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Jersey Number 32
Nancy Mulkey
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Texas
- Prev School:
- Rice / Oklahoma
- High School:
- Cypress Woods
Bio
ATHLETIC ACCOLADES
2020-21 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner
2020-21 WNIT MVP
2020-21 WNIT Fort Worth Region Team
2020-21 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist
2020-21 Lisa Leslie Award Semifinalist
2020-21 Senior CLASS Award Second Team
2020-21 Becky Hammon Award Watch List
2020-21 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2020-21 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2020-21 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2020-21 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2020-21 C-USA Co-Preseason Player of the Year
2019-20 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2019-20 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2019-20 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2019-20 Lisa Leslie Preseason Award Watch List
2019-20 C-USA Preseason Team
2018-19 NCAA leader in blocked shots per game (3.92 bpg)
2018-19 Earned U.S. Pan Am Team Trials Invite
2018-19 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2018-19 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2018-19 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2018-19 C-USA Tournament MVP
ACADEMIC HONORS
2020-21 C-USA All-Academic Team
2020-21 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018-19 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
Mulkey's Career Stats
2021-22: Announced her transfer to Washington on May 2, 2021 ... enters the year with 108 career games played (33 at Oklahoma in 2016-17, 75 at Rice, 2018-21) ... has recorded 1,160 points, 447 rebounds, 105 assists, 43 steals and 328 blocks, while shooting .547 from the field in her first four years ... left Rice ranked first in career field goal percentage (.551), first in blocked shots average (3.5), second in total blocks (266) and 10th in free throw percentage (.768).
2020-21 (Rice): Played in 27 games, averaging 15.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks, while shooting .569 (176 of 309) from the field ... was named the WNIT MVP after helping lead the Owls to their first-ever WNIT title, averaging 15.8 points (54% shooting), 9.2 rebounds and 4.4 blocks over the five games ... was also named to the WNIT Fort Worth Region Team ... tied a C-USA record by being named the Defensive Player of the Year for a third consecutive season ... was a semifinalist on four separate national watch lists, which included the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, Lisa Leslie Award, Senior CLASS Award, and the Becky Hammon Award...became just the third Owl in school history to be named to a third straight C-USA First Team, as well as the C-USA All-Defensive Team ... finished the season averaging a team-best 15.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 57 percent shooting from the field...broke her own single-season blocks record with 95 rejections...ranked third in the NCAA in total blocked shots (95) and fourth in blocked shots per game (3.52 )... was 14th in the NCAA in field goal percentage (57.0) ... 16 games with three or more blocks ... scored 20 or more points eight times ... twice named C-USA Player of the Week.
2019-20 (Rice): Played and started in 24 games … named C-USA Defensive Player of the year for a second straight season … selected C-USA All-Conference First Team and All-Defensive Team for second straight season … ranked fifth in the NCAA in blocks per game (3.21-1st in C-USA) and 19th in NCAA in total blocks (77-1st in C-USA) … was third in C-USA in free throw percentage (.848) and fifth in field goal percentage (.524) … recorded her 200th career block on Jan. 16 … set a Rice single-game school record with 11 blocks at SMU (11/13) as part of just the second triple-double (15 points/11 rebounds/11 blocks) in school history … recorded three or more blocks in 13 games … named C-USA Player of the Week on Jan. 20 … scored in double-figures 14 times, including a career-high 29-point performance in a win over Southern Miss (1/18) … swatted away nine shots in a win at UTEP (1/23) … blocked six shots in the team’s C-USA regular season title-clinching win against Old Dominion (3/7) … was one of 20 candidates for the national Lisa Leslie Award, honoring the best centers in the country … selected to the C-USA Preseason Team.
