Nia Coffey, St. Paul native and nine-year WNBA veteran, is back home with the Minnesota Lynx, bringing a decade of professional experience and a commitment to pouring into younger players on a roster that is 71% new this season.
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Pro Athletes Among Hopkins’ Top 2024 Performers
Hopkins High School has produced a number of exceptional athletes, including Nu Nu Agara, Amaya Battle, Taylor Woodson, Paige Bueckers, Amir Coffey, Nia Coffey, Zeke Nnaji, Boye Mafe, Joe Klecker, Joe Fahnbulleh, Liv McGill, Anthony Smith, Sydney Drevlow, Avery Shaw, Jayden Moore, Tre Moore, N’yah Symone Britt, Lucy Johnson, and Weston Schenkelberg.
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Fab Five Photos: WNBA photo highlights
This week’s “Fab Five Photos” features two WNBA players from the metro area.
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Former prep stars in WNBA
With the WNBA season beginning last weekend, this column pays tribute to two former Minnesota prep standouts and current league players looking to make their mark. Rachel Banham (Lakeville North) Banham, a 5’9” guard, is in her fifth WNBA season as a member of the Minnesota Lynx after playing the first four with the Connecticut […]
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10 more things you may not know about former Metro area prep stars
The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was well represented with former metro area prep stars that garnered post-season honors in women’s basketball after the 2018-2019 season.
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Former local prep stars who’ve reached the WNBA
Lindsay Whalen (Hutchinson, University of Minnesota, Minnesota Lynx), Tayler Hill (Minneapolis South, Ohio State University, Washington Mystics), Nia Coffey (Hopkins, Northwestern University, Las Vegas Aces), and Rachel Banham (Lakeville North, University of Minnesota, Connecticut Sun) have all made their marks thus far in the WNBA’s 20th season.
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Lynx center Fowles happy to join college teammate Augustus
This series will cover the WNBA’s 21st season with at least one story on the league weekly from the season’s May 13 opening to its closing on September 3 and through the 2017 playoffs Her third year on the team thus far seems to be the charm for Sylvia Fowles, the 6’-6” Minnesota Lynx center, […]
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Nia Coffey goes pro with San Antonio Stars
This column continues the Only One series in which this reporter shares his experiences as the only African American journalist on the scene. Her original intent was to stay cool. But that went out of the window once Nia Coffey heard her name called. “I don’t think I was that nervous or anxious until they […]
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Hopkins grad raises the bar for Northwestern
Nia Coffey makes her final stop in her hometown Wednesday [Note: at press time this game has been postponed] as a collegiate when Northwestern plays Minnesota in women’s basketball at Williams Arena. The 6’-1” senior forward and Hopkins grad last weekend became only the fifth Big Ten player to have 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds […]