HEIGHT: 5-4 WEIGHT: 145 BIRTHDATE: July 30, 1998 HOMETOWN: Goodyear, AZ COLLEGE: North Carolina State HIGH SCHOOL: Millennium HS WNBA EXPERIENCE: Rookie DRAFTED BY: Undrafted TWITTER: @perezraina INSTAGRAM: rainaperez2
2022 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
- Signed to a training camp contract on April 14
- Scored nine points with 2 steals, 3 rebounds and 1 assist in preseason win over LA (4/23)
- Waived on May 2
- Signed to hardship contract on May 11
- Made WNBA debut at PHX (5/11), playing two minutes and recording 1 assist
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
- Finished collegiate career at NC State, playing final two seasons (2020-22) with the Wolf Pack after stops at Northern Arizona (2016-17) and Cal State Fullerton (2017-20)
- Averaged 9.0 ppg and 3.8 apg in two seasons in Raleigh
- Played and started in all 36 games as a graduate student in 2021-22, averaging 8.6 points, 3.1 assists and 1.1 steals in 28.6 minutes player per game
- In Pack’s Sweet 16 win over Notre Dame, snagged a steal with 14 seconds remaining and laid in the go-ahead bucket to put NC State up one; hauled in a defensive board on Notre Dame’s next possession and iced the game away at the free throw line
- In final year with the Titans, named Big West Player of the Year, averaging 19.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, and 4.2 apg.
