2025 Indiana Fever season

2025 Indiana Fever season
Coach	Stephanie White
Arena	Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Attendance	per game
Results
Record	0–0
Place	0th (Eastern)
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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]

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

The Fever announced they are parting ways with head coach Christie Sides after the end of the 2024 season. ^[1] On November 1, the 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. The league's new expansion team, the Golden State Valkyries, selected Temi Fagbenle from the Fever roster. ^[4]

On January 16, 2025 Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced that the Fever will have its own devoted practice facility walking distance from Gainbridge Fieldhouse by 2027.The $78 million exclusive sports performance center for the Indiana Fever will be spread across 108,000 sq. ft. making it the largest practice facility among the WNBA teams. ^{[5] [6]}

Draft

See also: 2025 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club	Outcome
2	19 [7]
2	20
3	33

Transactions

Main article: List of 2025 WNBA season transactions

Front office and coaching

Date	Details	Ref.
October 4, 2024	Hired Amber Cox as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager	[8]
	Lin Dunn named Senior Advisor
October 27, 2024	Fired head coach, Christie Sides	[1]
November 1, 2024	Hired Stephanie White as head coach	[3]
November 27, 2024	Hired Austin Kelly as an assistant coach	[9]
	Karima Christmas-Kelly returning as an assistant coach
January 27, 2025	Hired Jackie Maynard as Associate Vice President of Basketball Communications	[10]

Trades

February 2, 2025 [11] [12] (Four-team trade)	To Indiana Fever Sophie Cunningham and the 2025 No. 19 pick (from Phoenix Mercury) Jaelyn Brown (from Dallas Wings)	To Connecticut Sun Rebecca Allen and Natasha Cloud (from Phoenix Mercury) Jacy Sheldon (from Dallas Wings) 2025 No. 8 draft pick (from Indiana Fever)
	To Dallas Wings DiJonai Carrington and Tyasha Harris (from Connecticut Sun) NaLyssa Smith and right to swap third round picks in 2027 draft (from Indiana Fever) Rights to Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and the 2025 No. 12 pick (from Phoenix Mercury)	To Phoenix Mercury Alyssa Thomas (from Connecticut Sun) Satou Sabally, Kalani Brown, and Sevgi Uzun (from Dallas Wings)

Free agency

Core designation

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.
Kelsey Mitchell	January 16, 2025	Accepted core offer on January 29	[13] [14]

Re-signed

Player	Date	Notes	Ref.

Additions

Player	Date	Notes	Former Team	Ref.
Natasha Howard	February 3, 2025	One-year deal	Dallas Wings	[15]
DeWanna Bonner	February 5, 2025		Connecticut Sun	[16]
Sydney Colson	February 6, 2025		Las Vegas Aces	[17]
Brianna Turner	February 16, 2025	Details to be announced	Chicago Sky	[18] [19]

Subtractions / Unsigned

Player	Date	Reason	New Team	Ref.
Temi Fagbenle	December 6, 2024	Expansion draft	Golden State Valkyries	[4] [20]
Grace Berger	February 2, 2025	Waived	Minnesota Lynx	[21] [22]
Victaria Saxton	February 3, 2025		—	[23]
Katie Lou Samuelson	February 10, 2025	Waived – contract amendment	Seattle Storm	[24] [25] [26]
Erica Wheeler	February 12, 2025	Free agency – unrestricted		[27]
Kristy Wallace	February 25, 2025	Suspended contract – full season	N/A – retained rights	[28]

