Yvonne Turner

American-Hungarian basketball player

Yvonne Turner
No. 22 – Seattle Storm

Position	Guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1987-10-13) October 13, 1987 (age 36) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	127 lb (58 kg)
Career information
High school	Bellevue East (Bellevue, Nebraska)
College	Nebraska (2006–2010)
WNBA draft	2010: undrafted
Playing career	2010–present
Career history
2010–2012	Eisvögel USC Freiburg
2012–2013	WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
2013–2014	Antakya Belediyespor
2015	CDB Zaragoza
2015–2016	Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
2016–2019	Sopron Basket
2017–2019	Phoenix Mercury
2019–2020	Nadezhda Orenburg
2020–2021	Flammes Carolo Basket
2021–2022	Çukurova Basketbol
2022	Minnesota Lynx
2022	Atlanta Dream
2022	Phoenix Mercury
2023–present	Seattle Storm
2023–present	Sopron Basket

Career highlights and awards
Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2010) First-team All-Big 12 (2010) 3× Big 12 All-Defensive team (2008–2010)

Stats at WNBA.com

Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American-Hungarian professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Sopron Basket of the EuroLeague Women, and the Hungarian women's basketball league. She previously played with the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team from 2006 to 2010. Turner played professionally outside of the U.S. as well, including time in Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey. In Hungary during the 2016–17 season, she led the EuroLeague in scoring while playing with Uniqa Sopron. She has played the Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, and the Atlanta Dream during her time in the WNBA.

Nebraska Statistics

Source^[1]

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	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006-07	Nebraska	28	65	33.9%	25.9%	60.0%	1.6	0.7	0.6	0.1	2.3
2007-08	Nebraska	33	277	44.4%	32.5%	65.8%	3.3	2.3	2.5	0.3	8.4
2008-09	Nebraska	31	364	37.5%	31.8%	70.4%	3.4	1.8	2.2	0.3	11.7
2009-10	Nebraska	34	395	39.8%	36.4%	66.2%	3.4	1.6	1.9	0.1	11.6
Career		126	1101	39.7%	11.1%	66.9%	17.7	1.6	1.8	0.2	8.7

Professional career

WNBA

Phoenix Mercury (2017–2019)

Turner made her WNBA debut in 2017 with Phoenix. She averaged 5.1 points and 12.8 minutes per game in her 34 appearances, which included four starts. Turner scored a season high of 18 on July 17 at Minnesota in a loss.

Minnesota Lynx

Turner signed a training camp contract on February 18, 2022, with the Minnesota Lynx.^[2] Turner was waived from camp on May 3, but was brought back on a hardship contract due to the Lynx having multiple players missing due to overseas commitments or injuries.^[3]^[4] Turner was released from her hardship contract with the Lynx on May 16, 2022.

Atlanta Dream

On June 23, 2022, Turner signed a hardship contract with the Dream.^[5] Turner appeared in 2 games for the Dream before being released from her Hardship Contract on June 27, 2022.

Phoenix Mercury (2022)

Turner signed with the Mercury on a Hardship Contract on August 8, 2022. The Mercury were able to sign her due to Diana Taurasi's season-ending injury.^[6]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
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

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2017	Phoenix	34	4	12.8	.410	.241	.763	1.0	1.1	0.6	0.0	1.1	5.1
2018	Phoenix	32	3	13.3	.376	.324	.682	1.8	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.6	4.1
2019	Phoenix	29	14	20.5	.343	.329	.878	2.8	2.3	0.6	0.1	2.0	6.4
2022	Minnesota	4	2	22.0	.308	.429	.857	2.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	3.0	6.3
	Atlanta	2	0	8.0	.000	—	.500	1.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5
	Phoenix	3	0	11.7	.400	—	1.000	0.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.3
2023	Seattle	21	7	9.2	.463	.333	.778	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.7	2.5
Career	5 years, 4 teams	125	30	14.3	.379	.308	.797	1.7	1.5	0.6	0.1	1.1	4.7

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2017	Phoenix	5	5	23.8	.548	.529	.857	2.4	1.6	1.0	0.0	1.0	9.8
2018	Phoenix	7	3	20.1	.432	.208	.556	1.9	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.9	6.9
2019	Phoenix	1	0	19.0	.200	.000	1.000	4.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	6.0
2022	Phoenix	2	1	12.0	.286	.000	.000	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Career	4 years, 1 team	15	9	20.2	.448	.326	.750	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.9	7.1

Personal

Turner grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and graduated from Bellevue East High School in Bellevue, Nebraska.^[7] She became one of the oldest players to make their debut in the WNBA when she signed with Phoenix.^[8]

References

^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
^ "Minnesota Lynx Sign Yvonne Turner and Natasha Mack". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ "Lynx Sign Guard Odyssey Sims". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ Youngblood, Kent. "Lynx Add Two Players Before Friday's Season Opener". startribune.com. Star Tribune. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ "Dream Sign Yvonne Turner". dream.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
^ Phoenix Mercury [@PhoenixMercury] (August 8, 2022). "The Phoenix Mercury has signed Yvonne "Vonnie" Turner to a hardship contract due to an injury suffered by Diana Taurasi" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Vailliencourt, Andrew (July 24, 2017). "After 7 years overseas, WNBA's oldest rookie gets shot with Mercury". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ Planos, Josh (June 24, 2017). "For W.N.B.A.'s Oldest Rookie, a Lot of Persistence Goes a Long Way". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2018.