Shavonte Zellous Explained

Shavonte Zellous
Team:Free agent
Position:Shooting guard
Nationality:American / Croatian
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lbs:188
Birth Date:1986 8, mf=yes
High School:Jones (Orlando, Florida)
College:Pittsburgh (2005–2009)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2009
Draft Round:1
Draft Pick:11
Draft Team:Detroit Shock
Career Start:2009
Team1:Detroit Shock
Years2:2009–2010
Team2:Beşiktaş J.K.
Years3:2010
Team3:Tulsa Shock
Years4:
Team4:Indiana Fever
Years5:2010–2011
Team5:TTT Riga
Years6:2011
Team6:Ramat HaSharon
Years7:2011–2013
Team7:Mersin BB
Years8:2013–2014
Team8:Galatasaray S.K.
Years9:2014–2015
Team9:Fenerbahçe S.K.
Years10:
Team10:New York Liberty
Years11:2016–2018
Team11:Beşiktaş J.K.
Years12:2018–2019
Team12:Bnot Herzliya
Team13:Seattle Storm
Years14:2020–2021
Team14:Çankaya University
Team15:Washington Mystics
Years16:2021
Team16:Çukurova Basketbol
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Shavonte Zellous (born August 28, 1986) is an American-Croatian professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. She was a standout basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh. Zellous was drafted 11th in the first round of the 2009 WNBA draft by the Shock.

Professional career

As a rookie in 2009, Zellous ranked second among rookies in points (11.9), was second overall in the league in free throws made (155) and averaged 1.8 assists per game.[1] Zellous scored in double digits in 21 of the 34 games played during her first season and earned honors by making the WNBA All-Rookie Team, the lowest draft selection to ever make the All-Rookie team up until that point.[2] Zellous was a member of the Indiana Fever team that won the WNBA championship in 2012 and was named a WNBA All-Star in 2013.[3]

In 2013, Zellous almost doubled her scoring average, from 7.5 ppg in 2012 to 14.7 ppg in 2013. This improvement, coupled with increases in rebounding and shooting percentage helped her to win the WNBA Most-Improved player award in 2013.[4]

On February 1, 2016, Zellous signed with the New York Liberty.[5] Her WNBA averages include 39.5% in Field Goals, 80.3% in free throws, and 9.2 PPG.[6]

On April 11, 2019, Zellous signed with the Seattle Storm.[7]

On March 31, 2021, Zellous signed with the Washington Mystics, appearing in 28 games during the season.[8]

College career

While in college, Zellous was a standout guard for the University of Pittsburgh women's basketball team from 2005 to 2009. While there, she helped lead her team to a WNIT "Final Four" in 2006 and three straight NCAA tournament appearances from 2007 to 2009, during which her team advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" in 2008 and 2009. While at Pitt, she earned Third Team AP All-American honors in 2009 and was the Big East Conference Most Improved Player in 2007. Zellous finished her career at Pitt ranked third on the university's all-time scoring list with 2,253 points. Zellous also became the first player in Pitt history (men's or women's) and the ninth in Big East history (men's or women's) to score 600 points in three separate seasons.[9]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Detroit|34||4||23.6||39.7||30.6||85.6||3.1||1.8||0.8||0.5||2.3||11.9|-| align="left" rowspan=2 | 2010| align="left" | Tulsa|4||1||16.8||16.1||10.0||83.3||0.8||2.5||0.5||0.0||0.5||4.0 |-| align="left" | Indiana|27||0||15.5||36.2||28.0||74.7||2.1||1.3||0.4||0.6||1.2||5.9|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Indiana|33||2||14.0||43.8||26.5||78.4||2.4||1.4||0.4||0.5||1.0||5.5 |-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Indiana|31||31||22.3||36.9||34.5||77.0||2.7||1.7||0.7||0.5||1.4||7.5 |-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Indiana|29||29||31.3||41.5||34.8||78.0||3.4||1.7||0.9||0.7||1.9||14.7|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Indiana|34||33||27.4||41.1||30.5||78.4||2.8||2.1||0.7||0.5||1.6||11.0|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Indiana|23||1||22.2||37.9||24.1||77.1||2.3||1.9||1.0||0.3||1.2||8.4|-| align="left" | 2016| align="left" | New York|33||1||23.3||40.3||19.2||85.1||2.5||2.2||0.9||0.2||1.3||8.8|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | New York|34||34||29.1||42.3||33.3||82.3||4.0||2.8||0.9||0.2||1.9||11.7|- | align="left" | 2018| align="left" | New York|22||22||24.1||42.3||26.7||75.4||3.1||3.0||0.6||0.2||1.2||8.2|- | align="left" | 2019| align="left" | Seattle|31||4||13.9||37.9||18.8||75.0||1.5||1.5||0.3||0.2||1.1||4.0 |- | align="left" | 2020| style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |Did not play (did not appear in WNBA)|-| align="left" | 2021| align="left" | Washington|28||5||15.8||37.7||24.4||80.6||2.4||1.6||0.4||0.2||0.8||4.3 |-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 12 years, 6 teams|363||167||21.9||39.8||29.1||80.1||2.7||1.9||0.7||0.4||1.4||8.5

