# Yvonne Turner

Yvonne Turner (born October 13, 1987) is an American-Hungarian professional basketball player for Valencia Basket of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. She played college basketball at Nebraska. Turner went undrafted in the 2010 WNBA draft, but went on to play five seasons in the league with the Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx, Atlanta Dream and Seattle Storm. She has also had a prolific international career, playing professionally in countries such as Australia, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Turkey. During the 2016–17 season, she led the EuroLeague in scoring while playing for Uniqa Sopron.

## Nebraska Statistics

Source
| 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 (2022)

Turner signed a training camp contract on February 18, 2022, with the Minnesota Lynx. 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. Turner was released from her hardship contract with the Lynx on May 16, 2022.

#### Atlanta Dream (2022)

On June 23, 2022, Turner signed a hardship contract with the Dream. 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.

#### Seattle Storm (2023)

Turned signed with the Seattle Storm for the 2023 season.

## WNBA career statistics
### 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 |
| 2022 | Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | .000 | — | .500 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | 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. She became one of the oldest players to make their debut in the WNBA when she signed with Phoenix.