Sydney Affolter
PositionGuard
Birth dateApril 13, 2003
Birth placeChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height5 ft
Height in11
High schoolMarist (Chicago, Illinois)
CollegeIowa (2021–2025)
Draft year2025
Draft leagueWNBA

Sydney Affolter (born April 13, 2003) is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Early life and high school career

Affolter is one of two children born to Shellie and Ed Affolter.[1] Her father played college basketball for the University of Illinois Chicago, and her brother, Trey, played for St. Ambrose.[1] She went undefeated in five seasons of grammar school basketball at St. Christina School in Chicago.[2] She played high school basketball for Marist High School in Chicago, winning two regional titles, and was named all-state three times.[1] She committed to Iowa as a junior in January 2020.[3] She went undefeated in 48 games with Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) team All Iowa Attack in the summer of 2020.[1][4]

College career

Affolter began playing for Iowa in 2021–22. She played off the bench as Iowa reached the title game in the 2023 NCAA tournament.[5] She joined the team's starting lineup in the 2024 postseason after an injury to guard Molly Davis.[6] She recorded 11 points and 11 rebounds in Iowa's victory in the 2024 Big Ten title game and was recognized with all-tournament honors.[7][8] In the 2024 NCAA Regional Final, she had 16 points and five rebounds, helping to lead the Hawkeyes to the Final Four and earning a spot on the All-Regional Team.[9][10]

Career statistics

College

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2021–22 | style="text-align:left;"| Iowa | 19 || 0 || 9.4 || 23.7 ||16.7|| 91.7 || 2.5 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 1.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23 | style="text-align:left;"| Iowa | 37 || 0|| 10.3 || 47.9 || 20.8 || 86.1|| 2.3 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24 | style="text-align:left;"| Iowa | 39 || 12 || 24.8 || 55.2|| 41.4 || 83.0 || 6.4 || 2.3 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 8.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25 | style="text-align:left;"| Iowa | 33 || 32|| 29.5 || 47.7 || 46.3 || 75.3 || 7.8 || 2.7 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 1.9 || 8.5 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career |128||44||19.5||48.8||39.2||81.5||5.0||1.7||0.8||0.2||1.0||5.8 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Sydney Affolter". University of Iowa Athletics. July 20, 2021. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  2. ^ Baranek, Tony (2021-03-18). "Marist's Sydney Affolter is the 2020–21 Daily Southtown Girls Basketball Player of the Year: 'A player like her comes along once or twice in a lifetime'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  3. ^ Linder, Jeff (2020-01-29). "Sydney Affolter, a wing from Chicago, commits to Iowa women's basketball". The Gazette. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  4. ^ Baranek, Tony (2020-08-19). "Baranek: Marist senior Sydney Affolter looks 'ready for the college level' after sensational summer playing in Iowa". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  5. ^ Worth, Cooper (2024-01-16). "'Chicago Toughness:' Guard Sydney Affolter brings unmatched energy to Iowa women's basketball squad". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  6. ^ Ford, Nathan (2024-03-08). "Sydney Affolter enters Iowa starting lineup and responds with career-high 18 points". The Gazette. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  7. ^ Leistikow, Chad (2024-03-10). "Leistikow: How Iowa women's basketball won an all-time Big Ten Tournament championship". HawkCentral. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  8. ^ Votzmeyer, Colin (2024-03-12). "No. 2 Iowa women's basketball wins Big Ten Tournament, boasts two players on All-Tournament team". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  9. ^ "Sydney Affolter a 'do-it-all player' for Final Four-bound Iowa, Lisa Bluder raves". April 2, 2024.
  10. ^ "Lauren Betts named to Albany 2 All-Regional team in NCAA Tournament alongside Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese". April 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "Sydney Affolter College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2024.