Full Bio: Dana Evans

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WNBA TRANSACTIONS

April 15, 2021	Drafted by Dallas in the second round (No. 13 overall) of the 2021 WNBA Draft
June 2, 2021	Traded to the Chicago Sky
February 7, 2025	Traded to Las Vegas from Chicago for the No. 16 and No. 22 picks in the 2025 Draft

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER

Career Highlights

• 2021 & 2025 WNBA Champion
• 2021 WNBA All-Rookie Team
• 2021 AP All-Rookie Team

2025 (Las Vegas | 30-14, 2nd in WNBA)

• Won WNBA Championship
• Appeared in all 44 regular season games
• Averaged 6.6 points and 2.2 assists in 17.7 minutes
• Scored in double figures in 11 games
• Scored a season-high 21 points on 8 of 11 (.727) shooting, including 5 of 6 (.833) from 3-point, on Aug. 23 vs. Washington
• Dished a season-high 6 assists on Sept. 9 vs. Chicago
• Scored her 1,000th career point on July 12 vs. Golden State

2024 (Chicago| 13-27, 10th in WNBA)

• Averaged 7.2 points and 2.4 assists in 19.1 minutes
• Appeared in 39 regular season games and started in 12
• Scored in double figures in 17 games
• Recorded at least 5 assists in 5 games
• Tallied a season-high 15 points and career-high 5 steals on May 30 vs. Los Angeles

2023 (Chicago | 18-22, 8th in WNBA)

• Scored in double figures in 14 games, including a season-high 23 points vs. Seattle on Aug. 22
• Appeared in 39 regular season games
• Recorded at least 5 assists in 9 games
• Tallied a season-high 8 assists twice (June 11 vs Las Vegas and Aug. 22 vs. Seattle)
• Recorded 3 games with at least 20 points (Aug. 22 vs. Seattle, June 15 vs. Indiana, June 6 vs. Indiana)

2022 (Chicago | 26-10, 2nd in WNBA)

• Scored a career-high 24 points in the 2022 season opener on May 6 vs. Los Angeles, to go with with 6 assists and 5 steals
• Appeared in 33 regular season games
• Scored in double figures in 4 games
• Dished out a season-high 5 assists twice (May 6 vs. Los Angeles & May 18 vs. Seattle)

2021 (Chicago | 16-16, 6th in WNBA)

• Won WNBA Championship
• Named to 2021 WNBA All-Rookie Team
• Played 6 games with Dallas before being traded to Chicago; played 23 games with the Sky.
• Scored a season-high 14 points on 4 of 7 shooting (.571) on Aug. 29 vs. Seattle
• Dished out multiple assists in 6 games

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER

2025 (Las Vegas — 2-1 vs. Seattle, 1st Round; 3-2 vs. Indiana, Semifinals; 4-0 vs. Phoenix, Finals)

• Won the WNBA Championship
• Scored a 2025 playoff-high 21 points in the Aces Game 1 Finals win over Phoenix on Oct. 3

2023 (Chicago — 0-2 vs. Las Vegas, 1st Round)

• Scored a playoff career-high 22 points on 7 of 12 (.583) field goal shooting in 25 minutes in the Game 2 loss on Sept. 17
• Averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals over the 2 games

2022 (Chicago — 2-1 vs. New York, 1st Round; 2-3 vs. Connecticut, Semifinals)

• Scored a 2022 playoff-high 10 points on Sept. 6 vs. Connecticut, going 4 of 5 (.800) from the floor

2021 (Chicago — 1-0 vs. Dallas, 1st Round; 1-0 vs. Minnesota, Second Round; 3-1 vs. Connecticut, Semifinals; 3-1 vs. Phoenix, Finals)

• Won the WNBA Championship
• Scored in 3 playoff games and played in 9 of 10 en route to the title

UNRIVALED 

2025 (Miami)

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2025

Phantom

Unrivaled

Unrivaled

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OVERSEAS CAREER

2024-25 [(Besiktas — Istanbul, Turkey (KBSL)]

• Averaged 17.3 points on 43.9% shooting from the floor

2024-25 [(Besiktas — Istanbul, Turkey (Eurocup)]

• Averaged a team-high 18.7 points, 5.8 assists and 2.9 rebounds in 11 Eurocup games

2023-24 [(Besiktas — Istanbul, Turkey (KBSL)]

• Averaged 23.0 points on 39.4% shooting and 36.7% from 3-point range in 27 KBSL Turkish league games

2022-23 [(Besiktas — Istanbul, Turkey (KBSL)]

