Damiris Dantas

Damiris Dantas do Amaral

No. 12 – Atlanta Dream
Position	Center
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	November 17, 1992 Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft	2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career	2011–present
Career history
2011–2012	Real Celta Vigo
2012	Ourinhos
2013	Maranhao
2013–present	Americana
2014–2015	Minnesota Lynx
2015–present	Atlanta Dream
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women's basketball Competitor for  Brazil Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team Americas Championship 2011 Neiva Team 2013 Xalapa Team South American Championship 2013 Mendoza Team World Championship U-19 2011 Chile Team

Damiris Dantas do Amaral (Ferraz de Vasconcelos born 17 November 1992) is a Brazilian female basketball player.^[1] Together with the Brazilian team she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile. Dantas was also named MVP at that tournament.^[2] She was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the Brazil women's national basketball team.^[3]

She was a member of the team which competed for Brazil at the 2011 Pan American Games, winning a bronze medal.^[4]

Dantas began to play basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at the age of 13. Within four years, she had become a professional.^[5] Dantas was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round of the 2012 WNBA Draft. Dantas was not expected to play in the WNBA until after the 2012 Olympic Games.^[6]

Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhao in 2013, and Americana from 2013 to 2014. She was signed by the Lynx on April 2, 2014.^[7] Dantas made her WNBA debut on May 16, 2014, gathering 12 rebounds in a win against Washington.^[8] Dantas became the second rookie in league history to debut with 10 rebounds and 5 assists. With Rebekkah Brunson being sidelined with tendinitis, Dantas became the starter, and soon led the WNBA rookies in rebounds.^[9] On July 27, 2015 Dantas was traded to the Atlanta Dream as part of the three-team deal.^[10]

WNBA Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career high		League leader

Regular season

References

1. Confederação Brasileira de Basketball – player profile. Retrieved 24 October 2011
2. FIBA U19W – Dantas named MVP, Headlines All-Tournament Team. Retrieved 24 October 2011
3. ¡Brasil Campeón FIBA Américas 2011 femenino!
4. "Basketball: Women's Bronze Medal Match 17". Guadalajara2011.org.mx. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19.
5. Q&A With Janeth Arcain | Part I
6. 2012 WNBA Draft First Round
7. Minnesota Lynx sign Brazilian center Damaris Dantas
8. Lynx at Mystics, May 16, 2014
9. Questions? Dantas Has Answers
10. Dream Finalize Three–Team Trade with Minnesota and Chicago

External links

• Damiris Dantas at WNBA.com