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Azurá Breeona Stevens (born February 1, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Stevens played collegiately for the Duke Blue Devils[1] and the Connecticut Huskies.[2][3] She was drafted with the 6th overall pick in the 2018 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings.

Azurá Stevens

No. 30 – Chicago Sky
Position	Power forward / Center
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1996-02-01) February 1, 1996 (age 26) Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school	Cary (Cary, North Carolina)
College	Duke (2014–2016) UConn (2017–2018)
WNBA draft	2018 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall
Selected by the Dallas Wings
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–2019	Dallas Wings
2020–present	Chicago Sky
2022–present	Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WNBA champion (2021) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2018) First-team All-ACC (2016) Second-team All-ACC (2015) Second-team All-AAC (2018) AAC Sixth Player of the Year (2018) AAC Newcomer of the Year (2018)

Background

Stevens was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the daughter of Damon and Kaasha Stevens.[1] She attended Cary High School in Cary, North Carolina, graduating in 2014.[1] She played basketball at Cary High, where she averaged 30 points, 20 rebounds, and four blocks her senior year.[4][5] As a sophomore and junior in high school, she played basketball with The Miracle League of the Triangle.[1]

Stevens was an All-Academic selection all four years of high school.[1] Her senior year, she was selected as an All-American by Parade Magazine.[1] In 2014, she was selected for All-State by the Associated Press and for All-North Carolina First Team by USA Today.[1]

Career

College career

Stevens played for the Duke Blue Devils during the 2014–15 and 2015-16 season. At Duke, she was named to the All-ACC Second Team as a freshman and to the First Team as a sophomore. She sat out the following due to transfer rules before playing for the UConn Huskies in the 2017-18 season. At UConn, she was named to the All-AAC Second Team and received the AAC Sixth Player of Year and AAC Newcomer of Year awards.[6]

Duke and Connecticut statistics

Source[7]

Legend

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
2014-15	Duke	33	466	51.2%	28.3%	59.6%	8.2	1.7	1.1	0.9	14.1
2015-16	Duke	25	472	53.5%	35.8%	75.0%	9.6	1.6	1.3	2.1	18.9
2016-17	Connecticut	Sat due to NCAA transfer rules
2017-18	Connecticut	37	543	60.6%	17.6%	79.1%	7.4	1.9	0.8	2.1	14.7
Career		95	1481	55.2%	27.3%	70.7%	8.3	1.7	1.0	1.7	15.6

WNBA career

In April 2018, Stevens decided to forgo her senior year of college and declare for the 2018 WNBA draft.[8][9] She was a highly rated player expected to be taken in the first round of the draft, and noted for her ability to play "positionless" basketball.[10][11][12][13]

In her rookie season for the Wings, Stevens mostly came off the bench, averaging 20.6 minutes, 8.9 points, and 4.6 rebounds per game, and was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.[14] Although the Wings ended the season with a 15–19 losing record, they entered the playoffs as the eighth seed and lost in the first round to the Phoenix Mercury. Stevens missed most of the 2019 season with an injury, playing only 9 games where she averaged 16 minutes and 4.8 points per game.[15] She later had surgery on her injured foot.[15]

Ahead of the 2020 season, the Wings traded Stevens to the Chicago Sky in exchange for Katie Lou Samuelson and first-round pick in the 2021 WNBA draft.[16] In reporting ahead of the 2018 draft, multiple outlets had expected the Sky to draft Stevens with the third or fourth pick.[11][12][13] With the Sky, Stevens was expected to fill a gap in the forward position created by the departure of Astou Ndour.[15]

Overseas

On 3 August 2022, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[17]

Career statistics

Legend
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 high	°	League leader

†	Denotes seasons in which Stevens won a WNBA championship

WNBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2018	Dallas	34	9	20.6	.430	.318	.788	4.6	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.5	8.9
2019	Dallas	9	1	16.0	.358	.111	.800	3.6	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.0	4.8
2020	Chicago	13	13	27.3	.500	.385	.850	5.9	1.5	0.9	1.8	1.5	11.5
2021†	Chicago	30	11	19.6	.500	.333	.813	'4.6	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9	7.4
Career	4 years, 2 teams	86	34	20.8	.458	.326	.805	4.7	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.3	8.3

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2018	Dallas	1	0	13.0	1.000	1.000		2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0
2021†	Chicago	10	10	25.4	.477	.263	.786	6.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	9.8
Career	2 years, 2 teams	11	10	24.3	.494	.300	.786	6.5	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.8	9.5

Notes

External links

• Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• UConn Huskies bio

На других языках

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- [en] Azurá Stevens

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[ru] Стивенс, Азурей

Азуре́й Бриона Стивенс (англ. Azurá Breeona Stevens; род. 1 февраля 1996 года, Потакет, штат Род-Айленд, США) — американская профессиональная баскетболистка, выступающая в женской национальной баскетбольной ассоциации в команде «Чикаго Скай». Она была выбрана на драфте ВНБА 2018 года в первом раунде под общим шестым номером командой «Даллас Уингз». Играет на позиции тяжёлого форварда и центровой.

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