1. Bria Nicole Hartley was born on September 30,1992 and is a French-American professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League.
40 Facts About Bria Hartley
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Bria Hartley was drafted seventh overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2014 WNBA draft and was immediately traded to the Washington Mystics.
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Bria Hartley started playing basketball at a very young age, and honed her game in her driveway, playing against two older brothers.
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Bria Hartley attended North Babylon High School in North Babylon, New York.
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Bria Hartley began playing with North Babylon's varsity squad as an eighth grader.
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Bria Hartley was recognized as New York Gatorade Player of the Year for athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character.
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Bria Hartley led her team to the state championship, where she poured in 51 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome a balanced attack by Sachem East.
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Bria Hartley was named New York Gatorade Player of the Year and New York Miss Basketball.
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Bria Hartley finished as North Babylon's all-time leader in points.
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Bria Hartley was selected to play at the McDonald's All-American Game, she scored 17 points and WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 19 points.
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Bria Hartley earned a Suffolk County Legislature proclamation for high academic achievement, community service and excellence in basketball.
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Bria Hartley averaged 12.4 points per game and was named the Big East Freshman of the Year, and Big East all tournament team.
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Bria Hartley was named first-team All-Big East, and she was named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament after she scored 18 points against Notre Dame in the BIG EAST Final.
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Bria Hartley finished her junior season averaging 9.2 points and 4.5 assists per game.
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Bria Hartley had career lows in minutes played, points, rebounds, field goal percentage, 3-point percentage and free throw percentage.
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Bria Hartley came back strong in the NCAA tournament, helping her team win the National Championship.
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Bria Hartley was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team.
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Bria Hartley was a consensus second-team all-American as a senior, and started every game as the Huskies won their second straight national championship.
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Bria Hartley finished her career ranking eighth in points, sixth in three-point field goals made and games played, and fifth in assists.
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Bria Hartley inducted into the Huskies of Honor on senior night.
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Bria Hartley started in her second game of the season as she had team high 15 points and dished out 5 assists vs Indiana Fever on May 23,2014.
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Bria Hartley suffered a broken left middle finger in a game against the Seattle Storm in a loss.
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Bria Hartley would make the WNBA All-Rookie Team and average 9.7 ppg in 34 games played with 29 starts.
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In 2015, Bria Hartley would sit out the first 6 games of the season due to a right foot stress fracture.
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In 2016, Bria Hartley had slightly increased playing time from last season.
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In January 2017, Bria Hartley was traded to her home state team, the New York Liberty in a three-team trade deal that sent teammate Kia Vaughn to the Liberty, Carolyn Swords along with the 15th overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft to the Seattle Storm and the Mystics receiving the Storm's first and second round draft picks in the 2017 WNBA draft.
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In 2020, Bria Hartley signed a three-year deal with the Phoenix Mercury in free agency.
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Bria Hartley would be a role player off the bench for the Mercury as well as an occasional starter.
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Bria Hartley was averaging new career-highs in scoring, assists, steals and shooting percentages, but her season was unfortunately cut short after 13 games played.
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Bria Hartley was waived from the Indiana Fever on July 15,2022.
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On July 18,2022, Bria Hartley was signed by the Connecticut Sun.
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Bria Hartley was the second leading scorer for the team with 10.6 points per game.
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In 2011, Bria Hartley was selected to be on the USA basketball U19 team at the U19 World Championship, held in Puerto Montt, Chile.
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Bria Hartley was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 11.1 points per game, just behind Breanna Stewart's 11.2 points per game.
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Bria Hartley was the leading scorer for the team, averaging 13.5 points per game.
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Bria Hartley had 20 assists and nine steals, both second only to Odyssey Sims.
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Bria Hartley, who holds French citizenship, made herself available for the France national team by directly contacting the French federation in 2018.
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Bria Hartley made her debut the same year, scoring 9 points in 19 minutes in a win against Romania.
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Bria Hartley played in EuroBasket 2019, winning the silver medal, notably scoring the tying basket in the quarter-finals, allowing France to win in overtime against Belgium.
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Bria Hartley has a child with her boyfriend Shakim Phillips, who was a wide receiver for UConn's and Boston College's football teams.