Yelena Leuchanka
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| Born |
April 30, 1983 Homel, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||
| Nationality | Belarusian | |||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||
| Listed weight | 194 lb (88 kg) | |||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||
| College |
Seminole CC (2001–2002) Wabash Valley (2002–2003) West Virginia (2003–2006) | |||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2006 / Undrafted | |||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–present | |||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Charlotte Sting | |||||||||
| 2006–2008 | TEO Vilnius | |||||||||
| 2007 | → Estudiantes | |||||||||
| 2007 | Washington Mystics | |||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Ekaterinburg | |||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Galatasaray | |||||||||
| 2010 | Gorzów Wielkopolski | |||||||||
| 2010 | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||
| 2011 | Wisła Kraków | |||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Ekaterinburg | |||||||||
| 2012 | Atlanta Dream | |||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Good Angels Košice | |||||||||
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Yelena Leuchanka (Belarusian: Алена Сцяпанаўна Леўчанка; born April 30, 1983) is a Belarusian professional women's basketball player who was most recently a member of the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA in the United States and UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian Superleague.[1] Prior to joining the Dream for their inaugural 2008 season, Leuchanka was a member of the Charlotte Sting in 2006 and Washington Mystics in 2007. She began her college career at Seminole Junior College.[1] She also attended West Virginia University after transferring from Wabash Valley Junior College.[1]
West Virginia statistics
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[2] | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-04 | West Virginia | 1 | 4 | - | - | 100.0 | 8.0 | - | - | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2004-05 | West Virginia | 10 | 74 | 55.6 | - | 57.1 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 2005-06 | West Virginia | 31 | 237 | 56.9 | - | 77.0 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 7.6 |
| Career | West Virginia | 42 | 315 | 55.8 | 0.0 | 76.4 | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
National team
A member of the Belarus women's national basketball team, Leuchanka competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics for her country after leading the squad at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in June 2008. She also competed at EuroBasket Women 2007 and EuroBasket Women 2009 for Belarus.
References
- 1 2 3 Player Biography WNBA.com
- ↑ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved 6 October 2015.