Stefanie Dolson

Template:Infobox WNBA biography Stefanie Dolson (born January 8, 1992) is an American basketball player at the University of Connecticut and was drafted sixth overall by the Washington Mystics.

Early Years

Dolson was born to Steve and Kristal Dolson. She has two older sisters Ashley and Courtney and one younger brother Jake.

High School

Dolson attended Minisink Valley High School in Slate Hill, New York. She played volleyball and basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society. She led Minisink Valley High School to four straight New York State Public High School Athletic Association Section 9 championship game appearances and finished her career at Minisink Valley with 1,951 points and 1,607 rebounds. She was a McDonald's High School All-American and participated in the All-Star game where she had 12 points and eight rebounds in the McDonald’s All-American Game.

University of Connecticut career

Freshmen year

Dolson started her freshmen year at Uconn. She tied her career high 24 points in 2011 Big East championship game vs Notre Dame and was named to the 2010-11 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team.

Sophomore year

In her sophomore year she led the Huskies in rebounding pulling down 6.0 grabs per game and was the leader in blocks with 57. Dolson tallied 20 double-figure performances, including four 20-plus games. Dolson opened up the season with a bang going 6-for-6 from the floor for 12 points and added seven rebounds against Holy Cross on 11/13.

Junior year

Dolson played and started in 38 of UConn's 39 games and was third on the team with 13.6 points while leading the squad with 7.1 rebounds per game She was third on the team at 26.8 minutes per game and led the squad with a solid .598 field goal percentage, which was the second-highest total nationally. One of three Huskies to dish at least 100 assists, Dolson was third with 117 helpers. She posted four double-double performances after entering the year with only two to her credit. Dolson had career-high 25 points twice, the first time in UConn's 87-62 win over Syracuse on January 19 and then again in the 85-51 victory over USF on March 2. She made her third-straight All-BIG EAST Tournament team with an 18-point, 14-rebound effort in the 61-59 loss to Notre Dame in the BIG EAST Championship Final on March 4. Dolson helped her team win the 2013 National Championship.

Senior year

Dolson became only the second Husky all-time to register a triple-double with a 24-point, 14-rebound, 11-assist effort against Oregon on November 20 and she posted career highs in rebounds, assists, blocks and steals during the 2013-14 campaign. Dolson was named the 2013-2014 WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year and 2013-2014 Lowe's Senior Class Award. Dolson helped lead her team to an undefeated 40-0 season and the 2014 National Championship, and was named to the 2014 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament team.

WNBA

Dolson was drafted sixth overall in the 2014 WNBA Draft by Washington Mystics. UCONN teammate Bria Hartley was drafted right after her by the Seattle Storm and soon later traded to Mystics.

University of Connecticut statistics

Stefanie Dolson Statistics at University of Connecticut
Year	G	FG	FGA	PCT	3FG	3FGA	PCT	FT	FTA	PCT	REB	AVG	A	TO	B	S	MIN	PTS	AVG
2010-11	38	162	263	0.616	0	1	0.000	62	76	0.816	233	6.13	110	78	46	20	920	386	10.2
2011-12	38	173	295	0.586	0	2	0.000	51	63	0.810	228	6.00	140	91	57	32	909	397	10.4
2012-13	38	213	359	0.593	8	19	0.421	82	103	0.796	269	7.08	136	86	58	40	1020	516	13.6
2013-14	40	207	367	0.564	8	27	0.296	76	96	0.792	371	9.28	173	103	93	40	1292	498	12.5
Totals	154	755	1284	0.588	16	49	0.327	271	338	0.802	1101	7.15	559	378	254	132	4141	1797	11.7

Awards and Honors

• 2013-2014 WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year
• 2013-2014 Senior Class Award
• 2012-13 WBCA/State Farm All-America Team
• 2012-13 USBWA All-America Team
• 2012-13 Associated Press All-America Third Team
• 2012-13 All-BIG EAST First Team
• 2012-13 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• 2012-13 Naismith Award Preseason Watch List
• 2012-13 Wooden Award Preseason Top-30
• 2011-12 NCAA All-Kingston Regional Team
• 2011-12 All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention
• 2011-12 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• 2011-12 Preseason Naismith Award Watch List
• 2011-12 Preseason All-BIG EAST Honorable Mention
• 2011-12 Preseason Wade Watch List
• 2011-12 Wooden Award Preseason Top-30
• 2010-11 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• 2010-11 BIG EAST All-Rookie Team
• Two-Time BIG EAST Freshman of the Week