American basketball player (born 1989)
Elena Delle Donne Delle Donne at the 2014 World Basketball Festival
Position Small forward / shooting guard League WNBA Born (1989-09-05 ) September 5, 1989 (age 35) Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Listed weight 187 lb (85 kg) High school Ursuline Academy (Wilmington, Delaware)College Delaware (2009–2013)WNBA draft 2013 : 1st round, 2nd overall pickSelected by the Chicago Sky Playing career 2013–present 2013 –2016 Chicago Sky 2017 –2023 Washington Mystics
WNBA champion (2019 )
2× WNBA MVP (2015 , 2019 )
7× WNBA All-Star (2013 –2015 , 2017 –2019 , 2023 )
4× All-WNBA First Team (2015 , 2016 , 2018 , 2019 )
All-WNBA Second Team (2013 )
WNBA 25th Anniversary Team (2021)
50–40–90 club (2019 )
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2013 )
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2013 )
Honda Sports Award (2013)
Senior CLASS Award (2013)
2x Women's Basketball Academic All-American of the Year (2012, 2013)
2x All-American – WBCA , USBWA (2012, 2013)
2x First-team All-American – AP (2012, 2013)
Third-team All-American – AP (2010)
3x CAA Player of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013)
CAA Freshman of the Year (2010)
4x First-team All-CAA (2010–2013)
3x CAA All-Defensive Team (2010, 2012, 2013)
CAA All-Freshman Team (2010)
McDonald's All-American (2008 )
WNBA scoring champion (2015)
WNBA Peak Performer (2015)
NCAA season scoring leader (2012)
Stats at WNBA.comStats at Basketball-Reference.com
Elena Delle Donne (born September 5, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[ 1] Delle Donne played college basketball for the Delaware Blue Hens from 2009 to 2013.[ 2] She was drafted by the Chicago Sky with the second overall pick of the 2013 WNBA draft ,[ 3] and led the Sky to the 2014 WNBA Finals , where they were defeated by the Phoenix Mercury .[ 4] Delle Donne was traded to the Washington Mystics in 2017[ 5] and led them to their first WNBA championship in 2019.
Delle Donne has won two WNBA Most Valuable Player Awards (2015 , 2019 ),[ 6] been selected to seven All-Star teams, and was the first WNBA player to join the 50–40–90 club .[ 7] She was named to The W25 , the league's list of the top 25 players of its first 25 years, in 2021.[ 8] She is by far the all-time leader in free throw percentage in WNBA history, with a mark of 93.7%.[ 9]
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^ "Delle Donne First WNBA Player to Join 50-40-90 Club" . ESPN. September 9, 2019. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
^ "WNBA Continues Celebration Of Landmark 25th Season, Names Greatest Players In League History, 'The W25' " (Press release). WNBA. September 5, 2021. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2021 .
^ "WNBA Career Leaders and Records for Free Throw Pct" . Basketball-Reference.com . Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved December 22, 2023 .