Elena Baranova (Utah, 1997-99)

WNBA	Russia Basketball	Overseas	Personal
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NO: 28
POS: Center
HGT: 6-5
DOB: January 28, 1972
COUNTRY: Russia

WNBA TRANSACTIONS

January 22, 1997	Assigned to Utah in the 1997 WNBA Allocation Draft.
December 15, 1999	Traded to the Miami Sol
April 24, 2003	Selected by New York in the 2003 WNBA Dispersal Draft

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Played in the WNBA for seven seasons over nine years—three with the Starzz (1997-99), one with the Miami Sol (2001), and three with the New York Liberty (2003-05). She sat out the 2000 and 2002 WNBA seasons to train with the Russia National Team.
• Posted career averages of 10.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots over her 209-game career.
• Her best statistical season came in her second season with the Starzz, when she averaged 12.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists.
• 2001 WNBA All-Star Game starter and posted 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocked shots in 25 minutes in the East’s 80-72 loss to the West.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TEAM	GP	GS	MIN	PTS/AVG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	O	D	REB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2005	NYL	33	33	953	288/8.7	104	236	.441	33	85	.388	47	55	.855	39	188	227/6.9	59	25	46	59	79
2004	NYL	34	33	1048	394/11.6	146	315	.463	53	115	.461	49	53	.925	33	213	246/7.2	67	37	58	80	88
2003	NYL	33	7	850	278/8.4	107	257	.416	33	91	.363	31	35	.886	45	136	181/5.5	64	36	43	62	69
2001	MIA	32	30	984	378/11.8	141	330	.427	30	80	.375	66	71	.930	40	151	191/6.0	63	33	57	62	81
1999	UTA	29	19	572	173/6.0	60	148	.405	20	48	.417	33	41	.805	25	73	98/3.4	45	20	23	44	58
1998	UTA	20	19	671	258/12.9	92	219	.420	15	48	.313	59	71	.831	61	125	186/9.3	70	21	30	55	44
1997	UTA	28	27	913	341/12.2	129	331	.390	40	106	.377	43	62	.694	56	151	207/7.4	62	43	63	82	82
Totals		209	168	5991	2110/10.1	779	1836	.424	224	573	.391	328	388	.845	299	1037	1336/6.4	430	215	320	444	501

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Advanced to the playoffs in 2001 with Miami and 2004 and 2005 with New York, and posted playoff averages of 9.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 1.3 bpg over 10 games.
• Averaged 14.7 ppg and 6.0 rpg over Miami’s three Eastern Conference Semifinal games against Detroit.
• Furthest playoff march was with New York, when the Liberty advanced past Detroit to the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals, falling to Connecticut. She averaged 8.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.0 apg and 1.8 bpg over those five games.
• In her final playoff games, a pair of losses to Indiana in the 2005 ECS, she produced 4.5 ppg and 4.0 rpg.

WNBA POSTSEASON STATISTICS

YEAR	TEAM	GP	GS	MIN	PTS/AVG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	O	D	REB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
2005	NYL	2	2	59	9/4.5	3	10	.300	1	3	.333	2	2	100.0	1	7	8/4.0	2	3	2	1	4
2004	NYL	5	5	154	42/8.4	15	38	.395	4	13	.308	8	10	.800	7	27	34/6.8	10	4	9	12	18
2001	MIA	3	3	105	44/14.7	15	33	.455	6	11	.545	8	11	.727	7	11	18/6.0	7	2	2	9	9
Totals		10	10	318	95/9.5	33	81	.407	11	27	.407	18	23	.783	15	45	60/6.0	19	9	13	22	31

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RUSSIA BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS

• Named the Best Russian Basketball Player of the 20th Century in 1999 by Russia’s Sport-Express readers.
• Three-time Olympic and two-time World Championship participant. Won Olympic gold in 1992, bronze in 2004 and finished in fourth place in 1996; won silver medals at the 1998 and 2002 FIBA World Championships, and was named MVP of the Worlds in 1998 and to the All-Star Five in 2002.
• At the European Championships, collected two gold (1991, 2003), one silver (2001) and two bronze medals (1995, 1999).
• Started playing for Russia at the youth level in 1989, and was elevated to the national team in 1991.

RUSSIA BASKETBALL STATISTICS (major world competitions)

EVENT	G	Min	FGM-FGA	PCT	2PM-2PA	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	O	D	REB/AVG	AST	PF	TO	ST	BS	PTS/AVG
2004 OLY	8	218	29-79	.367	22-52	..423	7-27	.259	28-32	.875	20	42	62/7.8	11	18	23	7	6	93/11.6
2002 WC	9	294	60-114	.526	49-91	.538	11-23	.478	32-38	.842	19	80	99/11.0	27	22	27	19	4	163/18.1
1998 WC	9	257	54-98	.551	52-88	.592	2-10	.200	22-34	.647	21	69	90/10.0	20	20	27	12	0	132/14.7
1996 OLY	8	278	62-117	.530	61-106	.575	1-11	.910	37-44	.841	27	78	105/13.1	10	24	27	19	0	162/20.3
1992 OLY	4	27	3-6	.500	3-5	.600	0-1	.000	0-0	—	3	2	5/1.3	2	6	3	2	2	6/1.5
TOTALS	38	1074	208-414	.502	187-342	.547	21-72	.292	119-148	.804	90	271	361/9.5	70	90	107	59	12	556/14.6

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OVERSEAS CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Began her professional career in Russia at 16 in 1988, competed 22 seasons in Europe and was the 1998 European Player of the Year.
• Played professionally for Dynamo Moscow (Russia), Elitzur Kholon (Israel), CSKA (Russia), Fenerbahce (Turkey), UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), Ros Casares (Spain), Nadezhda (Russia), Chevakata (Russia) and Villa Pini Chieti (Italy).
• As a professional, helped teams capture the 2003 EuroLeague championship, the 1997 Ronchetti Cup, six Russia League titles, two Russia Cups, two Israeli Championships and two Israeli Cup crowns, among other titles.
• Played in four men’s professional games in the Moscow Region for Bison Mytischi and averaged 6.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 2.8 bpg.

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COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS

• Did not play college basketball in the United States.

PERSONAL

• Born in Frunze, Kyrgyz, in what today is known as Kyrgyzstan.

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