Megan Lukan (born February 14, 1992) is a Canadian multi-sport athlete. Lukan switched to rugby from basketball after graduating in May 2015 from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where she was a four-year starting guard for the Green Bay women's Division l basketball team.[1][2] During her UWGB basketball career, Lukan set a number of records included most career assists since the team became a member of the NCAA's Division I and most minutes played during a career.[3] Lukan is a Canadian rugby union player,[4] who was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] In 2018, she was selected by the Canadian Olympic Committee and was sponsored to attend Smith School of Business MBA program at Queen's University.[6] Lukan's younger sister Kaili Lukan also played basketball at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and is a current member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.[7]
| Date of birth | February 14, 1992 | ||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| University | University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Queen's University | ||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Green Bay statistics
editSource[8]
| 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 |
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| 2010-11 | Green Bay | Redshirt[9] | |||||||||
| 2011-12 | Green Bay | 33 | 218 | 43.3% | 32.4% | 61.9% | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 6.6 |
| 2012-13 | Green Bay | 32 | 226 | 39.8% | 29.8% | 77.0% | 2.8 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| 2013-14 | Green Bay | 32 | 287 | 40.2% | 23.5% | 64.3% | 5.1 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 9.0 |
| 2014-15 | Green Bay | 33 | 221 | 36.2% | 14.6% | 64.5% | 5.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
| Career | 130 | 952 | 39.7% | 26.6% | 66.2% | 4.1 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 7.3 | |
References
edit- ^ UWGB Women's Basketball Player profile
- ^ UWGB Women's Basketball Record Book
- ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF).
- ^ "Megan Lukan". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- ^ Davidson, Neil. "Canadian rugby sevens women open crucial World Series season in Colorado". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF).
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "One-on-One with Megan Lukan". Retrieved 2021-06-04.
External links
edit- Megan Lukan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)