Elena Delle Donne (American professional basketball player) plays for Washington Mystics in the Women's National Basketball Association. She was a college basketball coach for the Delaware Blue Hens between 2009 and 2013.
4000 career points
Despite being a rookie in the WNBA, Elena Delle Donne has already had a great season. In the 2018-19 season, she was named Washington Mystics' Team Captain. She also made the All-Star Game and was voted as Team Captain of the WNBA's All-Star Game. She was also named Team MVP last season and reached the 4,000-point mark in career against the Atlanta Dream.
Elena Delle Donne became the franchise star for the Washington Mystics in her rookie season. Her team has reached deep playoffs in each of the past two seasons thanks to her leadership. She has been a league MVP even though she missed some time due to personal reasons and rest. An indicator of a player’s effectiveness is efficiency, especially in shooting percentage. Elena Delle Donne averages 17.9 and 6.6 points per game. In addition, she shoots 59.2% of her shots as true shots. That's 5.8% better than the league average.
Three-time All-American
The versatile, 6-foot-five forward/guard is Honda Player of the year 2013 and a Two-time First Team All-American. She is currently ranked fifth in NCAA scoring and has received two Academic All-America honors. At the World University Games she was awarded a Gold Medal by Team USA. Delle Donne is a social activist as well as a star basketball player.
Former college basketball star, she holds a special place within her heart for those who support people with intellectual disabilities. She has also volunteered while living in Delaware and at the University of Delaware. In addition to all of this, she uses social media to document her family, and also her love for her sons. You can find Elena on Twitter (and YouTube) and Instagram.
Honda Player of The Year
The Collegiate Women Sports Awards are given to the nation's best women athletes. Award recipients are recognized for their athletic achievements, leadership skills, academic excellence, community service, and dedication. Honda has sponsored these awards since 1986. More than $2.5 Million in institutional grants has been awarded to universities nominated and funded by Honda. The Honda Cup has been won by Brittney Griner as well as Ann Meyers Drysdale (previous winners), Lisa Fernandez (previous winner), and Misty Maytreanor (previous winners).
Delle Dane, a Delaware native, played college basketball at the University of Delaware. She broke almost all school records and led the Blue Hens into two NCAA Tournaments. She is one of only five female players to score over 3,000 points in her career, and was twice named Academic All-America. She won the Gold Medal in 2013 with Team USA at World University Games. She has been named Honda Player of Year for her outstanding career.
Delaware Blue Hens stars
The Delaware Blue Hens' star defender earned All-American distinctions three times throughout her career. She was instrumental in helping the Blue Hens get to the NCAA women’s championship in 2013. Today, she is 11th in scoring. Donne graduated with the College of Education and Human Development and remains the Colonial Athletic Association's leading scorer. This endorsement is huge for college basketball players.
Delaware basketball's greatest challenge is to show that its support staff is capable. Elena Delle Donne has been out for the first couple of weeks and now the rest the team will have to prove them. There are many lines for the team, especially in the first act where the star player will be out with Lyme disease.