Plenette Pierson
 | |
| No. 22 – Dallas Wings | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power forward / Center |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 31, 1981 Houston, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Kingwood (Kingwood, Texas) |
| College | Texas Tech (1999–2003) |
| WNBA draft | 2003 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4th overall |
| Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | |
| Playing career | 2003–present |
| Career history | |
| 2003–2005 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2006–2010 | Detroit / Tulsa Shock |
| 2010–2014 | New York Liberty |
| 2015–present | Tulsa Shock / Dallas Wings |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Plenette Michelle Pierson (born August 31, 1981) is an American professional women's basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] In the 2007 season, Pierson won the first ever Sixth Woman of the Year Award given in the WNBA.
College
Pierson played college basketball for the Texas Tech Red Raiders women's basketball team. She graduated in 2003.[2]
Professional Career
She has a career 44.0% of Field Goals, 29.8% 3-point average, and 20 points per game.[3]
Texas Tech statistics
Source[4]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-00 | Texas Tech | 33 | 449 | 50.6 | - | 56.9 | 6.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 13.6 |
| 2000-01 | Texas Tech | 32 | 471 | 49.6 | 0.0 | 63.9 | 7.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 14.7 |
| 2001-02 | Texas Tech | 4 | 58 | 41.8 | - | 66.7 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 14.5 |
| 2002-03 | Texas Tech | 35 | 624 | 51.0 | - | 63.5 | 8.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 17.8 |
| Career | Texas Tech | 104 | 1602 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 61.8 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 15.4 |
WNBA
Pierson has won two championships with the Shock, in 2006 and 2008.
On February 4, 2015, Pierson signed with the Shock, which she previously played from 2006–2010.[5]
Pierson participated in the 2015 WNBA All-Star Game.[6]
Personal
Pierson was born in Houston, Texas and grew up in nearby Kingwood, Texas. She is the daughter of Paulette Pierson and has a younger brother, Cleven and another brother Vontriel. She attended Kingwood High School, from which she graduated from in 1999.[2]
References
- ↑ "Plenette Pierson". http://www.wnba.com/. Retrieved 18 Oct 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - 1 2 "Player Bio: Plenette Pierson -". TexasTech.com. Texas Tech Red Raiders Official Athletic Site. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ↑ "Player WNBA average". WNBA.com. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ Plenette Pierson signs with the Tulsa Shock
- ↑ "Box Score". WNBA.com. July 25, 2015. Retrieved 26 Jul 2015.