Felecity Willis

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox basketball biography Felecity Willis (born October 31, 1978) is an American basketball referee and former player. She was a two-sport athlete for University of Arizona, playing college basketball and college softball for the Arizona Wildcats.<ref name="tucson-2018"/> She later played professional basketball for several years and was a member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team.

Early life

Willis attended Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, California where she starred at basketball.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

College career

She played college basketball<ref name="Moseley">Template:Cite news</ref> and softball in the United States with the University of Arizona Wildcats. She was a All-Pac-10 Conference player in 1999 and 2000.<ref name="allsportstucson-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>

Professional career

Following her college career, Willis went on to play professionally. In 2002, she played for the Chicago Blaze of the NWBL.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also saw pre-season action in the WNBA, with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2000, the Charlotte Sting in 2001 and the Washington Mystics in 2003.<ref name="tucson-2018"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Willis has been a four-time All-star with the Criollas de Caguas women's BSN team. She has helped carry the Criollas to two consecutive finals, where they were upset both times by the Carolina Giants.<ref name="tucson-2018">Template:Cite news</ref>

In January 2006, Willis joined the Sundsvall DB of the Swedish Basketligan dam,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> leading the club to the quarterfinal of the playoffs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She appeared in 13 games, averaging 18.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Two years later, in March 2008, Willis rejoined Sundsvall, this time with the team in danger of relegation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She appeared in five games, including four straight victories, helping the club stave off relegation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In the five games, she averaged 17.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

National team career

Willis was a member of the Puerto Rican national team for six years,<ref name="tucson-2018"/> and played at the 2003 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador, and in 2004 in Guatemala.Template:Citation needed

Career statistics

College

Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1996–97 | style="text-align:left;" | Arizona |31||-||-||34.4||21.7||66.0||1.7||3.0||1.2||0.1||-||5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1997–98 | style="text-align:left;" | Arizona |30||-||-||47.6||29.7||68.8||2.1||4.0||1.5||0.1||-||7.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1998–99 | style="text-align:left;" | Arizona |29||-||-||54.6||34.3||75.0||3.6||5.5||2.0||0.3||-||12.1 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1999–00 | style="text-align:left;" | Arizona |32||-||-||46.3||32.6||68.1||2.6||5.3||1.5||0.2||-||7.8 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career |122||-||-||46.8||28.3||70.1||2.5||4.4||1.5||0.2 ||-||7.9 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:S-end

Later life

Following her playing career, Willis went into officiating. In 2010, she attended officiating training camp run by NCAA referee Bob Scofield at Flowing Wells High School. By 2013, she was officiating NCAA Division I Women's games.<ref name="tucson-2018"/> In 2018 she was appointed a referee in the Pac-12 Conference.<ref name="allsportstucson-2018"/>

External links

• Profile at Latinbasket.com