2025 Indiana Fever season

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2025 Indiana Fever season
Coach Stephanie White
Arena Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Attendanceper game
Results
Record00
Place0th (Eastern)

The 2025 Indiana Fever season will be the franchise's 26th season in the WNBA and their 3rd season under Head Coach Stephanie White, who returns to the franchise where she was previously head coach from 2015-16. [1]

Contents

Fever Finished 6th in the 2024 regular season making the playoffs for the 1st time since 2016. [2]

Fever announced they are parting ways with head coach Christie Sides after the end of the 2024 season. [1] On November 1st Fever announced Stephanie White as their new head coach [3]

In 2024, the WNBA held its first expansion draft since 2008, marking a historic moment in the league’s growth and evolution. League's new expansion team Golden State Valkyries selected Temi Fagbenle from the Fever roster. [4]

Transactions

WNBA draft

RoundPickPlayerNationalitySchool/Team/Country
18 [5] TBDTBDTBD
220TBDTBDTBD
333TBDTBDTBD

Transactions

DateTransaction
September 23, 2024Hired Kelly Krauskopf as President of Basketball and Business Operations [6]
October 4, 2024Hired Amber Cox as chief operating officer and general manager [7]
October 4, 2024 Lin Dunn takes over as senior advisor [7]
October 27, 2024Fired Head Coach Christie Sides [1]
November 1, 2024Hired Stephanie White as head coach [8]
November 27, 2024Hired Austin Kelly as assistant coach [9]
November 27, 2024 Karima Christmas-Kelly Returns as Assistant Coach [9]
December 6, 2024 Golden State Valkyries selected Temi Fagbenle in the expansion draft [4]

Roster changes

Roster

PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHeightWeightDOBFromYrs
G 34 Flag of the United States.svg Berger, Grace 6' 0" (1.83m)160 lb (73kg)1999-06-03 Indiana 1
F/C 7 Flag of the United States.svg Boston, Aliyah 6' 5" (1.96m)220 lb (100kg)2001-12-11 South Carolina 1
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Clark, Caitlin 6' 0" (1.83m)155 lb (70kg)2002-01-22 Iowa R
F 12 Flag of Brazil.svg Dantas, Damiris 6' 3" (1.91m)214 lb (97kg)1992-11-17Real Celta Vigo8
G 10 Flag of the United States.svg Hull, Lexie 6' 1" (1.85m)155 lb (70kg)1999-09-13 Stanford 2
F 33 Flag of the United States.svg Samuelson, Katie Lou 6' 3" (1.91m)163 lb (74kg)1997-06-13 Connecticut 4
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Saxton, Victaria 6' 2" (1.88m)181 lb (82kg)1999-11-10 South Carolina 1
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Smith, NaLyssa 6' 4" (1.93m)185 lb (84kg)2000-08-08 Baylor 2
G 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wallace, Kristy 5' 11" (1.8m)157 lb (71kg)1996-01-03 Baylor 2
Head coach
Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie White (Purdue)
Assistant coaches
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Kelly (Duke)
Flag of the United States.svg Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

  WNBA roster page

Depth

Pos.StarterBench
PG Caitlin ClarkGrace Berger
SG Kristy Wallace
SF Lexie HullKatie Lou Samuelson
PF NaLyssa SmithVictaria Saxton
C Aliyah BostonDamaris Dantas

Schedule

Pre Season

2024 pre-season game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
1May 3 Washington Mystics Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2May 10 Atlanta Dream Gateway Center Arena
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular Season

2024 game log
Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
27August 1@ Dallas Wings College Park Center
28August 3@ Seattle Storm Climate Pledge Arena
29August 5@ Los Angeles Sparks Crypto.com Arena
30August 7@ Phoenix Mercury Footprint Center
31August 9 Chicago Sky Gainbridge Fieldhouse
32August 12 Dallas Wings Gainbridge Fieldhouse
33August 15 Washington Mystics Gainbridge Fieldhouse
34August 17@ Connecticut Sun Mohegan Sun Arena
35August 22 Minnesota Lynx Gainbridge Fieldhouse
36August 24@ Minnesota Lynx Target Center
37August 26 Seattle Storm Gainbridge Fieldhouse
39August 29@ Los Angeles Sparks Crypto.com Arena
40August 31@ Golden State Valkyries Chase Center
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance
Record
41September 2@ Phoenix Mercury Footprint Center
42September 5 Chicago Sky Gainbridge Fieldhouse
43September 7@ Washington Mystics Entertainment and Sports Arena
44September 9 Minnesota Lynx Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2025 season schedule

Standings

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