Victoria Vivians
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Victoria Vivians
| image = Victoria Vivians.jpg
| caption = Vivians with the Indiana Fever in 2018
| position = Shooting guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 197
| league = Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil
| team = Adelitas de Chihuahua
| number =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|17}}
| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
| high_school = Scott Central
(Forest, Mississippi)
| college = Mississippi State (2014–2018)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2018
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 8
| draft_team = Indiana Fever
| career_start = 2018
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2018}}–{{WNBA Year|2023}}
| team1 = Indiana Fever
| years2 = {{WNBA Year|2024}}
| team2 = Seattle Storm
| years3 = 2025–
| team3 = Adelitas de Chihuahua
|cyears1 = 2024-present
|cteam1 = Mississippi State (Assistant)
| highlights =
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (2018)
- WBCA Coaches' All-American (2018)
- All-American – USBWA (2018)
- 4x Gillom Trophy (2015–2018)
- First-team All-American – AP (2018)
- Third-team All-American – AP (2017)
- 3× First-team All-SEC (2016–2018)
- Second-team All-SEC (2015)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2015)
}}
Victoria Vivians (born November 17, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil (LNBPF). She is also an assistant coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, her alma mater. She helped lead the Bulldogs to four appearances in the NCAA tournament, including three Sweet Sixteens, and two appearances in the championship game in 2017 and 2018. Vivians was chosen eighth overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2018 WNBA draft.
Early life and education
Vivians is the daughter of John and Angela Vivians and Deborah Peatry.{{cite news |title=VictoriaVivians|url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1628927/victoria-vivians|publisher=WNBA |access-date=April 24, 2025}} She graduated from Scott Central High School and, then, attended and played basketball at the Mississippi State University, from which she graduated with a degree in Family Science. In 2017, she was voted MSU Homecoming Queen.{{cite web |publisher=Mississippi State University |url=http://hailstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4313 |title=Mississippi State bio |website=HailState.com |access-date=April 24, 2025 |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402163355/http://hailstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4313 |url-status=live }}
Professional career
Vivians was chosen eighth overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2018 WNBA draft on April 12, 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/mississippi-state/2018/04/12/victoria-vivians-headed-wnbas-indiana-fever/513078002/ |title=Victoria Vivians is headed to WNBA's Indiana Fever |access-date=April 17, 2018 |archive-date=August 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230805211735/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/mississippi-state/2018/04/12/victoria-vivians-headed-wnbas-indiana-fever/513078002/ |url-status=live }}
On March 25, 2024, Vivians signed with the Seattle Storm.{{cite web|url=https://storm.wnba.com/news/seattle-storm-signs-guard-victoria-vivians/|title=Storm Signs guard Victoria Vivians|website=storm.wnba.com|publisher=WNBA|date=March 25, 2024|access-date=March 26, 2024}}
In May 2025, Vivians signed with the Adelitas de Chihuahua of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional Femenil.{{cite news|url=https://oem.com.mx/elheraldodechihuahua/deportes/victoria-vivians-refuerzo-de-lujo-para-las-adelitas-de-chihuahua-22825776|title=Victoria Vivians, refuerzo de lujo para las Adelitas de Chihuahua|first=Daniel|last=Coronado|work={{ill|El Heraldo de Chihuahua|es}}|date=April 16, 2025|access-date=May 8, 2025|language=es}}
Vivians has also played in France, Hungary, Israel, and Spain.{{cite news|url=https://www.latinbasket.com/Mexico/news/930421/Victoria-Vivians-agreed-terms-with-Adelitas|title=Victoria Vivians agreed terms with Adelitas|work=latinbasket.com|date=April 24, 2025|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=WNBA=
==Regular season==
Stats current through end of 2024 season
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Victoria Vivians WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/v/viviavi01w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}}}
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|2018
| style='text-align:left;'|Indiana
| 34 || 26 || 27.1 || .404 || .399 || .931 || 3.1 || 1.2 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 1.0 || 8.9
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|2019
| colspan=13 style='text-align:center;'|Did not play (injury)
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|2020
| style='text-align:left;'|Indiana
| 6 || 0 || 14.2 || .345 || .182 || .875 || 2.3 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 4.8
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|2021
| style='text-align:left;'|Indiana
| 31 || 8 || 21.3 || .333 || .252 || .833 || 3.1 || 1.3 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 1.3 || 6.8
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|2022
| style='text-align:left;'|Indiana
| 35 || 30 || 26.9 || .336 || .280 || .742 || 3.6 || 2.4 || 1.1 || 0.3 || 2.1 || 9.8
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|2023
| style='text-align:left;'|Indiana
| 38 || 14 || 17.7 || .380 || .287 || .767 || 3.1 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.8 || 5.2
|-
| style='text-align:left;'|{{wnbay|2024}}
| style='text-align:left;'|Seattle
|35||15||12.8||.333||.319||.667||2.0||0.8||0.4||0.2||0.6|||3.1
|- class="sortbottom"
| style='text-align:left;'| Career
| style='text-align:left;'| 6 years, 2 teams
| 179 || 93 || 20.8 || .357 || .309 || .798 || 3.0 || 1.4 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 1.1 || 6.6
{{s-end}}
==Playoffs==
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA playoff statistics}}
|-
| style='text-align:left;'| 2024
| style='text-align:left;'| Seattle
|1||0||7.0||.000||—||—||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|0.0||0.0||0.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style='text-align:left;'| Career
| style='text-align:left;'| 1 year, 1 team
|1||0||7.0||.000||—||—||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0|0.0||0.0||0.0
{{s-end}}
=College=
class="wikitable"; style="text-align:center";
!Year !Team !GP !Points !FG% !3P% !FT% !RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |
2014–15
|34 |505 |.368 |.327 |.746 |5.0 |1.0 |1.4 |0.4 |14.9 |
2015–16
|36 |616 |.382 |.309 |.732 |5.8 |1.0 |1.7 |0.3 |17.1 |
2016–17
|39 |633 |.372 |.280 |.761 |4.2 |1.5 |1.4 |0.3 |16.2 |
2017–18
|39 |773 |.485 |.404 |.809 |6.1 |1.9 |1.4 |0.3 |19.8 |
colspan=2; align=center;|Career
|148 |2,527 |.404 |.324 |.765 |5.3 |1.4 |1.4 |0.3 |17.1 |
Personal life
Vivians is a lesbian and, in 2022, got engaged to her partner, former professional basketball player Tierra Ruffin-Pratt.{{cite news |date=2025 |title=How many WNBA players are gay? Here's the complete list|url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/kenya/how-many-wnba-players-are-gay-here-s-the-complete-list/ar-AA1zbYam |work=MSN |access-date=April 24, 2025}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Basketball stats}}
- [http://hailstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4313 Mississippi State Bulldogs bio]
{{2018 WNBA draft}}
{{Ann Meyers Drysdale Award}}
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