Emilie Hesseldal
AKS Falcon | |
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Position | Power forward / Center |
League | Dameligaen |
Personal information | |
Born | Aarhus, Denmark | 21 December 1990
Nationality | Danish |
Listed height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) |
Career information | |
College |
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Playing career | 2006–present |
Career history | |
2006–2011 | Aabyhøj IF |
2012 | Horsholm 79ers |
2017–2018 | |
2018–2019 | |
2019–2020 | Skallagrímur |
2020–2021 | BMS Herlev Wolfpack |
2021-present | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Emilie Sofie Hesseldal (born 21 December 1990) is a Danish professional basketball player and a member of the Danish national basketball team. She won the Danish championship in 2021 as a member of BMS Herlev Wolfpack while also being named the Finals MVP. During her career, she has won both the Danish Cup, in 2010 with Aabyhøj IF, and the Icelandic Cup, in 2020 with Skallagrímur.
A strong rebounder, Hesseldal has led the Danish Dameligaen, the Spanish Liga Feminina de Basquetebol and the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna in rebounds.
Playing career[]
First years (2006–2012)[]
Hesseldal started her career with Aabyhøj IF in the Dameligaen during the 2006–2007 season. During her second season, she had broken into the starting lineup. She led the league in steals in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, Hesseldal transferred to Horsholm 79ers where she appeared in two games, averaging 25.0 points and 9.0 rebounds, before moving to college in the United States.
College years (2012–2016)[]
Hesseldal started her college career with Eckerd College in 2012. In 16 games with the Tritons, she averaged 9.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
After the season, she transferred to Colorado State. In December 2014, Hesseldal dislocated her left elbow and completely tore her ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). After missing a month, she played through the injury for the remaining of the season and despite requiring a Tommy John surgery to repair the damage, she decided to forgo the surgery prior to her senior season as it would've ended her college career.[1]
Post college (2016–2018)[]
After graduating from college, Hesseldal took a year off from basketball. She returned to the court with prior to the 2017-2018 season and helped the team reach the Dameligaen finals where the club lost to Horsholm 79ers in five games.[2]
Vitoria SC (2018–2019)[]
Hesseldal signed with Liga Feminina de Basquetebol club for the 2018–2019 season where she went on to average 11.2 points and league leading 12.2 rebounds per game.[3]
Iceland (2019–2020)[]
In September 2019, Hesseldal signed with Skallagrímur of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna.[4] [3] On 22 November she scored 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in a victory against Haukar.[5][6] On 15 February 2020, Hesseldal helped Skallagrímur win the Icelandic Basketball Cup for the first time, defeating KR in the cup finals.[7][8]
Back in Denmark (2020–present)[]
Hesseldal signed with Danish team BMS Herlev for the 2020–2021 season. The season ended with BMS winning the Danish championship and Hesseldal receiving the finals MVP award.[9] In 19 league games she averaged 12.5 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a league leading 3.1 steals per game.
Prior to the 2021–2022 season, Hesseldal signed with newly formed AKS Falcon, a joint team of Ajax København Sportsgymnasium (AKS) and Falcon Basketball.[10]
Statistics[]
College statistics[]
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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2011-12 | Eckerd | 16 | 157 | 39.5% | 25.0% | 77.9% | 5.3 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 9.8 |
2012-13 | Colorado State | Sat due to NCAA transfer rules | |||||||||
2013-14 | Colorado State | 22 | 42 | 41.0% | 0.0% | 76.9% | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.9 |
2014-15 | Colorado State | 23 | 81 | 39.2% | 40.0% | 68.4% | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
2015-16 | Colorado State | 31 | 96 | 36.7% | 37.5% | 60.0% | 5.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.1 |
Career | 92 | 376 | 38.8% | 102.5% | 38.2% | 9.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
Source[11]
References[]
- ^ Kevin Lytle (26 February 2016). "Hesseldal skips Tommy John surgery to play senior year". Coloradoan. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (10 December 2019). "Emilie Hesseldal "Leggðu þig fram. Það hljómar eins og klisja en það er satt"". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ a b Helgi Hrafn Ólafsson (11 September 2019). "Dönsk landsliðskona til Skallagríms – Hesseldal í Borgarnes". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (30 October 2019). "Skallagrímur á leikmann í danska landsliðinu". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ "Haukar réðu ekkert við þá dönsku". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Davíð Eldur (26 November 2019). "Lykill: Emilie Sofie Hesseldal". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- ^ Kristján Jónsson (15 February 2020). "Bikar í Borgarnes". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ Kristján Jónsson (15 February 2020). "Magnað andrúmsloft". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Danmarksmestrene fundet". basket.dk (in Danish). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "AKS Falcon det nye hold i KBL". kvindebasketligaen.dk (in Danish). 21 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
External links[]
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Centers (basketball)
- Colorado State Rams women's basketball players
- Danish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Danish women's basketball players
- Hørsholm 79ers players
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Skallagrímur women's basketball players
- Úrvalsdeild kvenna basketball players