Aari McDonald

Aari McDonald
	McDonald with the Atlanta Dream in 2023
No. 15 – Los Angeles Sparks
Position	Shooting guard / point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	August 20, 1998 (age 26); Fresno, California, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Listed weight	141 lb (64 kg)
Career information
High school	Brookside Christian ; (Stockton, California)
College	Washington (2016–2017); Arizona (2018–2021);
WNBA draft	2021: 1st round, 3rd overall pick
	Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career	2021–present
Career history
2021–2023	Atlanta Dream
2021	Uni Gyor MELY-UT
2023–2024	Perth Lynx
2024–present	Los Angeles Sparks
Career highlights and awards
	All-WNBL Second Team (2024); WNBL scoring champion (2024); WNBA All-Rookie Team (2021); 2× First-team WBCA All-American (2020, 2021); 2× Second-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2020, 2021); Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (2020); Pac-12 Player of the Year (2021); 2× Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021); 3× All-Pac-12 (2019–2021); 3× Pac-12 All-Defensive team (2019–2021); Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2017);
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Aarion Shawnae McDonald (AIR-eeon; born August 20, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted third overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2021 WNBA draft after playing college basketball at the University of Washington and the University of Arizona.^[1]