Lynetta Kizer

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::summary American-Bosnian basketball player (born 1990) ::

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Field	Value
name	Lynetta Kizer
image	Kizer-20180520.jpg
image_size	200px
caption	Kizer with the Minnesota Lynx in 2018
team	Free agent
position	Center
height_ft	6
height_in	4
weight_lbs	230
birth_date
nationality	American / Bosnian
high_school	Potomac (Dumfries, Virginia)
college	Maryland (2008–2012)
draft_league	WNBA
draft_year	2012
draft_round	3
draft_pick	29
draft_team	Tulsa Shock
career_start	2012
years1
team1	Tulsa Shock
years2	–
team2	Phoenix Mercury
years3	2012–2013
team3	KB Stars
years4	2014
team4	Good Angels Košice
years5	–
team5	Indiana Fever
years6	2014–2015
team6	Hatay Bsb
years7	2015–2016
team7	Galatasaray
years8	2016–2017
team8	Olympiacos
years9
team9	Connecticut Sun
years10	2017–2018
team10	Shandong Six Stars
years11	2018
team11	Fenerbahçe
years12
team12	Minnesota Lynx
years13	2018
team13	Shandong Six Stars
years14	2018–2019
team14	CCC Polkowice
years15	2020
team15	Della Fiore Broni
years16	2021
team16	Çankaya University Sports Club
years17	2021–2022
team17	Panathinaikos
years18	2023
team18	Rojas
years19	2024
team19	CB Islas Canarias
years20	2024
team20	Geelong United
highlights	* Polish BLK champion (2019)
medaltemplates
wnba_profile	lynetta_kizer
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| name = Lynetta Kizer | image = Kizer-20180520.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Kizer with the Minnesota Lynx in 2018 | league = | team = Free agent | number = | position = Center | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 230 | birth_date = | birth_place = | nationality = American / Bosnian | high_school = Potomac (Dumfries, Virginia) | college = Maryland (2008–2012) | draft_league = WNBA | draft_year = 2012 | draft_round = 3 | draft_pick = 29 | draft_team = Tulsa Shock | career_start = 2012 | career_end = | years1 = | team1 = Tulsa Shock | years2 = – | team2 = Phoenix Mercury | years3 = 2012–2013 | team3 = KB Stars | years4 = 2014 | team4 = Good Angels Košice | years5 = – | team5 = Indiana Fever | years6 = 2014–2015 | team6 = Hatay Bsb | years7 = 2015–2016 | team7 = Galatasaray | years8 = 2016–2017 | team8 = Olympiacos | years9 = | team9 = Connecticut Sun | years10 = 2017–2018 | team10 = Shandong Six Stars | years11 = 2018 | team11 = Fenerbahçe | years12 = | team12 = Minnesota Lynx | years13 = 2018 | team13 = Shandong Six Stars | years14 = 2018–2019 | team14 = CCC Polkowice | years15 = 2020 | team15 = Della Fiore Broni | years16 = 2021 | team16 = Çankaya University Sports Club | years17 = 2021–2022 | team17 = Panathinaikos | years18 = 2023 | team18 = Rojas | years19 = 2024 | team19 = CB Islas Canarias | years20 = 2024 | team20 = Geelong United | highlights = * Polish BLK champion (2019)

• Polish Cup winner (2019)
• Greek League champion (2017)
• Greek Cup winner (2017)
• Slovakian Extraliga champion (2014)
• Middle European League champion (2014)
• ACC Sixth Player of the Year (2012)
• Second-team All-ACC (2011)
• Third-team All-ACC (2010)
• ACC Rookie of the Year (2009)
• ACC All-Freshman Team (2009)
• McDonald's All-American (2008) | medaltemplates = | wnba_profile = lynetta_kizer Lynetta Kizer (born April 4, 1990) is an American-Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the University of Maryland.

Early life

Kizer's hometown is Woodbridge, Virginia. She grew up with an older brother and a younger sister.

Kizer attended Potomac Senior High School in Dumfries, Virginia, where she played all four years as a starting center. She was also a three-time team captain. By her senior year, Kizer was rated the fifth overall prospect and the top center in the nation in the 2008 class, according to HoopGurlz.com. Her high school exploits earned her a scholarship from the Anne & Bob Strahota Director's Circle.

College career

Kizer played four years of college basketball at the University of Maryland for the Terrapin's women's basketball team between 2008 and 2012. She earned ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC All-Freshman Team in 2008–09. She went on to earn third-team All-ACC in 2010, second-team All-ACC in 2011, and ACC Sixth Player of the Year in 2012. She was also All-ACC Honorable Mention as a senior. While at Maryland, Kizer was a family science major.

