{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1983)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Amy Sanders | image = | imagewidth = | caption = | position = Guard | league = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lbs = 156 | nationality = American | number = 13 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|06|05}} | birth_place = Huntington Beach, California | high_school = Mater Dei (Santa Ana, California) | college = Hawaii (2002–2006) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2006 | career_start = | career_end = | years1 = 2006 | team1 = Umeå Comets | years2 = 2007 | team2 = Detroit Shock | years3 = 2008 | team3 = AZS Poznań | years4 = 2010 | team4 = Leipzig Eagles | highlights = }} '''Amy Marie Sanders''' (born June 5, 1983) is an American college and professional basketball player. After playing for the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine, she moved to the Umeå Comets in the Swedish Damligan<ref>[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=42&artikel=1098263 Amy Sanders signs for Umeå Comets.] Sveriges Radio</ref> before signing with the Detroit Shock of the WNBA for the 2007 season.<ref>[https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/s/sandeam01w.html Statistics] in basketballreference.com</ref> The next year she signed a training camp contract with the Sacramento Monarchs,<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/transactions/WNBA_2008.html 2008 WNBA transactions] in the competition's website</ref> but she subsequently returned to FIBA Europe basketball, playing for AZS Poznań in the Polish PLKK<ref>[http://www.epoznan.pl/index.php?section=sport&subsection=news&id=8655 Sanders join AZS Poznan.] epoznan.pl</ref> and Leipzig Eagles in the German Bundesliga.<ref>[http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=POL&PlayerID=94524 Profile] in eurobasket.com</ref>
==College career== Sanders played youth basketball for the Orange County Spirit club. She had also been decorated for her performances for Mater Dei High School. In 2002, she joined University of Hawaii in preference to several other interested Universities. In her four-year varsity career, Sanders was twice the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine's top-pointscorer.<ref name=uni>{{cite web |url=http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8178|title=#13 Amy Sanders|publisher=University of Hawaii|accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref> In April 2005 she was voted the top player at the team's annual banquet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Apr/22/sp/sp15p.html|title=Sanders voted top UH Wahine hoops player|publisher=Honolulu Advertiser|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2005-04-22}}</ref> When Sanders played her last game for the Rainbow Wahine in February 2006, coach Jim Bolla described her as: "one of the hardest working players I've had in my years of coaching."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Feb/25/sp/FP602250345.html|title=Rainbow Wahine will bid aloha to four seniors|publisher=Honolulu Advertiser|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2006-02-25|first=Brandon|last=Masuoka}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{WNBA player statistics legend}} ===WNBA=== ====Regular season==== {{WNBA player statistics start}} |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Detroit |6||0||1.5||0.0||0.0||50.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.3 ||0.3 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 1 year, 1 team |6||0||1.5||0.0||0.0||50.0||0.3||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.3 ||0.3 {{S-end}}
===College=== Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|title=NCAA® Career Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2016-05-21}}</ref>{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" !Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2002–03 |Hawai'i |30 |83 |25.7 |13.6 |60.0 |2.2 |1.0 |0.3 | – |2.8 |- |2003–04 |Hawai'i |28 |143 |35.2 |36.8 |'''82.9''' |3.8 |1.3 |0.4 |0.1 |5.1 |- |2004–05 |Hawai'i |26 |313 |'''35.7''' |'''37.2''' |73.1 |'''6.3''' |2.1 |1.2 |'''0.2''' |12.0 |- |2005–06 |Hawai'i |27 |'''351''' |32.9 |27.9 |74.8 |5.5 |'''2.8''' |1.2 |0.1 |'''13.0''' |- |Career |Hawai'i |111 |890 |33.3 |31.2 |73.3 |4.4 |1.8 |0.8 |0.1 |8.0 |}
