Emma Cannon

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Emma Cannon
Emma Cannon (cropped).jpg
Cannon with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2025
No. 32–Los Angeles Sparks
Position Power forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1989-06-01) June 1, 1989 (age 36)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school School of the Arts
(Rochester, New York)
College
WNBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2012Osnabrücker SC
2012 Rockingham Flames
2012–2015 TSV 1880 Wasserburg
2015–2016Ramat HaSharon
2016–2017 Chevakata Vologda
2017 Phoenix Mercury
2017–2018 Nadezhda Orenburg
2018–2019 Arka Gdynia
2019–2020NKE-FCSM Csata
2020–2021 Las Vegas Aces
2020–2021 Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor
2021 Connecticut Sun
2021 Indiana Fever
2021–2022 Elitzur Ramla
2022 Phoenix Mercury
2022–2023 Indiana Fever
2022Bursa BSB
2022–2023 Elitzur Ramla
2023–2024Nesibe Aydin Ankara
2024 Las Vegas Aces
2024 CCC Polkowice
2025 Henan Phoenix
2025–present Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights
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Emma Cannon (born June 1, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Central Florida and Florida Southern before debuting in the WNBA in 2017 for the Phoenix Mercury. She has also played for the Connecticut Sun, Indiana Fever and Las Vegas Aces and has played overseas in Germany, Australia, Israel, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, and China. She won two championships with Elitzur Ramla of the Israeli League in 2022 and 2023.

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Early life

Cannon attended the School of the Arts in Rochester, New York. While at the School of the Arts, Cannon collected 1,800 points and also 1,800 rebounds. She also holds the school record for both most points (47) and rebounds (35) in a single game. [1] Following her outstanding high school career, Cannon committed to play collegiate basketball at Central Florida.

College

Central Florida

During Cannon's freshman year, she was named to the C-USA All-Freshman team after averaging 11.7 ppg and 8.7 rpg. She continued her impressive play the following year, being named to the C-USA 1st Team. She broke the school record for rebounds in a season with 393. She was also named the C-USA Tournament MVP leading the Knights to the NCAA Tournament. Her junior year, she joined the 1,000 point club for the Knights and continued to move up both the points and rebound list for both the school and C-USA. [2] Following her outstanding high school career, Cannon committed to play collegiate basketball at Central Florida.

Florida Southern

Cannon transferred to Florida Southern for her senior year and continued her individual and team success. She helped guide the Mocs to a 26–5 record and a trip to the Regional Final - finishing as the Runner-Up. She scored 15.7 ppg and 12.1 rpg. [3] She was named an NCAA Division-II All-American Honorable Mention, as well.

Professional career

WNBA

Cannon debuted in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) in 2017 with the Phoenix Mercury. She played in all 34 regular season games that year, averaging 4.4 points and 3.6 rebounds while making 49.1 percent of her shots. She scored a career-high 17 points against the Dallas Wings on August 10 and had a career-high 10 rebounds against the Atlanta Dream on September 3. She re-signed with Mercury prior to training camp in 2018, but was waived before the start of the regular season. Likewise, in 2019, she signed with the Connecticut Sun, and was waived before the start of the season. [4]

In September 2020, Cannon joined the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA COVID bubble season in Florida, [4] just prior to the team's playoff run to the WNBA Finals. In six postseason games, she connected on 50.0 percent of her field goal attempts, averaging 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds. [5]

Cannon re-signed with the Aces for the 2021 WNBA season. [5] She played in three games before being waived on May 29, 2021. [6] She signed with Connecticut on June 7, 2021. [7] After being released by the Sun, Cannon signed with the Indiana Fever on July 28. [8]

On April 16, 2022, Cannon re-signed with the Phoenix Mercury, but was released after playing in only one game. [6] On June 5, 2022, Cannon returned to the Indiana Fever, playing in 23 games in 2022 and 30 games in the 2023 season. [6]

