Danielle Adams

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American basketball player (born 1989)

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nameDanielle Adams
imageDanielle Adams by Cheryl Vorhis.jpg
captionAdams with Texas A&M in 2011
leagueWNBA
number23, 11
positionPower forward / center
height_ft6
height_in1
weight_lbs239
birth_date
birth_placeKansas City, Missouri, U.S.
high_schoolLee's Summit
(Lee's Summit, Missouri)
draft_leagueWNBA
draft_year2011
draft_round2
draft_pick20
draft_teamSan Antonio Silver Stars
career_start2011
career_end2020
years12011–2015
team1San Antonio Stars / Silver Stars
years22011–2012
team2GMO Pozzouli
years32011–2014
team3Maccabi Bnot Ashdod
years42014–2016
team4CJM Bourges Basket
years52016–2017
team5Maccabi Bnot Ramat Gan
years6–
team6Connecticut Sun
wnba_profiledanielle_adams
bbr_wnbaadamsda01w
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| wnba_profile = danielle_adams | bbr_wnba = adamsda01w | letter = a Danielle E'Shawn Adams (born February 19, 1989) is an American former professional basketball forward-center who played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at Texas A&M. She is the first Texas A&M player to be named an Associated Press first-team All-American. She also captured first team All-American honors from the WBCA. She was the Most Outstanding Player in the 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament championship, scoring 30 points. The 30 points rank second in NCAA Championship Game history.

College career

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Adams began her college career at Jefferson College. She earned Junior College All-American honors both years at the school, and as a sophomore, led her team to a runner-up finish at the NJCAA DI Women's Basketball Championship and a 34–1 record. Following the completion of her sophomore year at the two-year school, she contemplated where to play the next two years. Two of the schools she considered were Louisville and Texas A&M. Although her coach recommended Louisville, she decided that Texas A&M would be a better choice to prepare her for the future.

She came into A&M weighing 280 pounds. With support from the coaching staff, including conditioning coach Jen Jones, she slimmed down to 230 pounds her senior year. As a result, she was able to play "longer and harder" which helped her to become a first team All-American. In her junior year, she came off the bench and played just over 23 minutes per game. As a senior, she started, and was able to play 35 minutes per game.

To get to the Final Four, Adams would have to help her team beat Baylor, a task that has been difficult recently. Baylor beat Texas A&M in both regular season meetings, and in the Big Twelve conference tournament game. In that game, Texas A&M held a lead late, but could not hold on to win. In the Dallas regional Final, Texas A&M pulled out to a large lead, and was leading by 16 points almost halfway through the second half, when Baylor tried to mount a comeback. Baylor cut the margin to seven points, but could not get any closer, and Texas A&M went on to win the first game in their last nine meetings, and move on to the Final Four.

In the National Championship game against Notre Dame, the Irish were leading at halftime by two points, but extended the lead with a 7–3 run to start the second half. During a media time out the Texas A&M coaching staff told Adams to go inside. She ended up scoring 30 points, second most in NCAA Championship history and earning the award for Most Outstanding Player. She is only the second player, after Sheryl Swoopes to come from the junior college ranks and go on to win a Most Outstanding Player award. Swoopes is also the only player to score more than Adams in a title game. After scoring only eight points in the first half, she scored ten consecutive points by herself in the second half, as part of a 15–5 run that gave the Aggies the lead. Notre Dame would tie the game later, but Adams responded with two consecutive baskets to give her team a lead it would never relinquish.

Professional career

Adams was selected in the second round of the 2011 WNBA draft (20th overall) by the San Antonio Silver Stars. On June 11, 2011, she scored 32 points against the Atlanta Dream, setting the franchise's rookie record. She was also named the Rookie of the Month for the month of June.

Adams was named as a reserve to the roster of the All-Star team for the 2011 WNBA All-Star game, along with Silver Stars teammate Becky Hammon. The reserves were selected by the twelve head coaches of the WNBA teams; each coach is not permitted to vote for their own players. At the time of the decision, Adams was the leading scorer among rookies in the league, with a scoring average of 15.6 points per game. She also received more write-in votes than any other player. Adams was one of four rookies on the All-Star team, the other three being Maya Moore, Courtney Vandersloot and Liz Cambage.

Adams was suspended on July 29, 2015, by the WNBA for three games without pay due to violation of the league's Anti-Drug Policy for unspecified charges. Adams admitted she was guilty and apologized to her teammates and the community. She was waived by the San Antonio Stars in April 2016.

In February 2017, Adams signed a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun. In April 2017, she made the final roster for the team.