==Club career== After the expiration of her college eligibility, Sanders was overlooked at the 2006 WNBA draft.<ref name=shock>{{cite web |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3460683|title=Shock Signs Amy Sanders|publisher=Women's National Basketball Association|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2007-04-27}}</ref> She signed for Sweden's Umeå Comets in September 2006 on a full–time professional contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskbaskettelevision.se/news_show_ven-ume-vrvar-amerikanskt.html?id=7880 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227045649/http://www.svenskbaskettelevision.se/news_show_ven-ume-vrvar-amerikanskt.html?id=7880 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-27 |language=Swedish |title=Även Umeå värvar amerikanskt |publisher=Svensk Basket Television |accessdate=2012-05-16 |date=2006-09-19 |first=Johannes |last=Wohlert }}</ref> It was reported that she proved a successful acquisition for the team, but she left during the Christmas break in December to complete her studies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gotland.net/sv/bo-leva/arkiv/2007/visby-ladies-moter-umea-comets |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801185521/http://www.gotland.net/sv/bo-leva/arkiv/2007/visby-ladies-moter-umea-comets |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-01 |language=Swedish |title=Visby Ladies möter Umeå Comets |publisher=Gotland.net |accessdate=2012-05-16 |date=2007-01-05 }}</ref>
Sanders was called into the training camp of reigning WNBA champions Detroit Shock in April 2007.<ref name=shock /> In the 2007 WNBA season she featured in six games for the Shock—averaging one and a half minutes in each—before being waived from the team on July 2, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jul/02/br/br6157340928.html|title=Former Rainbow Wahine Sanders released by Detroit|publisher=Honolulu Advertiser|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2007-07-02}}</ref>
In January 2008 Sanders agreed a deal with Polish outfit AZS Poznań and she arrived the following month, to considerable local media attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express-sport.pl/art/koszykowka/koszykowka.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801110204/http://www.express-sport.pl/art/koszykowka/koszykowka.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-01 |language=Polish |title=Amy Sanders już w Poznaniu! |publisher=www.Express-Sport.pl |accessdate=2012-05-16 |date=2008-02-05 |first=Ł |last=Klin }}</ref> After playing seven PLKK matches, for an average of nine points, she departed AZS Poznań by mutual consent in March 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport1.pl/FGE-Amy-Sanders-opuszcza-Poznan/a38093|language=Polish|title=FGE: Amy Sanders opuszcza Poznań|publisher=Sport1.pl|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2008-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218014253/http://www.sport1.pl/FGE-Amy-Sanders-opuszcza-Poznan/a38093|archive-date=2010-02-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sanders returned to the WNBA after being called into the Sacramento Monarchs' pre–season training camp as a free agent, but she was waived 11 days later without playing in a competitive game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://origin.wnba.com/monarchs/news/monarchs_waive_amy_sanders.html|title=Monarchs Waive Amy Sanders|publisher=Women's National Basketball Association|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2008-04-29|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713085101/http://origin.wnba.com/monarchs/news/monarchs_waive_amy_sanders.html|archive-date=2012-07-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Having left basketball in summer 2008, Sanders was later tempted out of retirement to help financially troubled German Bundesliga club Leipzig Eagles. She made her debut in January 2010 against SV Halle and played for free during her time in Germany.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbvl-basketball.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1100&Itemid=2&lang=en|title=BBVL continues fight against relegation with new player|publisher=BBVL Basketball.de|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2010-01-07}}</ref> When the team were relegated in March and the American coach Ritz Ingram left, Sanders and other senior players also made an exit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbvl-basketball.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1146|title=BBVL and Ingram go separate ways |publisher=BBVL Basketball.de|accessdate=2012-05-16|date=2010-01-07}}</ref>
==Personal life== Sanders was born in Huntington Beach, California to Kim and Gary Sanders.<ref name=uni /> She has one elder brother, Matthew, who is the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold under the stage name M. Shadows.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2192367/|title=M. Shadows|publisher=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *Amy Sanders career statistics at [https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/s/sandeam01w.html Basketball-Reference.com]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Amy}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriate basketball people in Germany Category:American expatriate basketball people in Poland Category:American expatriate basketball people in Sweden Category:American women's basketball players Category:Detroit Shock players Category:Hawaii Rainbow Wahine basketball players Category:Shooting guards Category:Basketball players from Huntington Beach, California Category:Undrafted WNBA players Category:Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California) alumni Category:21st-century American women