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Yvonne Turner

Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American-Hungarian professional basketball player who most recently played for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and currently plays for Sopron Basket of the EuroLeague Women, and the Hungarian women's basketball league. She previously played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team from 2006 to 2010. Turner played professionally outside of the U.S. as well, including time in Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey. In Hungary during the 2016–17 season, she led the EuroLeague in scoring while playing with Uniqa Sopron. She has played the Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, and the Atlanta Dream during her time in the WNBA.

Yvonne Turner
Personal information
Born (1987-10-13) October 13, 1987 (age 37)
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight127 lb (58 kg)
Career information
High schoolBellevue East (Bellevue, Nebraska)
CollegeNebraska (2006–2010)
WNBA draft2010: undrafted
Playing career2010–present
PositionGuard
Career history
2010–2012Eisvögel USC Freiburg
2012–2013WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
2013–2014Antakya Belediyespor
2015CDB Zaragoza
2015–2016Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
2016–2019Sopron Basket
2017–2019Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020Nadezhda Orenburg
2020–2021Flammes Carolo Basket
2021–2022Çukurova Basketbol
2022Minnesota Lynx
2022Atlanta Dream
2022Phoenix Mercury
2023Seattle Storm
2023–2024Sopron Basket
2024–presentValencia Basket
Career highlights and awards
  • Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2010)
  • First-team All-Big 12 (2010)
  • 3× Big 12 All-Defensive team (2008–2010)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Nebraska Statistics

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Source[1]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006-07 Nebraska 28 65 33.9% 25.9% 60.0% 1.6 0.7 0.6 0.1 2.3
2007-08 Nebraska 33 277 44.4% 32.5% 65.8% 3.3 2.3 2.5 0.3 8.4
2008-09 Nebraska 31 364 37.5% 31.8% 70.4% 3.4 1.8 2.2 0.3 11.7
2009-10 Nebraska 34 395 39.8% 36.4% 66.2% 3.4 1.6 1.9 0.1 11.6
Career 126 1101 39.7% 11.1% 66.9% 17.7 1.6 1.8 0.2 8.7

Professional career

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WNBA

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Phoenix Mercury (2017–2019)

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Turner made her WNBA debut in 2017 with Phoenix. She averaged 5.1 points and 12.8 minutes per game in her 34 appearances, which included four starts. Turner scored a season high of 18 on July 17 at Minnesota in a loss.

Minnesota Lynx

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Turner signed a training camp contract on February 18, 2022, with the Minnesota Lynx.[2] Turner was waived from camp on May 3, but was brought back on a hardship contract due to the Lynx having multiple players missing due to overseas commitments or injuries.[3][4] Turner was released from her hardship contract with the Lynx on May 16, 2022.

Atlanta Dream

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On June 23, 2022, Turner signed a hardship contract with the Dream.[5] Turner appeared in 2 games for the Dream before being released from her Hardship Contract on June 27, 2022.

Phoenix Mercury (2022)

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Turner signed with the Mercury on a Hardship Contract on August 8, 2022. The Mercury were able to sign her due to Diana Taurasi's season-ending injury.[6]

WNBA career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2017 Phoenix 34 4 12.8 .410 .241 .763 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.0 1.1 5.1
2018 Phoenix 32 3 13.3 .376 .324 .682 1.8 1.3 0.7 0.1 0.6 4.1
2019 Phoenix 29 14 20.5 .343 .329 .878 2.8 2.3 0.6 0.1 2.0 6.4
2022 Minnesota 4 2 22.0 .308 .429 .857 2.5 2.5 0.5 0.0 3.0 6.3
Atlanta 2 0 8.0 .000 — .500 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5
Phoenix 3 0 11.7 .400 — 1.000 0.7 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3
2023 Seattle 21 7 9.2 .463 .333 .778 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.7 2.5
Career 5 years, 4 teams 125 30 14.3 .379 .308 .797 1.7 1.5 0.6 0.1 1.1 4.7

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2017 Phoenix 5 5 23.8 .548 .529 .857 2.4 1.6 1.0 0.0 1.0 9.8
2018 Phoenix 7 3 20.1 .432 .208 .556 1.9 2.0 1.0 0.3 0.9 6.9
2019 Phoenix 1 0 19.0 .200 .000 1.000 4.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 6.0
2022 Phoenix 2 1 12.0 .286 .000 .000 3.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
Career 4 years, 1 team 15 9 20.2 .448 .326 .750 2.3 1.9 0.9 0.1 0.9 7.1

Personal

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Turner grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska.[7] She became one of the oldest players to make their debut in the WNBA when she signed with Phoenix.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
  2. ^ "Minnesota Lynx Sign Yvonne Turner and Natasha Mack". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "Lynx Sign Guard Odyssey Sims". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Youngblood, Kent. "Lynx Add Two Players Before Friday's Season Opener". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Dream Sign Yvonne Turner". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  6. ^ Phoenix Mercury [@PhoenixMercury] (August 8, 2022). "The Phoenix Mercury has signed Yvonne "Vonnie" Turner to a hardship contract due to an injury suffered by Diana Taurasi" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ Vailliencourt, Andrew (July 24, 2017). "After 7 years overseas, WNBA's oldest rookie gets shot with Mercury". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ^ Planos, Josh (June 24, 2017). "For W.N.B.A.'s Oldest Rookie, a Lot of Persistence Goes a Long Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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