Makayla Epps
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Makayla Epps
| image = File:Makayla Epps.jpg
| league =
| team = Free agent
| number =
| position = Point guard
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs =
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|6|6}}
| birth_place = Lebanon, Kentucky, U.S.
| high_school = Marion County (Lebanon, Kentucky)
| college = Kentucky (2013–2017)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2017
| draft_round = 3
| draft_pick = 33
| draft_team = Chicago Sky
| career_start = 2017
| career_end =
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2017}}
| team1 = Chicago Sky
| highlights = * 3x First-team All-SEC (2015–2017)
| wnba_profile = makayla-epps
| medal_templates =
}}
Makayla Epps (born June 6, 1995) is an American professional women's basketball player. She last played for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).{{Cite news|url=http://www.wnba.com/player/makayla-epps/|title=Makayla Epps – WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|work=WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|access-date=2017-09-16|language=en-US}} She was drafted from the University of Kentucky with the 33rd overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.
She is the daughter of former University of Kentucky player, Anthony Epps,{{cite web |url=http://www.ukathletics.com/sport/w-baskbl/2016/roster/559d8fdbe4b01c7eefd5e719 |title=Bio for Makayla Epps {{!}} UK Wildcats {{!}} Basketball (W) |website=www.ukathletics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024222247/http://www.ukathletics.com/sport/w-baskbl/2016/roster/559d8fdbe4b01c7eefd5e719 |archive-date=2016-10-24}} who was a member of the national champion 1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/1995-96.html|title=1995–96 Kentucky Wildcats|website=www.bigbluehistory.net|access-date=2017-09-16}}
Career statistics
=WNBA career statistics=
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
==Regular season==
=Kentucky statistics=
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
class="wikitable"
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
2013–14
|Kentucky |34 |155 |48.3% |29.3% |67.4% |1.4 |1.4 |0.3 |0.0 |4.6 |
2014–15
|Kentucky |34 |506 |44.4% |31.6% |69.1% |4.6 |3.0 |1.3 |0.2 |14.9 |
2015–16
|Kentucky |32 |546 |47.3% |28.3% |72.6% |4.8 |4.5 |1.3 |0.1 |17.1 |
2016–17
|Kentucky |33 |583 |45.9% |35.5% |76.1% |4.5 |3.6 |1.0 |0.1 |17.7 |
Career
| |133 |1790 |46.1% |31.7% |71.9% |3.8 |3.1 |1.0 |0.1 |13.5 |
References
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Category:American women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Kentucky
Category:Chicago Sky draft picks
Category:Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball players
Category:McDonald's High School All-Americans
Category:Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
Category:People from Lebanon, Kentucky
Category:Basketball people from Kentucky
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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