Brianna Turner

Turner was MVP of the 2014 McDonald's All-American Game
No. 21 – Phoenix Mercury
Position	Power forward
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1996-07-05) July 5, 1996 (age 27) Pearland, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High school	Manvel (Manvel, Texas)
College	Notre Dame (2014–2019)
WNBA draft	2019: 1st round, 11th overall pick
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–present	Phoenix Mercury
2019–present	Adelaide Lightning
2020–present	Nika Syktyvkar
2021–2022	Virtus Bologna
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2019) 2 × WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2020, 2021) NCAA champion (2018) Gatorade National Player of the Year (2014) McDonald's All-American (2014) First-team Parade All-American (2014)
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women 2012 U17 Amsterdam Team competition

Brianna Turner (born July 5, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Virtus Bologna of the EuroCup Women. She played college women's basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. She is a native of Pearland, Texas.^[1]

She competed for the United States women's national basketball team at the 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship and the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

College

Turner played college basketball at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana for the Fighting Irish.^[2] Turner led Notre Dame to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament as a #1 seed after a 30–3 regular season record. During a game against Purdue in the second round of the tournament, Turner ruptured her ACL and was done for the season. She later announced that she would miss the 2017–18 season because of the same injury. She returned for her final season of eligibility in 2018–19 after receiving a hardship waiver from the NCAA.^[3]

Statistics

Career

WNBA

At the 2019 WNBA draft, Turner was selected in the first round by the Atlanta Dream and was then quickly traded to the Phoenix Mercury.^[4] There Turner would join a line-up featuring players such as Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner. In September 2019, Turner was named to the 2019 All-Rookie Team.^[5]

WNBL

In 2019, Turner was signed by the Adelaide Lightning in Australia's Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).^[6] There she would play alongside the likes of Crystal Langhorne, Stephanie Talbot and Laura Hodges.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

Postseason