Trinity Baptiste Explained

Trinity Baptiste
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:160
League:WNBA
Birth Date:June 15, 1998
Birth Place:Tampa, Florida, U.S.
High School:Hillsborough
(Tampa, Florida)
College:Northwest Florida State (2017–2018)
Virginia Tech (2018–2020)
Arizona (2020–2021)
Draft Year:2021
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:24
Draft Team:Indiana Fever
Draft League:WNBA
Career Start:2021
Years1:2021–2022
Team1:Politeh-SamGTU Samara
Years2:2022
Team2:Club Félix Pérez Cardozo
Years3:2022
Team3:Mainland Pouakai
Years4:2022–2023
Team4:FCC UAV Arad
Years5:2023
Team5:Plateros de Fresnillo
Years6:2023–2024
Team6:Bursa Uludağ BK
Years7:2024
Team7:Sampaio
Years8:2024–
Team8:Maccabi Haifa
Highlights:
  • ACC Sixth Player of the Year (2020)

Trinity Baptiste (born June 15, 1998) is an American professional basketball player. She was drafted in the second round by the Indiana Fever in the 2021 WNBA draft but was waived by the team before the start of the season.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

College career

Baptiste grew up in Tampa, Florida. She attended Hillsborough High School. She was named a McDonald's All-American in 2016.[6]

Baptiste started her college career at Northwest Florida State College. She appeared in 31 games and averaged 13 points per game on a 61% field goal percentage. She also averaged 8.3 rebounds.[7]

She transferred to Virginia Tech for her sophomore season. She appeared in 64 games for the Hokies and started 26. At Virginia Tech, she recorded 12 double-doubles. She was named ACC Sixth Player of the Year in 2020 and was named to the ACC All-Academic Team.[8]

Baptiste joined the University of Arizona as a graduate transfer after the 2020 season. She started all 27 games at Arizona, where she averaged 26.4 minutes, 8.6 points, and 6.1 rebounds. Baptiste lead Arizona to an appearance in the championship game in the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball tournament.[9] [10] [11] [12]

Baptiste decided to forgo her remaining eligibility, of which she had an extra year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and declare for the WNBA draft in spring 2021.[13] [14]

Club career

Baptiste joined Russian club Politeh-SamGTU Samara in 2021.[15] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she left the country and later played for Club Félix Pérez Cardozo in Paraguay, where she won the South American Women's Basketball League, and Mainland Pouakai in New Zealand in 2022, before joining Romanian club FCC UAV Arad later that year.[16]

She later represented Plateros de Fresnillo in Mexico and Turkish side Bursa Uludağ BK.[17] In 2024, she played for Brazilian club Sampaio before joining Israeli side Maccabi Haifa.[18]

International career

Baptiste represented Lebanon at the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Sydney, Australia.[19] She helped the Lebanese team finish seventh after beating Chinese Taipei, and remain in Division A for 2025.[20]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19| style="text-align:left;"| Virginia Tech|34||19||27.5||49.6||55.3||85.6||7.6||1.5||0.8||0.2||2.1||10.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Virginia Tech|30||7||22.9||43.8||37.3||84.8||6.4||1.0||0.5||0.2||1.8||9.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Arizona|27||27||26.3||44.0||34.8||83.8||6.1||1.0||0.9||0.2||1.6||8.6|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career|91||53||25.6||45.9||41.5||85.0||6.7||1.2||0.7||0.2||1.9||9.6|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aari McDonald and Trinity Baptiste selected in the WNBA Draft. April 15, 2021.
  2. Web site: Trinity Baptiste selected in second round of WNBA draft.. Bob. Putnam. April 16, 2021.
  3. Web site: Trinity Baptiste. WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  4. Web site: TechSideline.com. TechSideline.com.
  5. Web site: Former Arizona forward Trinity Baptiste waived by Indiana Fever. Ezra. Amacher. May 2, 2021. Arizona Desert Swarm.
  6. Web site: Trinity Baptiste - 2016-17 - Women's Basketball. Sam Houston.
  7. Web site: Trinity Baptiste. Northwest Florida State College.
  8. Web site: Trinity Baptiste - Women's Basketball. Virginia Tech Athletics.
  9. Web site: ACC Sixth POY Baptiste transferring to Arizona. April 14, 2020. ESPN.com.
  10. Web site: Virginia Tech grad transfer Trinity Baptiste commits to Arizona Wildcats. Gary. Randazzo. Sports Illustrated Arizona Wildcats News, Analysis and More.
  11. Web site: Trinity Baptiste announces that she will not return to Arizona women's basketball. K.. Doss. April 6, 2021. Arizona Desert Swarm.
  12. Web site: 2021 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket | NCAA.com. www.ncaa.com.
  13. Web site: Trinity Baptiste announces that she will not return to Arizona women's basketball. www.msn.com.
  14. Web site: Trinity Baptiste will not return to Arizona in 2021-22 | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com. Javier. Morales. April 7, 2021. allsportstucson.com.
  15. Web site: Trinity Baptiste signs at Samara . Eurobasket . 23 June 2021 .
  16. Web site: Doss . Kim . Former Arizona forward Trinity Baptiste to represent Lebanon in international competition . Arizona Desert Swarm . 20 June 2023 .
  17. Web site: Trinity Baptiste (ex Plateras) is a newcomer at Bursa . Eurobasket . 26 June 2023 .
  18. Web site: Trinity Baptiste (ex Sampaio) is a newcomer at M.Haifa . Eurobasket . 6 June 2024 .
  19. Web site: Team Roster: Lebanon. fiba.basketball. 26 June 2023. 26 June 2023. 4.
  20. Web site: Lebanon 75–73 Chinese Taipei . FIBA . 30 June 2023 .
  21. Web site: Trinity Baptiste College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 16, 2024.