Penni Ann Peppas (born July 2, 1972) is an American former

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player. Following a college career at the

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, she became the first foreign born professional women's basketball player in Iceland, where she won multiple national championships and scoring titles.

College

Peppas played for

from 1990 to 1994 and left as the schools allt time leader in total points (2,170).

Iceland

After graduating in 1994, Peppas signed with Breiðablik in Iceland, becoming the first foreign born professional player in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She was a three time scoring champion in the Úrvalsdeild and led the league in assists in 1997. Peppas won the Icelandic championship twice, in 1995 with Breiðablik, while also being named as Playoffs MVP, and in 1997 with

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. On October 15, 1996, Peppas had a

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against ÍR. For the game she had 52 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 rebounds.

Honours

* Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP (1995) *2x Icelandic champion (1995, 1997) * Icelandic Basketball Supercup (1997) *3x

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scoring champion (1995–1997) *

assists leader (1997) *

Sports Hall of Fame (2002) * NAIA All-America (1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94) *Kodak All-American (1992-93)

Úrvalsdeild statistics

Regular season statistics

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, 18 , , .606 , , .304 , , .807 , , 8.6 , , 3.4 , , 4.4 , , 0.8 , , bgcolor="CFECEC" , 28.9* , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 1996–97† , style="text-align:left;",

, 17 , , .571 , , .297 , , bgcolor="CFECEC" , .775* , , 9.3 , , bgcolor="CFECEC" , 4.6* , , 4.7 , , 0.6 , , bgcolor="CFECEC" , 25.0* , - , style="text-align:left;", 1997–98 , style="text-align:left;",

, 14 , , .420 , , .286 , , bgcolor="CFECEC" , .900* , , 6.2 , , 3.9 , , 2.9 , , 0.8 , , 13.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 72, , .556, , .294, , .814, , 8.3, , 3.8, , 4.2, , 0.8, , 23.9 , - class="sortbottom"

Playoffs statistics

{, class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;" ! Year ! Team ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 1995† , style="text-align:left;", Breiðablik , 6 , , .512 , , .393 , , .793 , , 9.7 , , 3.5 , , 3.5 , , 1.7 , , 23.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1996 , style="text-align:left;",

, 2 , , .605 , , .000 , , .818 , , 7.5 , , 1.5 , , 6.0 , , 1.5 , , 27.5 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 1997† , style="text-align:left;",

, 5 , , .544 , , .398 , , .840 , , 8.8 , , 3.2 , , 2.5 , , 1.4 , , 20.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 1998 , style="text-align:left;",

, 2 , , .455 , , .222 , , .900 , , 5.5 , , 3.0 , , 2.0 , , 0.5 , , 17.5 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career , 15 , , .532 , , .323 , , .823 , , 8.5 , , 3.0 , , 3.3 , , 1.4 , , 22.4 , - class="sortbottom" Source
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peppas, Penny 1972 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Iceland Breiðablik women's basketball players Grindavík (women's basketball) players Ozarks Eagles athletes Point guards Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball) players