Nikki McCray-Penson

**Nikki Kesangane McCray-Penson** (née McCray; 17 ga Disamba, 1971 - 7 ga Yuli, 2023) ta kasance 'yar wasan Kwando da kuma kocin Amurka. Ta kasance babban kocin kungiyar Kwallon kwando na mata na Jihar Mississippi Bulldogs daga 2020 zuwa 2021  kuma ƙwararren ɗan wasan kwando daga 1996 zuwa 2006. Ta taka leda a kungiyar kwallon kwando ta mata (WNBA) na tsawon shekaru takwas. A shekara ta 2008 bayan barin WNBA, McCray ya shiga ma'aikatan kocin a matsayin mataimakin kocin South Carolina Gamecocks .  An shigar da McCray-Penson cikin Hall of Fame na Kwando na Mata a shekarar 2012.

## Ayyukan wasa
mai tsaro   daga Jami'ar Tennessee, McCray ta kasance tauraruwa a cikin Kungiyar Kwando ta Amurka da ta ɓace yanzu. Yayinda take wasa a Kungiyar Kwando ta Amurka, an ba ta suna Mafi Kyawun Mai kunnawa a kakar 1996-97.

McCray ya kuma buga wasan kwando a matakin kasa da kasa. Ta lashe lambobin zinare a gasar Olympics ta 1996 da 2000, kuma ta shiga cikin tawagar Amurka ta 1998 FIBA World Championship.  Ta yi wa kanta suna a wasan kwando na mata a matsayin mai tsaron gida na duniya ta hanyar rufe wasu 'yan wasa mafi kyau a duniya.

A shekara ta 2000, an nada ta memba na Majalisar Kula da Lafiya ta Shugaban kasa,  kuma an zaba ta don Kungiyar kwallon kwando ta Olympics ta Amurka ta 2000.

## WNBA

### Washington Mystics
An zaɓi McCray a matsayin wani ɓangare na rabon ɗan wasa na farko ta Washington Mystics a ranar 27 ga Janairu, 1998.  An buga wasan farko a ranar 11 ga Yuni, 1998, a cikin asarar 57-83 ga Charlotte Sting inda ta rubuta maki 19 da 6 .  McCray za ta kasance mai tsaron gida na Mystics a cikin shekaru hudu na farko a WNBA. Ta taka leda a wasanni 125 ga Mystics a cikin waɗannan lokutan huɗu kuma ta fara a 124 daga cikinsu, tare da matsakaicin maki 15.4, 2.4 ya taimaka, 1.2 sata a cikin minti 31.1 a kowane wasa.

An sanya mata suna zuwa kungiyoyi uku na WNBA All-Star (a 1999, 2000, da 2001). Mystics sun rasa wasan kwaikwayo a 1998, 1999 da 2001 amma sun yi shi a cikin 2000 tare da rikodin asarar 14-18 (wannan zai yiwu saboda Mystics na 4 a Taron Gabas kuma manyan kungiyoyi 4 na kowane taron sun sanya postseason). Koyaya, wasan kwaikwayo na tawagar ya kasance ɗan gajeren lokaci yayin da New York Liberty ta kawar da su a zagaye na farko a wasanni biyu. A wasan na biyu na wannan jerin wasannin, an gudanar da McCray ba tare da ci ba a cikin minti 30 a ƙasa kuma ta harbe 0-3 FG.

### Rashin zazzabi na Indiya
A ranar 5 ga watan Disamba, 2001, an sayar da McCray zuwa Indiana Fever tare da zagaye na 2 na 2002 da zagaye ya 4 na 2002 don musayar Angie Braziel, zagaye na 1 na 2002 da kuma zagaye na 3 na 2002. [1] Matsayinta a matsayin mai tsaron farawa zai koma sabuwar tawagarta, yayin da ta fara a wasanni 64 daga cikin wasanni 66 na Indiana a cikin lokutan da ta yi tare da su. A lokacin kakar wasa ta farko tare da tawagar (2002), zazzabi ta kai ga wasan kwaikwayo amma za a sake kawar da McCrary a zagaye na farko ta Liberty (2-1). Kodayake ta taka leda a WNBA na karin yanayi hudu, McCray ba za ta kai wasan kwaikwayo ba bayan kakar 2002. Lokacinta na biyu tare da zazzabi (ko da yake har yanzu tana farawa) ta ga minti a kowane wasa ya sauka sosai zuwa minti 21.6 kawai a kowane wasa.

### Phoenix Mercury
Bayan kakar 2003, McCray zai buga wa kungiyoyi daban-daban guda uku a cikin shekaru uku. A ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 2004, an sanya hannu a Phoenix Mercury a matsayin wakilin kyauta. Wannan shine kakar wasa ta farko ta McCray a matsayin dan wasa na ajiya kuma ta fara ne kawai a wasanni 9 daga cikin wasanni 27 da ta buga wa Phoenix. Ta sami matsakaicin FG % a cikin kakar wasa a 44.8%, amma kuma ta sami matsakaitan maki mafi ƙasƙanci a kowane wasa na aikinta a wannan lokacin a 2.6 ppg kawai. Mercury ta gama 17-17 kuma ta rasa wasan kwaikwayo.