Sandora Irvin

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Sandora Irvin
Personal information
Born (1982-02-23) February 23, 1982 (age 42)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Fort Lauderdale
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
College TCU (2001–2005)
WNBA draft 2005: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2005–present
Position Forward
Career history
2005–2006 Phoenix Mercury
2007–2008 San Antonio Silver Stars
2010 Chicago Sky
2011 Atlanta Dream
Career highlights and awards
  • Kodak All-American (2005)
  • All-American – USBWA (2005)
  • First-team All-American – AP (2005)
  • CUSA Player of the Year (2005)
  • 2x First-team All-CUSA (2004, 2005)
  • 3x CUSA Defensive Player of the Year (2003–2005)
  • CUSA All-Freshman Team (2002)

Sandora Lavett Irvin (born February 23, 1982 [1] ) is an American professional basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was waived by the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2009.

Contents

In her WNBA career, Irvin has scored 91 points, and has collected 100 rebounds, 14 assists, 10 steals, and 26 blocks. [1]

Early life

Irvin is the daughter of Daughn Irvin and Angela Hollis and is the niece of former Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver Michael Irvin and a cousin Trevis Graham who played for the golden golfers. [1]

In Irvin's senior season in college she averaged 19.9 points and 11.9 points per game and tallied 150 blocked shots, two shy of tying the NCAA's single-season record at that time. [2] Irvin previously held the NCAA record for career blocked shots, with 480, when she graduated in 2005. [3] She broke the old mark of 428 set in 1991. Her record was surpassed by Louella Tomlinson of Saint Mary's in 2010, who finished her career with 663 blocks. [3] [4]

As a senior Irvin was also named to the AP All-America first team and selected as a Kodak All-American. She also earned USBWA All-American and Conference USA Player of the Year honors. [2] Irvin was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. She ended her junior season with 15 consecutive double-doubles She set the TCU single-season records for points (504), rebounds (366) and field goals made (195) as a junior. [2]

TCU statistics

Source [5]

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 PPG Points per game Bold Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2001–02 TCU 31 335 42.6 57.163.2 9.5 1.2 1.6 2.7 10.8
2002–03 TCU 33396 41.9 20.0 69.2 9.7 1.1 1.2 3.9 12.0
2003–04 TCU 30 504 51.047.1 65.4 12.21.5 1.8 3.9 16.8
2004–05 TCU 3365745.7 38.1 73.311.8 2.12.54.519.9
Career TCU 127 1892 45.6 39.2 68.4 10.8 1.5 1.8 3.8 14.9

WNBA career

Phoenix Mercury

On April 16, 2005, Irvin was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the first round (No. 3 overall) of the 2005 WNBA Draft. In her rookie season, Irvin played in 12 regular season games averaging 3.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.50 blocks, 0.42 steals and 10.2 minutes per game. [6]

During the 2006 WNBA season, Irvin appeared in 7 regular season games for the Mercury, averaging 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds per game. [6]

San Antonio Silver Stars

After two seasons with the Mercury, Irvin was traded by Phoenix to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a second round 2008 draft pick. [6] During the 2007 WNBA season, Irvin appeared in 23 games for the Silver Stars averaging 1.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.40 blocks, 0.1 steals and 5.6 minutes per game. [6] She was waived by the San Antonio Silver Stars on May 12, 2009.

Chicago Sky

After spending some time on the free agent market, she signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky. She was later named to the team. During her run with the Sky, she appeared in 18 games. Started in one of the games. Sandora averaged 1.9 points, 1.4 rebounds, o.33 blocks, 0.11 steals and 7.6 minutes per game. [6] She was waived by the Chicago Sky on July 22, 2010.

International career

Irvin played overseas for Club USP-CEU MMT Estudiantes (Madrid, Spain) in the First Division of the Liga Feminina (LF). In 14 games, Irvin has averaged 13.5 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. She is among the Spanish LF overall league leaders in points per game (15th), rebounds per game (third) and blocks per game (third).

On July 6, 2007 Irvin officially signed with Puig d’en Valls, a team in Spain which completed its sixth straight season in the Liga Femenina, Her statistics starting from January 2007, when she landed in Madrid's Estudiantes team, are notable: 13.5 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, twice selected game MVP. [7]

Off the court

In 2007 Irvin joined her alma mater's, Texas Christian University, women's basketball staff as Director of Operations. [8]

WNBA 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

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2005 Phoenix 12010.231.850.080.02.80.40.40.50.23.7
2006 Phoenix 705.415.40.060.01.40.10.31.10.41.0
2007 San Antonio 2305.631.00.050.01.70.30.10.40.51.2
2008 San Antonio 2105.532.125.063.61.70.10.10.20.31.2
2010 Chicago 1817.646.714.366.71.40.20.10.30.61.9
2011 Atlanta 3018.333.90.070.02.50.50.20.50.51.8
Career6 years, 4 teams11127.133.319.469.42.00.30.20.50.41.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2007 San Antonio 303.0100.00.00.00.30.00.00.30.30.7
2008 San Antonio 301.333.30.00.00.30.30.00.30.00.7
2011 Atlanta 302.7100.0100.00.00.70.00.00.30.01.0
Career3 years, 2 teams902.360.0100.00.00.40.10.00.30.10.8

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Sandora Irvin Playerfile – Bio, wnba.com, accessed Jun 16, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Player Bio: Sandora Irvin". gofrogs.cstv.com. Texas Christian University. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2021. p. 18. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  4. Bryson, Chace (February 11, 2010). "Saint Mary's Louella Tomlinson sets blocked shot records, but the Gaels fall to Gonzaga in women's basketball". EastBayTimes.com . Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Sandora Irvin Playerfile – Stats, wnba.com, accessed Jun 16, 2008.
  7. Sandora Irvin signing with PDV, feb.es, accessed Jun 16, 2008.
  8. Irvin Joins TCU Women’s Basketball Staff, wnba.com, accessed Jun 16, 2008.

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