Maite Cazorla

Maite Cazorla (born June 18, 1997) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and for the Perfumerias Avenida of Liga Endesa and the Spanish women's national basketball team. She was drafted with the twenty third overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft.[1]

Maite Cazorla
No. 5 – Perfumerias Avenida
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1997-06-18) June 18, 1997
Las Palmas, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight155 lb (70 kg)
Career information
High schoolSegle XXI (Barcelona, Spain)
CollegeOregon (2015–2019)
WNBA draft2019 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23rd overall
Selected by the Atlanta Dream
Playing career2011–present
Career history
2011–2015Segle XXI (youth/LF2)
2019–presentAtlanta Dream
2019–presentPerfumerías Avenida
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com

Youth career

Coming from a family of professional basketball players,[2] Cazorla started playing basketball at 14 with her school team Teresianas before joining the youth system of CB Islas Canarias. At the age of 14 she left the Canary Islands and moved Barcelona to continue her development in the youth teams of Segle XXI in 2011.

She progressed in the club, playing in the Spanish second tier league and the Spanish national youth teams until her performance in the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women caught the eye of the Oregon Ducks scouts.[3]

College career

Cazorla attended the University of Oregon from 2015–2019. She played all four years, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2015. She was named to the All-Pac-12 team in her Junior and Senior years. In 2019, she played with the team that made it to the Final Four.[4] In total, Cazorla played in 146 games for the Ducks over her four-year career. Cazorla was the eighth player from Oregon selected in the WNBA Draft.[5]

WNBA career

Cazorla made her WNBA debut on May 31, 2019 in a game versus the Seattle Storm. She totaled 3 points in her 5 minutes in the game.[6]

Club career

Back in Spain, in June 2019, she signed for CB Avenida,[7] one of the top teams of the Spanish top tier league, winning her first title in 2020, the Spanish Queen's Cup and participating in the 2019-20 EuroCup Women.

EuroCup statistics

In her debut season in international club competitions, she has played 10 games in the 2019–20 EuroCup Women, averaging 19.2 MPG and 4.4 PPG.[8]

Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2019–2020 EuroCup Perfumerías Avenida

National team

Cazorla started playing with Spain's youth teams at 14, winning a total of seven medals from 2012 to 2017. Her highlights on these teams include a European U16 title in 2013, a runner-up finish at the U17 FIBA World Championships in 2014, and a third-place finish at the U19 FIBA World Championships in 2015.[4][9] She made her debut with the senior team in 2019, when she was 22 years old.[10]

References
  1. Philips, Justin. "WNBA Draft: Maite Cazorla Selected In Second Round". FanSided. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  2. https://www.elespanol.com/deportes/baloncesto/20190401/maite-cazorla-baloncesto-espanol-historia-ncaa-femenina/387712250_0.html
  3. https://elpais.com/deportes/2019/11/17/actualidad/1573987407_851949.html
  4. "Maite Cazorla". goducks.com. University of Oregon. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  5. "Living the Dream: Oregon Ducks guard Maite Cazorla taken by Atlanta in WNBA draft". ducksports.com. Gate House Media. April 10, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  6. "05/31/19 Seattle Storm @ Atlanta Dream". wnba.com. WNBA. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  7. https://www.salamanca24horas.com/texto-diario/mostrar/1453223/maite-cazorla-fichar-avenida-verdadero-orgullo
  8. http://www.fiba.basketball/eurocupwomen/19-20/team/Perfumerias-Avenida#%7Ctab=statistics
  9. "Maite Cazolra". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  10. http://seleccionfemenina.feb.es/Componente.aspx?c=1443473
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