Maryland statistics

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Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Maryland	36	401	49.8	–	68.2	7.3	0.8	1.1	0.9	11.1
2009–10	Maryland	34	437	52.8	55.0	75.0	7.8	0.8	0.9	0.4	12.9
2010–11	Maryland	32	423	45.5	37.5	68.3	7.8	0.9	1.1	0.8	13.2
2011–12	Maryland	33	360	43.7	31.3	69.2	5.5	1.0	0.8	0.2	10.9
Career	Maryland	135	1621	47.9	38.1	70.0	7.1	0.9	1.0	0.6	12.0
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Professional career

WNBA

Kizer was the 29th overall pick, in the third round of the 2012 WNBA draft, selected by the Tulsa Shock. She played seven games for the Shock to start the 2012 WNBA season before joining the Phoenix Mercury, where she played 15 games to finish the season. She re-joined the Mercury for the 2013 WNBA season, playing 32 games.

Kizer joined the Indiana Fever for the 2014 WNBA season. She continued with the Fever in 2015 and 2016. She helped the Fever reach the WNBA Finals in 2015 and tallied a career-best 9.6 points (55.6%) with 3.2 rebounds in 33 games in 2016.

On February 21, 2017, Kizer was acquired by the Connecticut Sun in a three-team trade. She played in 20 games for Connecticut during the 2017 WNBA season, averaging 6.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game while shooting 48.0% from the field.

On February 8, 2018, Kizer signed with the Minnesota Lynx. On June 30, 2018, she was waived by the Lynx. She averaged 1.8 points (25.0%) and 1.6 rebounds in 12 games during the 2018 WNBA season.

Kizer spent training camp and preseason with the Atlanta Dream prior to the 2019 WNBA season.

Overseas

Kizer played 17 games for KB Stars in Korea in the 2012–13 season.

In February 2014, Kizer joined Good Angels Košice in Slovakia for the rest of the 2013-14 season. She played in 11 Extraliga games and helped the team win the championship.

For the 2014–15 season, Kizer joined Hatay Bsb in Turkey. She continued in Turkey for the 2015–16 season with Galatasaray.

Kizer played 24 games for Olympiacos Pireus during the 2016-17 season.

For the 2017–18 season, Kizer joined Shandong Six Stars of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She played 17 games for the team before returning to Turkey in February 2018, where she played three games for Fenerbahçe.

Kizer started the 2018–19 season with Shandong Six Stars, playing one game before joining CCC Polkowice in Poland in November 2018. He played 23 games for Polkowice.

For the 2020–21 season, Kizer joined Della Fiore Broni of the Italian Women's Basketball League. She played four games in October 2020 and then left the team.

Kizer played four games for the Çankaya University Sports Club to begin the 2021–22 season before joining Panathinaikos women's basketball team of the Greek women's basketball league in November 2021. She was waived by the team on 4 May 2022.

In 2023, Kizer played for Mexican team Rojas of the LNBPF. In 20 games, she averaged 11.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.

In January 2024, Kizer joined Spanish team CB Islas Canarias. In seven games, she averaged 6.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.

In September 2024, Kizer signed with Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2024–25 season. She was released by Geelong on November 17, 2024.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Tulsa | 7 || 0 || 9.4 || .176 || .000 || .929 || 2.1 || 0.0 || 0.6 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 2.7 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Phoenix | 15 || 0 || 15.6 || .444 || .750 || .941 || 3.4 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 1.1 || 7.1 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | Phoenix | 27 || 0 || 9.9 || .449 || .000 || .643 || 2.1 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 2.6 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Indiana | 31 || 1 || 9.0 || .431 || .000 || .619 || 2.4 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 3.8 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | Indiana | 33 || 14 || 17.9 || .491 || .000 || .879 || 3.5 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.4 || 8.3 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Indiana | 33 || 12 || 17.2 || .556 || .000 || .8000 || 3.2 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 0.3 || 1.1 || 9.6 |- | align="left" | 2017 | align="left" | Connecticut | 20 || 1 || 11.9 || .480 || .000 || .767 || 2.9 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 6.0 |- | align="left" | 2018 | align="left" | Minnesota | 14 || 0 || 5.6 || .242 || .000 || .600 || 1.5 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 1.6 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 7 years, 5 teams | 180 || 28 || 12.9 || .477 || .214 || .799 || 2.8 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 5.8

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | Phoenix | 5 || 0 || 9.4 || .727 || .000 || .000 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 3.2 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Indiana | 5 || 0 || 6.0 || .429 || .000 || .750 || 1.2 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | Indiana | 9 || 0 || 8.9 || .414 || .000 || .750 || 2.4 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 0.8 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Indiana | 1 || 0 || 13.0 || .667 || .000 || .000 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 4 years, 2 teams | 20 || 0 || 8.5 || .491 || .000 || .667 || 1.8 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 3.1

National team career

Kizer was a member of the USA under-18 team which won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She helped the team win all five games, averaging 8.6 points per game.

Kizer played for Team USA at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. The team, coached by Bill Fennelly, won all six games to earn the gold medal. Kizer averaged 7.0 points per game.

On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Kizer would be a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team. She played for Bosnia during 2015 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers and 2017 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers.

References

References

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4. (21 February 2017). "Sun Acquire Kizer, 8th Pick In 2017 WNBA Draft – Connecticut Sun". sun.wnba.com.
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13. "Lynetta Kizer's Polish Basketball League Statistics".
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