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2012 INDIANA FEVER MEDIA GUIDE
#0 SHANNON BOBBITT
Position: Guard
WNBA Years: 3
Height: 5-2
Weight: 130
Born: Dec. 6, 1985 in New York,
N.Y.
High School: Murray Burgtraum
(New York, N.Y.)
Four-year WNBA point guard Shannon Bobbitt has completed
her first season with the Fever after two years with the Los
Angeles Sparks.
PRO – WNBA
2011: Bobbitt saw action in 31 games, starting three, and
averaged 3.9 points, 1.7 assists, and 14.2 minutes per game…on
7/29, Bobbitt hit a game-winning shot to defeat the Washington
Mystics with what was her only basket of the game…she scored in
double figures twice including a career-high 16 points, seven
assists, and four steals at New York on 9/9… that game was also
a season-high for minutes played with 36…her other double-figure
scoring game was 13 points at Connecticut on 7/28.
2010: In training camp with the L.A. Sparks, she made one
preseason appearance before being waived. She had four assists,
two steals, two rebounds and six points in a preseason game
against San Antonio, 5/8.
2009: She played in all but one game, starting three of the 33
and averaging 2.2 points, 1.4 assists and 10.7 minutes per game.
She scored in double figures once with 10 points on 4-of-6
shooting with a pair of 3-pointers in 17 minutes against the
Washington Mystics, 7/11. The game with Washington was one of
two in which she made a season-best two 3-pt FG. She was also
2-3 from beyond the arc on her way to eight points against Seattle,
6/26.
2008: As a rookie she played in 26 games for the L.A. Sparks,
including 17 as a starter. She averaged better than four points a
game (4.1 ppg) and led the team with 3.5 assists per game which
ranked 16th best in the WNBA.
PLAYOFFS
2011: Bobbitt appeared in all six of the Fever postseason
games, totaling 68 minutes…she averaged 1.2 points and two
assists per game.
2009: She made appearances in three of the Sparks' six
postseason games, totaling nine scoreless (0-4 FG) minutes with
one rebound.
2008: A starter in all six of Los Angeles's playoff games, she
averaged 4.5 points and 3.0 assists in 21.2 minutes per game.
PRO – OVERSEAS
2011-12: Bobbitt played for Antakya in the Turkish League
where she averaged 10.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists per
game…she posted a season-high 19 points in a win over
Kayseri…she had 13 points and 10 assists in a loss to Mersin.
2010-11: Beginning the season with Raanana Hertezilya in
Israel, she averaged 14.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.8
steals in five games. She scored 10+ points in four of those
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College: Tennessee ‘08
Drafted: By Los Angeles, second
round, 2008 WNBA Draft (15th
overall)
Acquired: Signed as a free agent,
2/14/10
games, including a high of 22, 11/1. She moved on to play 14
games for Elitzur Maclaren Holon, averaging 16.9 points, 3.9
rebounds, 1.3 steals and 4.9 assists, which ranked third in the
league. She scored 20+ points in each of her first three games for
Elitzur Holon, averaging 23.7 points in those three contests. She
contributed a season-high 26 points in a loss to Ramat Hen, 12/13.
2009-10: She began the season with Maccabi Ramat Hen,
where in 11 games she averaged 11.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.5
assists and 2.4 steals. Released in December, she signed with
CCC Polkowice in Poland's PLKK. In the Polish League, she
averaged 10.5 points, 3.6 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.3 rebounds in
12 games.
2008-09: Playing overseas for the first time as a pro, she
averaged 13.2 points, 6.1 assists and 1.85 steals in 20 games for
Botasspor in Adana, Turkey.
COLLEGE
After two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College, Bobbitt
transferred to the University of Tennessee where she helped the
Vols to back-to-back national championships.
2007-08: As a senior, she was second on the team in both
scoring (9.9 ppg) and assists (3.3 apg). She scored 20+ points
three times as a senior, including a career-best 27 points vs.
Oklahoma, 11/15. She led the Lady Vols with her 20 points at
South Carolina, 1/13, and then tallied 22 points vs. Florida. Her 78
3-pt field goals not only topped the Lady Vols for the season, but
were the third most in a single season by a Tennessee player. She
dealt 10+ assists once, handing out a career-best 13 vs. Gonzaga,
12/16. She averaged 1.66 steals per game and had at least one
theft 20 times in 38 games.
2006-07: She was named to the NCAA Final Four All-
Tournament team after averaging 9.5 points and 3.5 steals in the
final two games of the season. She was also named to the Dayton
Regional All-Tournament team after pouring in 14 points on perfect
shooting from beyond the arc (3-3) against Ole Miss and scoring in
double figures (11) for the third straight game against Marist in the
Sweet 16. She drilled six 3-pt FG at Alabama to tie for the second
most in a game in program history.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
In 2006 as a freshman, she led the Trinity Valley Cardinals to
the NJCAA National Tournament and the 2006 Region XIV
Championship with a 30-2 record overall and 18-0 mark in
conference play. For her efforts, she was named the 2006
Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)
Junior/Community College Player of the Year, and she also
earned Kodak All-America honors. During her sophomore season,
she handed out 211 assists to rank third in the nation (7.53 apg)
Bobbitt teamed with Candace Parker in winning two NCAA titles at Tennessee, then played with her again in Los Angeles.