Name Jewell Loyd Nominations John R. Wooden Award Siblings Jarryd Loyd | Nationality American Height 1.78 m League WNBA Role Basketball Player | |
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WNBA draft 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall Parents Calvin Loyd, Gwendolyn Davis-Loyd Profiles | ||
Listed height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Jewell Loyd 2016 Season Highlights
Jewell Loyd (born October 5, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted first overall in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. She played college basketball at Notre Dame.
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- Jewell Loyd 2016 Season Highlights
- Jewell loyd vs jerian grant h o r s e extended edition
- Notre Dame statistics
- WNBA
- Overseas
- Awards and honors
- References
Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois, Loyd was a four-year starter for Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois, where she averaged 24.8 points and 11.9 rebounds per game and scored 3,077 career points, leading the team to a 93-31 record during that time.
In her final season for Notre Dame, she was named ESPN's women's college basketball player of the year as the Fighting Irish advanced to the NCAA championship game for the second year in a row. Loyd scored 1,909 points in her college career, Notre Dame's fifth-highest total ever.
Jewell loyd vs jerian grant h o r s e extended edition
Notre Dame statistics
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WNBA
Loyd was drafted first overall in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Seattle Storm. She would play alongside superstar veteran point guard Sue Bird. Loyd played the point guard position prior to her WNBA career, but with Bird already playing point guard for the Storm, Loyd would instead play the shooting guard. Loyd was also a back-up point guard in her rookie season for the Storm. While Bird sat out the final seven games of the regular season to rest, Loyd was the starting point guard. Loyd played 34 games with 23 starts in her rookie season for the Storm. Her season performance would earn her the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award, while averaging 10.7 ppg.
In her second season, Loyd developed into a star player and was the starting shooting guard for the Storm, averaging 16.5 ppg. During the season, Loyd scored a career-high 32 points in a win against the Phoenix Mercury. Loyd was also named to the All-WNBA Second Team. The Storm made it back to the playoffs for the first time in three years with the number 7 seed in the league. In her first career playoff game, Loyd scored 24 points in a 94-85 loss to the Atlanta Dream in the first round elimination game.
In the 2017 season, Loyd's offensive scoring load increased. She scored a new career-high of 33 points in a 75-71 loss to the Phoenix Mercury. The Storm finished off the season as the number 8 seed in the league with a 15-19 record. The Storm were defeated 79-69 by the Phoenix Mercury in the first round elimination game, Loyd scored 17 points in the loss.
Overseas
After her rookie season, Loyd played for Galatasaray in Turkey during the 2015-16 off-season. She averaged 14.9 ppg, 3.9 rpg and 2.3 apg in 17 games. As of August 2016, Loyd signed with the Shanxi Flame of the Chinese league for the 2016-17 off-season.