Andrea Riley (born July 22, 1988) is an American professional
basketball
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player, most recently with the
Los Angeles Sparks
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of the
Women's National Basketball Association
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(WNBA). She was drafted 8th overall in the
2010 WNBA draft
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by the Sparks.
Riley played collegiately for the
Oklahoma State Cowgirls. As a senior in 2009–10, she was selected as the
Nancy Lieberman Award
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winner, which is given annually the nation's best
NCAA
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female
point guard
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.
She also ended that season as the nation's second leading scorer at 26.7 points per game.
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Oklahoma State statistics
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1988 births
Living people
All-American college women's basketball players
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from Dallas
Los Angeles Sparks draft picks
Los Angeles Sparks players
Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball players
Phoenix Mercury players
Point guards
Tulsa Shock players
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