2018-19 (Rice): Was invited to the 2019 U.S. Pan American Games Trials ... instrumental in helping the Owls win both the C-USA regular season and tournament titles, garnering the C-USA Tournament MVP ... earned the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year ... was selected to the C-USA First Team and All-Defensive Team ... led all of NCAA Division I in blocked shots per game (3.92) and ranked seventh in the NCAA (1st in C-USA) in total blocked shots (94) ... her 94 blocks was a Rice single-season record ... anchor of a Rice defense that ranked sixth in the NCAA in scoring defense (52.9 ppg) and 10th in defensive field goal percentage (34.9) ... broke the Rice and C-USA single-game blocks record with nine rejections at UAB (1/26) ... C-USA Player of the Week (1/28) ... was 29th in the country (3rd in C-USA) in field goal percentage (55.2%), the second-most efficient single-season in Rice history ... eight or more blocks in four games...six games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 25 points on 12-of-14 shooting in a critical win at Marshall (2/9) ... shot 50 percent from the field or better in 17 games .. scored 14 points and posted five blocks in a win over SMU in her Rice debut (12/15) ... grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds in a win vs. Old Dominion (2/2) ... scored 24 points, blocked eight shots, and grabbed five rebounds in the Owls' C-USA Tournament Championship victory over Middle Tennessee (3/16).
2017-18 (Rice): Sat out due to transfer rules.
2016-17 (Oklahoma): As a freshman at Oklahoma, Mulkey played in all 33 games, making 18 starts, and averaged 3.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. She recorded the third-most blocks (62) by an OU freshman and tied for the seventh-most blocked shots in a single-season by a Sooner. Mulkey also led all Big 12 freshmen and ranked fifth in the Big 12 in blocks per game, while finishing with the second-most blocks by a freshman in Division I.
High School: Mulkey, the nation’s tallest (6’9”) basketball player in the 2016 class, was considered one of the best centers in the nation coming out of Cypress Woods HS and rated the No. 1 post and No. 12 overall by ESPN HoopGurlz. Mulkey was named a preseason All-American by USA Today prior to her senior season, finishing with averages of 11.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a senior and earned an invitation to the McDonald’s All-American game. She also competed in the Jordan Brands Classic. Mulkey averaged 10.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game as a junior to earn all-state honors, leading Cypress Woods to its first state championship in program history. While at Cypress Woods, Mulkey played alongside Erica and Olivia Ogwumike. Mulkey won two gold medals with USA Basketball, helping Team USA to first-place finishes at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championships and the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championships.
2020-21 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner
2020-21 WNIT MVP
2020-21 WNIT Fort Worth Region Team
2020-21 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist
2020-21 Lisa Leslie Award Semifinalist
2020-21 Senior CLASS Award Second Team
2020-21 Becky Hammon Award Watch List
2020-21 C-USA All-Tournament Team
2020-21 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2020-21 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2020-21 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2020-21 C-USA Co-Preseason Player of the Year
2019-20 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2019-20 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2019-20 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2019-20 Lisa Leslie Preseason Award Watch List
2019-20 C-USA Preseason Team
2018-19 NCAA leader in blocked shots per game (3.92 bpg)
2018-19 Earned U.S. Pan Am Team Trials Invite
2018-19 C-USA Defensive Player of the Year
2018-19 C-USA First Team All-Conference
2018-19 C-USA All-Defensive Team
2018-19 C-USA Tournament MVP
ACADEMIC HONORS
2020-21 C-USA All-Academic Team
2020-21 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
2019-20 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2018-19 C-USA Academic Honor Roll
Mulkey's Career Stats
2021-22: Announced her transfer to Washington on May 2, 2021 ... enters the year with 108 career games played (33 at Oklahoma in 2016-17, 75 at Rice, 2018-21) ... has recorded 1,160 points, 447 rebounds, 105 assists, 43 steals and 328 blocks, while shooting .547 from the field in her first four years ... left Rice ranked first in career field goal percentage (.551), first in blocked shots average (3.5), second in total blocks (266) and 10th in free throw percentage (.768).
2020-21 (Rice): Played in 27 games, averaging 15.7 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.5 blocks, while shooting .569 (176 of 309) from the field ... was named the WNIT MVP after helping lead the Owls to their first-ever WNIT title, averaging 15.8 points (54% shooting), 9.2 rebounds and 4.4 blocks over the five games ... was also named to the WNIT Fort Worth Region Team ... tied a C-USA record by being named the Defensive Player of the Year for a third consecutive season ... was a semifinalist on four separate national watch lists, which included the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year, Lisa Leslie Award, Senior CLASS Award, and the Becky Hammon Award...became just the third Owl in school history to be named to a third straight C-USA First Team, as well as the C-USA All-Defensive Team ... finished the season averaging a team-best 15.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 57 percent shooting from the field...broke her own single-season blocks record with 95 rejections...ranked third in the NCAA in total blocked shots (95) and fourth in blocked shots per game (3.52 )... was 14th in the NCAA in field goal percentage (57.0) ... 16 games with three or more blocks ... scored 20 or more points eight times ... twice named C-USA Player of the Week.
