Diamond
DeShields
Career Highlights
Career Highlights
Position: Guard
Height: 6-1
Weight: 172
Born: March 5, 1995
WNBA Team: Dallas Wings
Position: Guard
COLLEGE YEARS
As a freshman at UNC in 2013-14, averaged 18.0 ppg., 5.4 rpg., 2.6 apg. and 1.7 spg.; shot 42.6 percent from the field and 77.6 percent from the line.
Averaged 21.3 ppg. during the 2014 ACC Tournament, earning all-tourney accolades.
USBWA, espnW and Full Court National Freshman of the Year; AP and Full Court All-America honorable mention; and Full Court Freshman All-America first team (2014)
Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year, All-ACC first team and ACC All-Freshman Team (2014).
All-ACC Tournament Team (2014).
In 2014-15, redshirted after departing North Carolina following 2013-14 season.
In her two years on the court at Tennessee, the Lady Vols posted a 42-26 record and advanced to the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Tournaments.
In her final season, led UT with 17.4 ppg. and was named 2017 All-Southeastern Conference first team.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Traded to the Phoenix Mercury in 2022.
Appeared in 30 games for Phoenix in 2022, averaging 13.1 Pts, 3.8 Reb, and 2.2 Ast.
Drafted: No. 3 in 2018 by the Chicago Sky.
All-WNBA second team: 2019.
WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2018.
WNBA All-Star: 2019
Played in 13 games in 2020 and averaged 6.8 ppg.
Averaged a league eighth-best 16.2 ppg. to go with 5.5 rpg., 2.4 apg. and 1.3 apg. in 2019.
Scored 25 points against Phoenix to help lead the Sky into the second round of the 2019 WNBA playoffs.
In her first season in the WNBA, averaged 14.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 2.2 apg. while starting in 33 of 34 games played.
DeShields graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2017 and competed professionally in 2017-18 for Mersin in Turkey where she averaged 17.4 ppg., 6.4 rpg. and 3.8 apg.
2018-21 USA NATIONAL TEAM:
Aided the USA to a 3-0 record in 2019 FIBA Americas Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament games in Bahia Blanca, Argentina; averaged 10.7 ppg. and 5.3 rpg.
Member of the 2019 USA AmeriCup Team that finished with a 6-0 record and the gold medal at the FIBA AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico; started all six games and averaged team second-bests of 9.8 ppg. and 3.3 apg., and was named to the all-tournament team.
Named to the 2019-20 USA National Team on March 12, 2019.
HONORS:
2019 FIBA AmeriCup All-Star Five, 2012 FIBA U17 World Cup MVP and All-Star Five.
GOLD MEDALS:
2019 FIBA AmeriCup, 2015 World University Games, 2012 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup, 2012 FIBA U17 World Cup, 2011 FIBA U19 World Cup and 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
Source: www.usab.com