2021-22 (KSC Szekszárd — Hungary)

OVERSEAS STATISTICS

Year	Team	League	G	Min	FG	FGA	FG%	3G	3GA	3G%	FT	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	A	S	B	TO	PF	PTS	Avg.
2024-25	Besiktas	KBSL	16	583	101	244	.414	22	92	.239	52	67	.766	8	55	63	86	17	—	45	28	276	17.3
2024-25	Besiktas	EuroCup	11	415	70	189	.370	34	95	.358	32	37	.865	3	29	32	64	24	—	26	64	206	18.7
2023-24	Besiktas	KBSL	27	1,010	212	538	.394	72	196	.367	124	138	.899	15	80	95	174	34	—	70	55	620	23.0
2023-24	Besiktas	EuroCup	16	621	121	345	.351	41	135	.304	79	94	.840	9	49	58	80	27	2	44	27	362	22.6
2022-23	Besiktas	KBSL	26	1,000	204	556	.367	77	218	.353	126	152	.829	10	61	71	155	32	1	91	39	611	23.5
2021-22	Szekszárd	NB I/A
Turkish League (KBSL)
EuroCup
Totals

COLLEGE

Senior (Louisville, 2020-21)

• Led Louisville to the NCAA Elite Eight
• WBCA Coaches’ All-American team
• Associated Press All-American first team
• ACC Player of the Year
• ACC Tournament All-Tournament first team
• ACC All-Academic Team
• Finalist for Naismith’s Women’s Trophy, Wade Trophy, Dawn Staley Award and Drysdale Award
• Only player in program history to claim 4 regular season conference titles
• Louisville posted a 122-15 (.890) record during her four-year career
• Led the ACC in scoring (21.4 ppg) and free throw percentage (.966), ranked 6th in assists (4.1 apg) and 3-pointers made per game (2.38)
• Scored in double figures 29 of 30 games
• Led the Cardinals to an NCAA Tournament Elite 8 appearance

Junior (Louisville, 2019-20)

• ACC Player of the Year
• All-ACC first team
• All-ACC Academic Team
• All-ACC Tournament Team
• Associated Press and USBWA All-American second team
• WBCA All-American
• First player in ACC history to go from Sixth Player of the Year to Player of the Year
• Led the Cardinals with 18.0 points, 4.2 assists and 90 made 3-pointers
• Led the ACC in 3-point percentage (.431)
• Scored in double figures in 29 of 30 games

Sophomore (Louisville, 2018-19)

• ACC Sixth Player of the Year
• ACC All-Academic Team
• Led Louisville with 4.0 assists per game
• Played in all 36 games, averaging 10.4 points, 4.0 assists and shot 38.5% from beyond the arc
• Helped Louisville reach the NCAA Tournament Elite 8 in thewith a 32-4 record

Freshman (Louisville, 2017-18)

• ACC All-Freshman Team
• Led all ACC freshman with 3.7 assists per game
• Reached 100 career assists in her first season
• Led the Cardinals in assists in 16 games
• Helped Louisville reach the NCAA Final Four
• Member of the 2016 USA U18 National Team that claimed gold in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship

COLLEGE STATISTICS

Year	School	G	GS	Min	FGM	FGA	FG%	3GM	3GA	3G%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	A	S	B	TO	PF	PTS	Avg.
2020-21	Louisville	30	30	986	221	514	.430	71	201	.353	89	102	.873	7	73	80	117	38	2	64	52	602	20.1
2019-20	Louisville	30	30	1,012	176	423	.416	90	209	.431	97	109	.890	10	73	83	126	24	0	75	41	539	18.0
2018-19	Louisville	36	5	934	130	310	.419	50	129	.388	64	76	.842	19	68	87	145	56	1	66	72	374	10.4
2017-18	Louisville	39	1	820	71	195	.364	11	49	.224	47	59	.797	10	67	77	134	43	2	70	89	200	5.1
Totals/Avg.		135	66	3,752	598	1,142	.407	222	588	.349	297	346	.851	46	281	327	522	161	5	275	254	1,715	13.4

HIGH SCHOOL

• 2016 Naismith High School All-American
• 2014, 2016 and 2017 Post-Tribune (Northwest Indiana) Player of the Year
• 2017 McDonald’s All-American
• 2017 Jordan Brand Classic participant
• 2017 Miss Indiana finalist
• 2016 & 2017 USA Today All-Indiana first team

PERSONAL

• Majored in Sports Administration at Louisville
• Daughter of Damon and Shwanda Evans
• Has 3 brothers
• Is a Jordan brand athlete