16 Facts About Ivory Latta

Ivory Latta was born on September 25,1984 and is an American former professional basketball player.

Ivory Latta was drafted 11th overall by the Detroit Shock in the 2007 WNBA Draft.

Ivory Latta is the all-time leading scorer in South Carolina high school basketball history with a total of 4,319 career points.

Ivory Latta participated in the 2003 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored seventeen points, and earned MVP honors.

Ivory Latta was named the 2006 Player of the Year by ESPN.

Ivory Latta averaged 14.0 points per game as a freshman, 16.2 as a senior, and 16.6 for her career at North Carolina.

Ivory Latta was drafted by the Detroit Shock with the 11th pick in the 2007 WNBA draft.

Ivory Latta averaged 3.0 points per game as a rookie, and had the second-best 3-point field goal percentage in the WNBA for the 2007 regular season.

Ivory Latta appeared in her first WNBA Finals during her rookie season with the Shock, where they lost in 5 games to the Phoenix Mercury.

On February 6,2008, Ivory Latta was traded to the Atlanta Dream for the Dream's 2008 second round pick and LaToya Thomas.

Ivory Latta was originally released by the Atlanta Dream at the start of the 2009 WNBA season, but then signed on July 3,2009, after the Dream released Nikki Teasley instead.

Ivory Latta played for the Tulsa Shock from 2010 to 2012, and joined the Washington Mystics in 2013.

In 2014, Ivory Latta was selected as an all-star replacement for the injured Elena Delle Donne, making it her second all-star game appearance.

In July 2016, Ivory Latta suffered a left knee injury during practice at the Verizon Center that would sideline her for the rest of the season after playing 22 games.

In 2017, Ivory Latta was healthy and played all 34 games.

Ivory Latta would receive the key to the city of York, South Carolina, which celebrated Ivory Latta Day on January 10,2003.