Kaili Lukan is a Canadian rugby sevens player. She made her debut with the senior national team in June 2017 during the Clermont-Ferrand,[2] France leg of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games as a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team.[3] Lukan was named to the HSBC Sydney Series, Dream Team in February, 2020.[4] Lukan is known for her athleticism, speed and ball handling. She is a crossover athlete who played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (known for sporting purposes as Green Bay) from 2012 to 2016 prior to joining Canada's national rugby sevens team.[5] Lukan scored 1,028 points and won various conference honors over her Green Bay basketball career, including 2016 Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year.[6] Her older sister Megan Lukan also played basketball at Green Bay and was a member of the Canada women's national rugby sevens team that won a bronze medal during the 2016 Rio Olympics. She was born in Willemstad, Curaçao but spent her early years in Barrie, Ontario. Lukan has four siblings beside her sister Megan, including two other sisters and two brothers. She is openly lesbian.[7]
| Date of birth | February 20, 1994[1] | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Willemstad, Curaçao | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| University | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Career
editIn June 2021, Lukan was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.[8][9]
Green Bay statistics
editSource[10]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 | Green Bay | 12 | 17 | 41.2% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | - | 1.4 |
| 2013-14 | Green Bay | 32 | 367 | 47.5% | 28.8% | 67.8% | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
| 2014-15 | Green Bay | 33 | 317 | 44.4% | 22.4% | 86.0% | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| 2015-16 | Green Bay | 33 | 327 | 42.9% | 30.6% | 71.6% | 4.7 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 9.9 |
| Career | 110 | 1028 | 44.9% | 27.7% | 74.1% | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Kaili Lukan profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Kaili Lukan". Rugby Canada. Archived from the original on 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ "Canadian women defend Pan Am rugby 7s gold with win over United States". cbc.ca. CBC Sports. July 28, 2019.
- ^ "Two Canadians make Sydney Women's Dream Team". Americas Rugby News. 2020-02-02. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ Neil Davidson (January 27, 2017). "Sisters switch from basketball to rugby, aim to reunite on national team". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
- ^ "Green Bay Basketball - Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Green Bay Phoenix.
- ^ Outsports (2021-07-12). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (25 June 2021). "Team Canada names women's and men's rugby teams for Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Davidson, Neil (25 June 2021). "Veteran trio to lead Canada's rugby 7s squads at the Tokyo Olympics". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.