Diamond DeShields - Chicago Sky (WNBA)
Basketball Highlights
Career Honors:
- Drafted: No. 3 in 2018 by the Chicago Sky
- Competing for Shanxi Flames (China) during the 2018-19 season
- In her first season in the WNBA, averaged 14.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 2.2 apg. while starting in
33 of 34 games played
- Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List -- 2016-17
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List -- 2016-17
- John R. Wooden Award Preseason Watch List -- 2016-17
- Naismith Trophy Preseason & Top 30 Watch Lists -- 2016-17
- Wade Trophy Watch List -- 2016-17
- Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team -- 2016-17
- AP Preseason All-American Honorable Mention -- 2016-17
- Media Preseason All-SEC First Team -- 2016-17
- espn "Preseason No. 8 Player" -- 2016-17
- NCAA Sioux Falls Regional All-Tournament Team -- 2015-16
- SEC All-Tournament Team -- 2016
- AP All-SEC Second Team -- 2015-16
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2015-16
- Wade Trophy Watch List -- 2015-16
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Preseason & Midseason Watch Lists -- 2015-16
- Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 Watch List -- 2015-16
- Naismith Trophy Watch List -- 2015 -16
- John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 30 Watch List -- 2015-16
- Coaches Preseason All-SEC First Team -- 2015-16
- Media Preseason All-SEC First Team -- 2015-16
- espn "Preseason All-America Second Team" -- 2015-16
- AP Preseason All-America Honorable Mention -- 2015-16
- College Sports Madness Preseason All-America Second Team -- 2015-16
- College Sports Madness Preseason All-SEC First Team -- 2015-16
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year -- 2013-14
- espn "National Freshman of the Year" -- 2013-14
- Full Court National Freshman of the Year -- 2013-14
- Full Court Freshman All-America First Team -- 2013-14
- Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention Team -- 2013-14
- ACC Rookie of the Year -- 2013-14
- All-ACC First Team -- 2013-14
- ACC All-Freshman Team -- 2013-14
- All-ACC Tournament -- 2013-14
- Three-time ACC Rookie of the Week -- 2013-14
- ACC Player of the Week -- 2013-14 (Feb. 11)
- NCAA.com National Player of the Week -- 2013-14 (Feb. 11)
- USBWA and espn "National Player of the Week" -- 2013-14 (Feb. 17 & 18)
- John R. Wooden Top-15 Watch List -- 2013-14
- Naismith Award Midseason Top-30 Watch List --2013-14
- Preseason All-ACC -- 2013-14
- ACC Newcomer Preseason Watch List -- 2013-14
Diamond DeShields
(Date of Birth - March 5, 1995)
Physical Details:
- 6' 1"
2015 - 2017 Statistics
2017 – Cukurova (Turkish league)
2016
- Asst: 84
- Blocks: 27
- Steels: 33
- Points 415
2015
- Asst: 82
- Blocks: 29
- Steels: 58
- Points: 514
USA/AAU Basketball Notes:
Five-time gold medalist with USA Basketball
A member of the victorious 2015 USA World University Games Team.
Led Team USA to the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Under - 17 World Championships and was named tournament MVP.
Gold Medal: 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship, 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
| - | Named to the 2012 USA Women's U17 World Championship Team on May 20, 2012. |
| - | As a member of the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team, averaged 4.7 ppg and 2.6 rpg to help the USA to an 8-1 record and gold medal. |
| - | Youngest member of the 2010 USA Basketball U18 National Team that compiled a perfect 5-0 record, earned the 2010 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal and qualified the USA for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship, averaged a USA third-best ppg, while adding 3.4 rpg in 14.2 mpg. |
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