Trinity Baptiste is an American professional basketball player. She was drafted by the Indiana Fever in the 2021 WNBA draft but was waived by the team before the start of the season.[1][2][3][4][5]
Baptiste grew up in Tampa, Florida. She attended Hillsborough High School. She was named a McDonald's All-American in 2016.[6]
Baptiste started her college career at Northwest Florida State College. She appeared in 31 games and averaged 13 points per game on a 61% field goal percentage. She also averaged 8.3 rebounds.[7]
She transferred to Virginia Tech for her sophomore season. She appeared in 64 games for the Hokies and started 26. At Virginia Tech, she recorded 12 double-doubles. She was named ACC Sixth Player of the Year in 2020 and was named to the ACC All-Academic Team.[8]
Baptiste joined the University of Arizona as a graduate transfer after the 2020 season. She started all 27 games at Arizona, where she averaged 26.4 minutes, 8.6 points, and 6.1 rebounds. Baptiste lead Arizona to an appearance in the championship game in the 2021 NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball tournament.[9][10][11][12]
Baptiste decided to forgo her remaining eligibility, of which she had an extra year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and declare for the WNBA draft in spring 2021.[13][14]
She represented Lebanon at the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Sydney, Australia. She helped the Lebanese team finish seventh, and remain in Division A for 2025.
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
College
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 | Virginia Tech | 34 | 19 | 27.5 | 49.6 | 55.3 | 85.6 | 7.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 10.4 |
| 2019–20 | Virginia Tech | 30 | 7 | 22.9 | 43.8 | 37.3 | 84.8 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 2020–21 | Arizona | 27 | 27 | 26.3 | 44.0 | 34.8 | 83.8 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 8.6 |
| Career | 91 | 53 | 25.6 | 45.9 | 41.5 | 85.0 | 6.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 9.6 | |
| Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[15] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Aari McDonald and Trinity Baptiste selected in the WNBA Draft". April 15, 2021.
- ^ Putnam, Bob (April 16, 2021). "Trinity Baptiste selected in second round of WNBA draft".
- ^ "Trinity Baptiste". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA.
- ^ "TechSideline.com". TechSideline.com.
- ^ Amacher, Ezra (May 2, 2021). "Former Arizona forward Trinity Baptiste waived by Indiana Fever". Arizona Desert Swarm.
- ^ "Trinity Baptiste - 2016-17 - Women's Basketball". Sam Houston.
- ^ "Trinity Baptiste". Northwest Florida State College.
- ^ "Trinity Baptiste - Women's Basketball". Virginia Tech Athletics.
- ^ "ACC Sixth POY Baptiste transferring to Arizona". ESPN.com. April 14, 2020.
- ^ Randazzo, Gary. "Virginia Tech grad transfer Trinity Baptiste commits to Arizona Wildcats". Sports Illustrated Arizona Wildcats News, Analysis and More.
- ^ Doss, K. (April 6, 2021). "Trinity Baptiste announces that she will not return to Arizona women's basketball". Arizona Desert Swarm.
- ^ "2021 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
- ^ "Trinity Baptiste announces that she will not return to Arizona women's basketball". www.msn.com.
- ^ Morales, Javier (April 7, 2021). "Trinity Baptiste will not return to Arizona in 2021-22 | ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com". allsportstucson.com.
- ^ "Trinity Baptiste College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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