career[edit]

College[edit]

From 2003 to 2007, Lockwood had her college career at the Ivy League college, Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey for the Tigers.[1]

Princeton statistics[edit]

Source[2]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2003-04 Princeton 19 206 44.4% 29.0% 75.7% 7.9 1.5 1.1 0.2 10.8
2004-05 Princeton 16 88 48.0% 18.8% 76.5% 3.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 5.5
2005-06 Princeton 28 211 47.1% 30.4% 60.0% 5.0 1.5 1.9 0.1 7.5
2006-07 Princeton 28 293 48.9% 33.3% 72.6% 5.6 1.9 1.0 0.3 10.5
Career 91 798 47.2% 29.5% 71.5% 5.5 1.5 1.2 0.2 8.8

New Zealand[edit]

After moving to Stewart Island in south New Zealand, Lockwood began competing in a smaller competition with the Southland Pearls.[3] In 2011, Lockwood was called up to compete in the WBC with the Otago-based Oceana Gold Rush.[4] In her debut season, she would help the Gold Rush take home the WBC title as well as being named to the WBC First Team and being awarded tournament MVP.

Australia[edit]

In 2011, Lockwood was signed by the Townsville Fire in the Women's National Basketball League. She was re-signed for the 2012–13 season. Lockwood then travelled west, signing with the Joondalup Wolves of Western Australia's State Basketball League. In her first season, she helped the Wolves take home the team's fourth championship title.[5] She would remain with the Wolves for three seasons.

National team[edit]

Born and raised in California, United States, Lockwood would then move to New Zealand in 2009. After gaining permanent residency, Lockwood looked to represent New Zealand, as a naturalised player. After obtaining citizenship with help from Basketball New Zealand, Lockwood made her debut for the Tall Ferns at the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey.[6] She would then take home a silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Casey Lockwood – 2006–07 W. Basketball roster". Princeton University. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Stewart Island star reading, willing to play for NZ". stuff.co.nz.
  4. ^ "Basketball: Lockwood happy to call NZ home". odt.co.nz.
  5. ^ "Tears as 18-year title drought over". communitynews.com.au.
  6. ^ "NZL – Lockwood gets the call". fiba.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017.