| Ariel Massengale | |
| League: | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Team: | SIU Edwardsville Cougars |
| Position: | Assistant coach |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Birth Date: | 1993 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Downers Grove, Illinois |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook, Illinois) |
| College: | Tennessee (2011–2015) |
| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Draft Year: | 2015 |
| Draft Round: | 3 |
| Draft Pick: | 29 |
| Draft Team: | Atlanta Dream |
| Career Start: | 2015 |
| Career End: | 2016 |
| Coach Start: | 2017 |
| Years1: | 2016 |
| Team1: | Catz Lappeenranta |
| Cyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Cteam1: | Ole Miss (graduate assistant) |
| Cyears2: | 2019–2021 |
| Cteam2: | Lipscomb (assistant) |
| Cyears3: | 2021–present |
| Cteam3: | SIU Edwardsville (assistant) |
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Ariel Massengale (born 10 June 1993) is an American professional basketball player.
Massengale played college basketball at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee for the Lady Volunteers.[1]
Source[2]
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | |
| 2011-12 | Tennessee | 33 | 245 | 38.7% | 33.3% | 77.6% | 2.3 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 7.4 | |
| 2012-13 | Tennessee | 35 | 276 | 37.1% | 35.1% | 77.8% | 2.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | |
| 2013-14 | Tennessee | 19 | 238 | 38.5% | 38.3% | 83.8% | 3.2 | 5.8 | 1.4 | - | 12.5 | |
| 2014-15 | Tennessee | 35 | 402 | 37.7% | 36.6% | 86.0% | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.7 | - | 11.5 | |
| Career | 122 | 1161 | 37.9% | 36.0% | 81.2% | 2.6 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 9.5 |
In the 2015 WNBA draft, the Atlanta Dream selected Massengale in the third round as the twenty ninth pick overall.[3] Massengale sat out the 2015 season, to rehab a knee injury. In 2016, Massengale returned to the league and made her professional debut with the Dream. However soon after, Massengale was released by the Dream.[4]
Massengale headed to Europe, to play in Finland's Naisten Korisliiga with the Catz Lappeenranta for the 2016–17 season. After playing in twelve games, Massengale was released.[5]
Massengale made her international debut at the 2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship in Mexico.[6] She would then go on to represent the USA at both the 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Cup and the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, taking home the gold on both occasions. At the Under-19 World Cup, she earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, alongside teammate Breanna Stewart.[7]