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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Harare, Zimbabwe | February 24, 1995||||||||||||||
Nationality | American/Polish | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
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WNBA draft | 2018: 2nd round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Indiana Fever | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
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2018–2020 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | BC Enisey | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | BLMA | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Dynamo Kursk | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | KGHM BC Polkowice | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | KGHM BC Polkowice | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Çukurova Basketbol | ||||||||||||||
2023–2024 | KGHM BC Polkowice | ||||||||||||||
2024–present | Valencia Basket | ||||||||||||||
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Stephanie Mavunga is an American and Polish professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. [1] She was drafted by Indiana in the second round and 14th overall pick of the 2018 draft, becoming the first Zimbabwean-born player to be drafted by the WNBA. [2] She switched her international allegiance to Poland in 2022. [3]
Mavunga began her college career at North Carolina. In her rookie season, she made 34 starts and played in 37 games for the Tar Heels. She averaged 10.7 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. In her sophomore season, she was named First Team All-ACC and to the Preseason All-ACC team. Despite ranking 2nd in the ACC in double doubles that season, she decided to transfer to Ohio State. [4] Mavunga sat out the 2015–16 season under NCAA Transfer rules. In her junior season, she made 22 appearances for the Buckeyes, and averaged 11.4 points per game and 10.8 rebounds per game. She became the third player in Ohio State history to average a double double. Her senior season was another success, as she was named to the All-Big Ten team and the All-Big Ten Tournament team. [5]
Source [6]
GP | Games 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 |
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2013–14 | North Carolina | 37 | 396 | 52.3% | 7.7% | 58.9% | 8.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 10.7 |
2014–15 | North Carolina | 35 | 504 | 48.3% | 14.3% | 64.1% | 9.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 14.4 |
2015–16 | Ohio State | Sat due to NCAA transfer rules [7] | |||||||||
2016–17 | Ohio State | 22 | 251 | 56.8% | 0.0% | 68.0% | 10.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 11.4 |
2017–18 | Ohio State | 35 | 582 | 63.2% | 33.3% | 67.8% | 11.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 16.6 |
Career | 129 | 1733 | 54.8% | 12.9% | 64.5% | 9.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 13.4 |
Mavunga was drafted 14th overall in the 2018 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever. She played in 25 games for the Fever, averaging 2.2 points per game and 2.2 rebounds per game over the season. She did not start any games during the 2018 season.
On August 28, 2020, Mavunga was traded to the Chicago Sky for Jantel Lavender as well as second and third round draft picks in the 2021 WNBA Draft.
GP | Games 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 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2018 | Indiana | 25 | 0 | 7.8 | .477 | .000 | .800 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
2019 | Indiana | 24 | 0 | 8.5 | .511 | .000 | .706 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 |
2020 | Indiana | 5 | 0 | 11.8 | .444 | .000 | .818 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 5.0 |
2020 | Chicago | 5 | 0 | 7.2 | .455 | .000 | .000 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
Career | 3 years, 2 teams | 59 | 0 | 8.4 | .483 | .000 | .767 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2020 | Chicago | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
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