Shekinna Stricklen

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Shekinna Stricklen

| image = Shekinna Stricklen (cropped).jpg

| caption = Stricklen in 2019

| height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 230

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|7|30}}

| birth_place = Conway, Arkansas, U.S.

| high_school = Morrilton (Morrilton, Arkansas)

| college = Tennessee (2008–2012)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2012

| draft_round = 1

| draft_pick = 2

| draft_team = Seattle Storm

| career_start = 2012

| career_end = 2021

| career_number = 40

| career_position = Forward

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2012}}–{{WNBA Year|2014}}

| team1 = Seattle Storm

| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2015}}–{{WNBA Year|2019}}

| team2 = Connecticut Sun

| years3 = 2016–2017

| team3 = Fenerbahçe Istanbul

| years4 = {{WNBA Year|2020}}–{{WNBA Year|2021}}

| team4 = Atlanta Dream

| highlights =

WNBA Three-Point Shootout champion ({{WNBA Year|2019}})
All-American – USBWA (2011)
State Farm Coaches' All-American (2011)
SEC Tournament MVP (2011)
SEC Player of the Year (2011)
2x Third-team All-American - AP (2011, 2012)
2x First-team All-SEC (2011, 2012)
USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2009)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2009)
McDonald's All-American (2008)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

| wnba_profile = shekinna_stricklen

| bbr_wnba = stricsh01w

| letter = s

}}

Shekinna Stricklen (born July 30, 1990){{cite web|url=http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stricklen_shekinna00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208163724/http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stricklen_shekinna00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2010|title=Shekinna Stricklen Profile University of Tennessee Athletics|access-date=April 17, 2012}} is an American former basketball forward. Born in Conway, Arkansas, she went to Morrilton High School, which she helped lead to a state championship in 2006, and played collegiately for the Tennessee Lady Vols. She was selected Freshman of the Year by the USBWA.{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/storm/news/12draft_spotlight_stricklen.html|title=STORM: 2012 Draft Spotlight: Shekinna Stricklen|access-date=April 17, 2012}}

USA Basketball

Stricklen was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was held in July 2008, when the USA team defeated host Argentina to win the championship. Stricklen helped the team win all five games, scoring 8.0 points per game. She was also the second leading rebounder with 7.6 per game.

Stricklen 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. Stricklen averaged 5.3 points per game.

Professional career

She was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (2nd overall) by the Seattle Storm.{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2017996413.html|title=Storm draft bios: Shekinna Stricklen, Keisha Hampton|publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=April 17, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/2017994355.html|title=Storm selects Shekinna Stricklen with No. 2 pick in WNBA draft|publisher=Seattletimes.nwsource.com|access-date=April 17, 2012}}

On January 28, 2015 Stricklen was traded along with Camille Little to the Connecticut Sun for Renee Montgomery, and the third and fifteen overall picks of the 2015 WNBA draft.[http://www.wnba.com/sun/connecticut_acquires_little_s_2015_01_28.html Connecticut Acquires Little, Stricklen] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131140711/http://www.wnba.com/sun/connecticut_acquires_little_s_2015_01_28.html |date=January 31, 2015 }}

In 2016, Fenerbahçe Istanbul announced her transfer to the club.{{cite web | url=http://www.fenerbahce.org/detay.asp?ContentID=52323 | title=Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü - Fenerbahçe SK }}

Stricklen won the 2019 WNBA Three Point Contest the day before the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game.

Stricklen signed a two-year contract with the Atlanta Dream on February 16, 2020.{{cite web |title=Shekinna Stricklen Signs Multi-Year Deal with Dream |url=https://dream.wnba.com/news/shekinna-stricklen-signs-multi-year-deal-with-dream/ |access-date=17 April 2020}}

Career statistics

=WNBA=

==Regular season==

{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Shekinna Stricklen WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/s/stricsh01w.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date= }}}}

