DeWanna Bonner (born August 21, 1987) is an American-Macedonian professional

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player for the

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of the

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(WNBA). Bonner played college basketball for

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

. After a successful college career at Auburn, she was drafted by the

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with the fifth overall pick of the 2009 WNBA draft, and was traded to the Sun 11 years later.

Personal life

Born on August 21, 1987, to LaShelle Bonner and Greg McCall. She has three siblings, sister Vin'Centia Dewberry, brother Justin McCall, and sister Erica McCall (whom she shares a birthday with). Bonner majored in

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. In November 2014 Bonner married fellow WNBA player (and former Mercury teammate)

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. In April 2017, it was confirmed Bonner was expecting the couple's first child and will miss the 2017 WNBA season. Bonner and Dupree gave birth to twin daughters in July 2017. In March 2018, Bonner has received Macedonian passport and is eligible to play for Macedonian basketball team. On February 16, 2021, she posted on her Instagram account that she had begun a romantic relationship with her Connecticut Sun teammate,

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. In the post, possibly referencing her relationship with Dupree, she wrote, "I know some may have a lot of questions, but I didn't post this picture for that."

High school

Bonner attended high school at Fairfield High School in

Fairfield, Alabama Fairfield is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and is located southeast of Pleasant Grove. The population was 11,117 at the 2010 census. History This city was founded i ...

. She was named McDonald's and WBCA All-American and participated in their All-America games. She earned USA Today Junior All-America and was the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year while at Fairfield High School. She was featured in ''

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'' as one of the top 25 recruits in the nation during summer of 2005.

College career

Bonner went to

, where she earned a degree in psychology. She was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. She scored in double figures in 22 games during the 2005–06 season and led the Tigers with a 13.5 points per game average, the first time since 1980–81 that a freshman led the team in scoring. This led Bonner to join the youth teams of US basketball, winning the 2006

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and the

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one year later. Bonner went on to put together one of the most impressive careers ever at Auburn. The 2009 SEC Player of the Year and a National Player of the Year finalist, she broke the Auburn career scoring record during the Ole Miss game at the SEC Tournament. She finished her career with 2,162 points, nearly 100 more than the former school record. She also finished her career as one of Auburn's top rebounders, taking second all-time with 1,047 rebounds, placing her among three Tigers to ever finish their career with more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. Listed in the top 10 in every major statistical category at Auburn, she also ranks sixth in blocks, seventh in steals, first in free throws, fourth in field goals and 10th in 3-pointers. Bonner led the SEC in scoring that season, becoming the first Auburn player to ever earn the honor. She also ranked 10th in the country in scoring while setting the Auburn single-season scoring record with 716 points, 21.1 per game. She went on to earn WBCA/State Farm, USBWA, AP and ESPN.com All-America honors and was voted the Alabama Sports Writers Association Amateur Athlete of the Year.

Auburn statistics

Source

WNBA career

Bonner was selected 5th overall in the 2009 WNBA Draft by the

. In her first regular season game with the Mercury, Bonner played 26 minutes and scored 16 points. October 9, 2009, as a rookie, Bonner scored 13 points to contribute toward the 2009 championship. On September 12, 2014, Bonner won her second WNBA Championship, with 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. In 2017 Bonner sat out the whole season due to pregnancy. She would return to the team in 2018 and be voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game. Later on in the season, the Mercury made the playoffs as the fifth seed and were one game away from reaching the finals as they lost in five games to the

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in the semi-finals. On February 11, 2020, Bonner was traded to the

for three first round draft picks.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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, 32 , , 4 , , 25.4 , , .465 , , .358 , , .840 , , 6.1 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , , 12.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

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, 34 , , 5 , , 25.2 , , .430 , , .343 , , .909 , , 7.0 , , 0.8 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 10.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

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, 32 , , 32 , , 35.0 , , .364 , , .283 , , .852 , , 7.2 , , 2.2 , , 1.7 , , 0.8 , , 2.3 , , 20.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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, 34 , , 33 , , 32.9 , , .410 , , .325 , , .901 , , 5.8 , , 2.4 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 1.6 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 2014^† , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 34 , , 29.2 , , .459 , , .279 , , .780 , , 4.1 , , 2.3 , , 1.4 , , 0.4 , , 1.3 , , 10.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 33.3 , , .378 , , .254 , , .866 , , 5.7 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , 1.8 , , 15.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 24 , , 31.3 , , .424 , , .329 , , .798 , , 5.4 , , 2.4 , , 1.2 , , 0.6 , , 1.6 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 34 , , 32.9 , , .452 , , .313 , , .867 , , 7.2 , , 3.2 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 1.6 , , 17.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019 , style="text-align:left;",

