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Mercedes Russell

HEIGHT: 6-6 WEIGHT: 195 lbs BIRTHDATE: July 27, 1995 BIRTHPLACE: Springfield, OR HOMETOWN: Springfield, OR COLLEGE: Tennessee HIGH SCHOOL: Springfield HS (OR) WNBA EXPERIENCE: 5 Seasons DRAFTED BY: New York, 2018, Second Round (#22) HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as free agent TWITTER: @MerSladezz INSTAGRAM: mersladezz
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>2x WNBA Champion (2018, 2020)</li>
<li>Made first career start on 6/4/19 with Seattle</li>
<li>Notched first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds on 6/14/19 at Washington</li>
<li>Scored career-high 19 points on 7/3/19 vs. New York</li>
<li>Drafted 22nd overall in the 2018 WNBA Draft by New York</li>
<li>An All-American center at Tennessee; almost averaging a double-double in her senior season (15.3 PPG and 9.2 RPG, shooting 58.3 percent from the field)</li>
<li>The fifth player in Tennessee history to surpass 1,500 points and 1,000 rebounds</li>
<li>First Team All-SEC, Honorable Mention AP and WBCA All-American in 2017-18</li>
</ul>
2022 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in five games with the Storm, missing the first part of the season and the final stretch due to a non-basketball injury suffered prior to the start of the season</li>
</ul>
2021 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 30 games, making 28 starts with the Storm</li>
<li>Averaged 7.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game, shooting 61.7% from the field&#8211;the third-highest in franchise history (min. 100 FGA)</li>
<li>61.7% FG% was 2nd-highest in WNBA, though Russell was 7 FGM shy of being among qualifiers</li>
<li>Scored season-high 14 points including a 14-point, 8-rebound performance in the regular-season finale vs Phoenix on Sept. 17, adding 3 assists and 3 steals on 7-of-9 shooting</li>
<li>Came close to a triple-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists at Chicago on Aug. 15, scoring her 500th career point in the game.</li>
</ul>
2020 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
<ul>
<li>Won second WNBA Championship</li>
<li>Played in all 22 games, starting the final two games of the regular season, stepping up in place of Breanna Stewart</li>
<li>Averaged 5.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game</li>
<li>Recorded a season-high 10 points vs. Phoenix on Sept. 11</li>
<li>Grabbed a career-high tying 11 rebounds vs. Las Vegas on Sept. 13, also recording a career-high 9 defensive rebounds</li>
</ul>
2019 HIGHLIGHTS WITH SEATTLE:
<ul>
<li>Made first career start on 6/4/19 vs. Minnesota&#8230; appeared in all 34 games (30 starts)</li>
<li>Locked in first career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds on 6/14/19 at Washington</li>
<li>Scored career-high 19 points on 7/3/19 vs. New York</li>
<li>Dished out career-high 6 assists on 8/11/19 at New York</li>
<li>Shot 51.7% from the field</li>
</ul>
2018 HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Made her WNBA debut with New York on 5/20/19 vs. Phoenix, tallying 3 points, 1 rebound and 2 steals</li>
<li>Posted a career-high 8 points and career-high 9 rebounds 8/19/18 vs. Dallas</li>
</ul>
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Named to the coaches All-SEC First Team and AP All-SEC Second Team</li>
<li>Sixth player in Tennessee history to record 1,500 points and 1,000 career-rebounds</li>
<li>Set the record for most single-season double-doubles for a junior (19) and senior (16)</li>
<li>Recorded 40+ career double-doubles, joining the ranks of Candice Parker and Chamique Holdsclaw</li>
<li>Ranked no. 3 in Tennessee history for career-rebounds (1,085)</li>
<li>Finished fifth all-time in blocked shots (195)</li>
<li>Concluded her career in the NCAA Second Round vs. Oregon State with 21 points and 14 rebounds</li>
</ul>
OVERSEAS COMPETITION:
<ul>
<li>2019-20: Southside Flyers, WNBL</li>
<li>2018-2019: Wisla Can Pack, Poland</li>
</ul>
USA BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Lead in rebounding (6.3 RPG) with the USA U-23 team at the 2017 U-24 Four Nations Tournament in Tokyo, Japan</li>
<li>FIBA U-17 World Champion gold medalist in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2012; averaging 8.9 PPG and 6.9 RPG and hitting 64.0 percent from the field</li>
<li>FIBA U-16 Americas Championship gold medalist in Merida, Mexico in 2011; set single-game records with 15 rebounds and five blocks and tournament records 11.4 RPG and 4 BPG</li>
</ul>
PERSONAL:
<ul>
<li>Parents are Tammy Hill and Lorenzo Russell.</li>
<li>Graduated in communications studies from the University of Tennessee</li>
</ul>