Natasha Mack
Free agent
PositionForward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1997-11-03) November 3, 1997
Lufkin, Texas
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High schoolLufkin (Lufkin, Texas)
College
WNBA draft2021: 2nd round, 16th overall pick
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Playing career2021–present
Career history
2021Chicago Sky
2021Minnesota Lynx
Career highlights and awards

Natasha Mack (born November 3, 1997)[1] is an American basketball player who is currently a free agent. She played for Oklahoma State University and Angelina College in her native Lufkin, Texas before being drafted by the Sky in the 2021 WNBA draft.

Early life

Mack was born in Lufkin, Texas.[2] She played for Lufkin High School's basketball team. She was ranked as a four-star prospect after high school and was recruited to play at the University of Houston.[3] However, she left the university shortly afterwards, after feeling burnout, a lack of fit with the team, and tensions at home.[4][3] She returned to Lufkin and worked at a poultry plant, "shearing the wings off of chicken."[4][3]

College career

A year after graduating from high school and leaving Houston, Mack was recruited by Randy McKelvey, an assistant basketball coach at Angelina College, a local community college in Lufkin. She was initially reluctant to return to basketball, but agreed to do so a few days later.[3] She was selected to a junior-college all-star event after her first season and was named a junior-college All-American and won the NJCAA Player of the Year Award after her sophomore season.[3][2]

After he senior season, she was selected to the Big-12 All-Defensive Team First-Team and was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and WBCA Defensive Player of the Year.[5][6][7]

College Statistics

Source[8]

Legend
  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
2017–18 Angelina College 31 682 .580 .333 .662 12.9 1.5 1.7 5.1 22.0
2018-19 Angelina College 33 791 .591 .229 .645 11.6 2.3 1.6 5.5 24.0
2019–20 Oklahoma State 27 476 .516 .125 .677 12.5 0.9 1.5 3.6 17.6
2020–21 Oklahoma State 28 554 .529 .000 .634 12.4 1.8 2.0 4.0 19.8
Career (Division I Totals) 55 1,030 .523 .111 .653 12.4 1.4 1.9 3.8 18.7

WNBA

Chicago Sky (2021)

Mack was drafted in the second round of the 2021 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky. She was waived by the Sky on May 13, 2021,[9] but was re-signed by the team shortly afterwards on May 18.[10] Mack went back and forth with signing Hardship Contracts with the Sky until ultimately being let go for the last time in June 2021.[11]

Minnesota Lynx (2021)

Mack signed a 7-Day contract with the Lynx on July 6, 2021.[12]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2021 Chicago 305.3.667.0001.0001.30.00.00.00.72.0
2021 Minnesota 102.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career 1 year, 2 teams 404.5.667.0001.0001.00.00.00.00.51.5

References

  1. ↑ "Natasha Mack". WNBA.com. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  2. 1 2 Beames, Caleb (2021-04-15). "Lufkin native Natasha Mack picked by Chicago Sky in WNBA draft". KTRE. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Wright, Scott (March 11, 2021). "'Can't be cutting chicken wings': How Oklahoma State's Natasha Mack became a WNBA prospect". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  4. 1 2 Gentry, Dorothy (2021-04-13). "Natasha Mack has one of the most unique stories of any WNBA Draft prospect". The Athletic. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  5. ↑ Wisniewski, Lindsey (2021-04-15). "Natasha Mack could fill Storm's void left behind by Natasha Howard". NBC Sports Northwest. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Natasha Mack - 2020-21 - Women's Basketball". Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Oklahoma State's Natasha Mack named 2021 WBCA NCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  8. ↑ "Natasha Mack, 6-4, F, Oklahoma State". aces.wnba.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Sky Waive Brittany Boyd-Jones, Alexis Prince, Lexie Brown, Kobi Thornton and Natasha Mack". Chicago Sky. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  10. ↑ "Sky Re-Sign Natasha Mack". Chicago Sky. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  11. ↑ Zimmerman, Kurtis. "The Chicago Sky have waived Natasha Mack. Sierra Campisano has cleared waivers after being waived Tuesday". Twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Minnesota Lynx Sign Rookie Forward Natasha Mack". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
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