Marlies Askamp (born August 7, 1970 in Dorsten, Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German professional basketball player. She was one of the original players to play in the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Personal As a youth, Askamp played basketball and competed in track until at age 16. She speaks German, English, and French. Career highlights Played in the 1998 FIBA Women's Championship with the German National Team All-time leader in offensive rebounds (137) and total rebounds (329) for the now-defunct Miami Sol Career statistics Regular season |- | style="text-align:left;"|1997 | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 28 || 1 || 18.5 || .393 || .000 || .763 || 5.2 || 0.8 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 1.6 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1998 | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 26 || 0 || 12.3 || .471 || .000 || .661 || 3.3 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 5.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1999 | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 30 || 30 || 26.0 || .482 || .000 || .816 || 7.2 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 0.6 || 1.2 || 9.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2000 | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 32 || 32 || 27.2 || .407 || .500 || .684 || 7.2 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.7 || 1.5 || 7.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2001 | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 30 || 11 || 14.4 || .483 || .000 || .563 || 2.9 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2002* | style="text-align:left;"|Miami | 6 || 1 || 12.0 || .400 || .000 || .273 || 1.8 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 1.8 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2002*† | style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles | 20 || 4 || 10.8 || .473 || .000 || .643 || 2.5 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 3.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"|2002 | style="text-align:left;"|Total | 26 || 5 || 11.0 || .462 || .000 || .480 || 2.3 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"|Career | style="text-align:left;"|6 years, 3 teams | 172 || 79 || 18.6 || .440 || .167 || .711 || 4.8 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 1.1 || 6.0 Playoffs |- | style="text-align:left;"|1997 | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 1 || 0 || 19.0 || .333 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 9.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"|1998 | style="text-align:left;"|Phoenix | 5 || 0 || 7.2 || .400 || .000 || .250