About Inga
Inga Orekhova
Position: Guard
Height: 6-2
Weight: N/A
Date of Birth: 11/10/89
College: South Florida ‘14
High School: The Bishop School (La Jolla, Calif.)
Contract Status: Signed to training camp contract.
Transactions: Selected by the Atlanta Dream in the second round (18th overall) of the 2014 WNBA Draft…Waived by the Dream in June 2, 2014…Signed to a training camp contract with the Connecticut Sun.
Career: True shooting guard with deep range…Good size…Presents matchup problems.
2014 WNBA Season: Appeared in two games for the Atlanta Dream…Played a total of 13 minutes…Finished with two blocks and one rebound…Waived to make room for Celine Dumerc, who rejoined Dream after completing a commitment with her French team.
College: Appeared in 87 games with 84 starts at USF…Transferred to South Florida from Northeast Oklahoma Community College prior to start of 2011-12 season…Just the third South Florida player to be drafted by a WNBA team…Finished at USF as the 20th player to score at least 1,000 points…Established single-season program record, making 89 percent (65 of 73) of her free throws…Ranked sixth all-time in program history with 81 blocks…Ranked fifth all-time at USF in free throw percentage (.824) and sixth in three-point shooting percentage (.340)… Missed 12 days of her senior season at USF with a torn meniscus in her left knee that required surgery…Ranked second on the team in scoring average (11.6 ppg.) and assists (92)…Led Northeast Oklahoma in scoring (19.2 ppg.)…Finished third on the team in rebounding average (4.6 rpg)…Averaged 2.7 steals and 2.4 assists per game.
Personal: Born in Sevastapol, Ukraine…Moved to San Diego when she was 17…Named San Diego County Player of the Year as a senior at The Bishop School…Averaged 20.3 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.5 blocks as a senior…Rated the No. 40 high school recruit by ESPN.com in 2009.
