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Anna DeForge

Personal information
Born	April 14, 1976 (age 48) Iron Mountain, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality	American / Montenegrin
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Niagara (Niagara, Wisconsin)
College	Nebraska (1994–1998)
WNBA draft	1998: undrafted
Playing career	1998–2015
Position	Guard
Number	30
Career history
1998	San Jose Lasers
2000	Detroit Shock
2002	Kansas City Legacy
2003	Chicago Blaze
2003–2005	Phoenix Mercury
2005–2008	TS Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
2006–2007	Indiana Fever
2008	Minnesota Lynx
2009	Detroit Shock
2009–2010	Beşiktaş JK
2010–2011	Hondarribia-Irún
2011–2012	TED Kayseri
2012–2013	USK Praha
2014	Konak
2015	TTT Riga
Career highlights and awards
2× WNBA All-Star (2004, 2007) 2x First-team All-Big 12 (1997, 1998)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Anna Louise DeForge (born April 14, 1976) is an American-Montenegrin professional female basketball player who most recently played for the Detroit Shock in the WNBA.^[1] She is the first player from the University of Nebraska to ever play in the WNBA. After finding little success and playing time for several WNBA teams, she finally earned a spot on a WNBA All-Star team in 2004.^[2] She was one of the players selected to play in the historic WNBA vs. USA Basketball Game.

On February 3, 2006, she was traded to the Indiana Fever from the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for Kelly Miller.

On February 19, 2008 DeForge signed on with the Minnesota Lynx.^[3]

On February 27, 2009 DeForge signed on with the Beşiktaş Istanbul.

Legend

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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2000	Detroit	27	10	16.0	.405	.321	.781	1.7	1.7	1.0	0.1	1.2	5.4
2003	Phoenix	34	27	31.3	.412	.412	.725	3.1	2.1	1.5	0.4	1.6	11.9
2004	Phoenix	34	34	33.9	.417	.387	.863	3.6	3.1	1.5	0.2	2.0	14.4
2005	Phoenix	33	33	34.3	.390	.326	.850	3.5	2.4	1.2	0.2	2.5	13.1
2006	Indiana	34	34	29.3	.393	.378	.818	4.3	2.2	1.1	0.3	1.6	10.2
2007	Indiana	34	34	23.4	.418	.410	.906	3.3	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.4	8.7
2008	Minnesota	34	34	24.9	.391	.364	.763	3.0	1.7	0.8	0.1	0.9	8.5
2009	Detroit	7	7	16.1	.278	.000	.000	2.9	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.4
Career	8 years, 4 teams	237	213	27.6	.403	.374	.821	3.2	2.1	1.1	0.2	1.6	10.2

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2006	Indiana	2	2	32.0	.333	.250	.000	3.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	6.0
2007	Indiana	6	6	32.8	.467	.393	1.000	3.7	1.0	1.3	0.2	1.5	16.8
Career	2 years, 1 team	8	8	32.6	.444	.361	1.000	3.6	1.1	1.1	0.1	1.1	14.1

Source^[4]

Legend

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	PPG
1994-95	Nebraska	27	339	41.2%	33.3%	67.3%	6.9	12.6
1995-96	Nebraska	29	420	43.0%	30.9%	82.0%	6.8	14.5
1996-97	Nebraska	28	489	46.0%	38.5%	78.1%	5.8	17.5
1997-98	Nebraska	33	611	40.9%	32.5%	77.5%	7.9	18.5
Career		117	1859	42.7%	33.4%	77.3%	6.9	15.9

Born to Rosemary and Roger DeForge in Iron Mountain, Michigan, she played at Niagara High School in Niagara, Wisconsin. DeForge majored in Business Administration at the University of Nebraska.

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