Megan Lukan (born February 14, 1992) is a Canadian multi-sport athlete. Lukan switched to rugby from basketball after graduating in May 2015 from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, where she was a four-year starting guard for the Green Bay women's Division l basketball team.[1][2] During her UWGB basketball career, Lukan set a number of records included most career assists since the team became a member of the NCAA's Division I and most minutes played during a career.[3] Lukan is a Canadian rugby union player,[4] who was named to Canada's first ever women's rugby sevens Olympic team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] In 2018, she was selected by the Canadian Olympic Committee and was sponsored to attend Smith School of Business MBA program at Queen's University.[6] Lukan's younger sister Kaili Lukan also played basketball at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and is a current member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.[7]

Megan Lukan
Date of birth (1992-02-14) February 14, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birthToronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–Green Bay
Queen's University
Rugby union career
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
2016- Canada 7s
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition

Green Bay statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 Green Bay Redshirt[9]
2011-12 Green Bay 33 218 43.3% 32.4% 61.9% 3.4 2.8 1.7 0.1 6.6
2012-13 Green Bay 32 226 39.8% 29.8% 77.0% 2.8 4.4 1.3 0.0 7.1
2013-14 Green Bay 32 287 40.2% 23.5% 64.3% 5.1 4.2 1.6 0.1 9.0
2014-15 Green Bay 33 221 36.2% 14.6% 64.5% 5.0 4.7 1.5 0.1 6.7
Career 130 952 39.7% 26.6% 66.2% 4.1 4.0 1.5 0.1 7.3

References

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  1. ^ UWGB Women's Basketball Player profile
  2. ^ UWGB Women's Basketball Record Book
  3. ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Megan Lukan". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. ^ MacDonnell, Beth (July 8, 2016). "Historic first Canadian women selected for Olympic rugby at Rio 2016". Olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Davidson, Neil. "Canadian rugby sevens women open crucial World Series season in Colorado". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  7. ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF).
  8. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ^ "One-on-One with Megan Lukan". Retrieved 2021-06-04.
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