Leilani Seamah Mitchell was born on June 15,1985 and is an American-Australian professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.
31 Facts About Leilani Mitchell
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In 2019 Leilani Mitchell became the first WNBA player to win the Most Improved Player Award twice.
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Leilani Mitchell was a member of the Australian Women's basketball team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Leilani Mitchell was born in Richland, Washington and is the only daughter of Dennis Leilani Mitchell and Eleanor Majid.
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Leilani Mitchell's father is American and her mother is Australian.
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Leilani Mitchell has five brothers: Tyler, Troy, Travis, Reggie, and Robbie.
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Leilani Mitchell has dual citizenship with both the United States of America and Australia.
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Leilani Mitchell was named first-team all-state and all-conference as a junior and senior at Kennewick High School and earned Big Nine Conference Player of the Year honors as a senior.
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In four consecutive years, Leilani Mitchell led Kennewick High School to state championship games, including Kennewick's title-winning season of 2000.
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Leilani Mitchell recorded 240 assists, the second most assists in program history.
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Leilani Mitchell won five Mountain West Conference Player of the Week awards, more than any other player in the conference.
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Leilani Mitchell was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury twenty-fifth overall in the second round of 2008 WNBA Draft.
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Leilani Mitchell was then traded to the New York Liberty during the 2008 pre-season after the Liberty acquired Leilani Mitchell in a trade in exchange for a 2009 third round draft pick.
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Leilani Mitchell scored 14 points in the Liberty's narrow loss to the Detroit Shock in Game 3 of the 2008 Eastern Conference Finals.
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Leilani Mitchell had a breakout year in the 2010 WNBA season.
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Leilani Mitchell became the regular starting point guard in the 2010 season, after the Liberty released Moore in the offseason.
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Leilani Mitchell averaged career-high 9.3 points and 3.8 assists per game.
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Leilani Mitchell scored 10-plus points 14 times, and lead the league in three-point field-goal percentage.
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Leilani Mitchell scored her first 20-point game against the Tulsa Shock.
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Leilani Mitchell won the 2010 WNBA Most Improved Player Award.
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On September 2,2011, Leilani Mitchell scored a career-high 24 points in a win against the Minnesota Lynx.
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On February 4,2015, Leilani Mitchell signed with the Phoenix Mercury.
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In 2016, Leilani Mitchell signed with the Washington Mystics in the second half of the season to fill a roster gap at the point guard position.
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Leilani Mitchell played 10 games off the bench and averaged 5.9 ppg.
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In 2017, Leilani Mitchell returned to the Phoenix Mercury in free agency.
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Leilani Mitchell won the WNBA Most Improved Player Award, becoming the first player in either the NBA or WNBA to win the award twice.
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In February 2020, Leilani Mitchell signed with the Mystics in free agency.
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Since 2013, Leilani Mitchell has been playing for the WNBL where she has played with multiple teams and was a national champion with Southside Flyers in 2020, Canberra Capitals in 2019 and Sydney Uni Flames in 2017.
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Leilani Mitchell was chosen as MVP of the Grand Final, as she had been in 2017, as well as voted team MVP of the season when she and the Southside Flyers won the national championship in 2020 with Leilani Mitchell scoring thirty one points.
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Leilani Mitchell was a member of the Australian senior team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Australia fell in the quarterfinals.
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On 4 June 2022, Leilani Mitchell announced, with partner Mikaela, on Leilani Mitchell's instagram page the birth of their daughter, Elle.