Casey Lockwood Explained

Casey Lockwood
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Birth Date:1985 11, df=yes
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Nationality:American / New Zealand
High School:Marin Catholic High School (Kentfield, California)
College:Princeton (2003–2007)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2007
Career Start:2011
Years1:2011–2012
Team1:Oceana Gold Rush Otago
Years2:2011–2013
Team2:Townsville Fire (Australia)
Years3:2013–2015
Team3:Joondalup Wolves (Australia)
Awards:
  • WBC Champion (2011)
  • SBL Champion (2013)
  • WBC Most Valuable Player (2011)
  • WBC First Team (2011)
  • Ivy League All-Freshman Team (2004)

Casey Laing Lockwood (born 5 November 1985) is an American New Zealand professional basketball player.

Career

College

From 2003 to 2007, Lockwood had her college career at the Ivy League college, Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey for the Tigers.[1]

Princeton statistics

Source[2]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2003-04Princeton1920644.4%29.0%75.7%7.91.51.10.210.8
2004-05Princeton168848.0%18.8%76.5%3.20.60.50.15.5
2005-06Princeton2821147.1%30.4%60.0%5.01.51.90.17.5
2006-07Princeton2829348.9%33.3%72.6%5.61.91.00.310.5
Career9179847.2%29.5%71.5%5.51.51.20.28.8

New Zealand

After moving to Stewart Island in south New Zealand, Lockwood began competing in a smaller competition with the Southland Pearls.[3] In 2011, Lockwood was called up to compete in the WBC with the Otago-based Oceana Gold Rush.[4] In her debut season, she would help the Gold Rush take home the WBC title as well as being named to the WBC First Team and being awarded tournament MVP.

Australia

In 2011, Lockwood was signed by the Townsville Fire in the Women's National Basketball League. She was re-signed for the 2012–13 season. Lockwood then travelled west, signing with the Joondalup Wolves of Western Australia's State Basketball League. In her first season, she helped the Wolves take home the team's fourth championship title.[5] She would remain with the Wolves for three seasons.

National team

Born and raised in California, United States, Lockwood would then move to New Zealand in 2009. After gaining permanent residency, Lockwood looked to represent New Zealand, as a naturalised player. After obtaining citizenship with help from Basketball New Zealand, Lockwood made her debut for the Tall Ferns at the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey.[6] She would then take home a silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championship.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Casey Lockwood – 2006–07 W. Basketball roster. Princeton University. January 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218022820/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=645449&SPID=4232&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=439855. December 18, 2014. live.
  2. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-05-23.
  3. Web site: Stewart Island star reading, willing to play for NZ. stuff.co.nz.
  4. Web site: Basketball: Lockwood happy to call NZ home. odt.co.nz.
  5. Web site: Tears as 18-year title drought over. communitynews.com.au.
  6. Web site: NZL – Lockwood gets the call. https://web.archive.org/web/20170304115229/http://www.fiba.com/news/NZL-Lockwood-gets-the-call. live. 4 March 2017. fiba.com.