Niele Ivey (born September 24, 1977) is a former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) 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 record over 1,000 career points. She received the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award presented for the nation's top player under 5'8" in 2001.^[1] She also won the 2001 NCAA Championship, in her hometown of St. Louis as a fifth year senior.

In the WNBA, she finished her career with 408 points, including over 100 in 2 separate seasons. She also had 90 3 point field goals, 228 assists, and 94 steals.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 WNBA career 3 External links 4 Notes

[edit] Personal life

Niele Deirdre Jamillah Viveca Ivey was born September 24, 1977 in Saint Louis, Missouri, to Thomas and Theresa Ivey. She attended Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis and played at the University of Notre Dame. She has one child, a son Jaden Edward Dhananjay Ivey, born on Feb. 13 2002, with former Notre Dame and NFL player Javin Hunter.

[edit] WNBA career

2001-2004: Indiana Fever
2005: Detroit Shock
2005: Phoenix Mercury

[edit] External links

• http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/niele_ivey/index.html

[edit] Notes

v • d • e Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winners Male winners 1969: B. Keller  | 1970: J. Rinka  | 1971: C. Johnson  | 1972: S. Martin  | 1973: R. Sherwin  | 1974: M. Robinson  | 1975: M. Towe  | 1976: F. Alagia  | 1977: J. Jonas  | 1978: M. Schieb  | 1979: A. Byrd  | 1980: J. Sweeney  | 1981: T. Adolph  | 1982: J. Moore  | 1983: R. McCallum  | 1984: R. Stokes  | 1985: B. Jennings  | 1986: J. Les  | 1987: M. Bogues  | 1988: J. Johnson  | 1989: T. Hardaway  | 1990: G. Harvey  | 1991: K. Jennings  | 1992: T. Bennett  | 1993: S. Crawford  | 1994: G. Brown  | 1995: T. Edney  | 1996: E. Benton  | 1997: B. Knight  | 1998: E. Boykins  | 1999: S. Rogers  | 2000: S. Penn  | 2001: R. Phillips  | 2002: S. Logan  | 2003: J. Gardner  | 2004: J. Nelson  | 2005: N. Robinson  | 2006: D. Brown  | 2007: T. Kelley  | 2008: M. Green  | 2009: D. Collison Female winners 1984: K. Mulkey  | 1985: M. Stack  | 1986: K. Ethridge  | 1987: R. Windham  | 1988: S. McConnell  | 1989: P. Backstrom  | 1990: J. Dabrowski  | 1991: S. Evans  | 1992: R. Kosiorek  | 1993: D. Evans  | 1994: N. Levesque  | 1995: A. Dodrill  | 1996: J. Rizzotti  | 1997: J. Howard  | 1998: A. Arnold  | 1999: B. Hammon  | 2000: H. Darling  | 2001: N. Ivey  | 2002: S. Lambert  | 2003: K. Lawson  | 2004: E. Valek  | 2005: T. White  | 2006: M. Duffy  | 2007: L. Harding  | 2008: J. Anderson  | 2009: R. Montgomery