Shereka Wright
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Primary sources|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Shereka Wright
| image =
| position = Head coach
| team = UT Arlington Mavericks
| league = Western Athletic Conference
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 155
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|21}}
| birth_place =
| high_school = Copperas Cove
(Copperas Cove, Texas)
| college = Purdue (2000–2004)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2004
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 13
| draft_team = Detroit Shock
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2005
| career_number = 50
| career_position = Forward
| coach_start = 2006
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2004}}–{{WNBA Year|2005}}
| team1 = Phoenix Mercury
| cyears1 = 2006–2013
| cteam1 = Texas Tech (assistant)
| cyears2 = 2013–2018
| cteam2 = Alabama (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2018–2020
| cteam3 = Vanderbilt (associate HC)
| cyears4 = 2020–present
| cteam4 = UT Arlington
| highlights =
- All-American – USBWA (2004)
- Second-team All-American – AP (2004)
- 2x Third-team All-American – AP (2002, 2003)
- 2x Big Ten Tournament MOP (2003, 2004)
- 3x First-team All-Big Ten (2002–2004)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2001)
- Gatorade National Player of the Year (2000)
}}
Shereka Monique Wright (born September 21, 1981) is an American basketball player and coach.
Career
She is the head coach at UT Arlington. Wright retired from competitive basketball in 2006 and has worked as an assistant coach since, at Texas Tech, Alabama, and Vanderbilt.{{Cite web|title=Shereka Wright – Women's Basketball Coach|url=https://rolltide.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/shereka-wright/713|access-date=2021-05-26|website=University of Alabama Athletics|language=en}}
Wright was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft by the Detroit Shock. She appeared in 49 games over two seasons for the Phoenix Mercury and averaged 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds over 12 minutes per game. She retired after missing the 2006 season with a torn achilles tendon.{{Cite web|title=Shereka Wright|url=https://www.wnba.com/player/shereka-wright/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA|language=en}}
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=WNBA=
==Regular season==
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | 2004
| align="left" | Phoenix
|24||0||10.1||31.0||46.2||78.1||1.1||0.3||0.1 ||0.0||0.6||2.4
|-
| align="left" | 2005
| align="left" | Phoenix
|25||5||13.8||40.7||31.4||67.3||2.0||0.9||0.6 ||0.1||1.1||3.8
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 2 years, 1 team
|49||5||12.0||36.6||35.4||71.4||1.6||0.6||0.3 ||0.1||0.9||3.1
{{S-end}}
=College=
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
| 2000–01
|Purdue |38 |377 |45.5% |51.3% |66.5% |4.7 |1.8 |1.1 |0.6 |9.9 |
| 2001–02
|Purdue |30 |569 |48.5% |23.5% |73.5% |6.6 |1.9 |1.6 |1.3 |19.0 |
| 2002–03
|Purdue |34 |643 |46.7% |31.8% |74.3% |6.3 |2.7 |1.5 |1.0 |18.9 |
| 2003–04
|Purdue |33 |662 |49.4% |36.1% |73.7% |6.1 |2.3 |1.0 |1.0 |20.1 |
| Career
| |135 |2251 |47.8% |34.7% |72.5% |5.9 |2.2 |1.3 |1.0 |16.7 |
Head coaching record
Source:
- UT Arlington{{Cite web |title=2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule |url=https://utamavs.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2022-23 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=University of Texas Arlington Athletics |language=en}}
- WAC{{Cite web |title=2022-23 WAC Women's Basketball Standings |url=https://wacsports.com/sports/wbkb/2022-23/standings |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Western Athletic Conference |language=en}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type=coach | conference= |postseason=}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UT Arlington
| conference=Sun Belt Conference
| startyear =2020
| endyear =2022
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = UT Arlington
| overall = 13–7
| conference = 11–4
| confstanding = 2nd (West)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2021–22
| name = UT Arlington
| overall = 20–8
| conference = 11–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UT Arlington
| conference = Western Athletic Conference
| startyear = 2022
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = UT Arlington
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = UT Arlington
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = UT Arlington
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = WNIT
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = UT Arlington
| overall = {{winpct|81|61|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|51|33|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|81|61|record=y}}
| poll =
| polltype =
| polltype2 =
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.purduesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/wright_shereka00.html Purdue Boilermakers bio]
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{{2004 WNBA draft}}
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