Jocelyn Willoughby Explained

Jocelyn Willoughby
League:WNBA
Position:Small forward / shooting guard
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:180
Birth Date:25 March 1998
Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
High School:Newark Academy
(Livingston, New Jersey)
College:Virginia (2016–2020)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2020
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:10
Draft Team:Phoenix Mercury
Career Start:2020
Years1:
Team1:New York Liberty
Highlights:

Jocelyn Willoughby (born March 25, 1998) is an American basketball player who is a free agent. She played college basketball for the University of Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

A resident of East Orange, New Jersey, Willoughby played prep basketball at Newark Academy.[2]

Willoughby led the ACC in scoring as a senior, averaging 19.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.[3]

The Phoenix Mercury selected Willoughby with the 10th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft, only to trade her to the New York Liberty in exchange for Shatori Walker-Kimbrough.[4]

On February 19, 2024, Willoughby signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun. On 13 May 2024, Willoughby was waived by the Connecticut Sun.[5]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| style='text-align:left;'|2020| style='text-align:left;'|New York| 22 || 5 || 17.4 || .358 || .405 || .833 || 2.4 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 1.5 || 5.8|-| style='text-align:left;'|2022| style='text-align:left;'|New York| 11 || 4 || 11.0 || .423 || .273 || .500 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 2.6|-| style='text-align:left;'|2023| style='text-align:left;'|New York| 29 || 0 || 6.6 || .400 || .438 || 1.000 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 1.2|-| style='text-align:left;'| Career| style='text-align:left;'| 3 years, 1 team| 62 || 9 || 11.2 || .376 || .391 || .796 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 3.1

Playoffs

|-| style='text-align:left;'|2022| style='text-align:left;'|New York| 2 || 0 || 7.0 || 1.000 || — || .667 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 3.0|-| style='text-align:left;'|2023| style='text-align:left;'|New York| 3 || 0 || 2.3 || .000 || .000 || .333 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7|-| style='text-align:left;'| Career| style='text-align:left;'| 2 year, 1 team| 5 || 0 || 4.2 || .500 || .000 || .444 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 1.6

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17| style="text-align:left;" | Virginia|33||33||29.9||37.8||20.5||74.2||6.2||1.7||1.7||0.4||2.8||9.8|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18| style="text-align:left;" | Virginia|33||33||29.1||40.4||44.6||85.1||5.4||1.0||1.3||0.2||2.0||9.6 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19| style="text-align:left;" | Virginia|31||31||33.9||38.9||39.8||85.1||8.2||1.6||1.2||0.6||3.0||14.8|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20| style="text-align:left;" | Virginia|30||30||35.8||45.1||41.6||87.0||7.7||2.0||1.3||0.6||3.4||bgcolor=#d3d3d3 |19.2°|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|127||127||32.1||40.8||38.8||83.0||6.8||1.6||1.4||0.5||2.8||13.2|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jocelyn Willoughby - Women's Basketball . University of Virginia Athletics . April 18, 2020 . en.
  2. Ragozzino, Joe. "Jocelyn Willoughby signs with University of Virginia", Essex News Daily, November 20, 2015. Accessed April 20, 2020. "Newark Academy senior Jocelyn Willoughby had cause to celebrate on National Letter of Intent Signing Day this month. Joined by family, friends and coaches, the East Orange resident signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball for University of Virginia."
  3. News: Conlin . Bennett . Virginia's Jocelyn Willoughby chosen by Phoenix in WNBA Draft, then dealt to New York . April 18, 2020 . . April 17, 2020.
  4. News: Mercury select Willoughby in 2020 WNBA Draft, trade to New York . April 18, 2020 . Arizona Sports.com . April 17, 2020.
  5. Web site: Connecticut Sun Waives Sydney Wiese and Jocelyn Willoughby – Connecticut Sun . 2024-05-13 . sun.wnba.com.
  6. Web site: Jocelyn Willoughby College Stats. Sports-Reference. July 7, 2024.