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Seattle

|34||3||23.1||39.5||31.6||69.2||4.3||1.2||0.7||0.2||1.0||8.0

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Seattle

|34||21||23.4||41.1||34.4||64.1||2.8||0.8||0.7||0.4||1.2||10.0

| align="left" | 2014

| align="left" | Seattle

|33||10||17.5||43.0||38.5||73.1||2.1||0.7||0.6||0.1||0.8||7.2

| align="left" | 2015

| align="left" | Connecticut

|34||0||17.6||41.1||35.9||78.6||1.9||0.6||0.6||0.2||0.6||7.7

| align="left" | 2016

| align="left" | Connecticut

|28||0||10.9||36.5||35.1||64.3||1.4||0.5||0.4||0.1||0.1||4.0

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Connecticut

|34||29||27.2||41.1||41.0||86.5||3.1||1.1||1.2||0.1||0.9||8.6

| align="left" | 2018

| align="left" | Connecticut

|34||30||18.8||43.0||43.0||85.7||2.3||0.5||0.6||0.1||0.6||6.6

| align="left" | 2019

| align="left" | Connecticut

|34||34||23.6||40.8||38.2||81.5||1.9||1.1||1.0||0.2||0.8||9.0

| align="left" | 2020

| align="left" | Atlanta

|22||15||21.9||34.1||33.3||100.0||1.9||0.6||0.3||0.0||0.7||6.1

| align="left" | 2021

| align="left" | Atlanta

|24||0||9.8||25.9||21.2||40.0||0.9||0.3||0.4||0.2||0.1||2.5

|- class="sortbottom"

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 9 years, 3 teams

|311||142||19.8||39.8||36.4||74.8||2.3||0.8||0.7||0.2||0.7||7.2

==Playoffs==

| align="left" | 2012

| align="left" | Seattle

|3||0||19.0||53.3||14.3||60.0||4.3||1.7||1.3||0.3||0.7||6.7

| align="left" | 2013

| align="left" | Seattle

|2||2||17.5||20.0||20.0||0.0||2.5||2.5||0.5||1.0||0.5||2.5

| align="left" | 2017

| align="left" | Connecticut

|1||1||25.0||28.6||20.0||0.0||3.0||0.0||1.0||0.0||1.0||5.0

| align="left" | 2018

| align="left" | Connecticut

|1||1||23.0||40.0||40.0||0.0||1.0||2.0||0.0||0.0||1.0||6.0

| align="left" | 2019

| align="left" | Connecticut

|8||8||27.8||41.0||34.3||88.9||3.1||0.6||0.5||0.0||1.0||8.8

|- class="sortbottom"

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 5 years, 2 teams

|15||12||24.1||39.8||29.8||61.1||3.1||1.1||0.7||0.2||0.9||7.1

=College=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+NCAA statistics{{cite web|title=Women's Basketball Player stats|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careersearch|website=NCAA|access-date=October 29, 2015}}

!Year

!Team

!GP

!Points

!FG%

!3P%

!FT%

!RPG

!APG

!SPG

!BPG

!PPG

2008–09

|rowspan=4|Tennessee

|32

|424

|39.0

|29.1

|76.1

|5.9

|3.0

|1.8

|0.7

|13.3

2009–10

|35

|445

|44.0

|32.0

|82.4

|6.1

|3.9

|1.2

|0.7

|12.7

2010–11

|37

|474

|48.9

|38.5

|75.7

|7.3

|2.0

|1.2

|0.5

|12.8

2011–12

|35

|539

|43.4

|35.2

|73.7

|6.6

|1.9

|1.3

|0.7

|15.4

class="sortbottom"

|colspan=2 align=center|Career

|139

|1882

|43.7

|33.9

|76.8

|6.5

|2.7

|1.4

|0.6

|13.5

References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=08_wu18_game_05|title=USA Women's U18 National Team Rolls Through FIBA Americas Championship Undefeated With 81–37 Victory Over Host Argentina|date=July 27, 2008|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103165923/http://usabasketball.com/news.php?news_page=08_wu18_game_05|archive-date=January 3, 2010}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.usabasketball.com/women/2008/08_wu18_stats/USA.HTM|title=United States|date=July 27, 2008|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 10, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608064752/http://www.usabasketball.com/women/2008/08_wu18_stats/USA.HTM|archive-date=June 8, 2011}}

{{cite web|title=Twenty-Sixth World University Games – 2011|url=http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/twenty-sixth-world-university-games-2011.aspx|publisher=USA Basketball|access-date=October 13, 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150907032048/http://www.usab.com/history/world-university-games-womens/twenty-sixth-world-university-games-2011.aspx| archive-date =September 7, 2015|url-status=dead}}

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