In April 2024, Cannon signed a training camp contract with the Dallas Wings. [9] Following their first preseason game, the Wings waived Cannon from their training camp roster. [10] She subsequently returned to the Las Vegas Aces in May 2024. [11] On June 16, 2024, she was waived by the Aces. [12]

On February 2, 2025, Cannon signed with the Los Angeles Sparks for the 2025 WNBA season. [13]

Overseas

Cannon has played for Osnabrücker SC in Germany (2011–12), Rockingham Flames in Australia (2012), [14] TSV 1880 Wasserburg in Germany (2012–15), Ramat HaSharon in Israel (2015–16), Chevakata Vologda in Russia (2016–17), Nadezhda Orenburg in Russia (2017–18), Arka Gdynia in Poland (2018–19), NKE-FCSM Csata in Hungary (2019–20) and Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor in Turkey (2020–21). [11] She joined Elitzur Ramla in Israel for the 2021–22 season. She started the 2022–23 season in Turkey with Bursa BSB before re-joining Elitzur Ramla in December 2022 for the rest of the season. She returned to Turkey for the 2023–24 season, where she played for Nesibe Aydin Ankara. She joined CCC Polkowice in Poland for the 2024–25 season but left in December 2024. In January 2025, she joined Henan Phoenix of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. [11]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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
 TO  Turnovers per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high°League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics [15]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2017 Phoenix 34012.9.491.000.5873.60.30.20.20.94.4
2018Did not play (waived)
2019
2020 Las Vegas 100.4———0.00.00.00.00.00.0
2021 Las Vegas 305.7.400.0001.0001.70.30.00.31.02.0
Connecticut 5011.6.471.500.5003.00.80.00.21.04.2
Indiana 12618.3.443.214.7144.51.00.40.22.06.9
2022 Phoenix 106.01.000—.5002.01.00.00.00.03.0
Indiana 23214.3.522.500.7393.20.50.60.10.77.0
2023 Indiana 30310.5.455.382.9093.10.50.10.11.15.8
2024 Las Vegas 501.8.667.000—0.40.20.00.00.20.8
Career6 years, 4 teams1141112.2.481.367.7233.20.50.20.11.05.3

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2017 Phoenix 4010.0.286——4.30.30.00.00.51.0
2020 Las Vegas 6014.3.500.200.0002.20.80.00.01.73.8
Career2 years, 2 teams10012.6.448.200.0003.00.60.00.01.22.7

College

NCAA statistics [16]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2007–08 UCF 30025.749.40.064.98.70.91.30.82.811.7
2008–09 UCF 34030.950.90.078.311.60.41.20.92.815.5
2009–10 UCF 251326.843.5100.065.510.00.61.20.83.011.0
Career891328.048.6100.070.210.10.61.20.82.813.0

References

  1. ↑ "Emma Cannon". ucfknights.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Emma Cannon". ucfknights.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "FSC Alumna Emma Cannon '11 Re-Signs With WNBA's Las Vegas Aces". fscmocs.com. January 14, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Aces Sign Forward Emma Cannon To Rest Of Season Contract". WNBA.com. September 9, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  5. 1 2 "FSC Alumna Emma Cannon '11 Re-Signs With WNBA's Las Vegas Aces". fscmocs.com. January 14, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 "Emma Cannon WNBA Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Connecticut Signs Cannon". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Fever Sign Emma Cannon to 7-Day Contract". fever.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dallas Wings Sign Emma Cannon" . Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Dallas Wings Announce Roster Transaction". wings.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 "Emma Cannon" . usbasket.com. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Aces waive forward, sign rookie center after suffering sixth loss". Las Vegas Review-Journal. June 16, 2024. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Sparks Sign Forwards Emma Cannon, Anneli Maley". sparks.wnba.com. February 2, 2025. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Emma Cannon". WA State Basketball League. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Emma Cannon WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  16. ↑ "Emma Cannon College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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