Nikki Blue (born March 29, 1984 in Bakersfield, California) is a professional basketball player with the Washington Mystics of the WNBA and an assistant coach at UNLV.

[edit] High school

Blue played her high school career at West High School in Bakersfield, CA. Blue set the CIF Central Section record for points scored in a single season (913 in the 2000-01 season) and career (2,934 points). Blue averaged 29 points per game her senior year at West and lead Kern County in assist per game as well. Blue is regarded as the best player to ever come out of the CIF Central Section. However, due to the lack of talent around her, West High never won a section championship during Blue's career. The closest West came was in 2002 when West lost to crosstown rival Stockdale 82-55 in the CIF Central Section Division II championship game. Blue was named a WBCA All-American.^[1] She participated in the 2001 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored two points.^[2]

[edit] College

Blue was regarded as one of the best point guards in the country, and was offered a full-ride scholarship to the University of Connecticut, the nations top ranked team in 2002. However, Blue turned the offer down and instead opted to go to UCLA, which went 10-20 during the 2002 season. Blue stated that UCLA was closer to home and she liked the idea of rebuilding a program.

At UCLA Blue was a four year starting point guard. She was named 1st team All-Conference in the PAC-10 and 1st team All-Freshmen. She averaged 16.6 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, 3.6 assist per game, and 2.7 steals per game her freshman year. Her career averages at UCLA were 15.2 points per game, 5.1 assist per game, 5.2 rebounds per game, and 2.8 steals per game.

[edit] Professional

After her college career, Blue was selected in the second round by the Washington Mystics.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Profile WNBA.com

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