Full Bio: Megan Gustafson

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Twitter	@GustafsonMeg10 and @TheWNBACorgi
Instagram	@megangustafson10 and @its_panny_thecake

WNBA TRANSACTIONS

April 10, 2019	Drafted in the second round (No. 17 overall) by Dallas in the 2019 WNBA Draft.
May 22, 2019	Waived by Dallas.
June 13, 2019	Signed a contract with Dallas.
February 10, 2020	Signed a multi-year contract with Dallas.
May 12, 2021	Waived by Dallas.
June 21, 2021	Signed a contract with Washington.
June 28, 2021	Waived by Washington.
July 1, 2021	Signed a 7-day contract with Washington.
July 8, 2021	Signed a 7-day contract with Washington.
August 18, 2021	Signed a 7-day contract with Washington.
August 25, 2021	Signed a rest of season contract with Washington.
January 6, 2022	Signed a training camp contract with Washington.
April 28, 2022	Waived by Washington.
May 4, 2022	Signed a training camp contract with Phoenix.
February 3, 2023	Signed a training camp contract with Phoenix.
February 1, 2024	Signed a free agent contract with Las Vegas.

WNBA REGULAR SEASON CAREER

2023 (Phoenix, 9-31)

Started 4 of 34 contests, the most starts and most games in her W career, and connected on 52.6% of her shots from the field, which listed 3rd on the team among players who saw action in at least half the Mercury’s games and 34.9% from 3-point range (2nd).
Shot 4-of-4 from the field, 1-of-1 from afar and 1-of-1 from the line in 14 minutes against Connecticut on August 31.
Scored a career-high 19 points and grabbed 8 rebounds against Atlanta in fewer than 22 minutes.
Pulled down a season-high 10 boards to go with 10 points, her lone double-double of the season, against the Aces on June 21.
After averaging no more than 4.0 ppg and 3.6 rpg in each of her first four seasons, upped her averages to career-bests of 7.9 ppg and 3.9 rpg in 2023
Ranked among the top 10 league leaders for field goal percentage (6th), 2-point field goal percentage (.576, 4th), true shooting percentage (.608, 10th) and effective field goal percentage (.564, 7th).

2022 (Phoenix, 15-21)

Played in 33 games off the bench, the most games in a season over her first four years in the league.
Scored a season-high 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field against Minnesota on August 10.
Posted one double-double, 12 points and 10 boards, against Chicago on Aug. 14.

2021 (Washington, 19-21)

Had season-highs of 12 points at Seattle on September 7 and 9 rebounds at Chicago on July 10.
Washington was 5-6 in the 11 games Gustafson played.

2020 (Dallas, 8-14)

Recorded season-bests of 8 points versus New York on September 13 and 3 rebounds on August 6 against Connecticut.
Dallas had a 4-6 record in the 10 games Gustafson played from July 26-September 13.

2019 (Dallas, 10-24)

Twice scored 11 points and three times hauled in 8 rebounds as a rookie for Dallas.
Went 7-of-7 from the line against New York on August 1 and shot a career-best 90.0% from the line on the year.

WNBA STATISTICS

YEAR	TM	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2019	DAL	25	0	238	27	55	.491	1	9	.111	18	20	.900	20	43	63/2.5	7	4	6	10	26	73/2.9
2020	DAL	10	0	48	4	14	.286	0	1	.000	6	9	.667	6	5	11/1.1	1	0	1	2	9	14/1.4
2021	WAS	11	1	109	19	32	.594	0	2	.000	6	9	.667	11	29	40/3.6	0	2	1	9	10	44/4.0
2022	PHO	33	0	318	50	91	.549	12	26	.462	13	17	.765	17	47	64/1.9	17	6	5	24	62	125/3.8
2023	PHO	34	4	514	102	194	.526	15	43	.349	50	62	.806	46	85	131/3.9	25	13	14	37	65	269/7.9
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Career		113	5	1227	202	386	.523	28	81	.346	93	117	.795	100	209	309/2.7	50	25	27	82	172	525/4.6

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER

2022 (Phoenix—0-2 vs. Las Vegas, 1st Round)

Tallied 12 points (4-7 FGs, 4-4 FTs) and 4 rebounds in Game 1 on August 17 and 6 points and 5 caroms in Game 2 on August 20.

