Shoni Schimmel

Shoni Schimmel

New York Liberty
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	May 4, 1992
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High school	Hermiston (Hermiston, Oregon) Franklin (Portland, Oregon)
College	Louisville (2010–2014)
WNBA draft	2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2016	Atlanta Dream
2016–present	New York Liberty
Career highlights and awards
2× WNBA All-Star (2014, 2015) WNBA All-Star Game MVP (2014) All-American – USBWA (2014) Second-team All-American – AP (2014) First-team All-AAC (2014) 2× First-team All-Big East (2012, 2013)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Women's Basketball World University Games 2013 Kazan, Russia Team Competition

Shoni Schimmel (born May 4, 1992) is an American professional basketball player. She was an All-American college player at the University of Louisville and a first round draft pick of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream.

Early life and high school

Schimmel, a 5'9" shooting guard, first received notoriety as a high school player in Oregon. Raised on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Mission, Oregon, she was the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Jonathan Hock called Off the Rez, which chronicled her journey to earn an NCAA scholarship with her basketball ability. She transferred from Hermiston High School in eastern Oregon to the larger Franklin High School in Portland, Oregon to increase her chances of being recruited to a Division I school.^[1] After her senior year at Franklin, Schimmel was named a first team All-American by Parade magazine.^[2]

Schimmel was selected to the 2010 Women's Basketball Coaches Association High School Coaches' All-America Team. The top twenty high school players in the country are named as WBCA All-Americans, and eligible to play in the all-star game. She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, scoring six points.^[3][4]

College career

Schimmel chose Louisville for college and became a four-year starter for the Cardinals. As a junior in 2012–13, Schimmel led the team to the championship game of the 2013 Tournament. In her senior season, Schimmel averaged 17.1 points per game to lead the team in scoring and was named an All-American by the USBWA and Associated Press.^[5][6]

For her career, she finished second on the Louisville career scoring list, finishing with 2,174 points.^[7]

USA Basketball

Schimmel was selected to be a member of the team representing the USA at the 2013 World University Games held in Kazan, Russia. The team, coached by Sherri Coale, won the opening four games easily, scoring in triple digits in each game, and winning by 30 or more points in each case. After winning the quarterfinal game against Sweden, they faced Australia in the semifinal. The USA team opened up as much as a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter of the game but the Australian team fought back and took a one-point lead in the final minute. Crystal Bradford scored a basket with 14 seconds left in the game to secure a 79–78 victory. The gold medal opponent was Russia, but the USA team never trailed, and won 90–71 to win the gold medal and the World University games Championship. Schimmel averaged 4.6 points per game.^[8]

Professional career

On April 14, 2014, Schimmel was selected in the first round of the 2014 WNBA draft (eighth pick overall) by the Atlanta Dream. She also earned recognition as the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player on July 19, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona as Schimmel out battled Skylar Diggins, and scoring 29 points. She currently holds the most points scored in the All-Star Game .^[7] In 2014, her jersey was the league's best seller.^[9]

Some of the other WNBA franchises have held events honoring Native Americans when the Dream is the visiting team.^[9]

Personal life

Schimmel has a younger sister, Jude, who was also a teammate of hers at Louisville.^[10] Shae, Shoni, Jude, Job, Mick, Milan, Saint, and sun are the children of Ceci and Rick Schimmel.

WNBA career 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

Postseason

References

1. "Mother, Daughter Prove Themselves 'Off The Rez'". NPR.org. May 14, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
2. "Franklin's Shoni Schimmel makes Parade All-American first team". OregonLive.com. March 22, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
3. "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 1 Jul 2014.
4. "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
5. Linter, Jonathan (April 1, 2014). "Shoni Schimmel named second team AP All-American". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
6. Linter, Jonathan (March 31, 2014). "Shoni Schimmel makes USBWA's All-America team". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
7. "Shoni Schimmel Selected Eighth in the 2014 WNBA Draft". Louisville Cardinals. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
8. "Twenty-Seventh World University Games -- 2013". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
9. "Franklin's Shoni Schimmel brings 'Rez Ball' back to NW". kgw.com. KGW. August 7, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
10. "Two Sisters Bring Native American Pride To Women's NCAA". NPR.com. April 8, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2014.

External links

• Louisville bio
• WNBA draft video
• Longman, Jeré (April 6, 2013). "Far From Reservation, Sisters Lead Louisville". The New York Times.