Devereaux Peters
LeagueWNBA
PositionForward
Height6 ft
Height in2
Weight lbs170
Birth dateOctober 8, 1989 (age 37)
Birth placeChicago, Illinois, U.S.
High schoolFenwick (Oak Park, Illinois)
CollegeNotre Dame (2007–2012)
Draft leagueWNBA
Draft year2012
Draft round1
Draft pick3
Draft teamMinnesota Lynx
Career start2012
Years 1–
Team 1Minnesota Lynx
Years 22012–2013
Team 2Le Mura Lucca
Years 32013–2014
Team 3WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
Years 42015–present
Team 4TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
Years 5–
Team 5Indiana Fever
Years 62018
Team 6Washington Mystics
Team 7Phoenix Mercury
Years 72018
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Devereaux Simoine Peters (born October 8, 1989) is an American basketball forward with WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk of the Russian women's league.[1]

Career

Peters played at Notre Dame, where she was Big East Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2012. She led a Notre Dame squad that finished second in the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament.[2]

Peters made her WNBA debut on May 20, 2012, with the Minnesota Lynx, scoring 3 points and grabbing 4 rebounds in a win over the Phoenix Mercury.[3]

Peters quickly became the first power forward off the bench, and led the team in field goal percentage through sixteen games. In July, Peters broke a finger on her left hand, forcing her to miss three games.[4]

Peters would remain the primary backup in 2013, leading the Lynx in blocked shots. She played a key role in the Lynx's second WNBA championship, serving as a reliable defensive presence.

On February 2, 2016, Peters was traded to the Indiana Fever in exchange for Natasha Howard.[5]

On February 5, 2018, Peters signed a contract with the Washington Mystics.[6]

USA Basketball

Peters played on the team presenting the US at the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. The team, coached by Bill Fennelly, won all six games to earn the gold medal. Peters averaged 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.[7]

WNBA career statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Peters won a WNBA championship

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Minnesota | 30 || 2 || 14.1 || .560 || .000 || .706 || 3.8 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 1.3 || 5.3 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2013† | align="left" | Minnesota | 34 || 2 || 18.6 || .396 || .000 || .852 || 4.6 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 0.9 || 4.1 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Minnesota | 28 || 0 || 18.0 || .443 || .000 || .737 || 3.7 || 1.7 || 0.8 || 1.0 || 1.1 || 4.4 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2015† | align="left" | Minnesota | 33 || 0 || 14.6 || .449 || .375 || .867 || 3.4 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.9 || 0.9 || 3.2 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Indiana | 30 || 0 || 14.7 || .549 || .333 || .556 || 3.0 || 0.7 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 5.2 |- | align="left" | 2017 | align="left" | Phoenix | 5 || 0 || 7.6 || .333 || .000 || .000 || 1.6 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 1.6 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 6 years, 3 teams | 160 || 4 || 15.7 || .474 || .308 || .738 || 3.6 || 1.1 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 4.3

Playoffs

|- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Minnesota | 9 || 0 || 6.9 || .417 || .000 || .667 || 1.8 || 0.3 || 0.4 || 0.6 || 0.7 || 1.3 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2013† | align="left" | Minnesota | 7 || 0 || 16.6 || .542 || .000 || .500 || 3.6 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 1.0 || 0.9 || 3.9 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Minnesota | 5 || 0 || 11.4 || .455 || .000 || .000 || 2.2 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 0.2 || 1.2 || 2.0 |- |style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| 2015† | align="left" | Minnesota | 10 || 0 || 13.9 || .531 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.2 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.7 || 4.0 |- | align="left" | 2017 | align="left" | Phoenix | 2 || 0 || 6.5 || .250 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.5 || 1.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams | 33 || 0 || 11.7 || .494 || .000 || .818 || 2.3 || 0.6 || 0.6 || 0.7 || 0.8 || 2.8

College statistics

Source[8]

YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2007–08Notre Dame2320652.2–75.05.61.01.72.09.0
2008–09Notre Dame32268.8––4.31.71.72.07.3
2009–10Notre Dame2516748.2–55.05.61.11.41.26.7
2010–11Notre Dame3946559.3–72.87.51.61.71.711.9
2011–12Notre Dame3945954.4–66.99.32.12.02.011.8
Career totalsNotre Dame129131955.00.067.37.31.61.71.810.2

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Lynx take Devereaux Peters of Notre Dame in WNBA draft". April 16, 2012.
  2. ^ "WNBA.com: Draft 2012". www.wnba.com
  3. ^ "Mercury vs. Lynx - WNBA Box Score - May 20, 2012". ESPN
  4. ^ Augustoviz, Roman. "Lynx left behind will work on their skills". Star Tribune
  5. ^ "Fever Acquire Devereaux Peters In Sign-and-Trade". Indiana Fever
  6. ^ Dull, Ben (February 5, 2018). "Washington Mystics sign Devereaux Peters, re-sign Asia Taylor". summitthoops.com. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Twenty-Sixth World University Games – 2011". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "NCAA® Career Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 16, 2016.