WNBA PLAYOFF STATISTICS

YEAR	TM	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2022	PHO	2	0	47	6	19	.316	0	5	.000	6	6	1.000	4	5	9/4.5	4	1	1	1	5	18/9.0
Career		2	0	47	6	19	.316	0	5	.000	6	6	1.000	4	5	9/4.5	4	1	1	1	5	18/9.0

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OVERSEAS CAREER

2023-24 [London Lions—Great Britain(EuroCup and WBBL)]

Competing in the British Basketball League (WBBL) this offseason for the London Lions, who also compete in the EuroCup after not qualifying for the EuroLeague (-14 points vs DVTK HUN-Therm).
Averaging 11.6 points and 5.6 rebounds (as of 2/2/2023) in EuroCup games for the London Lions (10-0), who advanced to the EuroCup quarterfinals, which will be played February 22 and 29 in a home-and-away setting. The aggregate score from both games will determine which team advances to the semifinals. Aggregate home and away scores apply also for the semifinals, scheduled for March 7 and 14, and the finals, which will take place April 3 and 10.
The Lions captured the 2023-24 Betty Codona Finals trophy, a Women’s British Basketball League in-season tournament, for the fourth-straight year. Gustafson had 15 points and 8 rebounds in the championship game, and was named MVP.

2022-23 [Olympiacos—Greece (A1 Women and EuroLeague)]

Averaged a league-high 22.6 ppg and 9.4 rpg over 16 EuroLeague games as Olympiacos finished with a 3-13 record in its first EuroLeague appearance since 2018-19.
Averaged 24.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg and 3.3 apg in the Greek A1 league in helping Olympiacos to a 21-1 record and the championship.

2021-22 [VBW Arka Gdynia—Poland (EuroLeague)]

Averaged 18.2 ppg and 7.2 rpg in 13 EuroLeague games as Gdynia tallied a 2-12 slate in EuroLeague play.
Averaged 14.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 1.1 apg in the Polish League in helping lead Gdynia to a 14-6 regular season record and a third-place finish in the Polish league finals.

2020-21 [InvestInTheWest ENEA Gorzow—Poland (EuroCup)]

Averaged 21.7 ppg and 10.7 rpg in three EuroCup games. Gorzow finished pool play with a 1-2 record to advance to the Round of 16 out of Group D, but failed to advance to the quarterfinals after falling to Venice 72-63 without Gustafson in the lineup.
Averaged 20.0 ppg, 8.9 rpg and 1.6 apg overall as Gorzow went 14-6 in the regular season and advanced to the third-place game.

YEAR	TEAM	G	Min	FGM-A	PCT	3PM-3PA	PCT	FTM-FTA	PCT	OREB	DREB	REB/AVG	AST	PF	TO	STL	BLK	PTS/AVG
2023-24 EC	London
2022-23 EL	Olympiacos	16	32.4	139-233	.597	13-32	.406	70-88	.795	45	105	150/9.4	18	40	37	14	14	361/22.6
2021-22 EL	Gdynia	13	32.2	103-167	.617	5-17	.294	26-37	.703	20	74	94/7.2	18	38	23	7	16	237/18.2
2020-21 EC	Gorzow	3	30.9	27-50	.540	0-5	.000	11-15	.733	11	21	32/10.7	2	8	7	0	4	65/21.7

Totals

BASKETBALL SPAIN

The naturalized Spaniard was recently announced as a member of the Spanish team that will compete in the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament against Canada, Japan and host Hungary from Feb. 8-11 in Sopron. It will be her debut in a Spanish jersey.

