Whitney Kiera Knight (born January 9, 1993) is an American basketball player. She played college basketball for Florida Gulf Coast and later professionally, including for the

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and the

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Florida Gulf Coast statistics

Source

Career

Knight was drafted by the

in the second round of the 2016 WNBA draft. She was cut by the Sparks in August, 2016, after appearing in seven games. On September 2, 2016, Knight was signed by the

for the remainder of the season. In September 2016, Knight signed with

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. In February 2017, Knight was signed by the

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to a training camp contract. She was waived by Atlanta on May 6, prior to the season start. In July, 2017, Knight signed with Campus Promete of the Spanish

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. Due to an ankle injury and the team's general poor play, Knight was released in November in a major upheaval by the club that also included the release of Cristina Pedrals. In seven games, Knight averaged 7.4 points and 2.8 rebounds. On January 27, 2018, Knight signed with Breiðablik of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. In 11 games for Breiðablik, she averaged 23.9 points and 10.6 rebounds per game.

Awards, titles and accomplishments

Individual awards

* Atlantic Sun Conference Player of Year (2): 2015, 2016 *

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All-First Team (3): 2014, 2015, 2016

References

External links

WNBA stats
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basketball-reference.comSpanish statistics
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competiciones.feb.esFlorida Gulf Coast profile
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fgcuathletics.comIcelandic statisticsProfile
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