Doneeka Danyell Lewis, née Hodges (born July 19, 1982), is an American-Bulgarian professional

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currently playing for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

in Greece. A 5–9 guard, she was drafted with the 25th overall pick in the

2004 WNBA draft The 2004 in sports, 2004 WNBA draft was the eighth draft in the WNBA's history. It took place on April 17, 2004, at the NBA Entertainment Studios in Secaucus, NJ. Additionally, on January 6, 2004, the WBNA held a 2004 WNBA dispersal draft, disp ...

for the

Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Sparks compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Crypto.co ...

, out of

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Personal life

She is the twin sister of

Roneeka Hodges Roneeka Hodges (born July 19, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the LS ...

. She married Gentry Lewis in the fall of 2004.

College career

In her college career, she scored 1,484 points, and collected 418 rebounds. She ranks 11th on the school's all-time scoring list. In 2002 and 2004, she earned second team All SEC honors.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

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Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Playoffs

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College

Source

WNBA career

In four seasons, she has scored 362 points, and has collected 113 rebounds, 165 assists, 43 steals, and 13 blocks. She scored a career high 17 points, during the 2005 season, against the

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before th ...

Overseas career

She is currently playing for Greek champions

(2016–17). She played for Galatasaray Medical Park of

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

in the 2010–11 season.

References

External links

LSU Lady Tigers bio
1982 births Living people Bulgarian women's basketball players American women's basketball players American emigrants to Bulgaria Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Turkey Basketball players from New Orleans Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players Indiana Fever players Los Angeles Sparks draft picks Los Angeles Sparks players LSU Tigers women's basketball players Olympiacos women's basketball players Seattle Storm players Shooting guards Naturalised basketball players {{Bulgaria-basketball-bio-stub