Career statistics

WNBA

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*Denotes season(s) in which Adams won an NCAA Championship
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Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | San Antonio |23||0||20.9||43.0||35.0||74.6||4.3||0.6||0.5||0.7||1.2||12.4 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | San Antonio |34||5||20.2||44.1||33.9||75.9||4.7||1.0||0.7||0.7||1.2||11.8 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | San Antonio |34||24||26.4||42.6||32.6||70.7||4.7||1.2||0.9||0.7||1.8||14.4 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | San Antonio |34||14||20.6||40.7||30.7||79.7||4.1||0.9||0.6||0.7||1.3||10.9 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | San Antonio |30||2||16.1||41.4||32.4||82.7||3.3||0.5||0.5||0.3||1.2||7.4 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | 2016 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="13" |Did not play (waived) |- | align="left" | 2017 | align="left" | Connecticut |19||0||4.4||35.6||38.7||100.0||0.6||0.2||0.2||0.2||0.4||2.6 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" rowspan=2| Career | align="left" | 6 years, 2 teams |174||45||19.1||42.2||33.2||75.7||3.9||0.8||0.6||0.6||1.2||10.5 |- class="sortbottom" | align=center| All-Star |1||0||8.0||.200||.000||—||4.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||0.0||2.0

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | San Antonio |3||0||23.0||48.0||25.0||75.0||3.3||0.7||0.7||0.3||0.7||10.7 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | San Antonio |2||0||22.0||50.0||28.6||87.5||6.5||0.5||1.0||0.0||1.0||14.5 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | San Antonio |2||2||30.0||56.5||33.3||75.0||8.5||1.5||0.0||2.0||1.5||17.5 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 3 years, 1 team |7||2||24.7||51.5||29.2||79.2||5.7||0.9||0.6||0.7||1.0||13.7

College

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YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2009–10Texas A&M3353949.027.771.75.81.01.11.416.3
2010–11 *3884748.330.079.48.51.01.21.322.3
Career71138648.629.176.17.31.01.21.419.5
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Personal life

She is the daughter of Tiffany Hill and also has a younger sister.

Awards and honors

  • 2009—State Farm/WBCA Junior College Player of the Year
  • 2010—Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • 2011—NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  • 2011—WNBA All-Rookie Team
  • 2016—National Junior College Athletic Association's women's basketball Hall of Fame

References

References

  1. "WNBA.com: 2011 WNBA Draft Board".
  2. "San Antonio Stars' Danielle Adams Suspended - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
  3. "San Antonio Stars Waive Danielle Adams - San Antonio Stars". San Antonio Stars.
  4. (2017-02-22). "Connecticut Sun sign Danielle Adams to a training camp contract".
  5. "Danielle Adams Grateful, Excited for Second Chance - Connecticut Sun". Connecticut Sun.
  6. "Women's Basketball Player stats".
  7. "Sun Sign Danielle Adams - Connecticut Sun". Connecticut Sun.
  8. "Former Lee's Summit star Danielle Adams chosen to NJCAA women's basketball hall of fame". kansascity.
  9. (2016-02-08). "Latest Hall of Fame class features Danielle Adams". NJCAA.
  10. "Danielle Adams, Brittney Griner named first-team All-Americans". KansasCity.com.
  11. "Past WBCA NCAA DI Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
  12. Michelle Smith. "Women's NCAA tournament - Texas A&M Aggies' Danielle Adams stars on biggest stage - espnW". Espn.go.com.
  13. (April 5, 2011). "KC's Adams, White lead Texas A&M to NCAA women's title". KansasCity.com.
  14. "Adams, defense power Aggies to title | The Augusta Chronicle". Chronicle.augusta.com.
  15. Miller, Jeff. (2010-03-16). "Slimmed-down Danielle Adams embraces role, spurs Texas A&M". USA Today.
  16. Stacy Clardie. "Aggies' Adams in charge all night | The Journal Gazette | Fort Wayne, IN". The Journal Gazette.
  17. Briggs, Jerry. (March 30, 2011). "Aggies bound for Final Four". San Antonio Express News.
  18. Harris, David. (Feb 25, 2014). "Danielle Adams put A&M 'on my back' on path to basketball championship". The Eagle.
  19. Killion, Ann. (April 6, 2011). "Once unthinkable, Texas A&M crowned champions for first time".
  20. Smith, Tim. (April 5, 2011). "Texas A&M's Danielle Adams (l.) scores 22 of her 30 points in the second half as the Aggies defeat Natalie Achonwa and Notre Dame on Tuesday night. > Texas A&M's Danielle Adams (l.) scores 22 of her 30 points in the… (Conroy/AP) Texas A&M, Danielle Adams beat Notre Dame, 76-70, to win Aggies' first-ever women's national title". New York Daily News.
  21. Gardiner, Andy. (April 6, 2011). "Danielle Adams powers Texas A&M to title". USA Today.
  22. (Jun 11, 2011). "Adams scores 32 as Silver Stars down winless Dream". The Sports Network.
  23. "Danielle Adams and Becky Hammon Named All-Star Reserves". WNBA.
  24. "Past WBCA Players of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association.
  25. "Danielle Adams". Texas A&M.
  26. "Danielle Adams named Rookie of the Month for June". WNBA.

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