Stephanie Mavunga
Free agent
PositionPower forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1995-02-24) February 24, 1995 (age 29)
Harare, Zimbabwe
NationalityAmerican/Polish
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolBrownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana)
College
WNBA draft2018: 2nd round, 14th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career2018–2020
Career history
2018–2020Indiana Fever
2020Chicago Sky
2022Washington Mystics
Career highlights and awards
  • First-team All-Big Ten (2018)
  • Second-team All-Big Ten (2017)
  • First-team All-ACC (2015)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team

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]

College career

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]

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
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

WNBA career

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.

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 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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2020 Chicago 1 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 1 0 1.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "History As Stephanie Mavunga Becomes First Zimbabwean To Be Drafted To WNBA". News of the South. April 13, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Poland snaps up Zim-born basketball star Mavunga". June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via PressReader.
  4. ^ "Stephanie Mavunga". goheels.com. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Mavunga". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State University. 21 May 2018. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
  6. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  7. ^ "Mavunga chooses Ohio State after leaving UNC". ESPN.com. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2021-06-13.

External links

2018 WNBA draft
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