Roster

Indiana Fever roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Weight DOB From Yrs G/F 25 Bonner, DeWanna 6' 4" (1.93m) 143 lb (65kg) 1987-08-21 Auburn 15 F/C 7 Boston, Aliyah 6' 5" (1.96m) 220 lb (100kg) 2001-12-11 South Carolina 2 G/F 18 Brown, Jaelyn 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 1998-10-12 California 1 G 22 Clark, Caitlin 6' 0" (1.83m) 155 lb (70kg) 2002-01-22 Iowa 1 G 51 Colson, Sydney 5' 8" (1.73m) 140 lb (64kg) 1989-08-06 Texas A&M 10 G 8 Cunningham, Sophie 6' 1" (1.85m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-08-16 Missouri 6 C 12 Dantas, Damiris 6' 3" (1.91m) 214 lb (97kg) 1992-11-17 Real Celta Vigo 9 F 6 Howard, Natasha 6' 2" (1.88m) 165 lb (75kg) 1991-09-02 Florida State 11 G 10 Hull, Lexie 6' 1" (1.85m) 155 lb (70kg) 1999-09-13 Stanford 3 G 0 Mitchell, Kelsey 5' 8" (1.73m) 160 lb (73kg) 1995-11-12 Ohio State 7 F 11 Turner, Brianna 6' 3" (1.91m) 170 lb (77kg) 1996-07-05 Notre Dame 6 G 3 Wallace, Kristy  (S) 5' 11" (1.8m) 157 lb (71kg) 1996-01-03 Baylor 3	Head coach Stephanie White (Purdue) Assistant coaches Austin Kelly (Duke) Karima Christmas-Kelly (Duke) Player development Keith Porter (Connecticut Avery Point) Athletic trainer Garrett Hueber Strength and conditioning coach Shannon Patterson Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured   WNBA roster page
East ATL CHI CON IND NY WAS West DAL GS LV LA MIN PHO SEA

Depth

Pos.	Starter	Bench
PG
SG
SF
PF
C

Schedule

Preseason

2025 pre-season game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 3 Washington Gainbridge Fieldhouse 2 May 4 Brazil Carver–Hawkeye Arena 3 May 10 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena
2025 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2025 game log Total: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 May 17 Chicago Gainbridge Fieldhouse 2 May 20 Atlanta Gainbridge Fieldhouse 3 May 22 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena 4 May 24 New York Gainbridge Fieldhouse 5 May 28 @ Washington CFG Bank Arena 6 May 30 Connecticut Gainbridge Fieldhouse
June : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 June 3 Washington Gainbridge Fieldhouse 8 June 7 @ Chicago United Center 9 June 10 @ Atlanta Gateway Center Arena 10 June 14 New York Gainbridge Fieldhouse 11 June 17 Connecticut Gainbridge Fieldhouse 12 June 19 @ Golden State Chase Center 13 June 22 @ Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 14 June 24 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 15 June 26 Los Angeles Gainbridge Fieldhouse 16 June 27 @ Dallas College Park Center
July : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 July 3 Las Vegas Gainbridge Fieldhouse 18 July 5 Los Angeles Gainbridge Fieldhouse 19 July 9 Golden State Gainbridge Fieldhouse 20 July 11 Atlanta Gainbridge Fieldhouse 21 July 13 Dallas Gainbridge Fieldhouse 22 July 15 @ Connecticut TD Garden 23 July 16 @ New York Barclays Center 24 July 22 @ New York Barclays Center 25 July 24 Las Vegas Gainbridge Fieldhouse 26 July 27 @ Chicago United Center 27 July 30 Phoenix Gainbridge Fieldhouse
August : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 28 August 1 @ Dallas College Park Center 29 August 3 @ Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 30 August 5 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 31 August 7 @ Phoenix PHX Arena 32 August 9 Chicago Gainbridge Fieldhouse 33 August 12 Dallas Gainbridge Fieldhouse 34 August 15 Washington Gainbridge Fieldhouse 35 August 17 @ Connecticut Mohegan Sun Arena 36 August 22 Minnesota Gainbridge Fieldhouse 37 August 24 @ Minnesota Target Center 38 August 26 Seattle Gainbridge Fieldhouse 39 August 29 @ Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 40 August 31 @ Golden State Chase Center
September : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 41 September 2 @ Phoenix PHX Arena 42 September 5 Chicago Gainbridge Fieldhouse 43 September 7 @ Washington CFG Bank Arena 44 September 9 Minnesota Gainbridge Fieldhouse
2025 season schedule

