Naomi Halman (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch former

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player who played for Triple Threat of the

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(WBL). During her career, she also played for the Netherlands national team in 44 international games.

Basketball career career

Halman played on the UC Irvine women's college basketball team in 2006, scoring 9.3 points per game in 10 games for the Anteaters. She left the team in December 2006 to attend to family issues in the Netherlands and did not play for the team again. Halman played four seasons for

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in the French LFB and the EuroLeague Women. She retired in 2018 when she became pregnant. In July 2020, Halman came out of retirement to join Triple Threat, a team in her hometown of

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, for its debut in the

. She played in 12 games for Triple Threat in the 2020–2021, averaging 14.6 points per game and 9.7 rebounds per game. She did not play for the team the following season.

Personal

Halman is the daughter of , a former

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player who played for the Dutch national team. Her brother

Greg Halman Gregory Anthony Halman (August 26, 1987 – November 21, 2011) was a Dutch professional baseball outfielder. He played with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in and . He also played internationally with the Netherlands national ...

played in

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, but he died in 2011 after a stabbing involving another brother, . Her sister, Eva Halman, played in the top Dutch softball league for several years. Halman has a daughter.

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