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American-Macedonian basketball player (born 1987)
DeWanna BonnerBonner with the
Connecticut Sunin 2024
Position Shooting guard / small forward Born (1987-08-21) August 21, 1987 (age 37)DeWanna Bonner (born August 21, 1987) is an American-Macedonian professional basketball player who is a free agent.[1] Bonner played college basketball for Auburn University.[2] After a successful college career at Auburn, she was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with the fifth overall pick of the 2009 WNBA draft, and was traded to the Sun in 2020.[3]
Bonner was born on August 21, 1987 in Fairfield, Alabama,[4] to LaShelle Bonner and Greg McCall. She has three siblings, sister Vin'Centia Dewberry, brother Justin McCall, and sister Erica McCall (with whom she shares a birthday).
Bonner attended high school at Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Alabama. She was named McDonald's[5] and WBCA All-American and participated in their All-America games.[6] She earned USA Today Junior All-America and was the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year while at Fairfield High School. She was featured in USA Today in 2005 as one of the nationwide Top 25 recruits.[citation needed]
Bonner went to Auburn University, where she earned a degree in psychology.[7] She was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. She scored double figures in 22 games during the 2005–06 season and led the Tigers with a 13.5 points per game average, the first time since 1980–81 that a freshman led the team in scoring.
In 2009, Bonner was named SEC Player of the Year[8] and a National Player of the Year finalist, she broke the Auburn career scoring record during the Ole Miss game at the SEC Tournament. She finished her career with 2,162 points, nearly 100 more than the former school record.[5] Bonner led the SEC in scoring that season,[when?] becoming the first Auburn player to ever earn the honor. She also ranked 10th in the country in scoring while setting the Auburn single-season scoring record with 716 points, 21.1 per game.
In 2009, she earned WBCA/State Farm, USBWA, AP and ESPN.com All-America honors and was voted the Alabama Sports Writers Association Amateur Athlete of the Year.[9]
She finished her college career as Auburn's second all-time rebounder with 1,047, placing her among three Tigers with more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. At the time of her graduation, she ranked sixth in blocks, seventh in steals, first in free throws, fourth in field goals and tenth in three-pointers.[citation needed]
Professional career[edit]Bonner was selected fifth overall in the 2009 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury. In her first regular season game with the Mercury, Bonner played 26 minutes and scored 16 points.[10] She won a championship with the Mercury during her rookie season.
On September 12, 2014, Bonner won her second WNBA Championship with the Mercury, scoring 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in the clinching game.
Bonner with the Phoenix Mercury in 2019In 2017 Bonner sat out the season due to pregnancy. She returned to the team in 2018 and was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game.[11] The Mercury made the 2018 playoffs as the fifth seed and were one game away from reaching the finals as they lost in five games to the Seattle Storm in the semi-finals.
On February 11, 2020, Bonner was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for three first-round draft picks.[3]
On February 2, 2025, Bonner signed a one-year contract with the Indiana Fever.[12][13] On May 17, in her regular season debut for the Fever, Bonner became the number three all-time leading scorer in the WNBA, passing Tina Thompson.[14] Bonner began the season, starting the first three games; however, she came off the bench for the following six games (with Lexie Hull getting the starting nod).[15] Since the Fever's June 13 game, Bonner had been listed on injury reports as unavailable due to "personal reasons."[15] On June 24, it was reported by Annie Costabile from multiple sources that Bonner "[had] no interest in returning to play for the Fever."[15][16] The next day, the Fever announced that they had waived Bonner, who in her own words stated she "felt the fit did not work out" and she preferred to play for teams such as the Phoenix Mercury or the Atlanta Dream.[17][18] Fever general manager, Amber Cox, spoke to the press on June 26 and stated that Bonner expressed her dissatisfaction "nine, ten games [into the season]" and that equal trade opportunities were sought but no suitable trade options were found which resulted in Bonner being waived.[19]
