About Saniya
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SOCIAL MEDIA
@xslchong |
April 13, 2017 | Selected by the Dallas Wings in the third round (No. 26 overall) in the 2017 WNBA Draft |
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May 31, 2018 | Waived by the Wings |
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Feb. 19, 2019 | Signed by the Las Vegas Aces to a training camp contract |
WNBA CAREER
2018 (Dallas)
- Scored a season-high 2 points at Minnesota on May 23
- Handed out a season-high 2 assists at New York on May 29
- Picked up as season-high 2 steals vs. Atlanta on May 20
2017 (Dallas)
- Scored a career-high 10 points vs. Minnesota on June 11
- Handed out a career-high 6 assists and grabbed a career-high 3 rebounds vs. San Antonio on May 25
- Picked up a career-high 3 steals vs. Indiana on May 30
- Life In WNBA Teaches Dallas Wings’ Saniya Chong Something She Just Wasn’t Going To Learn In College (June, 2017)
- Saniya Chong On Losing Her Brother (Audio, Mar. 27, 2017)
2018-19 [Beroe—Bulgaria (NBL)]
- Scored 20 or more points on 4 occasions, including a season-high 21 vs. Buducnost on January 17
- Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds on 3 occasions
- Handed out a season-high 4 assists on 2 occasions
- Picked up a season-high 4 steals on 2 occasions
2018-19 [Beroe—EuroCup (EC)]
- Scored 10 or more points on 3 occasions including a season-high 20 points vs. Botas on December 13
- Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds vs. A3 Basket on December 6
- Handed out a season-high 4 assists on 2 occasions
- Picked up a season-high 5 steals on 2 occasions
2017-18 [Elitzur Holon—Israel (D1)]
- Advanced to the Israeli Cup Finalist
- Advanced to the Israeli League Finals
- Named to the Eurobasket.com All-Israeli League Third Team
OVERSEAS STATISTICS
Year | Team | League | G | Min | FG | FGA | FG% | 3G | 3GA | 3G% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | A | S | B | TO | PF | PTS | Avg |
2017-18 | Elitzur Holon | D1 | 26 | 989 | 157 | 351 | .447 | 35 | 113 | .310 | 110 | 135 | .815 | 24 | 66 | 90 | 123 | 16 | 13 | 60 | 40 | 459 | 17.7 |
2018-19 | Beroe | NBL | 14 | 379 | 40 | 110 | .363 | 10 | 36 | .278 | 31 | 35 | .886 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 121 | 8.6 |
2018-19 | Beroe | EC | 6 | 175 | 20 | 45 | .444 | 2 | 14 | .143 | 13 | 16 | .813 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 9.2 |
Israeli League (D1) | 26 | 989 | 157 | 351 | .447 | 35 | 113 | .310 | 110 | 135 | .815 | 24 | 66 | 90 | 123 | 16 | 13 | 60 | 40 | 459 | 17.7 | ||
Bulgarian League (NBL) | 15 | 379 | 40 | 110 | .363 | 10 | 36 | .278 | 31 | 35 | .886 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 121 | 8.6 | ||
EuroCup (EC) | 6 | 175 | 20 | 45 | .444 | 2 | 14 | .143 | 13 | 16 | .813 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 55 | 9.2 | ||
Totals | 47 | 1543 | 197 | 461 | .427 | 45 | 149 | .302 | 141 | 170 | .829 | 35 | 119 | 154 | 170 | 61 | 21 | 102 | 77 | 635 | 13.5 |
Senior (Connecticut, 2016-17)
- 2017 American Athletic Conference Third Team
- 2017 NCAA All-Bridgeport Regional Team
- Tied career highs with 20 points and eight assists in UConn’s record-tying 90th-consecutive win against No. 20 USF on January 10
- Finished fourth in the country with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.3-to-1 and put together 15 games with zero turnovers
Junior (Connecticut, 2015-16)
- Scored in double-figures four times, including a season-high 18 points against Tulsa on January 6…
Sophomore (Connecticut, 2014-15)
- Scored a career-high 20 points on 8-13 shooting in the Huskies’ overtime loss at No. 6 Stanford on November 17
Freshman (Connecticut, 2013-14)
- Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team
COLLEGE STATISTICS
Year | Team | League | G | GS | Min | FG | FGA | FG% | 3G | 3GA | 3G% | FT | FTA | FT% | OR | DR | REB | A | S | B | TO | PF | PTS | Avg |
2013-14 | Connecticut | AAC | 39 | 4 | 665 | 60 | 143 | .420 | 30 | 93 | .323 | 33 | 40 | .825 | 16 | 53 | 69 | 60 | 24 | 8 | 27 | 33 | 183 | 4.8 |
2014-15 | Connecticut | AAC | 38 | 2 | .470 | .366 | .742 | 213 | 5.6 | |||||||||||||||
2015-16 | Connecticut | AAC | 33 | 3 | 410 | 39 | 92 | .424 | 21 | 57 | .368 | 24 | 29 | .857 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 123 | 3.7 |
2016-17 | Connecticut | AAC | 35 | 34 | 1084 | 96 | 204 | .471 | 50 | 125 | .400 | 47 | 58 | .810 | 29 | 75 | 104 | 140 | 48 | 7 | 42 | 44 | 289 | 8.3 |
Totals | 145 | 43 | 808 | 5.6 |
- Went to Ossining High School, and averaged 34.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 9.1 assists per game in her final season at Ossining High School, helping to capture the first New York State Public Schools state championship in school history
- Named the 2012-13 Parade All-American Team’s Girls Basketball Player of the Year
- Honored as the National High School Coaches Association’s (NHSCA) national girls’ basketball Player of the Year
- Awarded the 2012-13 Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year Accolade
- Named to the American Family ALL-USA New York Team
- Rated as the No. 75 overall recruit by ESPN Hoopgurlz and the No. 3 recruit in the state of New York by MaxPreps
- 2013 McDonald’s All-American Game nominee
- Scored at least 30 points in 51 of her 96 career high school games, tallying 2988 points over her four-year career
- Averaged 33.3 points and 9.7 rebounds during her junior campaign in 2011-12.
- Full name is Saniya Lynn Chong
- Daughter of Andrew and Leslie
- Graduated from UCONN on with a major in socioloy