Samantha Prahalis

Samantha Prahalis
Personal information
Born	January 23, 1990 (age 34); Commack, New York
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	129 lb (59 kg)
Career information
High school	Commack (Commack, New York)
College	Ohio State (2008–2012)
WNBA draft	2012: 1st round, 6th overall pick
	Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career	2012–2015
Position	Guard
Career history
2012–2013	Phoenix Mercury
2013	New York Liberty
2014	Los Angeles Sparks
2015	CUS Cagliari
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA All-Rookie Team (2012); Big Ten Player of the Year (2012); First-team All-American – AP (2012); All-American – USBWA (2012); 2x First-team All-Big Ten (2010, 2012); Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2009); Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2009); McDonald's All American (2008);
Representing United States
U18 and U19

Samantha Prahalis (born January 23, 1990, in Commack, New York)^[1] is an American basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA and currently for the Sardinian team CUS Cagliari. She went to Commack High School^[2] and played collegiately for Ohio State.^[3]

USA Basketball

Prahalis was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was held in July 2008, when the USA team defeated host Argentina to win the championship.^[4] Prahalis helped the team win all five games, scoring 6.2 points per game. She was also second in assists with 17.^[5]

Prahalis continued on to the USA Women's U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World's Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009.^[6] Although the USA team lost the opening game to Spain, they went on to win their next seven games to earn a rematch against Spain in the finals, and won the game 81–71 to earn the gold medal. Prahalis scored 10.7 points per game. She was the assists leader with 34 over the nine games.^[7]

Career statistics

WNBA

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

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012	Phoenix	28	28	31.6	35.2	27.1	86.8	3.2	4.5	1.6	0.1	3.0	11.6
2013	Phoenix	8	2	12.6	32.0	0.0	100.0	1.0	2.0	0.4	0.1	1.3	2.3
2013	New York	3	0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0
2014	Los Angeles	2	0	10.5	50.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0
Career	1 year, 3 teams	41	30	24.8	35.2	25.7	87.1	2.5	3.5	1.2	0.1	2.4	8.4

College

Source^[8]

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Ohio State	35	358	34.5	25.7	78.0	2.9	5.8	1.9	0.1	10.2
2009–10	Ohio State	36	588	42.7	37.2	81.0	3.8	8.0	1.8	0.1	16.3
2010–11	Ohio State	31	451	39.5	27.0	82.6	3.5	6.9	1.6	0.0	14.5
2011–12	Ohio State	31	613	43.6	34.6	83.8	4.1	6.3	2.2	0.2	19.8
Career	Ohio State	133	2010	40.6	31.4	81.4	3.6	6.8	1.9	0.1	15.1

WNBA

She was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (6th overall) by the Phoenix Mercury. On July 18, 2013, Prahalis was waived by the Phoenix Mercury.^[9] On July 22, 2013, Prahalis was signed by the New York Liberty to a seven-day contract.^[10] She was released at the end of the contract. On April 4, 2014, Prahalis signed with the Atlanta Dream.^[11] She was released by the Dream on May 12, 2014.^[12] On June 11, 2014, Prahalis signed with the Los Angeles Sparks.^[13] She was released by the Sparks six days later.^[14]

Post-WNBA career

Prahalis signed a one-year contract with the Romanian squad ACS Sepsi SIC in Sfântu Gheorghe for the 2013–14 season. As of February 2014, she led all scorers in the Romanian women's basketball league in points per game.^[15] More recently, she has coached the Ward Melville Patriots basketball team in East Setauket, New York.^[16]