, 34 , , 34 , , 32.9 , , .377 , , .272 , , .916 , , 7.6 , , 2.7 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.6 , , 17.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 22 , , 22 , , 33.3 , , .422 , , .252 , , .895 , , 7.8 , , 3.0 , , 1.7 , , 0.5 , , 2.4 , , 19.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

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, 32 , , 32 , , 31.9 , , .395 , , .317 , , .892 , , 6.4 , , 3.5 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 2.2 , , 15.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 30.0 , , .439 , , .329 , , .827 , , 4.7 , , 2.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.3 , , 1.6 , , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", 13 years, 2 teams , 422 , , 320 , , 30.3 , , .415 , , .301 , , .859 , , 6.2 , , 2.3 , , 1.2 , , 0.7 , , 1.6 , , 14.7

Postseason

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, 11 , , 0 , , 16.9 , , .493 , , .000 , , .829 , , 4.3 , , 0.3 , , 0.4 , , 0.5 , , 0.6 , , 8.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 4 , , 0 , , 22.8 , , .458 , , .750 , , .833 , , 3.3 , , 0.5 , , 0.7 , , 1.8 , , 0.7 , , 7.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 5 , , 5, , 35.8 , , .348 , , .217 , , .857 , , 9.4 , , 1.2 , , 1.4 , , 1.2 , , 1.6 , , 12.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 5 , , 5 , , 35.8 , , .333, , .133 , , .857 , , 5.2 , , 3.4 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 2.2 , , 10.4 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;", 2014^† , style="text-align:left;",

, 8 , , 8 , , 35.8 , , .360 , , .333 , , .905 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.7 , , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 4 , , 4 , , 31.6 , , .451 , , .450 , , .933 , , 6.0 , , 2.5 , , 0.2 , , 0.7 , , 2.7 , , 17.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016 , style="text-align:left;",

, 5 , , 0 , , 24.2 , , .426 , , .000 , , .824 , , 4.2 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.8 , , 10.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , style="text-align:left;",

, 7 , , 7 , , style="background:#D3D3D3", 38.6° , , .535 , , .308 , , .909 , , 11.1 , , 2.4 , , 1.6 , , 0.8 , , 2.1 , , 24.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019 , style="text-align:left;",

, 1 , , 1 , , 33.0 , , .357 , , .667 , , .900 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , , 21.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 7 , , 7 , , 35.0 , , .333 , , .286 , , 1.000 , , 10.4 , , 3.9 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , 2.6 , , 15.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 4 , , 4 , , 35.0 , , .404 , , .400 , , .909 , , 7.0 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 1.8 , , 2.8 , , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 12 , , 12 , , 31.5 , , .341 , , .294 , , .886 , , 5.8 , , 3.6 , , 1.5 , , 0.7 , , 1.7 , , 12.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", 12 years, 2 teams , 73 , , 53 , , 30.6 , , .403 , , .290 , , .893 , , 6.6 , , 2.1 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 1.8 , , 13.0

International career

During the WNBA offseason, Bonner has played in the Czech Republic for

BK Brno Basketbalový Klub Brno, currently officially BK Žabiny Brno, previously also known as Imos Brno for sponsorship reasons, is a Czech women's basketball club from Brno established in 1993, not to be mistaken with male club BC VS Brno. It has been ...

, Spain for

Baloncesto Rivas Baloncesto Rivas CDE, commonly known as Rivas Ecópolis due to sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's basketball team based in Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Community of Madrid. History Baloncesto Rivas was founded in 1988 as CD Covíbar but ...

and

CB Avenida Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, is a women's professional basketball team based in Salamanca, Spain. The team currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 2011 Perfumerías Avenida won the Euroleague, an ...

, and Russia for

Nadezhda Orenburg PBK Nadezhda Orenburg (russian: ПБК «Надежда») is a Russian women's basketball club from Orenburg founded in 1994. Nadezhda has been 3rd in the Russian Premier League in 2010 and 2011, and reached the Russian Cup's final from 2011� ...

References

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