DeWanna Bonner (born August 21, 1987) is an American-Macedonian professional

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player for the

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of the

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(WNBA). Bonner played college basketball for

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 26,800 undergraduate students, over 6,100 post-graduate students, and a tota ...

. After a successful college career at Auburn, she was drafted by the

Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Mercury compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. One of eight original franchises, it wa ...

with the fifth overall pick of the 2009 WNBA draft, and was traded to the Sun in 2020.

Early life

Bonner was born on August 21, 1987 in

Fairfield, Alabama Fairfield is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Birmingham metropolitan area and is located southeast of Pleasant Grove. The population was 10,000 at the 2020 census. Fairfield is home to Miles C ...

, to LaShelle Bonner and Greg McCall. She has three siblings, sister Vin'Centia Dewberry, brother Justin McCall, and sister Erica McCall (with whom she shares a birthday). Bonner attended high school at Fairfield High School in

. She was named McDonald's and WBCA All-American and participated in their All-America games. She earned USA Today Junior All-America and was the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year while at Fairfield High School. She was featured in ''

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'' in 2005 as one of the nationwide Top 25 recruits.

College career

Bonner went to

, where she earned a degree in psychology. She was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. She scored double figures in 22 games during the 2005–06 season and led the Tigers with a 13.5 points per game average, the first time since 1980–81 that a freshman led the team in scoring. In 2009, Bonner was named SEC Player of the Year and a National Player of the Year finalist, she broke the Auburn career scoring record during the Ole Miss game at the SEC Tournament. She finished her career with 2,162 points, nearly 100 more than the former school record. Bonner led the SEC in scoring that season, becoming the first Auburn player to ever earn the honor. She also ranked 10th in the country in scoring while setting the Auburn single-season scoring record with 716 points, 21.1 per game. In 2009, she earned WBCA/State Farm, USBWA, AP and ESPN.com All-America honors and was voted the Alabama Sports Writers Association Amateur Athlete of the Year. She finished her college career as Auburn's second all-time rebounder with 1,047, placing her among three Tigers with more than 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds. At the time of her graduation, she ranked sixth in blocks, seventh in steals, first in free throws, fourth in field goals and tenth in three-pointers.

Professional career

WNBA

Bonner was selected fifth overall in the 2009 WNBA draft by the

. In her first regular season game with the Mercury, Bonner played 26 minutes and scored 16 points. She won a championship with the Mercury during her rookie season. On September 12, 2014, Bonner won her second WNBA Championship with the Mercury, scoring 12 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists in the clinching game. In 2017 Bonner sat out the season due to pregnancy. She returned to the team in 2018 and was voted into the

2018 WNBA All-Star Game The 2018 WNBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game played on July 28, 2018. The Minnesota Lynx hosted the WNBA All-Star Game for the first time. Rosters Selection On June 5, the WNBA announced that 2018 would have a new roster select ...

. The Mercury made the 2018 playoffs as the fifth seed and were one game away from reaching the finals as they lost in five games to the

Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm are an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The Storm compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference. The team was founded by Gi ...

in the semi-finals. On February 11, 2020, Bonner was traded to the

Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut. The Sun compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference. The team i ...

for three first-round draft picks. On February 2, 2025, Bonner signed a one-year deal with the

. On May 17, 2025 in her regular season debut for the Fever, Bonner became the number three all-time leading scorer in the WNBA, passing

Tina Thompson Tina Marie Thompson (born February 10, 1975) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. Most recently, she served as the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team from 2018 to 2022; she was subsequently hi ...

Overseas

During the WNBA offseason, Bonner has played in the Czech Republic for BK Brno, Spain for Baloncesto Rivas and

CB Avenida Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto formerly C.B. Halcón Viajes, is a women's professional basketball team based in Salamanca, Spain. The team currently plays in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 2011 Perfumerías Avenida won the Euroleague Women, ...

, and Russia for

Nadezhda Orenburg PBK Nadezhda Orenburg () is a Russian professional women's basketball club from Orenburg founded in 1994. Nadezhda has been 3rd in the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League, Russian Premier League in 2010 and 2011, and reached the Russian Wo ...

International career

Bonner joined the US women's youth team in 2006, winning the 2006 FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship for Women and the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women one year later. In March 2018, Bonner received a Macedonian passport and became eligible to play for the North Macedonia national basketball team. She played her first game for North Macedonia in 2021 as part of the EuroBasket Women 2023 qualification, scoring 11 points with 9 rebounds in a victory over

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 32 , , 4 , , 25.4 , , .465 , , .358 , , .840 , , 6.1 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.2 , , 1.2 , , 12.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 34 , , 5 , , 25.2 , , .430 , , .343 , , .909 , , 7.0 , , 0.8 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 1.0 , , 10.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 32 , , 32 , , 35.0 , , .364 , , .283 , , .852 , , 7.2 , , 2.2 , , 1.7 , , 0.8 , , 2.3 , , 20.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 34 , , 33 , , 32.9 , , .410 , , .325 , , .901 , , 5.8 , , 2.4 , , 1.1 , , 0.3 , , 1.6 , , 14.5 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

^† , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 34 , , 34 , , 29.2 , , .459 , , .279 , , .780 , , 4.1 , , 2.3 , , 1.4 , , 0.4 , , 1.3 , , 10.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 33 , , 33 , , 33.3 , , .378 , , .254 , , .866 , , 5.7 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , 0.8 , , 1.8 , , 15.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 34 , , 34 , , 32.9 , , .452 , , .313 , , .867 , , 7.2 , , 3.2 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 1.6 , , 17.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 34 , , 34 , , 32.9 , , .377 , , .272 , , .916 , , 7.6 , , 2.7 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.6 , , 17.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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, 32 , , 32 , , 31.9 , , .395 , , .317 , , .892 , , 6.4 , , 3.5 , , 1.3 , , 0.7 , , 2.2 , , 15.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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, 33 , , 33 , , 30.0 , , .439 , , .329 , , .827 , , 4.7 , , 2.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.3 , , 1.6 , , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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, 40 , , 40 , , 30.1 , , .425 , , .329 , , .862 , , 5.6 , , 2.2 , , 1.1 , , 0.6 , , 1.5 , , 17.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

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Playoffs

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, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 4 , , 0 , , 22.8 , , .458 , , .750 , , .833 , , 3.3 , , 0.5 , , 0.7 , , 1.8 , , 0.7 , , 7.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 5 , , 5, , 35.8 , , .348 , , .217 , , .857 , , 9.4 , , 1.2 , , 1.4 , , 1.2 , , 1.6 , , 12.6 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 5 , , 5 , , 35.8 , , .333, , .133 , , .857 , , 5.2 , , 3.4 , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 2.2 , , 10.4 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;",

^† , style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 8 , , 8 , , 35.8 , , .360 , , .333 , , .905 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.6 , , 1.7 , , 11.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 4 , , 4 , , 31.6 , , .451 , , .450 , , .933 , , 6.0 , , 2.5 , , 0.2 , , 0.7 , , 2.7 , , 17.3 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 5 , , 0 , , 24.2 , , .426 , , .000 , , .824 , , 4.2 , , 1.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.8 , , 10.8 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, style="text-align:left;", Phoenix , 1 , , 1 , , 33.0 , , .357 , , .667 , , .900 , , 6.0 , , 2.0 , , 1.0 , , 0.0 , , 2.0 , , 21.0 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 7 , , 7 , , 35.0 , , .333 , , .286 , , style="background:#D3D3D3", 1.000° , , 10.4 , , 3.9 , , 1.9 , , 1.1 , , 2.6 , , 15.4 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 4 , , 4 , , 35.0 , , .404 , , .400 , , .909 , , 7.0 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 1.8 , , 2.8 , , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 12 , , 12 , , 31.5 , , .341 , , .294 , , .886 , , 5.8 , , 3.6 , , 1.5 , , 0.7 , , 1.7 , , 12.2 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 7 , , 7 , , 36.9 , , .385 , , .365 , , .774 , , 8.3 , , 3.4 , , 1.0 , , 1.6 , , 1.6 , , 18.1 , - , style="text-align:left;",

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, 7 , , 7, , 33.4, , .396, , .378, , .929, , 7.9, , 2.9, , 1.9, , 0.6, , 1.4, , 16.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", 12 years, 2 teams , 87 , , 67 , , 31.4 , , .401 , , .310 , , .884 , , 6.8 , , 2.3 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 1.8 , , 13.7

College

, - , width="10%" style="text-align:left;", 2005–06 , style="text-align:left;", Auburn , 29 , , —, , 31.4, , .422, , .303, , .691, , 6.5, , 1.9, , 1.4, , 0.6, , 2.6, , 13.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2006–07 , style="text-align:left;", Auburn , 32 , , —, , 29.7, , .459, , .286, , .779, , 8.1, , 1.7, , 1.6, , 0.9, , 2.6, , 15.1 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2007–08 , style="text-align:left;", Auburn , 31 , , —, , 34.3, , .447, , .277, , .812, , 10.0, , 2.1, , 1.9, , 1.2, , 2.8, , 18.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008–09 , style="text-align:left;", Auburn , 34 , , —, , 33.0, , .482, , .339, , .845, , 8.5, , 1.5, , 1.7, , 1.6, , 2.1, , 21.1 , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=2 style="text-align:center;", Career , 126 , , —, , 32.1 , , .456 , , .303 , , .795 , , 8.3 , , 1.8 , , 1.7 , , 1.1 , , 2.5 , , 17.2

Personal life

In November 2014, Bonner married fellow WNBA player and former Mercury teammate

Candice Dupree Candice Dupree (born August 16, 1984) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for the women's basketball team at Tennessee State University. She was selected sixth in the 2006 WNBA draft by the Chicago ...

. In April 2017, Bonner announced that she was pregnant and would miss the 2017 WNBA season. In July 2017 Bonner gave birth to twin daughters. Bonner and Dupree have since split up. As of June 2024, Bonner was engaged to former Sun teammate

Alyssa Thomas Alyssa Thomas (born April 12, 1992) is an American professional basketball Forward (basketball), forward for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Maryland Terrapins wome ...

, who proposed to Bonner during the 2023 All-Star weekend.

References

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Early life

College career

Professional career

WNBA

Overseas

International career

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

Playoffs

College

Personal life

See also

References

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