Table of Biography
Elena Delle Donne is a professional basketball player from the United States. Moreover, Elena Delle Donne played in the WNBA’s Small forward/ Shooting guard position for the Washington Mystics of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Early Life and Education
Elena Delle Donne was born on the 5th of September, 1989, in Wilmington, Delaware, in the United States of America. According to her birth date, this player is 34 years old and holds American nationality.
The basketball player has the Virgo zodiac sign and belongs to a mixed ethnicity of English-Italian descent.
In addition, she is the daughter of Ernest Donne (father) and Joan Delle Donne (mother). Professionally, her father is a real estate developer.
Moreover, she has two siblings: a brother named Gene and a sister named Lizzie.
Lizzie, her sister has cerebral palsy, and autism, and was born blind, deaf, and unable to talk. Her brother was a tight end for the college football teams at Duke and Middle Tennessee.
Regarding her academic career, she attended Ursuline Academy. Later, she enrolled at the University of Delaware and completed her bachelor’s degree in Human Services.
Elena Delle Donne – Net Worth 2024
As a professional basketball player, her net worth is estimated at around $400,000 as of 2024 and she earns a salary of $48770 annual salary.
Relationship Status
On 3rd November 2017, Elena Delle Donne married her girlfriend Amanda Clifton. Amanda is a business collusion and is the executive of the Delle Donne Academy. As of now, the couple has not shared any children.
Elena Delle Donne – Professional Career
Since she started playing basketball in elementary school, Elena Delle Donne has received a lot of attention from a wide range of organizations.
She is very close to her older sister Lizzie, who has cerebral paralysis and is hard of hearing, visually impaired, and visually impaired. She started playing basketball because she wanted to look like her sister.
Elena Delle Donne was an All-American in high school basketball at Ursuline Academy, where she helped the school win three consecutive Delaware State Championships.
Additionally, she participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game and scored 17 points there.
She had an efficiency of 91 % in the year 2006, and with that change rate, she vouched for 586 of the 646 points she attempted while playing at a junior level in the US.
Chicago Sky
She was one of the twelve players invited to the 2013 WNBA Draft after her collegiate career. The Chicago Sky, a franchise that finished 14-20 in 2012, picked her second overall in that selection.
In her first game as a professional, she outscored Phoenix Mercury rookie Brittney Griner and her team 102-80 with 22 points.
During the off-season, when the different WNBA players compete in foreign leagues, she focuses her time on helping her sister.
She was appointed the Special Olympics’ diplomat in 2014. Moreover, she participated in the game alongside other legendary NBA and WNBA players as well as the outstanding Olympians.
She is the Lyme Research Alliance’s representative. She received the 2015 WNBA MVP award on September 16, 2015.
Moreover, she was third in the league for rebounds and averaged a league-high 23.4 points per game. She also hit a career-high % from the free-throw line. 38 out of 39 first-place votes went to her.
During the regular season, she set a WNBA record by converting 19 straight free throws while scoring a career-high 45 points in overtime against the Atlanta Dream.
In the 2018 season, she played in the power forward position in the starting lineup. In just 148 games, she became the WNBA player to reach the record of 3,000 points fastest.
Washington Mystics
Just a few days before the start of free agency, Elena was traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Stefanie Dolson, Kahleah Copper, and the second overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft since her rookie contract was about to expire and she was nearing restricted free agency status.
She made her Mystics debut on May 14, 2017, scoring a game-high 26 points in an 89-74 victory over the San Antonio Stars.
In addition, she had a season-high 27 points on May 19, 2017, in a 99-89 defeat to the Los Angeles Sparks.
She missed two weeks of play on August 1, 2017, due to a left thumb injury that she suffered while competing against the Atlanta Dream.
She came back and contributed 15 points in a 74-66 loss against New York Liberty on August 25, 2017.
Caption: Elena Delle Donne with legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant (Source: Instagram)
After collecting the top two votes from all-stars in the league for the new all-star game voting method, she was selected for her sixth participation in the WNBA all-star game during the 2019 season.
She was also chosen as Team Captain. Due to health issues and preexisting COVID-19 pandemic risk factors in 2020, she decided to sit out the full season.
During the WNBA season of 2021, she was only allowed to play in three games. She was recognized as one of the top 25 players in the league’s first 25 years during that season and was included in The W25.
Charitable Works and Awareness
She plans to establish The Elena Delle Donne Charitable Foundation as a trust fund, where she will launch initiatives for both the Special Olympics and Lyme disease awareness.
In the August 2016 issue of Vogue, she reported on her dedication to Amanda Clifton’s love intrigue.
With this information, she confirmed her sexuality. She appeared in the 2016 ESPN Body Issue.
She also secured endorsement contracts with Nike and DuPont, a scientific corporation with headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, where she was raised.
Elena Delle Donne – Awards
As a professional basketball player, Elena Delle Donne has earned several awards and honors. She won the women’s basketball gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and the 2018 Spain World Cup.
Likewise, Elena Delle Donne has won WNBA MVP (2 times), WNBA All-Star (6 times), All-WNBA First Team (4 times), and others.
Body Measurements and Social Media
Elena Delle Donne stands 6 feet 5 inches tall with weighs around 85 kg. Moreover, this basketball player has hazel eyes with blonde hair color and her body measurement is 34-27-36 inches.
Caption: Elena Delle Donne posing for a photo (Source: Instagram)
On her Instagram, there are more than 462k followers. Likewise, there are more than 270.2k followers on Twitter and more than 354k followers on Facebook.