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Erica Wheeler To Play In WNBA All-Star Game
Jul 15 | Women's Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS – Erica Wheeler, the former Rutgers women's basketball guard and current member of the Indiana Fever has been selected as one of the 12 reserves for AT&T WNBA All-Star game, as selected by the league's head coaches.
Wheeler earns her first all-star selection of her career and is the first undrafted player to be named to the WNBA All-Star Game since Brazilian center Erika de Souza in 2014. She is the only undrafted player among the 22 players selected for this year's game.
The Miami, Florida native is only the fifth undrafted free agent ever named to a WNBA All-Star Game.
The 2013 Rutgers graduate is in the midst of her fifth season in the WNBA and fourth with Indiana currently averaging 11.6 points and 5.5 assists per game. Her 99 assists are currently second in the WNBA and she is the league's only player to average better than 10 points and five assists with 40 percent shooting from 3-point range.
More recently, Wheeler became the fifth undrafted free agent in league history to eclipse 1,000 career points and 500 career assists.
Wheeler earns her first all-star selection of her career and is the first undrafted player to be named to the WNBA All-Star Game since Brazilian center Erika de Souza in 2014. She is the only undrafted player among the 22 players selected for this year's game.
The Miami, Florida native is only the fifth undrafted free agent ever named to a WNBA All-Star Game.
The 2013 Rutgers graduate is in the midst of her fifth season in the WNBA and fourth with Indiana currently averaging 11.6 points and 5.5 assists per game. Her 99 assists are currently second in the WNBA and she is the league's only player to average better than 10 points and five assists with 40 percent shooting from 3-point range.
More recently, Wheeler became the fifth undrafted free agent in league history to eclipse 1,000 career points and 500 career assists.
#EARNED
— Indiana Fever ⛹️♀️🏀 (@IndianaFever) July 15, 2019
Congrats to @EWeezy_For3eezy on her first All-Star selection!
Wheeler is only the fifth undrafted free agent ever named to a WNBA All-Star Game. No undrafted player has debuted in the league since 2003 and earned selection in the All-Star game – except Wheeler. pic.twitter.com/GoIt3WTP1e
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