Standings

#	v t e Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Conf.	Home	Road	Cup
1	Atlanta Dream	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
2	Chicago Sky	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
3	Connecticut Sun	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
4	Dallas Wings	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
5	Golden State Valkyries	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
6	Indiana Fever	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
7	Las Vegas Aces	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
8	Los Angeles Sparks	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
9	Minnesota Lynx	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
10	New York Liberty	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
11	Phoenix Mercury	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
12	Seattle Storm	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
13	Washington Mystics	0	0	.000	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Notes

(#) – League Standing

x – Clinched playoff berth

e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Source: Overall standings and Commissioner's Cup Standings

References

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2. "Indiana Fever Clinch 2024 Playoff Spot". fever.wnba.com. WNBA . Retrieved October 22, 2024.
3. "Indiana Fever Hire Stephanie White as Head Coach". fever.wnba.com. WNBA . Retrieved November 1, 2024.
4. "Golden State Valkyries begin constructing inaugural roster with 11 selections in 2024 WNBA Expansion Draft". nba.com. NBA.
5. "Pacers Sports & Entertainment unveils plans to build world-class, $78M Indiana Fever Sports Performance Center". fever.wnba.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
6. McCormick, Bret. "Fever set to build new practice facility for 2027". Sports Business Journal . Retrieved January 17, 2025.
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8. "Indiana Fever Name Amber Cox Chief Operating Officer and General Manager". fever.wnba.com. WNBA . Retrieved October 22, 2024.
9. "Indiana Fever Adds Austin Kelly to Coaching Staff, Karima Christmas-Kelly Returns as Assistant Coach". fever.wnba.com. WNBA . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
10. "Indiana Fever Announce Jackie Maynard as AVP of Basketball Communications". Indiana Fever. January 27, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
11. "Connecticut Sun Acquire Rebecca Allen, Natasha Cloud, Jacy Sheldon and the No. 8 Overall Pick". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
12. "Indiana Fever Acquire Guard Sophie Cunningham". Indiana Fever. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
13. Peterson, Chloe (January 16, 2025). "Indiana Fever core free agent Kelsey Mitchell for exclusive negotiating rights". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved January 31, 2025.
14. "Indiana Fever Re-Sign All-Star Kelsey Mitchell". fever.wnba.com. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
15. "Three-Time WNBA Champion Natasha Howard Returns to Indiana Fever". Indiana Fever. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
16. "Six-Time WNBA All-Star DeWanna Bonner Joins Indiana Fever". Indiana Fever. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
17. "Indiana Fever Sign Two-Time WNBA Champion Sydney Colson". Indiana Fever. February 6, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
18. Peterson, Chloe (February 16, 2025). "Indiana Fever bolster frontcourt depth in signing Brianna Turner". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved February 16, 2025.
19. "Indiana Fever Sign Forward Brianna Turner". Indiana Fever. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
20. Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (December 6, 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today .
21. "Indiana Fever Waive Guard Grace Berger". Indiana Fever . Retrieved February 2, 2025.
22. "Minnesota Awarded Grace Berger Off Waivers". Minnesota Lynx. WNBA. February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
23. "Indiana Fever Waive Forward Victaria Saxton". Indiana Fever. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
24. Peterson, Chloe (February 10, 2025). "Indiana Fever part ways with forward Katie Lou Samuelson after one season". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved February 10, 2025.
25. @RichardCohen1 (February 10, 2025). "Sources confirm that Katie Lou Samuelson's 'divorce agreement', i.e. buyout..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
26. "Katie Lou Samuelson Returns to Seattle". Seattle Storm. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
27. "Ten-Year Veteran Erica Wheeler Signs with the Storm". Seattle Storm. WNBA. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
28. "Kristy Wallace to Forgo the 2025 Season". Indiana Fever. WNBA. February 25, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

External links

• Official website of the Indiana Fever