Molly Creamer Explained

Molly Creamer
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:163
Birth Date:25 September 1981
Birth Place:Ridgewood, New Jersey
Nationality:American
High School:West Morris Mendham
(Mendham, New Jersey)
College:Bucknell (1999–2003)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2003
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:10
Draft Team:New York Liberty
Highlights:
  • Patriot League Player of the Year (2001–2003)
  • 3× First-team All-Patriot League (2001–2003)

Mary Margaret “Molly” Creamer (born September 25, 1981) is a current Andover High School history teacher[1] and a former professional basketball player who was drafted in the first round of the 2003 WNBA draft by the New York Liberty. She is the first player from the Patriot League to be drafted into the WNBA.

A resident of Mendham Borough, New Jersey, Cramer played at West Morris Mendham High School.[2]

College

Creamer helped Bucknell University women's basketball team qualify for its first ever NCAA Division I tournament in 2002.[3] In her final college season she averaged 27.1 points per game (ppg), a then-Patriot League season record. When she left Bucknell, she had broken or shared 19 Patriot League records.

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1999–00| style="text-align:left;" | Bucknell|30||-||-||41.2||31.6||82.4||3.3||3.6||2.1||0.5||-||15.8 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2000–01| style="text-align:left;" | Bucknell|28||-||-||46.4||36.3||82.1||4.1||5.0||2.5||0.5||-||19.0 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2001–02| style="text-align:left;" | Bucknell|31||-||-||44.4||37.3||87.4||5.0||5.8||2.8||0.4||-||22.4 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2002–03| style="text-align:left;" | Bucknell|28||-||-||39.0||31.3||86.6||4.6||6.0||3.1||0.4||5.6||27.1|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|117||-||-||39.0||34.2||85.1||4.3||5.1||2.6||0.5||5.6||21.0 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[4]

Post-basketball career

After playing basketball, Creamer co-created Find the Courage, an educational and inspirational program for youth. She then became a high school history teacher.[5]

Honors and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hu . Ella . Professional Basketball Player Transitions to History Teacher . ANDOVERVIEW.
  2. http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042503aab.html# "Bucknell's Molly Creamer Selected In The First Round Of WNBA Draft; Three-Time Patriot League Player Of The Year Chosen 10th Overall By The New York Liberty"
  3. Web site: Gball Online Magazine: Q & A. www.gballmag.com. 2017-01-10.
  4. Web site: Molly Creamer College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.
  5. Web site: Molly Creamer. LinkedIn. December 13, 2023.
  6. http://www.patriotleague.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/042503aab.html# Bucknell's Molly Creamer Selected In The First Round of the WNBA Draft - Patriot League Official Athletic Site