During the WNBA offseason, Bonner has played in the Czech Republic for BK Brno, Spain for Baloncesto Rivas and CB Avenida, and Russia for Nadezhda Orenburg.[20][21]
International career[edit]Bonner joined the US women's youth team in 2006, winning the 2006 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship for Women and the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women one year later.[7]
In March 2018, Bonner received a Macedonian passport and became eligible to play for the North Macedonia national basketball team.[22] She played her first game for North Macedonia in 2021 as part of the EuroBasket Women 2023 qualification, scoring 11 points with 9 rebounds in a victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.[23][24]
Stats current as of game on June 10, 2025
WNBA regular season statistics Year Team 2009† Phoenix 34 0 21.3 .457 .154 .812 5.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 1.0 11.2 2010 Phoenix 32 4 25.4 .465 .358 .840 6.1 1.3 0.6 1.2 1.2 12.0 2011 Phoenix 34 5 25.2 .430 .343 .909 7.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 10.7 2012 Phoenix 32 32 35.0 .364 .283 .852 7.2 2.2 1.7 0.8 2.3 20.6 2013 Phoenix 34 33 32.9 .410 .325 .901 5.8 2.4 1.1 0.3 1.6 14.5 2014† Phoenix 34 34 29.2 .459 .279 .780 4.1 2.3 1.4 0.4 1.3 10.4 2015 Phoenix 33 33 33.3 .378 .254 .866 5.7 3.3 1.3 0.8 1.8 15.8 2016 Phoenix 34 24 31.3 .424 .329 .798 5.4 2.4 1.2 0.6 1.6 14.5 2017 Did not play (pregnancy/maternity leave) 2018 Phoenix 34 34 32.9 .452 .313 .867 7.2 3.2 1.2 0.4 1.6 17.3 2019 Phoenix 34 34 32.9 .377 .272 .916 7.6 2.7 1.3 0.6 1.6 17.6 2020 Connecticut 22 22 33.3 .422 .252 .895 7.8 3.0 1.7 0.5 2.4 19.7 2021 Connecticut 32 32 31.9 .395 .317 .892 6.4 3.5 1.3 0.7 2.2 15.2 2022 Connecticut 33 33 30.0 .439 .329 .827 4.7 2.8 1.2 0.3 1.6 13.5 2023 Connecticut 40 40 30.1 .425 .329 .862 5.6 2.2 1.1 0.6 1.5 17.4 2024 Connecticut 40 39 31.8 .415 .294 .832 6.0 2.0 1.2 0.7 1.4 15.0 2025 Indiana 9 3 21.3 .345 .360 .895 3.8 1.6 1.1 0.1 1.0 7.1 Career 16 years, 3 teams 511 402 30.2 .415 .304 .858 6.1 2.3 1.2 0.7 1.6 14.8 All-Star 6 3 16.7 .444 .250 1.000 3.3 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 6.5 WNBA playoff statistics Year Team 2009† Phoenix 11 0 16.9 .493 .000 .829 4.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 8.8 2010 Phoenix 4 0 22.8 .458 .750 .833 3.3 0.5 0.7 1.8 0.7 7.5 2011 Phoenix 5 5 35.8 .348 .217 .857 9.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.6 12.6 2013 Phoenix 5 5 35.8 .333 .133 .857 5.2 3.4 1.2 0.4 2.2 10.4 2014† Phoenix 8 8 35.8 .360 .333 .905 6.0 2.0 1.3 0.6 1.7 11.3 2015 Phoenix 4 4 31.6 .451 .450 .933 6.0 2.5 0.2 0.7 2.7 17.3 2016 Phoenix 5 0 24.2 .426 .000 .824 4.2 1.6 1.0 0.0 2.8 10.8 2018 Phoenix 7 7 38.6° .535 .308 .909 11.1 2.4 1.6 0.8 2.1 24.0 2019 Phoenix 1 1 33.0 .357 .667 .900 6.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 21.0 2020 Connecticut 7 7 35.0 .333 .286 1.000° 10.4 3.9 1.9 1.1 2.6 15.4 2021 Connecticut 4 4 35.0 .404 .400 .909 7.0 1.3 1.0 1.8 2.8 13.5 2022 Connecticut 12 12 31.5 .341 .294 .886 5.8 3.6 1.5 0.7 1.7 12.2 2023 Connecticut 7 7 36.9 .385 .365 .774 8.3 3.4 1.0 1.6 1.6 18.1 2024 Connecticut 7 7 33.4 .396 .378 .929 7.9 2.9 1.9 0.6 1.4 16.0 Career 12 years, 2 teams 87 67 31.4 .401 .310 .884 6.8 2.3 1.2 0.8 1.8 13.7 College statistics[25] Year Team 2005–06 Auburn 29 — 31.4 .422 .303 .691 6.5 1.9 1.4 0.6 2.6 13.5 2006–07 Auburn 32 — 29.7 .459 .286 .779 8.1 1.7 1.6 0.9 2.6 15.1 2007–08 Auburn 31 — 34.3 .447 .277 .812 10.0 2.1 1.9 1.2 2.8 18.4 2008–09 Auburn 34 — 33.0 .482 .339 .845 8.5 1.5 1.7 1.6 2.1 21.1 Career 126 — 32.1 .456 .303 .795 8.3 1.8 1.7 1.1 2.5 17.2In November 2014, Bonner married fellow WNBA player and former Mercury teammate Candice Dupree.[26] In April 2017, Bonner announced that she was pregnant and would miss the 2017 WNBA season.[27] In July 2017 Bonner gave birth to twin daughters.[28] Bonner and Dupree have since split up.[29]
As of June 2024, Bonner was engaged to former Sun teammate Alyssa Thomas, who proposed to Bonner during the 2023 All-Star weekend.[30]
DeWanna Bonner signed a Contract with the Indiana Fever.
Bonner, who ranks fourth all-time in the WNBA in scoring, joins the Fever after five seasons with the Connecticut Sun, including the 2023 and 2024 campaigns under Fever Head Coach Stephanie White.
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