Jennifer Derevjanik Explained

Jennifer Derevjanik
Position:Point Guard
Birth Date:29 March 1982
Birth Place:Staten Island, New York
Nationality:American
Height Ft:5
Weight Lb:140
College:George Mason University
Height In:10
Height M:1.78
Weight Kg:63.5
Highlights:
  • First-Team All-CAA (2004)
  • CAA Rookie of the Year (2001)
  • CAA All-Freshman Team (2001)

Jennifer Derevjanik (born March 29, 1982, in Staten Island, New York) is a former American professional basketball player. She last played the point guard position for the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA.[1] She currently coaches girl's varsity basketball at Bound Brook High School where she led them to their first state title in their programs history in her third year of coaching.

Derevjanik played college basketball at George Mason University, and was among the top five scorers in the university's history.

George Mason statistics

Source

Year !Team GP !Points FG% !3P% FT% !RPG APG !SPG BPG !PPG - 2000-01 30 302 39.0 27.1 61.7 4.3 3.9 2.0 0.2 10.1 - 2001-02 George Mason 31 425 40.9 30.1 56.6 2.9 4.1 1.8 0.3 13.7 - 2002-03 George Mason 26 413 42.4 30.9 75.7 3.8 4.1 2.2 0.2 15.9 - 2003-04 George Mason 29 497 43.7 36.4 72.8 4.0 4.2 1.9 0.4 17.1 - Career George Mason 116 1637 41.7 31.2 67.0 3.7 4.1 2.0 0.3 14.1

International career

In the 2004–2005 and 2005-2006 off-seasons, she played for Vilnius, Lithuania, in the FIBA Euroleague.
In the 2010-2011 off-season, she played for Panathinaikos in Greece.

WNBA career

Derevjanik was undrafted. She was signed by the Connecticut Sun on April 26, 2004. She was released by the Sun at the end of training camp prior to the 2006 season, and signed with the Phoenix Mercury a few weeks later.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Connecticut|23||0||6.1||26.9||25.0||1.000||0.4||0.6||0.3||0.0||0.4||0.8|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Connecticut|34||1||10.6||36.4||14.3||43.8||0.9||1.2||0.3||0.1||0.8||0.7 |-| align="left" | 2006| align="left" | Phoenix|31||8||15.1||50.7||26.7||61.5||1.8||2.2||0.7||0.2||0.8||3.1 |-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Phoenix|23||0||8.7||43.3||10.0||81.8||1.0||1.0||0.3||0.0||0.7||1.6|-| align="left" | 2008| align="left" | Phoenix|17||0||8.5||26.3||12.5||75.0||1.0||1.6||0.1||0.2||0.6||0.8|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams|128||9||10.2||41.3||19.2||62.7||1.1||1.4||0.4||0.1||0.7||1.5

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2004| align="left" | Connecticut|1||0||1.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|-| align="left" | 2005| align="left" | Connecticut|8||1||10.3||40.0||0.0||50.0||0.5||1.8||0.6||0.0||0.8||0.8|-| align="left" | 2007| align="left" | Phoenix|1||0||2.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 3 years, 2 teams|10||1||8.5||40.0||0.0||50.0||0.4||1.4||0.5||0.0||0.6||0.6

Vital statistics

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Jennifer Derevjanik - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. 2017-10-08. en-US.