Shereka Monique Wright (born September 21, 1981) is an American basketball player and coach.
Career
She is the head coach at UT Arlington. Wright retired from competitive basketball in 2006 and has worked as an assistant coach since, at Texas Tech, Alabama, and Vanderbilt.[1]
Wright was selected with the 13th overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft by the Detroit Shock. She appeared in 49 games over two seasons for the Phoenix Mercury and averaged 3.1 points and 1.6 rebounds over 12 minutes per game. She retired after missing the 2006 season with a torn achilles tendon.[2]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
WNBA
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Phoenix | 24 | 0 | 10.1 | 31.0 | 46.2 | 78.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
2005 | Phoenix | 25 | 5 | 13.8 | 40.7 | 31.4 | 67.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
Career | 2 years, 1 team | 49 | 5 | 12.0 | 36.6 | 35.4 | 71.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.1 |
College
Source[3]
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000–01 | Purdue | 38 | 377 | 45.5% | 51.3% | 66.5% | 4.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 9.9 |
2001–02 | Purdue | 30 | 569 | 48.5% | 23.5% | 73.5% | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 19.0 |
2002–03 | Purdue | 34 | 643 | 46.7% | 31.8% | 74.3% | 6.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 18.9 |
2003–04 | Purdue | 33 | 662 | 49.4% | 36.1% | 73.7% | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 20.1 |
Career | 135 | 2251 | 47.8% | 34.7% | 72.5% | 5.9 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 16.7 |
Head coaching record
Source:
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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UT Arlington (Sun Belt Conference) (2020–2022) | |||||||||
2020–21 | UT Arlington | 13–7 | 11–4 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2021–22 | UT Arlington | 20–8 | 11–4 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
UT Arlington (Western Athletic Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022–23 | UT Arlington | 14–17 | 8–10 | T–8th | |||||
2023–24 | UT Arlington | 17–16 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
UT Arlington: | 64–48 (.571) | 41–27 (.603) | |||||||
Total: | 64–48 (.571) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Shereka Wright – Women's Basketball Coach". University of Alabama Athletics. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "Shereka Wright". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "2022-23 WAC Women's Basketball Standings". Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
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