Lele Hardy Explained

Lele Hardy
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Nationality:American
Birth Date:September 6, 1988
Birth Place:Spartanburg, South Carolina
High School:Spartanburg
(Spartanburg, South Carolina)
College:Clemson (2006–2010)
Career Start:2010
Career End:2019
Career Number:1, 11
Career Position:Forward
Years1:2010–2011
Team1:Nottingham Wildcats
Years2:2011–2013
Team2:Njarðvík
Years3:2013–2015
Team3:Haukar
Years4:2015–2017
Team4:Vimpelin Veto
Years5:2017–2018
Team5:Tapiolan Honka
Years6:2018–2019
Team6:Haukar
Cyears1:2012–2013
Cteam1:Njarðvík
Cyears2:2018–2019
Cteam2:Haukar (assistant)
Highlights:As player:

Wilesia "Lele" Hardy (born September 6, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. She won the Icelandic championship with Njarðvík in 2012, when she was also named Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP, and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year three years in a row, from 2012 to 2014. She won the Icelandic Basketball Cup with Njarðvík in 2012 and in 2014 with Haukar while also being named the Cup Finals MVP.

Hardy played three seasons in the Naisten Korisliiga, leading the league in scoring in 2016.

Professional career

England

Hardy's first professional stop was with the Nottingham Wildcats of the then top-tier English Women's Basketball League. She helped the club reach the English EBL semifinals and for the season she averaged 20,1 points and 10,3 rebounds.[1]

Iceland

Hardy won the Icelandic national championship in 2012 with Njarðvík,[2] while also being named the playoffs MVP,[3] and the Icelandic cup two times; with Njarðvík in 2012[4] and Haukar in 2014.[5] [6] She led the league in rebounds for four straight years (2012–2015) while leading the league in scoring for the 2013–2014 season.[7] She finished second in scoring in 2015[8] and third in 2012 and 2013.

Finland

In August 2015, Hardy signed with Vimpelin Veto in the Finnish Naisten Korisliiga league.[9] In her first season she led the league in scoring with an average of 22,6 points per game.[10] [11]

She spent the 2017–2018 season with Tapiolan Honka, helping the club finish second in the league.[12]

Return to Iceland

On June 30, 2018, Hardy returned to Iceland and signed with Haukar as a player and assistant coach to Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir.[12] In her first game back, Haukar lost in the Super Cup to Keflavík, 77–83, despite Hardy's 23 points.[13] On 20 February 2019, Haukar announced that Hardy would not finish the season with the team but would continue in her capacity as a coach for the junior teams. In 20 games she averaged 21.4 points, 14.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists.[14]

Career statistics

College

Lele Hardy Statistics at Clemson University
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2006–07301303240.40126770.337631110.5682066.975139834911.6
2007–08311033040.33910600.16756830.6752207.110513832728.8
2008–09311864380.425401190.336911300.7002618.4941210650316.2
2009–10311584680.338401520.263911410.6452467.9661911144714.4
Totals12357715340.3761164080.2843014650.6479337.634057398157112.8

Naisten Korisliiga

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–2016| style="text-align:left;"| Vimpelin Veto| 15 || – || 35.3 || .468 || .257 || .693 || 11.9 || 3.8 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 22.6 || –|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–2017| style="text-align:left;"| Vimpelin Veto| 27 || – || 32.6 || .439 || .214 || .620 || 9.6 || 5.4 || 3.1 || 0.3 || 17.8 || –|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–2018| style="text-align:left;"| Tapiolan Honka| 33 || – || 31.5 || .404 || .274 || .662 || 13.6 || 3.7 || 2.8 || 0.5 || 15.1 || –

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regeneracomsports.com (FIBA & WNBA Player Agency). Regeneracom Sports.
  2. http://www.ruv.is/frett/njardvik-islandsmeistari-2012 Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari 2012
  3. News: Lele Hardy verðmætasti leikmaður úrslitakeppninnar. 22 August 2017. Vísir.is. April 14, 2012. Icelandic.
  4. http://www.ruv.is/frett/njardvik-bikarmeistari-kvenna-2012 Njarðvík bikarmeistari kvenna 2012
  5. News: Rúnarsson. Daníel. Ingi Þór: Hardy væri með betri Könum í karladeildinni. 22 August 2017. Vísir.is. February 22, 2014. Icelandic.
  6. Web site: Haukar bikarmeistarar – Hardy með 44 stig. www.mbl.is.
  7. Web site: Tölfræði 2013–2014.
  8. Web site: Tölfræði 2014–2015.
  9. Web site: Lele Hardy til Finnlands. Skúli. Sigurðsson. Karfan.is.
  10. Web site: Player statistics . 2017-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170823023738/http://korisliiga.fi/naiset/statistics/player-statistics/ . 2017-08-23 . dead .
  11. News: LeLe Hardy spilar í Finnlandi í vetur. 22 August 2017. Vísir.is. August 26, 2015. Icelandic.
  12. News: Lele Hardy snýr aftur! . 1 July 2018 . karfan.is . 30 June 2018 . Icelandic.
  13. News: Ólafur Þór Jónsson . Keflavík meistari meistaranna annað árið í röð . 30 September 2018 . Karfan.is . 30 September 2018 . Icelandic.
  14. News: Ástrós Ýr Eggertsdóttir . Lele Hardy spilar ekki meira með Haukum . 20 February 2019 . . 20 February 2019 . Icelandic.