Abby Meyers (born July 14, 1999) is an American professional

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player. She played

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and

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. Meyers was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA draft.

Early and personal life

Meyers is the daughter of Valerie and Steven Meyers, and has two sisters, Emily, and a twin Olivia. Meyers is

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, and attended the

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synagogue

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She attended Walt Whitman High School in

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, where she is the school's all-time leading scorer, male or female. She helped lead the Vikings to three state semifinals from 2015 to 2017. During her junior year she helped lead her team to a 24–3 record and the 4A state final. During the 2016 championship game, she scored 21 points, to help her team win the state title, their first state title since 1995. During her senior year, she helped lead her team to a 22–5 record and their second consecutive state final. During the 2017 championship game, she recorded 26 points and 12 rebounds, in a 46–49 loss to Catonsville, failing to repeat as state champions. She was named Montgomery County Player of the Year and 2016–17 First Team All-State MBCA. Meyers also played soccer and

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in high school.

College career

Meyers began her collegiate at

during the 2017–18 season. In her freshman year, she averaged 9.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 28 games for Princeton. During the 2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament, she averaged 13.0 points, 3.0 rebounds in two games to help lead Princeton to their first Ivy League tournament championship. She was subsequently named to the All-Ivy League tournament team. After a

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, as a sophomore during the 2019–20 season, she averaged 6.3 points and 2.7 rebounds in 23 games off the bench. The

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cancelled the 2020–21 season due to

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concerns. During the 2021–22 season, in her junior year, she led Princeton with 17.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, as she shot 45.9 percent from the field and 40.9 percent from three-point range. She ranked first in the conference in three-point percentage,

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, and

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, second in scoring, third in 2-point field goal percentage (15.9%), and eighth in rebounds. She helped lead Princeton to a third consecutive Ivy League championship. During the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Meyers scored a career-high 29 points and upset

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to advance to the second round for the second time in program history. Following the season she was named the Ivy League Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-Ivy first team. She was also named an Associated Press All-American honorable mention, becoming the fourth All-American in program history. Meyers graduated from

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with a

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in public policy and international affairs. On April 15, 2022, Meyers announced she was transferring as a graduate to

. During the 2022–23 season, in her first season at Maryland, she had the lowest turnover percentage (10.0) in the Big Ten, and averaged 14.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 1.8 steals (9th in the conference) per game. She helped the Terrapins advance to the Elite Eight at the

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for the first time since 2015. Following the season she was named to the All-Big Ten second team.

WNBA career

On April 10, 2023, Meyers was drafted in the first round, 11th overall, by the Dallas Wings in the 2023 WNBA draft. Meyers was waived during training camp and did not make the team.

Washington Mystics

On June 20, 2023, Meyers signed a hardship contract with the

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. Meyers played for the Mystics for two weeks, and then on July 4, 2023, the Mystics released Meyers from her Hardship Contract.

National team career

Meyers represented the

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at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in

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, where she was team captain and averaged 18.4 points per game. In the championship game, she recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds while adding four steals to help Team USA win a gold medal. She said: "It was just a very, very humbling, cool experience to be recognized as one of the best Jewish basketball players of my age in the country."

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