Megan Frazee Leuzinger (born March 29, 1987) is a professional American basketball player. Frazee graduated from

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and played briefly in the

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(WNBA). She most recently played for Samsun of the Turkish Women's League, where she averaged 18.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. On April 11, 2018 she was named head coach of the

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women's basketball team.

Early life

Frazee was born in

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. She graduated in 2005 from Xenia Christian High School in

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, where she helped lead the school to a final four appearance. She was named the Ohio Division 4 player of the year, first team all-state, and was tabbed a Street & Smith's Honorable Mention honoree.

College

Frazee played for coach

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in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she was a teammate with her triplet sisters Moriah and Molly. She was a three-time All-Big South first team selection, was twice named Big South Conference player of the year, and was the Big South Women's Student-Athlete of the Year as a junior. As a senior, she was named to the Associated Press honorable mention All-American team as well as the CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-America First Team, graduating with a 3.91 GPA in Kinesiology. Frazee was invited to tryouts for the 2007 national team during her sophomore summer and spent time during the summer of 2008 traveling in North Africa with Athletes in Action. During her senior season Megan averaged 19.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game, leading Liberty to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. She possesses career averages at Liberty of 18.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. The Flames also qualified for the NCAA tournament during her freshman and sophomore seasons. Her freshman season was cut short to 14 games due to a season ending knee injury.

Liberty statistics

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Professional career

Frazee was drafted as a forward by the San Antonio Silver Stars in the second round of the 2009 WNBA Draft. She was the 14th player taken overall. During her rookie season she played in 29 games and averaged 5.0 points and 2.9 rebounds. Following that first WNBA season she played in the Turkish Women's League for Çankaya Üniversitesi, where she averaged 19.0 points, 12.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steals, and 36.3 minutes per game. Frazee suffered a

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tear to her left knee in practice on June 25, 2010. A successful repair on the knee was performed on July 1. She was waived by the Silver Stars on June 29, 2010. Frazee has played for the following clubs in recent seasons: *2010–11 – Botas (Turkish Women's League); *2011–12 – CCC Polkowice (Polish League); *2012–13 – Samsun (Turkish Women's League); *2013–14 –

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(Israel – D1); alongside

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and Laine Selwyn.

References

External links

WNBA Player Profile
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