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Position: Forward
Height: 6-4
Weight: 230
Date of Birth: April 4, 1990
College: University of Maryland
High School: Potomac (Dumfries, VA)
Drafted: Drafted in the third round (29th overall) by the Tulsa Shock in the 2012 WNBA Draft on April 16, 2012
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Has played in 166 games with 28 starts over six seasons</li>
<li>Career totals include 1,028 points, 477 rebounds, 85 steals, 54 assists and 40 blocks</li>
<li>An athletic, dominant rebounder</li>
<li>Consistent ability to hit the mid-range jumper</li>
<li>Career averages of 6.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and a (.485) field goal percentage in 13.5 minutes per game</li>
<li>Reached 1,000 career points at New York on July 19, 2017</li>
</ul>
2017 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
<ul>
<li>Traded to the Connecticut Sun along with the eighth overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft, in exchange for Camille Little and the rights to Jillian Alleyne in a three-way trade involving Phoenix and Indiana on February 21, 2017</li>
<li>Appeared in 20 games with one start</li>
<li>Missed 14 games because of a back injury</li>
<li>Had a season-high 16 points at Chicago (5/28)</li>
<li>Scored in double figures six times</li>
<li>Had season-high eight rebounds at Washington (5/31)</li>
<li>Scored her 1,000th career point at New York (7/19)</li>
</ul>
2016 HIGHLIGHTS WITH INDIANA:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 33 games including 12 starts for Indiana</li>
<li>Averaged 9.6 points and 3.2 rebounds in 17.2 minutes per game</li>
<li>Posted a season and career-high 21 points on a career-best (10) made field goals against New York (7/21)</li>
<li>Scored in double-figures 16 times</li>
<li>Collected a season-high eight rebounds against Connecticut (9/13)</li>
<li>Scored a career-high 318 points on the season</li>
<li>Ranked sixth in the WNBA in field goal percentage (.556) (139-250)</li>
<li>Collected a season and career-high five steals against Atlanta (7/15)</li>
</ul>
2015 HIGHLIGHTS WITH INDIANA:
<ul>
<li>Played in 33 games, notching 14 starts for the Fever</li>
<li>Averaged 8.3 points and 3.5 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game</li>
<li>Made a career-high 51 free throws on 58 attempts (.879) on the season</li>
<li>Collected a career-high 11 rebounds against Los Angeles (8/18)</li>
<li>Had a career-high 116 season rebounds</li>
<li>Also saw a career-high in minutes played (591)</li>
<li>Ranked 10th in the WNBA in field goal percentage (.491)</li>
</ul>
2014 HIGHLIGHTS WITH INDIANA: 
<ul>
<li>Traded to Indiana along with a 1st-round pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft, in exchange for a 2nd-round draft pick and Erin Phillips on March 11, 2014</li>
<li>Appeared in 31 games and made one start for the Fever</li>
<li>Averaged 3.8 points and 2.4 rebounds in 9.0 minutes per game</li>
<li>Logged the first double-double of her career (13 points, 10 rebounds) against Connecticut (6/17)</li>
<li>Posted a season-high 16 points (7-for-10 shooting) at San Antonio (7/26)</li>
</ul>
2013 HIGHLIGHTS WITH PHOENIX:
<ul>
<li>Played in 27 games for Phoenix</li>
<li>Averaged 2.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 9.9 minutes per game</li>
<li>Scored a season-best 10 points against Indiana (6/8)</li>
<li>Pulled down a season-high six rebounds against Tulsa (8/20)</li>
<li>Logged a season-high 28 minutes against San Antonio (9/13)</li>
</ul>
2012 HIGHLIGHTS WITH TULSA: 
<ul>
<li>Waived by Tulsa on June 18, 2012</li>
<li>Signed as a free agent by Phoenix on August 31, 2012</li>
<li>Appeared in seven games with the Tulsa Shock before being waived and later signed by Phoenix</li>
<li>She closed the year with the Mercury, averaging 7.1 points and 3.4 rebounds in 15 games</li>
</ul>
OVERSEAS COMPETITION: 
<ul>
<li>In the 2014-15 WNBA offseason, she played in Turkey for Hatay</li>
<li>Was second in the Turkish League in scoring with 19.0 points per game</li>
<li>She averaged 7.2 rebounds and finished with a (.470) field goal percentage</li>
<li>During the 2013-14 WNBA offseason, was a member of Good Angels Kosice in Slovakia</li>
<li>She averaged 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in EuroLeague competition</li>
</ul>
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>In 2011, averaged 10.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game as a senior for Maryland</li>
<li>Named honorable mention All-ACC and ACC Sixth Player of the Year</li>
<li>Registered a career-high 25 points off 8-for-11 shooting against St. Joseph’s (11/22)</li>
<li>She notched 16 points and a season-high 12 rebounds against sixth-ranked Miami (2/12)</li>
<li>Was selected to the U.S. World University Games team</li>
<li>She averaged 7.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in the 2011 WUG as Team USA won gold</li>
<li>In 2010, she was Maryland’s second-leading scorer as a junior, starting all 32 games and posting averages of 13.2 points and 7.8 rebounds</li>
<li>Named second team All-ACC</li>
<li>Scored in double figures in 26 of 32 games and in 12 of 14 ACC games</li>
<li>Registered 10 double-doubles on the year</li>
<li>In 2009, paced all Maryland scorers with 12.9 points per game, starting 29 of 34 contests as a sophomore</li>
<li>Led the club with 7.8 rebounds per game and finished the year with 10 double-doubles</li>
<li>In 2008, averaged 11.1 points and 7.4 boards as a freshman at Maryland, starting 35 of 36 games</li>
<li>Named the ACC Rookie of the Year</li>
</ul>
PERSONAL:
<ul>
<li>Lynetta Janae Kizer was born April 4, 1990 in Woodbridge, Virginia</li>
<li>She is the daughter of Yvonne and Keither Kizer</li>
<li>Has an older brother, Dominique, and a younger sister, Quiana</li>
<li>Majored in Family Science at Maryland</li>
<li>Helped the U.S. U18 squad go unbeaten and capture a gold medal at the FIBA U18 World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2008</li>
<li>Won gold at the 2007 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival</li>
<li>Four year starter at center and three-time team captain at Potomac Senior High School</li>
<li>Averaged 21.7 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks as a senior</li>
<li>McDonald&#8217;s All-American, played in the all-star game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin</li>
<li>Selected to play in the Women&#8217;s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) High School All-American game in Tampa, Florida</li>
<li>Second team All-American by Parade Magazine</li>
<li>Fifth-rated overall prospect and the top center in the nation in the class of 2008 according to HoopGurlz.com</li>
<li>Led Potomac&#8217;s Panthers to the AAA District title game in her final campaign</li>
<li>Helped the team reach the 2008 Northwest Region semifinals</li>
<li>Ranked 15th in the state as a senior</li>
<li>Named first team All-Metro by the Washington Post as a senior, after earning third team honors as a junior and honorable mention nods as a sophomore</li>
<li>Nike All-America Camp participant</li>
<li>Earned numerous all-tournament honors at AAU events, leading her squad to capture the Boo Williams and Oregon Trail title in 2005 and 2006, and the Junior National Championship crown in 2007</li>
</ul>

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Season	PPG 5.8	RPG 2.8	APG 0.3
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