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LaToya Antoinette Pringle (born September 11, 1986), a.k.a. LaToya Antoinette Sanders or Lara Sanders, is a former American-Turkish professional basketball player and currently she is an assistant coach for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[1] Sanders played college basketball at the University of North Carolina before getting drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2008 WNBA draft. Currently, she also plays for Kayseri Kaski S.K. in Turkey.[2]
.jpg) Sanders in 2019 | |
| Washington Mystics | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | WNBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 11, 1986 Nuremberg, Germany |
| Nationality | American / Turkish |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Seventy-First (Fayetteville, North Carolina) |
| College | North Carolina (2004–2008) |
| WNBA draft | 2008: 1st round, 13th overall pick |
| Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | |
| Playing career | 2008–2020 |
| Career history | |
| 2008 | Phoenix Mercury |
| 2009 | Minnesota Lynx |
| 2010–2020 | Kayseri Kaski |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2015–2019 | Washington Mystics |
| Career highlights and awards | |
2007-08 ACC All-Defense 2007-08 ACC Defensive Player of the Year 2007-08 All-ACC - 1st Team | |
| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |
Sanders was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where her parents were stationed in the Army. The family later moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Reece and Sharon Pringle and has a younger sister named Shanice. Sanders is married to former UNC men's basketball player Byron Sanders.
LaToya attended Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Sanders was named North Carolina's Miss Basketball for Class 4-A in her junior and senior years. She also was named first-team all-state both years. Sanders led Seventy-First to state titles in 2003 and 2004, winning tournament MVP honors on both occasions. As a senior, she totalled 25 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocks in the title game. Sanders set a state championship record with 28 rebounds in the 2003 title game. She also averaged 21.5 points, 14.2 rebounds and nine blocks in her senior season.[3]
Sanders attended the University of North Carolina. As a freshman at UNC she averaged 4.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. She played in 30 games and ranked fifth in the ACC with 1.5 blocks per game. In her junior year she had a breakout season in her first year as a starter. She started all 38 games for the Tar Heels, establishing a school record for games started and games played in a season. She was second on the team and fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage (.550) and second in blocks (3.18 per game). Her 3.18 blocks per game were good for fifth in the NCAA. She registered a block in every game and five or more on eight occasions.[4]
Source[5]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05 | North Carolina | 30 | 138 | 65.3 | - | 66.7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| 2005-06 | North Carolina | 35 | 190 | 58.3 | - | 74.5 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 5.4 |
| 2006-07 | North Carolina | 38 | 370 | 55.0 | - | 73.3 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 9.7 |
| 2007-08 | North Carolina | 35 | 510 | 58.4 | 100.0 | 74.9 | 7.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 14.6 |
| Career | North Carolina | 138 | 1208 | 57.9 | 33.3 | 73.3 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 8.8 |
Sanders was drafted in the first round of the 2008 WNBA draft with the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Mercury. While in Phoenix she played in 29 games and started 7 of those games. She averaged 13 minutes and 4.4 points per game.[6] Later she suffered an injury and was traded to the Minnesota Lynx.[7] During the off season the Los Angeles Sparks signed Sanders.[8]
In June 2020, Sanders announced that she would forgo the 2020 WNBA season due to concerns of racism and the coronavirus.[9]
| 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 |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Sanders won a WNBA championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Phoenix | 29 | 7 | 13.0 | .448 | .000 | .824 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| 2009 | Minnesota | 17 | 0 | 9.4 | .433 | .000 | .733 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 2011 | Los Angeles | 20 | 0 | 11.1 | .473 | 1.000 | .889 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2015 | Washington | 23 | 0 | 18.1 | .402 | .000 | .765 | 5.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 2016 | Washington | 4 | 0 | 17.3 | .500 | .000 | .846 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 7.3 |
| 2018 | Washington | 28 | 25 | 24.5 | .607 | .000 | .869 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 10.2 |
| 2019† | Washington | 34 | 34 | 23.6 | .506 | .000 | .892 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 6.1 |
| Career | 7 years, 4 teams | 155 | 66 | 17.6 | .503 | .500 | .840 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 5.7 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Washington | 9 | 9 | 26.4 | .466 | .000 | .789 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| 2019† | Washington | 9 | 9 | 23.1 | .424 | .000 | .875 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| Career | 2 years, 1 team | 18 | 18 | 24.8 | .444 | .000 | .815 | 4.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
She plays for Kayseri Kaski S.K. in Turkey since the 2010–11 season. After obtaining Turkish citizenship during the 2012–13 season, she adopted the name Lara Sanders. For the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, she was selected for the Turkish women's national basketball team.[10]
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