2019-20 (Rice): Played and started in 24 games … named C-USA Defensive Player of the year for a second straight season … selected C-USA All-Conference First Team and All-Defensive Team for second straight season … ranked fifth in the NCAA in blocks per game (3.21-1st in C-USA) and 19th in NCAA in total blocks (77-1st in C-USA) … was third in C-USA in free throw percentage (.848) and fifth in field goal percentage (.524) … recorded her 200th career block on Jan. 16 … set a Rice single-game school record with 11 blocks at SMU (11/13) as part of just the second triple-double (15 points/11 rebounds/11 blocks) in school history … recorded three or more blocks in 13 games … named C-USA Player of the Week on Jan. 20 … scored in double-figures 14 times, including a career-high 29-point performance in a win over Southern Miss (1/18) … swatted away nine shots in a win at UTEP (1/23) … blocked six shots in the team’s C-USA regular season title-clinching win against Old Dominion (3/7) … was one of 20 candidates for the national Lisa Leslie Award, honoring the best centers in the country … selected to the C-USA Preseason Team.
2018-19 (Rice): Was invited to the 2019 U.S. Pan American Games Trials ... instrumental in helping the Owls win both the C-USA regular season and tournament titles, garnering the C-USA Tournament MVP ... earned the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year ... was selected to the C-USA First Team and All-Defensive Team ... led all of NCAA Division I in blocked shots per game (3.92) and ranked seventh in the NCAA (1st in C-USA) in total blocked shots (94) ... her 94 blocks was a Rice single-season record ... anchor of a Rice defense that ranked sixth in the NCAA in scoring defense (52.9 ppg) and 10th in defensive field goal percentage (34.9) ... broke the Rice and C-USA single-game blocks record with nine rejections at UAB (1/26) ... C-USA Player of the Week (1/28) ... was 29th in the country (3rd in C-USA) in field goal percentage (55.2%), the second-most efficient single-season in Rice history ... eight or more blocks in four games...six games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 25 points on 12-of-14 shooting in a critical win at Marshall (2/9) ... shot 50 percent from the field or better in 17 games .. scored 14 points and posted five blocks in a win over SMU in her Rice debut (12/15) ... grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds in a win vs. Old Dominion (2/2) ... scored 24 points, blocked eight shots, and grabbed five rebounds in the Owls' C-USA Tournament Championship victory over Middle Tennessee (3/16).
2017-18 (Rice): Sat out due to transfer rules.
2016-17 (Oklahoma): As a freshman at Oklahoma, Mulkey played in all 33 games, making 18 starts, and averaged 3.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game. She recorded the third-most blocks (62) by an OU freshman and tied for the seventh-most blocked shots in a single-season by a Sooner. Mulkey also led all Big 12 freshmen and ranked fifth in the Big 12 in blocks per game, while finishing with the second-most blocks by a freshman in Division I.
High School: Mulkey, the nation’s tallest (6’9”) basketball player in the 2016 class, was considered one of the best centers in the nation coming out of Cypress Woods HS and rated the No. 1 post and No. 12 overall by ESPN HoopGurlz. Mulkey was named a preseason All-American by USA Today prior to her senior season, finishing with averages of 11.2 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game as a senior and earned an invitation to the McDonald’s All-American game. She also competed in the Jordan Brands Classic. Mulkey averaged 10.3 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.7 blocks per game as a junior to earn all-state honors, leading Cypress Woods to its first state championship in program history. While at Cypress Woods, Mulkey played alongside Erica and Olivia Ogwumike. Mulkey won two gold medals with USA Basketball, helping Team USA to first-place finishes at the 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championships and the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championships.
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