Megan Compain

Megan Compain
Compain in 2018
Personal information
Born (1975-09-18) 18 September 1975 (age 51)
Listed height
175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
PositionGuard
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Megan Helen Compain (born 18 September 1975) is a New Zealand former basketball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. As of 2024, she was a Basketball New Zealand board member. She played for the Utah Starzz during the 1997 season, becoming the first New Zealander to play in the WNBA.

Biography

She was born 18 September 1975 in Whanganui, New Zealand. As an exchange student she attended Middle Township High School in New Jersey. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Career statistics

Legend
  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

WNBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
1997 Utah 503.8.286.250–1.0.4.8.21.21.0

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Megan Compain". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Meet our Board
  3. ↑ Tunnicliffe, Bridget - 'Proud moment': Megan Compain hails Charlisse Leger-Walker’s historic WNBA draft. Radio New Zealand (RNZ via msn.com), April 14, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Megan Compain". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Staff. "New Jersey Olympians in other sports", The Press of Atlantic City, 28 August 2009. Accessed 22 September 2011. "Megan Compain. Sport: Basketball (New Zealand) – New Jersey Ties: Compain attended Middle Township High School as an exchange student through 1993 and played for the girls' basketball team during her junior and senior years."
  6. ↑ "Megan Compain WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 September 2024.