Playoffs

|-| align="left" | 2009| align="left" | Detroit|5||0||29.0||35.3||41.2||85.2||5.0||2.8||1.2||0.6||1.4||15.6|-| align="left" | 2010| align="left" | Indiana|3||0||10.3||60.0||0.0||85.7||0.7||0.7||0.0||0.3||0.7||4.0|-| align="left" | 2011| align="left" | Indiana|5||1||19.2||42.9||40.0||60.0||2.6||1.4||0.4||0.6||1.2||8.6|-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Indiana|10||5||27.9||39.8||26.7||85.7||2.9||1.7||0.9||0.8||1.7||10.6|-| align="left" | 2013| align="left" | Indiana|4||4||26.5||44.7||41.7||92.3||3.8||2.0||0.3||0.5||0.0||12.8|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Indiana|5||5||35.6||38.9||29.2||75.0||3.4||1.0||0.4||0.8||0.6||14.4|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Indiana|11||0||21.5||43.8||30.8||80.0||2.4||1.9||0.7||0.5||1.3||7.6|-| align="left" | 2016| align="left" | New York|1||0||28.0||44.4||0.0||50.0||3.0||1.0||1.0||0.0||0.0||10.0|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | New York|1||1||26.0||14.3||0.0||100.0||6.0||1.0||1.0||0.0||2.0||4.0|- | align="left" | 2019| align="left" | Seattle|2||0||7.0||33.3||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.5||0.5||0.5||1.0||2.0|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 10 years, 4 teams|47||16||24.3||40.1||32.1||80.5||2.9||1.6||0.7||0.6||1.1||9.9

College

Source[10]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2004–05PittsburghRedshirt[11]
2005–06Pittsburgh3325439.618.268.75.72.50.80.87.7
2006–07Pittsburgh3363142.731.477.45.92.81.00.619.1
2007–08Pittsburgh3461943.438.971.45.41.90.90.918.2
2008–09Pittsburgh3374741.536.678.35.72.91.10.622.6
Career totalsPittsburgh133225142.134.675.05.72.50.90.716.9

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WNBA Names 2009 adidas All-Rookie Team . September 24, 2009 . WNBA.com . October 5, 2009.
  2. Web site: Recognition for the Rookie . Pretzer . Ryan . Detroitshock.com. September 24, 2009 . October 5, 2009.
  3. Web site: Former Pitt Star Shavonte Zellous Named to WNBA All-Star Team. 2021-06-20. Pitt Panthers #H2P. en.
  4. Web site: Michaelson. Lee. September 22, 2013. Fever's Zellous is 2013 WNBA Most Improved Player. FullCourt.com. Lee Michaelson. 23 Sep 2013.
  5. News: Liberty Signs Shavonte Zellous and Carolyn Swords - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. 2017-08-30. en-US.
  6. Web site: Shavonte Zellous stats . 25 September 2016.
  7. News: Seattle Storm Signs Free Agent Guard Shavonte Zellous - Storm.WNBA.com - Official Site of the Seattle Storm. storm.wnba.com - Official Site of the Seattle Storm. 2019-05-18. en-US.
  8. Web site: MYSTICS SIGN SHAVONTE ZELLOUS . 2022-05-05 . Washington Mystics . en.
  9. Web site: FORMER PITT GUARD SHAVONTE ZELLOUS TO PLAY IN HER FIRST PROFESSIONAL GAME FOR THE DETROIT SHOCK. 2021-06-20. Pitt Panthers #H2P. June 5, 2009 . en.
  10. Web site: NCAA® Career Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2016-05-27.
  11. Web site: Shavonte Zellous - Women's Basketball. 2021-06-20. Pitt Panthers #H2P. en.