Aislinn "Ace" Konig (born May 20, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Flammes Carolo Basket of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball. She played college basketball for the NC State Wolfpack.
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | LFB | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 20, 1998 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Brookswood Secondary School (Langley, British Columbia) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | NC State (2016-2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2021 | BC Castors Braine | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Elfic Fribourg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Flammes Carolo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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A switch-up guard and a reliable, consistent three-point shooter, Konig is the most decorated British Columbia school player who has competed at NCAA Division 1 level and professionally in Europe.[1]
Early life
editPlaying for the Brookswood Bobcats in Langley, British Columbia, Konig won three provincial championships and was named MVP in each season.
College career
editUpon graduating, she was recruited to the NC State Wolfpack, where she played four ACC seasons. With the Wolfpack she reached the third round of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as a sophomore and junior, the same year she also set an ACC record for most three-pointers in a season. In her senior year she won the ACC Tournament with the Wolfpack and was named the tournament MVP and to the All-ACC Second Team. She ended her NC State career as the program's all-time leading three-point shooter and graduated with a degree in Business Administration.[2]
Professional career
editKonig turned professional in 2020, signing with BC Castors Braine in Belgium. The following season she competed with Swiss team Elfic Fribourg, for whom she was the leading scorer in the team's perfect season. Following that, she joined the Washington Mystics' training camp[3] before signing with Flammes Carolo in France for the 2022-23 season.
National team career
editKonig made her international debut at age fourteen, first competing for Canada at the Under-16 and Under-18 teams in FIBA Americas tournaments. She was part of the team for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, where she helped the team medal for the first time in their history as well as setting a record for most threes in a single game, with ten against Latvia.[4] She made her senior team debut at the 2019 Pan-American Games and was later called up for the 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup and 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, where Canada finished fourth both times.[5]
Personal life
editOn 15 August 2024, Konig married Indonesia national football team player Sandy Walsh in Spain.[6]
References
edit- ^ Ferguson, Dan. "Langley's Konig gets the call to try out for WNBA". aldergrovestar.com. Aldergrove Star. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ Konig, Aislinn. "About Me". acekonig.com. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ McGoldrick, Haley. "Canada's Aislinn Konig ready for WNBA jump with Mystics". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "Konig Takes Off in 2017 Tangle with Latvia". ToTheNorth. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "Aislinn KONIG (CAN)'s profile". FIBA.basketball. FIBA. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "Sandy Walsh Resmi Menikah dengan Aislinn Konig" [Sandy Walsh Officially Married with Aislinn Konig] (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. Retrieved September 1, 2024.