Nia Coffey

Nia Coffey
No. 12 Las Vegas Aces
Position Small forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school Hopkins (Minnetonka, Minnesota)
College Northwestern (2013–2017)
WNBA draft 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5th overall
Selected by the San Antonio Stars
Playing career 2017–present
Career history
2017–present San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces
Stats at WNBA.com

Nia Coffey (born June 11, 1995) is an American professional women's basketball forward with the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted with the fifth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft, which is the highest of any Northwestern basketball player in school history.[1]

Coffey went to Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota where she was a McDonald's All-American.[2]

References

  1. Thompson, Phil (April 15, 2017). "WNBA draft pick Nia Coffey (and her puppy) ready to run with the big dogs". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. Armacost, Lyndsey (November 2, 2015). "Nia Coffey hates to lose, and that's why she never has". SB Nation. Retrieved May 7, 2017.


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