Maylana Martin

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Born (1978-04-17) April 17, 1978 (age 47)
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight174 lb (79 kg)
Maylana Martin
Personal information
Born (1978-04-17) April 17, 1978 (age 47)
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolPerris High School
(Perris, California)
CollegeUCLA (1996–2000)
WNBA draft2000: 1st round, 10th overall pick
Drafted byMinnesota Lynx
Playing career2000–2001
PositionCenter / power forward
Number13
Coaching career2003–present
Career history
Playing
20002001Minnesota Lynx
Coaching
2003–2004Portland (assistant)
2004–2008UCLA (assistant)
2008–2010Pepperdine (assistant)
Career highlights
Career WNBA statistics
Points227 (3.7 ppg)
Rebounds153 (2.5 rpg)
Assists40 (0.7 apg)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Gold medal – first place1997 BrazilTeam
FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship
Silver medal – second place1996 MexicoTeam

Maylana Lynn Martin (born April 17, 1978) is an American former professional women's basketball player and currently a collegiate coach.

Although born in Honolulu, Hawaii, she grew up in Southern California. She attended Perris High School, where she was a multi-sport athlete, being a four-year letterman in basketball, lettered for three years in volleyball, and lettered for two years on the track team.

Martin attended college at UCLA and graduated in 2000. She began her professional career with the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association during the 2000 WNBA draft, and played with the team for two years.

In 2002, the Lynx traded Martin and teammate Erin Buescher to the Charlotte Sting in exchange for Shaunzinski Gortman, the Sting's 9th overall selection in the 2002 WNBA draft. However, she was waived by the Sting during their pre-season training camp due to injury.

She began her coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Portland in 2003. Beginning with 2004, she served as an assistant coach to her alma mater, UCLA. She went on to coach at Pepperdine from 2008 to 2010.

Now serves as a college basketball analyst for the Pac-12 Network. Maylana is married to USC Lineman Rome Douglas and the couple has 4 children.

Regular season

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2000 Minnesota 301315.2.458.263.5942.20.70.60.41.04.4
2001 Minnesota 311215.9.340.333.6132.80.60.50.51.23.1
Career 2 years, 1 team 612515.6.403.297.6032.50.70.60.51.13.7

UCLA statistics

Source[1]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999-00 UCLA 29 506 54.7% 0.0% 58.5% 8.7 1.7 1.9 1.3 17.4
1998–99 UCLA 31 565 54.1% 33.3% 71.3% 9.4 2.0 2.4 0.7 18.2
1997–98 UCLA 29 546 53.6% 0.0% 72.0% 7.4 1.1 1.5 0.8 18.8
1996–97 UCLA 27 484 55.9% 0.0% 74.7% 6.5 1.3 2.4 0.4 17.9
Career UCLA 116 2101 54.5% 14.3% 69.0% 8.1 1.5 2.0 0.8 18.1

USA Basketball

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