ShekinnaStricklen

Position: Guard/Forward

Height: 6-2

Weight: 178

Date of Birth: July 30, 1990

College: Tennessee ‘12

High School: Morrilton (Arkansas)

Transactions: Selected second overall by the Seattle Storm in the 2012 WNBA Draft. Traded to the Connecticut Sun on January 28, 2015. Re-signed to a two-year contract with Connecticut on February 5, 2016. Re-signed to a multi-year contract with Connecticut on February 1, 2018. Signed a two-year contract with the Atlanta Dream as an unrestricted free agent on February 16, 2020.

Career Highlights: 

• Has played in 311 games with 142 starts over ten seasons.
• Career totals include 2,245 points, 726 rebounds, 242 assists and 213 steals
• Excellent long-range shooter with a quick release
• Has made 468 career three-pointers
• Collected 2,000^th career point at New York (8/30/19)

2021 Highlights with Atlanta: 

• Played in 24 games.
• Knocked down 3 of 4 attempted three-pointers to record 9 points against Indiana (5/21).
• Picked up a season-best 3 steals against Indiana (7/11).
• Made 3 three-pointers again for 9 points against Las Vegas (8/26), following that with two made three’s and a season-best 10 points at Dallas (9/2).
• Finished the season with a season-most five defensive rebounds at Connecticut (9/19).
• Played her 300^th career game against Indiana (7/11).

2020 Highlights with Atlanta: 

• Appeared in all 22 games and started in 15.
• Finished with 6.1 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game.
• Made her Dream debut against Dallas on 7/26, starting and scoring 16 points with four made three-pointers.
• Scored in double digits against Las Vegas (7/29) with 10 points.
• Pulled down four boards with two assists and two steals against New York (7/31)
• Shot a season-high 8 three-pointers against Seattle (8/6) and again against Connecticut (8/10).
• Knocked down 6 three’s in the first half against Connecticut (8/10), just one off the WNBA record of 7 three’s in one half (Kelsey Mitchell, 2019).
• Scored a season-high 18 points against Connecticut (8/10).
• Her fourth double-figure scoring outing of the season came against Los Angeles (8/21), when she scored 16 points and added on a season-high four assists.
• Went 8-for-8 from the charity stripe in 2020.

2019 Highlights with Connecticut:

• Started in all 34 regular season and all 8 Playoff games for the Sun
• Tallied a career-high 76 made three-pointers (38.2 percent) in the regular season and 12 (34.3 percent) in the postseason
• Winner of 2019 WNBA All-Star Three-Point Contest

2018 Highlights with Connecticut:

• Appeared in 34 games with 30 starts
• Tied a WNBA record with eight made three pointers at Dallas on July 22, setting a new franchise record
• The previous record as seven, held by Stricklen and Nykesha Sales…Had 58 made threes in 2018 for her fourth season with at least 50 made three-pointers
• Had a season-high 24 points in the win at Dallas on July 22
• Pulled down a season-high seven rebounds at Los Angeles on July 3.

2017 Highlights with Connecticut:

• Appeared in 34 games with a career-high 29 starts
• Led the Sun with a career-high 71 three-pointers
• Third Sun player to make at last 70 threes in a season
• Total was third most in franchise history behind Kara Lawson (74 in 2012) and Katie Douglas (73 in 2006)
• Tied a franchise record with seven made threes at Seattle (7/12)
• Scored season-high 21 points in that game
• Ranked sixth in the WNBA in three-point shooting percentage (.410)
• Had 19 multiple three-point games, including eight with four or more made threes
• Had a single-season career-high 42 steals
• Ranked fifth in scoring (8.6 ppg)
• Scored in double-figures 14 times
• Scored 1,500^th career point at Washington (8/29)
• Collected 500^th career rebound against Dallas (8/23)
• Had 107 rebounds, most since career-high 147 as a rookie in 2012
• Had 37 assists, most since 40 in 2012
• Played a career-high 926 minutes

2016 Highlights with Connecticut:

• Appeared in 28 games without a start
• Third on Sun with 27 made threes
• Made 200^th career three-pointer at Phoenix (6/29)
• Collected 100^th career steal against Dallas (9/16)
• Had season-high three made threes four times
• Reached double figures three times
• Scored season-high 12 points at Seattle (6/24)
• Missed four games with right knee injury (5/28-6/5)

2015 Highlights with Connecticut:

• Acquired by the Connecticut Sun on January 28, 2015 along with Camille Little in exchange for Renee Montgomery and two first round picks in the 2015 WNBA Draft
• Appeared in 34 games without a start
• Strong candidate for WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award
• Led the Sun with 51 made three-pointers
• Had 24 games with at least one made three, 14 games with at least two made threes, eight with at least three, four with at least four, and was a season-best 5 of 10 from three-point range at Washington (7/19)
• Was 41 of 96 (42.7 percent) from three-point range during 17-game stretch from July 14^th against Minnesota to August 27^th against Phoenix
• Scored game-winning basket on buzzer-beating put-back against Seattle (7/31)
• Reached 1,000 career points against Washington (8/7)
• Collected 100^th career assist against Indiana (7/28)
• Had 15 double-figure scoring games
• Had a season-high 19 points at Washington (7/19)

2014 Highlights with Seattle:

• Appeared in 33 games with 10 starts for Seattle
• Established career-highs for field goal (43), three-point (38.5) and free throw (73.1) shooting percentages
• Scored a season-high 20 points against Indiana (7/31), tying a career high with six made threes on nine attempts

2013 Highlights with Seattle:

• Appeared in 34 games with 21 starts for Seattle
• Started last 21 games
• Averaged 10.0 points per game
• Scored a career-high 26 points against Tulsa (9/12), hitting a career-best six three-point field goals
• Scored in double figures 16 times
• Had five points, five rebounds and five assists in two playoff games

2012 Highlights with Seattle:

• Appeared in 34 games with three starts for Seattle
• Scored five points in her WNBA debut
• Averaged 8.1 points per game, the most by any Storm rookie since Sue Bird in 2002
• Led the Storm with 13 points in their first playoff game
• Appeared in all three playoff games, collecting 20 points and 13 rebounds in 52 minutes

College Highlights:

• Wooden Award and Wade Trophy finalist
• All-SEC First Team pick during 2011-2012 season
• SEC’s No. 2 scorer and top 10 finisher in rebounds and three-point field goal percentage
• Named SEC Player of the Year by the league’s coaches and to the All-SEC First Team by the coaches and AP as a junior
• Named a State Farm All American becoming the 20^th Lady Volunteer to earn the honor
• Named a USBWA All-American and a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press
• Was the SEC Tournament MVP after recording 16 points per game and 5 rebounds per game
• Named Associated Press Second Team All-SEC as a sophomore
• Named Freshman of the Year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association
• Selected to the SEC All-Freshman Team by the league’s coaches as a unanimous selection
• Scored a career-high 27 points against Stanford (12/20/11)

Overseas Competition:

• Has played overseas in the Turkish Basketball League for Hatay, as well as in the South Korean League for the Shinhan Bank S-Birds and the KB Stars.
• Was a member of the 2008 USA Women’s U18 National Team.

Personal:

• Full name is Shekinna Paries Stricklen
• Daughter of Wayne and Karen Stricklen
• Has an older brother, Joshua
• Majored in Sociology and Criminal Justice in college
• Was a member of the Beta Club and Student Council in high school