COLLEGE

Highlights

In her four years at Iowa, the Hawkeyes posted a 92-43 (.682) record, advanced to postseason play all four years, including the 2019 NCAA Elite Eight, and captured the 2019 Big 10 Tournament and regular season crowns.
Averaged 20.8 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game over her four-year collegiate career, helping Iowa increase its win total from 19 in her freshman season, to 29 as a senior.
Her No. 10 jersey was retired by the Hawkeyes on January 26, 2020.
Before being passed in 2023-24 by Caitlin Clark, Gustafson was Iowa’s all-time leading scorer (2,804 points), remains as the all-time leading rebounder (1,460) and lists among the top 10 in numerous Iowa single game, single season and all-time career records.
Her 1,460 rebounds is a Big Ten career record.
2019 Naismith, Associated Press, ESPNw and USBWA Player of the Year
2019 Senior CLASS Award and Lisa Leslie Award winner.
Associated Press and USBWA All-America first team (2019) and second team (2018).
WBCA All-America first team (2019) and honorable mention (2018)
2018 (media) and 2019 (media and coaches) Big 10 Player of the Year.
Unanimous three-time All-Big Ten first team (2017, 2018 and 2019) and was on the 2016 Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
2019 Big Ten All-Defensive Team.
MVP of the 2019 Big Ten Tournament and 2018 and 2019 All-Big Ten Tournament first team selection.

Senior (Iowa, 2018-19)

Iowa posted a 29-7 record, advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and won the Big 8 regular season and tournament titles.
Netted 1,001 points to become just the fourth Division I female, and the only post player, to eclipse 1,000 points in a single season.
Led the nation in five categories, including points (1,001), points per game (27.8), field goal percentage (.696) and double-doubles (33).
Led the Big Ten in total rebounds (481) and rebounds averaged (13.4 rpg).
Her 1,001 points stood as the senior season scoring record until this year when Caitlin Clark surpassed the mark, and she still holds the senior season rebounding record.
Hauled in a career-high 20 rebounds to go with 29 points versus Nebraska on February 25, 2019.

Junior (Iowa, 2017-18)

Iowa finished with a 24-8 mard and played in the first round NCAA Tournament.
Led the nation in scoring average (25.7 ppg) and field goal percentage (.671), and paced the Big Ten in rebounds (411) and rebounds averaged (12.8 rpg).
Capped the season with a then-Iowa junior year scoring record 823 points and the Iowa junior rebounding mark.
Scored a career-high 48 points (19-26 FGs, 10-12 FTs) against Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament on March 2, 2018; also had 15 rebounds and 3 blocked shots.

Sophomore (Iowa, 2016-17)

Led the Hawkeyes to the Elite Eight and a 20-14 record.
Scored a then-Iowa sophomore season record 628 points and hauled in a sophomore-season record 343 rebounds.

Freshman (Iowa, 2015-16)

Iowa went 19-14 and played in the first round of the WNIT.

COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR	G	GS	MP	FGM	FGA	PCT	3PM	3PA	PCT	FTM	FTA	PCT	ORB	DRB	TRB/AVG	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/AVG
2016	33	14	744	144	260	.554	0	0		64	104	.615	85	140	225/6.8	26	10	58	56	70	352/10.7
2017	34	34	982	260	402	.647	0	1	.000	108	137	.788	114	229	343/10.1	22	20	45	56	76	628/18.5
2018	32	32	1047	320	477	.671	0	0		183	227	.806	123	288	411/12.8	44	18	66	62	65	823/25.7
2019	36	36	1226	412	592	.696	1	1	1.000	176	223	.789	100	381	481/13.4	62	15	63	58	79	1001/27.8
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Career	135	116	3999	1136	1731	.656	1	2	.500	531	691	.768	422	1038	1460/10.8	154	63	232	232	290	2804/20.8

HIGH SCHOOL

2019 graduate of South Shore High School in Wisconsin.
Four-time first team all-conference honoree, three-time first team all-state selection, and three-time team captain.
Guided her team to conference, sectional and regional championships as a sophomore.
Led her team to conference, sectional and regional championships as a senior.
Compiled 3,229 points, 1724 rebounds, and 628 blocks in her career.
All-time scoring leader in Wisconsin, and the only player in state history to eclipse 3,000 points.
Scored a single game, state-record 64 points as a senior.
Scored 1,127 points in a season, another record for the state of Wisconsin.
Four-time all-conference selection in volleyball, and competed in the shot put, discus, triple jump, 300-meter hurdles, and 100-meter hurdles in track and field.
National Honor Society member, has been an honor roll student throughout high school.
Served as class president all four years of high school, and served as a student council member as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL

Parents are Eva and Clendon Gustafson.
Has one sister, Emily, who played basketball at Upper Iowa.
Father played basketball at UW-Superior and mother played basketball and volleyball at St. Scholastica.