Angela Aycock
Angela Lynette Aycock, later known as Sister Paula, is an American former professional basketball player. She played for two seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association before retiring to a monastic life in 2002.
College career
Aycock was recruited in 1991 from Lincoln [High School |Lincoln High School] in Dallas, Texas to play college basketball for the University of Kansas. At the time she was touted as the second-best player in the country by the Women's Basketball News Service, and was the USA Today and Dallas Morning News Texas Player of the Year.In her sophomore year, she was named team captain. As a junior, she was the Big Eight Conference co-player of the year. In her senior year, she made several All-America teams. By the end of her college career she had scored 1,978 points for Jayhawks, the third highest total in the team's history.
Professional career
Early in her professional career, Aycock played two full seasons and part of a third for the Seattle Reign in the now-defunct American Basketball League.She also traveled overseas to compete in Italy, Greece, Spain, France and South Korea.
In her short stint with the WNBA, she saw game time with the Phoenix Mercury, the Minnesota Lynx and the Seattle Storm. During the 2000 [WNBA expansion draft|2000 expansion draft] on December 15, 1999, Aycock was selected by the Storm.
Overall, she featured in 98 games for the ABL, and in 12 for the WNBA.