Destiny Slocum
Personal information | |
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Born | Boise, Idaho, U.S. | September 9, 1997
Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Listed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Mountain View (Meridian, Idaho) |
College |
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WNBA draft | 2021: 2nd round, 14th overall pick |
Selected by the Las Vegas Aces | |
Playing career | 2021–present |
Position | Point guard |
Number | 5 |
Career history | |
2021 | Las Vegas Aces |
2022-present | Landerneau Bretagne Basket |
2022 | Atlanta Dream |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Destiny Slocum (born September 9, 1997) is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks. She played in the WNBA for the Las Vegas Aces and the Atlanta Dream.
She was a 2016 McDonald's High School All-American[1] who played her Freshman year at the University of Maryland and was named WBCA Freshman of the Year.[2] She then transferred to Oregon State and was required to sit out a season per NCAA rules. Following the 2018–2019 season, she was named an honorable mention All-American by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Associated Press.[3]
In April 2020, she announced that she was entering the Transfer Portal, planning to leave Oregon State. She has one year left of eligibility.[4] Later that month, Slocum, announced that she was transferring to Arkansas.[5]
Collegiate statistics
[edit]Source[6]
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 |
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2016–17 | Maryland | 34 | 392 | 40.5% | 37.4% | 66.3% | 3.0 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 11.5 |
2017–18 | Oregon State | Sat due to NCAA transfer rules | |||||||||
2018–19 | Oregon State | 34 | 525 | 45.6% | 36.8% | 72.0% | 3.4 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 15.4 |
2019–20 | Oregon State | 32 | 477 | 44.8% | 36.8% | 78.9% | 2.9 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 14.9 |
2020–21 | Arkansas | 27 | 406 | 48.3% | 39.7% | 71.4% | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 15.0 |
Career | 127 | 1800 | 44.8% | 37.5% | 71.9% | 3.1 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.2 |
WNBA career statistics
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2021 | Las Vegas | 21 | 0 | 6.3 | .318 | .333 | .600 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
2022 | Atlanta | 3 | 0 | 13.7 | .364 | .333 | .600 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 4.7 |
Career | 2 years, 2 teams | 24 | 0 | 7.3 | .333 | .333 | .600 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Postseason
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2021 | Las Vegas | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
References
[edit]- ^ "How to watch Mountain View's Slocum in McDonald's All-American Game". Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Destiny Slocum Is First WBCA NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year Presented by adidas" (Press release). Women's Basketball Coaches Association. April 2, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Destiny Slocum – Women's Basketball". Oregon State University Athletics. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Oregon State guard Destiny Slocum enters NCAA transfer portal". sports.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Razorbacks Add Slocum for 2020-21 Season". Arkansas Razorbacks. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- 1997 births
- Living people
- American women's basketball players
- Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball players
- Atlanta Dream players
- Basketball players from Idaho
- Forwards (basketball)
- Las Vegas Aces draft picks
- Las Vegas Aces players
- LGBT basketball players
- LGBT people from Idaho
- American lesbian sportswomen
- Maryland Terrapins women's basketball players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Oregon State Beavers women's basketball players
- People from Meridian, Idaho
- Sportspeople from Boise, Idaho
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American women's basketball biography stubs