Stephanie_Mavunga
Stephanie Mavunga
American basketball player
Stephanie Mavunga is an American and Polish professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.[1] She was drafted by Indiana in the second round and 14th overall pick of the 2018 draft, becoming the first Zimbabwean-born player to be drafted by the WNBA.[2] She switched her international allegiance to Poland in 2022.[3]
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-02-24) February 24, 1995 (age 29) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American/Polish | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College |
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| WNBA draft | 2018: 2nd round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–2020 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Mavunga began her college career at North Carolina. In her rookie season, she made 34 starts and played in 37 games for the Tar Heels. She averaged 10.7 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. In her sophomore season, she was named First Team All-ACC and to the Preseason All-ACC team. Despite ranking 2nd in the ACC in double doubles that season, she decided to transfer to Ohio State.[4] Mavunga sat out the 2015-16 season under NCAA Transfer rules. In her junior season, she made 22 appearances for the Buckeyes, and averaged 11.4 points per game and 10.8 rebounds per game. She became the third player in Ohio State history to average a double double. Her senior season was another success, as she was named to the All-Big Ten team and the All-Big Ten Tournament team.[5]
North Carolina and Ohio State statistics
Source[6]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 | North Carolina | 37 | 396 | 52.3% | 7.7% | 58.9% | 8.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 10.7 |
| 2014-15 | North Carolina | 35 | 504 | 48.3% | 14.3% | 64.1% | 9.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 14.4 |
| 2015-16 | Ohio State | Sat due to NCAA transfer rules[7] | |||||||||
| 2016-17 | Ohio State | 22 | 251 | 56.8% | 0.0% | 68.0% | 10.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
| 2017-18 | Ohio State | 35 | 582 | 63.2% | 33.3% | 67.8% | 11.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 16.6 |
| Career | 129 | 1733 | 54.8% | 12.9% | 64.5% | 9.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 13.4 | |
Mavunga was drafted 14th overall in the 2018 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She played in 25 games for the Fever, averaging 2.2 points per game and 2.2 rebounds per game over the season. She did not start any games during the 2018 season.
On August 28, 2020, Mavunga was traded to the Chicago Sky for Jantel Lavender as well as second and third round draft picks in the 2021 WNBA Draft.
| 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 best | ° | League leader |
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Indiana | 25 | 0 | 7.8 | .477 | .000 | .800 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | Indiana | 24 | 0 | 8.5 | .511 | .000 | .706 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | Indiana | 5 | 0 | 11.8 | .444 | .000 | .818 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | .455 | .000 | .000 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 59 | 0 | 8.4 | .483 | .000 | .767 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Playoffs
- Kraft, Tyler (August 3, 2019). "How the Fever bench paved the way for the largest regular season comeback in team history". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- "History As Stephanie Mavunga Becomes First Zimbabwean To Be Drafted To WNBA". News of the South. April 13, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- "Poland snaps up Zim-born basketball star Mavunga". June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via PressReader.
- "Stephanie Mavunga". goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- "Stephanie Mavunga". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. 21 May 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- "Mavunga chooses Ohio State after leaving UNC". ESPN.com. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2021-06-13.