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Sandora Lavett Irvin (born February 23, 1982[1]) is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In her WNBA career, Irvin has scored 91 points, and has collected 100 rebounds, 14 assists, 10 steals, and 26 blocks.[1]
[edit] Early lifeIrvin is the daughter of Daughn Irvin and Angela Hollis and is the niece of former Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver Michael Irvin.[1] Over the course of her college career at TCU, Irvin averaged 19.9 points and 11.9 points per game as a senior she tallied 150 blocked shots, two shy of tying the NCAA’s single-season record.[2] Irvin holds the NCAA career mark for blocked shots (480), shattering the previous standard of 428 set in 1991. Irvin was also named to the AP All-America first team and selected as a Kodak All-American. She also earned USBWA All-American and Conference USA Player of the Year honors.[2] Irvin was named Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year for the third consecutive season. She ended her junior season with 15 consecutive double-doubles She set the TCU single-season records for points (504), rebounds (366) and field goals made (195) as a junior.[2] [edit] WNBA career[edit] Phoenix MercuryOn April 16, 2005, Irvin was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the first round (No. 3 overall) of the 2005 WNBA Draft. In her rookie season, Irvin played in 12 regular season games averaging 3.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.50 blocks, 0.42 steals and 10.2 minutes per game.[3] During the 2006 WNBA season, Irvin appeared in 7 regular season games for the Mercury, averaging 1.0 points and 1.1 rebounds per game.[3] [edit] San Antonio Silver StarsAfter two seasons with the Mercury, Irvin was traded by Phoenix to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a second round 2008 draft pick.[3] During the 2007 WNBA season, Irvin appeared in 23 games for the Silver Stars averaging 1.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.40 blocks, 0.1 steals and 5.6 minutes per game. [3] [edit] International careerIrvin played overseas for Club USP-CEU MMT Estudiantes (Madrid, Spain) in the First Division of the Liga Feminina (LF). In 14 games, Irvin has averaged 13.5 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. She is among the Spanish LF overall league leaders in points per game (15th), rebounds per game (third) and blocks per game (third). On July 6, 2007 Irvin officically signed with Puig d’en Valls, a team in Spain which completed its sixth straight season in the Liga Femenina, Her statistics starting from January 2007, when she landed in Madrid’s Estudiantes team, are notable: 13.5 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks per game, twice selected game MVP.[4] [edit] Off the courtIn 2007 Irvin joined her alma mater’s, Texas Christian University, women’s basketball staff as Director of Operations.[5] [edit] WNBA career statistics
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