Wilesia "Lele" Hardy (born September 6, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. She won the Icelandic championship with Njarðvík in 2012, when she was also named Úrvalsdeild Playoffs MVP, and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year three years in a row, from 2012 to 2014. She won the Icelandic Basketball Cup with Njarðvík in 2012 and in 2014 with Haukar while also being named the Cup Finals MVP.
Hardy played three seasons in the Naisten Korisliiga, leading the league in scoring in 2016.
Professional career England Hardy's first professional stop was with the Nottingham Wildcats of the then top-tier English Women's Basketball League. She helped the club reach the English EBL semifinals and for the season she averaged 20,1 points and 10,3 rebounds.
Iceland Hardy won the Icelandic national championship in 2012 with Njarðvík,Njarðvík Íslandsmeistari 2012 while also being named the playoffs MVP, and the Icelandic cup two times; with Njarðvík in 2012Njarðvík bikarmeistari kvenna 2012 and Haukar in 2014. She led the league in rebounds for four straight years (2012–2015) while leading the league in scoring for the 2013–2014 season. She finished second in scoring in 2015 and third in 2012 and 2013.
Finland In August 2015, Hardy signed with Vimpelin Veto in the Finnish Naisten Korisliiga league. In her first season she led the league in scoring with an average of 22,6 points per game.
She spent the 2017–2018 season with Tapiolan Honka, helping the club finish second in the league.
Return to Iceland On June 30, 2018, Hardy returned to Iceland and signed with Haukar as a player and assistant coach to Ólöf Helga Pálsdóttir. In her first game back, Haukar lost in the Super Cup to Keflavík, 77–83, despite Hardy's 23 points. On 20 February 2019, Haukar announced that Hardy would not finish the season with the team but would continue in her capacity as a coach for the junior teams. In 20 games she averaged 21.4 points, 14.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists.
Career statistics
College Lele Hardy Statistics at Clemson University Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG 2006–07 30 130 324 0.401 26 77 0.337 63 111 0.568 206 6.9 75 – 13 98 – 349 11.6 2007–08 31 103 304 0.339 10 60 0.167 56 83 0.675 220 7.1 105 – 13 83 – 272 8.8 2008–09 31 186 438 0.425 40 119 0.336 91 130 0.700 261 8.4 94 – 12 106 – 503 16.2 2009–10 31 158 468 0.338 40 152 0.263 91 141 0.645 246 7.9 66 – 19 111 – 447 14.4 Totals 123 577 1534 0.376 116 408 0.284 301 465 0.647 933 7.6 340 – 57 398 – 1571 12.8
Naisten Korisliiga
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–2016 | style="text-align:left;"| Vimpelin Veto | 15 || – || 35.3 || .468 || .257 || .693 || 11.9 || 3.8 || 3.9 || 0.7 || 22.6 || – |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016–2017 | style="text-align:left;"| Vimpelin Veto | 27 || – || 32.6 || .439 || .214 || .620 || 9.6 || 5.4 || 3.1 || 0.3 || 17.8 || – |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2017–2018 | style="text-align:left;"| Tapiolan Honka | 33 || – || 31.5 || .404 || .274 || .662 || 13.6 || 3.7 || 2.8 || 0.5 || 15.1 || –
Notes
External links Úrvalsdeild player profile Eurobasket.com profile WNBA.com: Prospect: Lele Hardy Korisliiga player profile