![]() Collier in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
No. 24 – Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||
League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born | O'Fallon, Missouri, U.S. | September 23, 1996||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school |
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College | UConn (2015–2019) | ||||||||||||||
WNBA draft | 2019: 1st round, 6th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
2019–present | Minnesota Lynx | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Lattes-Montpellier | ||||||||||||||
2023-present | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
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Napheesa Collier (born September 23, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League, Euroleague Women. After playing college basketball for the University of Connecticut Huskies, Collier was drafted by the Lynx with the 6th overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft. She participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics games in Tokyo as part of the United States Women's Basketball team that won the Gold Medal.[1]