Jewell Loyd

Jewell Loyd
No. 24 – Seattle Storm
Position Point guard
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-10-05) October 5, 1993
Lincolnwood, Illinois
Nationality American
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Career information
High school Niles West (Skokie, Illinois)
College Notre Dame (2012–2015)
WNBA draft 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career 2015–present
Career history
2015–present Seattle Storm
2015–present Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2015)
Medals
Representing  United States
Basketball 3x3
World Championship
2014 Moscow Women's
Women’s basketball
U17
2010 France National team

Jewell Loyd (born October 5, 1993) is a professional basketball player. She was drafted first overall in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. She played college basketball at Notre Dame.

Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois, Loyd was a four-year starter for Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where she averaged 24.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and scored 3,077 career points, leading the team to a 93-31 record during that time.

In her final season for Notre Dame, she was named ESPN's women's college basketball player of the year as the Fighting Irish advanced to the NCAA championship game for the second year in a row. Loyd scored 1,909 points in her college career, Notre Dame's fifth-highest total ever.[1]

Notre Dame statistics

Source[2]

Legend
  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 Notre Dame 36 450 44.7 41.3 82.0 5.2 2.1 1.0 0.3 12.5
2013-14 Notre Dame 37 687 51.7 39.8 80.8 6.5 2.1 1.6 0.5 18.6
2014-15 Notre Dame 39 772 44.3 30.8 82.6 5.3 3.0 1.5 0.4 19.8
Career Notre Dame 112 1909 47.0 36.7 81.9 5.7 2.4 1.4 0.4 17.0

Awards and Honors


References

  1. ↑ "Jewell Loyd". Retrieved 22 Apr 2015.
  2. ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015.
  3. ↑ "Storm’s Jewell Loyd Headlines 2015 WNBA All-Rookie Team". http://www.wnba.com/. September 24, 2015. Retrieved 25 Sep 2015. External link in |website= (help)

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