{{Short description|American basketball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Ariel Massengale | image = Ariel Massengale.jpg | league = [[Ohio Valley Conference]] | team = SIU Edwardsville Cougars | position = Assistant coach | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 6 | weight_lbs = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|06|10}} | birth_place = [[Downers Grove, Illinois]] | nationality = American | high_school = [[Bolingbrook High School|Bolingbrook]] ([[Bolingbrook, Illinois]]) | college = [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Tennessee]] (2011–2015) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2015 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 29 | draft_team = [[Atlanta Dream]] | career_start = 2015 | career_end = 2016 | coach_start = 2017 | coach_end = | years1 = 2016 | team1 = [[Naisten Korisliiga|Catz Lappeenranta]] | cyears1 = 2017–2019 | cteam1 = [[Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball|Ole Miss]] (graduate assistant) | cyears2 = 2019–2021 | cteam2 = [[Lipscomb Bisons women's basketball|Lipscomb]] (assistant) | cyears3 = 2021–2025 | cteam3 = [[SIU Edwardsville Cougars women's basketball|SIU Edwardsville]] (assistant) | cyears4 = 2025–present | cteam4 = [[Wisconsin Badgers women's basketball|Wisconsin]] (assistant) | highlights = * [[SEC women's basketball tournament|SEC]] All-Freshman Team (2012) * [[McDonald's All-American Game|McDonald's All American]] ([[2011 McDonald's All-American Girls Game|2011]]) * [[Illinois Miss Basketball]] (2011) | medal_templates = {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalSport | Basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|[[2013 Summer Universiade|World University Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[USA Women's World University Games Team|2013 Kazan]] | Team}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup|FIBA Under-19 World Cup]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women|2011 Chile]]|[[United States women's national under-19 basketball team|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women|FIBA Under-17 World Cup]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women|2010 France]] | [[United States women's national under-17 basketball team|Team]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women|FIBA Americas U16 Championship]]}} {{MedalGold|[[FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women|2009 Mexico]] | [[United States women's national under-17 basketball team|Team]]}} }} '''Ariel Massengale''' (born June 10, 1993) is an American professional [[basketball]] player.
==Career== ===College=== Massengale played college basketball at the [[University of Tennessee]] in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]] for the [[Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball|Lady Volunteers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=753|title=Ariel Massengale - 2014-15 Women's Basketball Roster - University of Tennessee Athletics|publisher=utsports.com}}</ref>
===Tennessee statistics===
Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer|title=NCAA Statistics|website=web1.ncaa.org|access-date=2021-05-23}}</ref>
{{NBA player statistics legend}} {| class="wikitable" |Year |Team |GP |Points |FG% |3P% |FT% |RPG |APG |SPG |BPG |PPG |- |2011-12 |Tennessee |33 |245 |'''38.7%''' |33.3% |77.6% |2.3 |4.9 |1.4 |'''0.1''' |7.4 |- |2012-13 |Tennessee |'''35''' |276 |37.1% |35.1% |77.8% |2.6 |4.5 |1.0 |0.0 |7.9 |- |2013-14 |Tennessee |19 |238 |38.5% |'''38.3%''' |83.8% |3.2 |'''5.8''' |'''1.4''' | - |'''12.5''' |- |2014-15 |Tennessee |'''35''' |'''402''' |37.7% |36.6% |'''86.0%''' |'''2.6''' |2.5 |0.7 | - |11.5 |- |Career | |122 |1161 |37.9% |36.0% |81.2% |2.6 |4.2 |1.1 |0.0 |9.5 |}
===WNBA=== In the [[2015 WNBA draft]], the [[Atlanta Dream]] selected Massengale in the third round as the twenty ninth pick overall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swishappeal.com/2015/5/19/8615623/pros-now-but-lady-vols-for-life|title=Pros now but Lady Vols for Life|publisher=swishappeal.com}}</ref> Massengale sat out the 2015 season, to rehab a knee injury. In 2016, Massengale returned to the league and made her professional debut with the Dream. However soon after, Massengale was released by the Dream.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/womens-sports/2016/05/09/atlanta-dream-release-ariel-massengale/90911084/|title=Atlanta Dream release Ariel Massengale|publisher=knoxnews.com}}</ref>
===Europe=== Massengale headed to Europe, to play in Finland's [[Naisten Korisliiga]] with the Catz Lappeenranta for the 2016–17 season. After playing in twelve games, Massengale was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esaimaa.fi/Online/2016/12/04/Catz%20irtisanoi%20pelintekij%C3%A4ns%C3%A4%20Ariel%20Massengalen/2016121600463/4|title=Catz irtisanoi pelintekijänsä Ariel Massengalen|publisher=esaimaa.fi}}</ref>
==National team== ===Youth level=== Massengale made her international debut at the [[FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women|2009 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship]] in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Ariel%20MASSENGALE/pid/79061/_//players.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528024912/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/q/Ariel%20MASSENGALE/pid/79061/_//players.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2023|title=Ariel MASSENGALE|publisher=archive.fiba.com}}</ref> She would then go on to represent the USA at both the [[2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women|2010 FIBA Under-17 World Cup]] and the [[2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women|2011 FIBA Under-19 World Cup]], taking home the gold on both occasions. At the Under-19 World Cup, she earned a spot on the All-Tournament Team, alongside teammate [[Breanna Stewart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chile2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19w/news/p/eid/5201/nid/48433/sid/5201/article.html|title=FIBA U19W – Dantas named MVP, headlines All-Tournament Team|publisher=fiba.com|access-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728082524/http://chile2011.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/11/fu19w/news/p/eid/5201/nid/48433/sid/5201/article.html|archive-date=28 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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