María Teresa Cazorla Medina[a] (born 18 June 1997), known as Maite Cazorla, is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Perfumerias Avenida of Liga Endesa and the Spanish women's national basketball team. She was drafted with the twenty third overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft.[1]
| No. 5 – Perfumerias Avenida | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| League | LF |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 18 June 1997 Las Palmas, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 155 lb (70 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Segle XXI (Barcelona, Spain) |
| College | Oregon (2015–2019) |
| WNBA draft | 2019: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick |
| Selected by the Atlanta Dream | |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Career history | |
| 2011–2015 | Segle XXI (youth/LF2) |
| 2019 | Atlanta Dream |
| 2019–2023 | Perfumerías Avenida |
| 2023–present | ZVVZ USK Praha |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
Youth career
editComing from a family of professional basketball players,[2] Cazorla started playing basketball at 14 with her school team Teresianas before joining the youth system of CB Islas Canarias. At the age of 14 she left the Canary Islands and moved Barcelona to continue her development in the youth teams of Segle XXI in 2011.
She progressed in the club, playing in the Spanish second-tier league and the Spanish national youth teams until her performance in the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women caught the eye of the Oregon Ducks scouts.[3]
College career
editCazorla attended the University of Oregon from 2015 to 2019. She played all four years, and was named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2015. She was named to the All-Pac-12 team in her Junior and Senior years. In 2019, she played with the team that made it to the Final Four.[4] In total, Cazorla played in 146 games for the Ducks over her four-year career. Cazorla was the eighth player from Oregon selected in the WNBA Draft.[5]
Oregon statistics
editSource[6]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Oregon | 35 | 410 | 44.8% | 39.4% | 73.8% | 2.5 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 11.7 |
| 2016-17 | Oregon | 36 | 291 | 39.9% | 34.9% | 82.1% | 1.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 8.1 |
| 2017-18 | Oregon | 37 | 403 | 48.6% | 38.9% | 83.3% | 2.4 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| 2018-19 | Oregon | 38 | 370 | 49.6% | 41.2% | 81.1% | 1.4 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 9.7 |
| Career | 146 | 1474 | 45.7% | 38.9% | 79.0% | 1.9 | 4.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 10.1 | |
WNBA career
editCazorla made her WNBA debut on May 31, 2019, in a game versus the Seattle Storm. She totaled 3 points in her 5 minutes in the game.[7]
WNBA career statistics
edit| 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 |
Regular season
edit| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Atlanta | 31 | 1 | 15.4 | .312 | .236 | .875 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
| Career | 1 year, 1 team | 31 | 1 | 15.4 | .312 | .236 | .875 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
Club career
editBack in Spain, in June 2019, she signed for CB Avenida,[8] one of the top teams of the Spanish top-tier league, winning her first title in 2020, the Spanish Queen's Cup and participating in the 2019-20 EuroCup Women.
European Cups statistics
editIn her debut season in international club competitions, she has played 10 games in the 2019–20 EuroCup Women, averaging 19.2 MPG and 4.4 PPG.[9]
| Season | Team | GP | MPP | PPP | RPP | APP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2020 EuroCup | Perfumerías Avenida | 10 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| 2020–2021 EuroLeague | Perfumerías Avenida | 10 | 20.4 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 |
National team
editCazorla started playing with Spain's youth teams at 14, winning a total of seven medals from 2012 to 2017. Her highlights on these teams include a European U16 title in 2013, a runner-up finish at the U17 FIBA World Championships in 2014, and a third-place finish at the U19 FIBA World Championships in 2015.[4][10] She made her debut with the senior team in 2019, when she was 22 years old. Up to 2021, she had 19 caps and participated in the 2020 Olympics and the 2021 EuroBasket.[11]
2012 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)- 2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth)
2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)- 4th 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth)
- 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 7th 2021 Eurobasket
- 6th 2020 Summer Olympics
2023 Eurobasket
Notes
edit- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cazorla and the second or maternal family name is Medina.
References
edit- ^ Philips, Justin. "WNBA Draft: Maite Cazorla Selected In Second Round". FanSided. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ "Maite Cazorla, la perla del baloncesto español que ha hecho historia en la NCAA femenina". El Español (in Spanish). 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Selección femenina baloncesto: El gran viaje de Maite Cazorla | Deportes | EL PAÍS".
- ^ a b "Maite Cazorla". goducks.com. University of Oregon. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ "Living the Dream: Oregon Ducks guard Maite Cazorla taken by Atlanta in WNBA draft". ducksports.com. Gate House Media. April 10, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "05/31/19 Seattle Storm @ Atlanta Dream". wnba.com. WNBA. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Horas, Salamanca 24 (2019-06-13). "Maite Cazorla: "Fichar por Avenida es un verdadero orgullo"". Diario Noticias Salamanca 24 Horas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Perfumerias Avenida at the EuroCup Women 2019-20". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- ^ "Maite Cazolra". wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ "Selecciones - Federación Española de Baloncesto". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-04.