Anna Makurat
{{short description|Polish basketball player}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Anna Makurat
| image = Anna Makurat 2 (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Makurat with UConn in 2020
| number = 11
| position = Shooting guard
| height_m = 1.88
| league = Lega Basket Femminile
| team = Umana Reyer Venezia
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|3|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lębork, Poland
| nationality = Polish
| high_school =
| college = UConn (2019–2021)
| draft_year =
| career_start = 2017
| career_end =
| years1 = 2017–2019
| team1 = Arka Gdynia
| years2 = 2021–2022
| team2 = AZS AJP Gorzów Wielkopolski
| highlights = * AAC All-Freshman Team (2020)
| medaltemplates =
| team3 = Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
| years3 = 2022-2023
| team4 = Umana Reyer Venezia
| years4 = 2023-present
}}
Anna Makurat (born 31 March 2000) is a Polish professional basketball player for Umana Reyer Venezia of the Lega Basket Femminile (LBF) Serie A. She played college basketball for the UConn Huskies.
College career
In 48 games for the UConn Huskies, she averaged 6.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and three assists per game.
In April 2021, she left the team, entering the NCAA transfer portal.{{cite news |title= Anna Makurat leaving UConn women’s basketball program|url=https://www.theday.com/article/20210406/SPORT07/210409635 |accessdate=16 April 2021 |work=The Day |location=New London, CT |date=6 April 2021 }} Within a week, she announced on her Instagram page that she would return to Europe to pursue a professional career.{{cite web|url=https://www.theuconnblog.com/2021/4/6/22369871/uconn-huskies-womens-basketball-anna-makurat-to-transfer-poland |title=Anna Makurat to pursue professional career in Europe |first=Daniel |last=Connolly |work=The UConn Blog |publisher=SB Nation |date=April 12, 2021 |accessdate=June 20, 2021}}
National team career
Makurat has been a member of the Polish women's national basketball team.
Personal life
Anna's older sister Ola Makurat has played basketball in NCAA Division I for three schools. Ola first played at Liberty from 2016 to 2018, and then transferred to Utah, playing there from 2019 to 2021 after sitting out a season due to NCAA transfer rules. With all NCAA basketball players in 2020–21 being granted an extra season of eligibility due to COVID-19, Ola remained eligible to play college basketball in the 2021–22 season; she chose to exercise her extra season, entering the transfer portal shortly before Anna{{cite web|url=https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/ola-makurat/10868 |title=2020–21 Women's Basketball Roster: Ola Makurat |publisher=Utah Utes |accessdate=April 19, 2021}} and eventually choosing to play her final college season at Arkansas State.{{cite press release|url=https://astateredwolves.com/news/2021/4/28/womens-basketball-a-state-womens-hoops-adds-graduate-transfer-makurat.aspx |title=A-State Women’s Hoops Adds Graduate Transfer Makurat |publisher=Arkansas State Red Wolves |date=April 28, 2021 |accessdate=June 20, 2021}}
Anna's younger sister Aga Makurat played for the Polish national U16 and U18 teams, and is playing in her freshman year at Vanderbilt University under Anna's former coach Shea Ralph.{{cite web |title=Aga Makurat |url=https://vucommodores.com/sports/wbball/roster/season/2023-24/player/aga-makurat/ |website=Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website |access-date=11 March 2024 |date=19 May 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u20women/2016/player/Anna-Makurat FIBA profile]
- [https://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Anna-Makurat/BEC/University-of-Connecticut/334561?Women=1 Profile] at Eurobasket.com
- [https://uconnhuskies.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/anna-makurat/11072 UCONN Bio]
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Category:Sportspeople from Lębork
Category:Polish women's basketball players
Category:Polish expatriate basketball people in the United States