Liz Dixon

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Liz Dixon
No. 20–Panathinaikos
Position Center
League Greek League
Personal information
Born (2000-09-29) September 29, 2000 (age 24)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school Ridgeway High School
(Memphis, Tennessee)
College
WNBA draft 2023: undrafted
Playing career2023–present
Career history
2023 Phoenix Mercury
2023 Connecticut Sun
2023–2024Faenza Basket Project
2024 Phoenix Mercury
2024–present Panathinaikos
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Elizabeth "Liz" Dixon (born September 29, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for Panathinaikos of the Greek Women's Basketball League. She previously played for the Phoenix Mercury and the Connecticut Sun in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Louisville and Georgia Tech.

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College career

Dixon came out of high school as the 19th overall ranked player according to ESPN HoopGurlz's rankings. [1] She was named to the McDonald's All-American Game in 2018. [2] Dixon committed to play for Georgia Tech in March 2017. [3]

Georgia Tech

During her freshman season at Tech, Dixon started every game for the Yellow Jackets and was the third leading scorer on the team at 11.0 points per game. [4] She was the named the Freshman of the Week three times during her tenure at Georgia Tech - November 19, January 14, and February 11th. [5] She was also named to the ACC All-Freshman team for her freshman season. [6]

Following her freshman season and the firing of head coach MaChelle Joseph, Dixon put her name into the transfer portal and decided that she would leave Georgia Tech. [7]

Louisville

Dixon decided that she would transfer to Louisville about 4 weeks after entering the portal. She and fellow Georgia Tech freshman Elizabeth Balogun decided that they wanted to stick together and both chose the Cardinals. [8] Dixon was cleared for immediate eligibility for the Cardinals after the NCAA ruled in favor of her in September 2019. [9]

Dixon spent most of her career at Louisville coming off the bench for the Cardinals. She averaged 5.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in her career there. During her 2021–2022 season, Dixon became the only player in that season to go 6-for-6 or better from the field in back-to-back games. [4] During her graduate season, Dixon joined the 1,000th career point club in a January game. [10]

Professional career

WNBA

Phoenix Mercury (2023)

Dixon went undrafted during the 2023 WNBA Draft, but she signed a training camp contract with the Phoenix Mercury on April 14, 2023. [11] Dixon went through camp, but was ultimately cut from the Mercury before Opening Night. [12] Dixon returned to the Mercury on a Hardship Contract on May 19, 2023. [13] She made her WNBA debut on May 19, when the Mercury played the Los Angeles Sparks, playing 5 minutes. On May 21, Dixon was released from the Hardship Contract.

Connecticut Sun (2023)

On June 3, 2023, Dixon signed a contract with the Connecticut Sun. [14] Dixon was waived by the Sun on July 14, 2023. [15]

Phoenix Mercury (2023–2024)

Dixon returned to the Mercury on a 7-Day Contract in July 2023. [16] Dixon remained with the Mercury until August 5 when her 2nd 7-Day Contract expired. Dixon signed back with the Mercury for a 2nd and 3rd 7-Day Contract before being let go from the contracts on August 24. Dixon stayed with the Mercury into the 2024 season. She played in sixteen games for the Mercury before being waived on July 2, 2024. [17] On July 5, 2024, she was re-signed by the team to a seven-day contract, but ultimately waived upon its expiration on July 12. [18]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics [19]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2023 Connecticut 405.3.400——0.50.30.00.30.51.0
Phoenix 1005.6.571—.8751.30.10.00.20.22.3
2024 Phoenix 1709.4.379—.8002.40.50.10.50.51.8
Career2 years, 2 teams3107.6.438—.8331.80.40.00.40.41.8

College

NCAA statistics
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Georgia Tech 30330.512.000.7146.40.80.61.111.0
2019–20 Louisville 32141.496.000.6443.60.30.30.74.4
2020–21 Louisville 30229.564.000.7455.40.40.41.27.6
2021–22 Louisville 34179.573.000.7633.10.70.40.75.3
2022–23 Louisville 38191.536.000.7253.80.50.30.95.0
Career1641070.535.000.7164.40.50.40.96.5

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  2. ↑ "The 2018 McDonald's All American Games Girls rosters revealed". hoopfeed.com. Hoopfeed. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Villa, Walter. "Standout junior Elizabeth Dixon rerouted on way to Georgia Tech". ESPN.com. ESPn. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Liz Dixon". gocards.com. Louisville Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "DIXON TABBED ACC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK". ramblinwreck.com. GT Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "2019–20 ACC Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). theACC.com. Fall 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  7. ↑ Sugiura, Ken. "Georgia Tech's Elizabeth Dixon in transfer portal". ajc.com. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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  10. ↑ Franck, Cameron. "Louisville Women's Basketball: Liz Dixon joins 1,000-pt club". bigredlouie.com. Big Red Louie. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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  15. ↑ "Connecticut Sun Waives Liz Dixon". sun.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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