2019
Selected 6th overall by Minnesota Lynx in WNBA Draft
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WNBA MVP and Defensive Player of the Year leading Minnesota's rise.
Essentials
- Full name
- Napheesa Collier
- Years active
- 2019–present
- Position
- Power forward
- Nationality
- American
- Hometown
- Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
- College
- UConn (2015–2019)
- Agent
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Essentials
- Full name
- Napheesa Collier
- Years active
- 2019–present
- Position
- Power forward
- Nationality
- American
- Hometown
- Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
- College
- UConn (2015–2019)
- Agent
- {{agent name}}
napheesa's story
Napheesa Collier ( nə-FEE-sə KOL-yər; born September 23, 1996), nicknamed "Phee", is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Lunar Owls of Unrivaled. Collier is also a founder of the Unrivaled basketball league along with Breanna Stewart.
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 has won two Olympic gold medals playing on the United States women's national basketball team in the Tokyo 2020 and the Paris 2024 games.
She is also a vice president on the Women's National Basketball Players Association executive committee.
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Awards/Honors
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
2022, WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
TEAM & COMPETITION
2020, 2x Olympic Gold Medal
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ESPN headshot for a Minnesota Lynx forward
ESPN's player headshot gives a simple current portrait of Collier.
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