Today is Nia Coffey Day at Inside NU.
Because of the nature of Northwestern women’s basketball’s attendance issues, not too many students or Wildcat fans ever saw Nia Coffey play in person. They all missed out. After watching her around 30 times over the past two seasons, I can confidently say that she was one of the best athletes I’ve ever seen on a basketball court, and I know everyone who did go see her play would agree with me.
For those who don’t know, and there are plenty of people who don’t, Coffey averaged 20 and 10 over her final two seasons, made four First Team All-Big Ten Teams, is the program leader in rebounds and would be the all-time scoring leader if Northwestern had accepted a WNIT bid this past season (she’s still second, somehow).