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Jewell Loyd
Loyd in 2019
No. 24 – Seattle Storm
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1993-10-05) October 5, 1993 (age 31)
Lincolnwood, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight148 lb (67 kg)
Career information
High schoolNiles West (Skokie, Illinois)
CollegeNotre Dame (2012–2015)
WNBA draft2018: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Playing career2015–present
Career history
2015–presentSeattle Storm
2015–2016Galatasaray
2016–2017Shanxi Flame
2017–2018Guri KDB Life Winnus
2018–2019Botaş SK
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Representing the  United States
Women’s basketball
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Spain
U17 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 France
Basketball 3x3
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow

Jewell Loyd (born October 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Perfumerias Avenida of Spain's Liga Femenina de Baloncesto and the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted first overall in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. She played college basketball at Notre Dame.

High school & college

Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois, Loyd was a four-year starter for Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where she averaged 24.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and scored 3,077 career points, leading the team to a 93–31 record during that time.[citation needed]

In her final season for Notre Dame, she was named ESPN's women's college basketball player of the year as the Fighting Irish advanced to the NCAA championship game for the second year in a row. Loyd scored 1,909 points in her college career, Notre Dame's fifth-highest total ever.[1]

Notre Dame statistics

Source[2]

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
2012–13 Notre Dame 36 450 44.7 41.3 82.0 5.2 2.1 1.0 0.3 12.5
2013–14 Notre Dame 37 687 51.7 39.8 80.8 6.5 2.1 1.6 0.5 18.6
2014–15 Notre Dame 39 772 44.3 30.8 82.6 5.3 3.0 1.5 0.4 19.8
Career Notre Dame 112 1909 47.0 36.7 81.9 5.7 2.4 1.4 0.4 17.0

Professional career

WNBA

Loyd was drafted first overall in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. She played alongside superstar veteran point guard Sue Bird. Loyd played the point guard position prior to her WNBA career, but with Bird already playing point guard for the Storm, Loyd instead played as a shooting guard. Loyd was also a back-up point guard in her rookie season for the Storm. While Bird sat out the final seven games of the regular season to rest, Loyd was the starting point guard.[3][4] Loyd played 34 games with 23 starts in her rookie season for the Storm. Her season performance earned her the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award, while she averaged 10.7 ppg.

In her second season, Loyd developed into a star player and was the starting shooting guard for the Storm, averaging 16.5 ppg. During the season, Loyd scored a career-high 32 points in a win against the Phoenix Mercury. Loyd was also named to the All-WNBA Second Team. The Storm made it back to the playoffs for the first time in three years with the number 7 seed in the league. In her first career playoff game, Loyd scored 24 points in a 94–85 loss to the Atlanta Dream in the first round elimination game.[5]

In the 2017 season, Loyd's offensive scoring numbers increased. She scored a new career-high of 33 points in a 75–71 loss to the Phoenix Mercury.[6] By the end of the season, Loyd averaged a career-high 17.7 ppg. The Storm finished off the season as the number 8 seed in the league with a 15–19 record. The Storm were defeated 79–69 by the Phoenix Mercury in the first round elimination game, Loyd scored 17 points in the loss.

On July 20, 2018, Loyd scored a season-high 31 points in a 78–65 victory against the Connecticut Sun.[7] In the 2018 season, Loyd was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, making it her first career all-star appearance. Loyd finished off the season, averaging 15.5 ppg as the Storm finished 26–8 with the number 1 seed in the league, receiving a double-bye to the semi-finals and homecourt advantage. In the semi-finals, the Storm defeated the Phoenix Mercury in five games, advancing to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2010. In the Finals, the Storm defeated the Washington Mystics in a three-game sweep, winning their first championship in 8 years.

Asia & Europe

After her rookie WNBA season, Loyd played for Galatasaray in Turkey during the 2015–16 season. She averaged 14.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 2.3 apg in 17 games. In August 2016, Loyd signed with the Shanxi Flame of the Chinese League for the 2016–17 season.[8] In 2017, Loyd signed with Guri KDB Life Winnus of the Korean League for the 2017–18 season.[9] In August 2018, Loyd signed with Botaş SK of the Turkish League for the 2018-19 season.[10]

WNBA career statistics

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
† Denotes seasons in which Loyd won a WNBA championship
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2015 Seattle 34 23 25.9 .411 .208 .904 3.5 1.9 0.5 0.2 2.0 10.7
2016 Seattle 34 34 31.6 .431 .303 .891 3.4 3.4 1.2 0.2 2.2 16.5
2017 Seattle 34 34 31.1 .431 .386 .863 3.4 3.4 1.2 0.3 2.5 17.7
2018† Seattle 34 34 29.7 .423 .370 .851 4.6 3.7 1.2 0.1 1.9 15.5
Career 4 years, 1 team 136 125 29.6 .425 .341 .877 3.7 3.1 1.1 0.2 2.2 15.1

Postseason

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016 Seattle 1 1 33.1 .444 .333 .833 4.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0
2017 Seattle 1 1 30.7 .286 .333 1.000 5.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 2.0 17.0
2018† Seattle 8 8 30.7 .378 .241 .759 5.0 3.3 0.7 0.3 1.8 12.1
Career 3 years, 1 team 10 10 31.4 .377 .273 .810 4.9 2.9 0.9 0.3 1.7 13.8

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "Jewell Loyd". Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Storm get Shell-Shocked, lose 85–67". Sonics Rising. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "Storm guard Jewell Loyd intends to play without fear in her 2nd WNBA season". The Seattle Times. April 26, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  5. ^ 2016 WNBA Playoffs: Dream advance with 94–85 win over Storm
  6. ^ "Mercury keeps Sue Bird from breaking assist mark, beats Storm". The Seattle Times. August 27, 2017. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  7. ^ Jewell Loyd scores 31 points to lead Storm to victory at Connecticut
  8. ^ "2016–2017 WNBA Overseas Signings – Women's Basketball 24.7". Women's Basketball 24.7. August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  9. ^ WNBA Players Playing Overseas
  10. ^ Jewell Loyd signs at Botas
  11. ^ "Storm's Jewell Loyd Headlines 2015 WNBA All-Rookie Team". wnba.com/. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
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