FeyondaFitzgerald

Position: Guard

WNBA Years: Rookie

Height: 5-7

Weight: 140

Born: April 15, 1995 in Norfolk, Va.

High School: Lake Taylor (Norfolk, Va.)

College: Temple ’17

Drafted: By Indiana, second round, 2017 WNBA Draft (20th overall)

Rookie point guard Feyonda Fitzgerald enters her first WNBA training camp, hoping to bolster backcourt depth with the Indiana Fever…she was a prolific scorer and assist-maker from the point guard spot at Temple, guiding the Owls to three consecutive 20-win seasons and an NCAA Tournament bid as a senior…Philly’s Big 5 Player of the Year as a senior, she contributed seven double-doubles by way of points and assists during her college career.

COLLEGE

Fitzgerald broke Temple’s career (635) and single-season (232) records for assists, and set a new season standard in the American Athletic Conference, also…she finished her career as the second-leading scorer in Owls history with 1,824 points, just ahead of Candice Dupree in third.

2016-17: An honorable mention All-American and a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman national point guard award, Fitzgerald was named the Philadelphia Big 5 Player of the Year…she led the Owls in scoring with 17.3 points per game, and led the club with 7.3 assists…a first-team All-AAC pick, Fitzgerald also was named to the AAC All-Tournament team while averaging 24.5 points and 6.5 assists during the tournament…she set the American Tournament single-game scoring mark with a season-high 30 points against Houston, 3/5…Fitzgerald was named the espnW national player of the week, 12/19, after totaling 44 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and seven steals in victories over No. 17 DePaul and at Rutgers…a career-high 13 assists came against Tulane, 1/8…she had a career-best six steals in the game at Rutgers, 12/17…she matched a career-high with nine rebounds vs. LaSalle, 11/14…she posted a total of six points-assists double-doubles in her senior season…she had seven in her career.

2015-16: Named second-team All-AAC and Philadelphia Big 5 second team, Fitzgerald averaged 13.6 points while playing all 35 games for the Owls…she scored a career-high 32 points in a season-opening win over Florida…she led the team with 186 assists (5.3 per game), which was then second in school history…she posted season highs with nine rebounds and 11 assists.

2014-15: A part-time starter in 12 games as a sophomore, Fitzgerald played in all 37 games while averaging 11.1 points and 2.8 assists per game…she was the team’s third-leadering scorer…she contributed a season-high 29 points in a season-opening win over Philly rival LaSalle, adding six rebounds and five assists.

2013-14: Fitzgerald was a second-team all-league performer as a freshman, and a member of the American All-Rookie Team while starting all 30 games and leading the Owls with 12.9 points per contest…she averaged 3.8 assists per game.

PERSONAL

Feyonda Fitzgerald was born April 15, 1995…her guardians are her grandparents, Rena Evans and Amos Evans…she is the daughter of Yolanda Fitzgerald and Francell Penn, and she has a younger sister, Ayonie (13)…she was a sport & recreation management major at Temple…Fitzgerald led the Lake Taylor Titans to their second state title in 2013 by setting the state tournament scoring record with 96 points in three games…as a senior, named the VHSCA AAA girls hoops state player of the year in Virginia, the All-Tidewater girls basketball player of the year, and the Virginian-Pilot girls basketball player of the year

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

(1) Drafted by Indiana in the second round (20th overall) of the 2017 WNBA Draft, 4/13/17.