Megan Gustafson
No. 17 – Las Vegas Aces | |
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Position | Power forward / center |
League | WNBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | December 13, 1996
Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | South Shore High School (Port Wing, WI[1]) |
College | Iowa (2015–2019) |
WNBA draft | 2019: 2nd round, 17th overall pick |
Selected by the Dallas Wings | |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Position | Power forward |
Number | 10 |
Career history | |
2019–2020 | Dallas Wings |
2021 | Washington Mystics |
2021–2023 | Phoenix Mercury |
2022–2023 | Olympiacos Piraeus |
2023–2024 | London Lions |
2024–present | Las Vegas Aces |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Megan Gustafson (born December 13, 1996) is a Spanish-naturalized American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[2]
Gustafson completed her college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes in 2019. As a senior, she scored 1000 points that year and won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female basketball player.[3][4] On March 15, 2019, ESPN named Gustafson the national player of the year.[5] In 2018 and 2019, Gustafson was named the Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year. Gustafson is from Port Wing, Wisconsin and played for South Shore High School.[6] Gustafson was drafted in the second round (17th overall) by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNBA draft, but was released before the start of the season. On June 10, 2019, she was signed again by the team. On January 26, 2020, Iowa retired Gustafson's number 10.[7]
Gustafson signed for the London Lions in August 2023 ahead of the Euro season.[8] Helping them secure victory in the Betty Codona WBBL final against the Essex Rebels, Gustafson was awarded finals MVP. On 2nd February 2024, Gustafson was announced to be joining the Las Vegas Aces for the 2024 WNBA season. [9]
Iowa statistics
Source[10]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015–16 | Iowa | 33 | 352 | 55.4% | 0.0% | 61.5% | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 10.7 |
2016–17 | Iowa | 34 | 628 | 64.7% | 0.0% | 78.8% | 10.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 18.5 |
2017–18 | Iowa | 32 | 823 | 67.1% | 0.0% | 80.6% | 12.8 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 25.7 |
2018–19 | Iowa | 36 | 1001 | 69.6% | 100.0% | 78.9% | 13.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 27.8 |
Career | 135 | 2804 | 65.6% | 50.0% | 76.8% | 10.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 20.8 |
WNBA career statistics
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
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Dallas | 25 | 0 | 9.5 | .491 | .111 | .900 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 |
2020 | Dallas | 10 | 0 | 4.8 | .286 | .000 | .667 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
2021 | Washington | 11 | 1 | 9.9 | .594 | .000 | .667 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
2022 | Phoenix | 33 | 0 | 9.6 | .549 | .462 | .765 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
2023 | Phoenix | 34 | 4 | 15.1 | .526 | .349 | .806 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
2024 | Las Vegas | 0 | 0 | .0 | – | – | – | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
Career | 6 years, 4 teams | 113 | 5 | 10.9 | .523 | .346 | .795 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 23.5 | .316 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 2 | 0 | 23.5 | .316 | .000 | 1.000 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.0 |
See also
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career rebounding leaders
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career field-goal percentage leaders
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 2,500 points and 1,000 rebounds
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season scoring leaders
References
- ^ "A day in Port Wing with Megan Gustafson".
- ^ "2019 WNBA Draft Profile: Megan Gustafson". Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ "Iowa's Megan Gustafson wins Honda award for basketball". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ "Megan Gustafson of Iowa Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Basketball". CWSA. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
- ^ Voepele, Mechelle (March 15, 2019). "Women's college basketball player of the year: Iowa's Megan Gustafson". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ Linder, Jeff (August 26, 2018). "A day in Port Wing with Megan Gustafson". The Gazette (Folience). Retrieved April 11, 2019.
- ^ Rossow, Adam (January 27, 2020). "Iowa Hawkeyes retire Megan Gustafson's #10 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena". ourquadcities.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ "New Signing of Megan Gustafson". London Lions. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ "Las Vegas Aces sign Megan Gustafson as Free Agent". WNBA. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
- Iowa Hawkeyes bio
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- 1996 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Minnesota
- Basketball players from Wisconsin
- Big Ten Athlete of the Year winners
- Centers (basketball)
- Dallas Wings draft picks
- Dallas Wings players
- Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball players
- Las Vegas Aces players
- People from Bayfield County, Wisconsin
- Olympiacos women's basketball players
- Phoenix Mercury players
- Power forwards
- Sportspeople from Duluth, Minnesota
- Washington Mystics players