Shannon Bobbitt

Shannon Denise Bobbitt[1] (born December 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball player, most recently for the WNBA's Washington Mystics. One of eight children and a native of the Bronx, New Yorker Bobbitt honed her basketball skills on the neighborhood project courts of Harlem. Following a stellar college career in which 5'2" Bobbitt won two Division I national titles at University of Tennessee she decided to enter the WNBA and began her professional basketball career playing point guard for the Los Angeles Sparks.

Shannon Bobbitt
Free Agent
PositionGuard
Personal information
Born (1985-12-06) December 6, 1985
Bronx, New York
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Listed weight130 lb (59 kg)
Career information
High schoolMurry Bergtraum
(New York City, New York)
College
WNBA draft2008 / Round: 2 / Pick: 15th overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Sparks
Career history
2008–2009Los Angeles Sparks
2011Indiana Fever
2012Washington Mystics
Stats at WNBA.com

High school

Bobbitt attended Murry Bergtraum High School in New York, where she helped lead her team to two straight PSAL and State Federation titles. As a sophomore, she gained attention for her basketball skills, city rankings had her listed as the second-best player. During her junior season, her team went undefeated posting a record of 30–0 before winning the national high school championship. She finished her high school career by helping her team post a 29–1 record which was good for third in the nation.

Junior college

The guard decided Junior College was her best option out of high school, so she chose Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas because they had just won a national title. During the 2005–06 season, Bobbitt handed out 211 assists to rank third in the nation in assists broke the 22-year-old school record at Trinity Valley for her career in that category. She led Trinity Valley to the NJCAA National Tournament and the 2006 Region XIV Championship with a 30–2 record overall and 18–0 mark in conference play. Bobbitt was the 2006 Women's Basketball Coaches Association Junior College Player of the Year.[2]

Division I

Bobbitt help guide the Volunteers to the regular-season SEC title in 2006–2007. Bobbitt's play was also key in ending the nine-year UT title drought, as the Volunteers defeated Rutgers for the National Championship on April 3, 2007. Bobbitt was named to the All-Tournament team.[3]

The defending champions successfully defended their title in 2007–2008, again behind their point guard, who guided them to a title by defeating Stanford on April 8, 2008.

She graduated with Candace Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks and Alexis Hornbuckle of the Detroit Shock and Nicky Anosike of the Minnesota Lynx.

Tennessee statistics

Source[4]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006-07 Tennessee 36 314 37.0 41.3 79.0 1.6 2.7 1.4 - 8.7
2007-08 Tennessee 38 377 40.4 40.0 81.0 2.9 3.3 1.7 0.1 9.9
Career Tennessee 74 1535 38.8 40.6 80.0 2.3 3.0 1.6 0.1 9.3

WNBA

Bobbitt was the 15th pick in the 2008 WNBA draft on April 9, as the Sparks made her the first pick in the second round. Bobbitt joins teammate Candace Parker and former college teammate Sidney Spencer on the Los Angeles squad, which also features Olympian Lisa Leslie.[1]

On July 22, 2008, Bobbitt and her teammates were involved in a skirmish with the Detroit Shock.[5] The fight broke out at The Palace of Auburn Hills with 4.6 seconds left in the game, the game ended with the LA Sparks winning.[6] The WNBA suspended a total of 10 players and Detroit assistant coach Rick Mahorn.[7] Bobbitt received an in-game technical and was later suspended two games for leaving the bench.[5]

She played for Botas in Turkey during the 2008–09 WNBA off-season.[8] On May 14, 2010, The Sparks waived Shannon Bobbitt.

References
  1. 20 Second timeout wnba.com, accessed 22 January 2021.
  2. "Past WBCA Players of the Year". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  3. Jere Longman. "Lady Vols Win N.C.A.A. Championship", The New York Times, April 4, 2007. Retrieved on June 12, 2008.
  4. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. ESPN.com news services. WNBA reviewing Sparks-Shock skirmish in entirety ESPN.com, July 23, 2008. Accessed July 25, 2008 – Archived at WebCite.
  6. LARRY LAGE. WNBA reviewing fight between Detroit, LA players news.yahoo.com – Associated Press, July 23, 2008. Accessed July 25, 2008. Archived August 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Associated Press. WNBA hands down suspensions for Shock-Sparks skirmish Espn.com, July 24, 2008. Accessed July 25, 2008.
  8. Offseason 2008–09: Overseas Roster
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