Hannah Sjerven

Hannah Sjerven
No. 34 – Sydney Flames
PositionForward-center
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1998-06-11) June 11, 1998 (age 26)
Otsego, Minnesota
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High schoolRogers
(Rogers, Minnesota)
College
WNBA draft2022: 3rd round, 28th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Career history
2022Minnesota Lynx
2022–2023Sydney Uni Flames
Career highlights and awards
  • 3x Summit League Defensive Player of the Year (2020–2022)
  • Summit League Sixth Woman of the Year (2019)
  • 3x First-team All-Summit League (2020–2022)
  • Summit League Tournament MVP (2020)
  • Summit League All-Newcomer Team (2019)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Hannah Olive Sjerven[1] (born June 11, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Sydney Flames of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).[2] She played for the Minnesota Lynx in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at New Mexico and South Dakota.

College career

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Sjerven was rated as the 131st ranked player in the nation in the 2016 recruiting class. Sjerven signed with New Mexico out of high school. Following her first season at New Mexico in 2016–17, when she played 13 games Sjerven announced her transfer to South Dakota.[3]

Professional career

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Minnesota Lynx

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On April 11, 2022, Sjerven was drafted 28th overall by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2022 WNBA draft.[4] Sjerven appeared in two preseason games for the Lynx tallying 8 points vs. Las Vegas and had 6 rebounds vs. Washington[5]

On May 3, 2022, Sjerven was waived from the Lynx training camp and did not make the opening day roster.[6] Sjerven returned on May 13, 2022, on a hardship contract[7] On May 22, 2022, Sjerven was released from her hardship contract as Natalie Achonwa returned from injury.

Career Statistics

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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

WNBA Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022 Minnesota 3 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 3 0 3.0 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2016–17 New Mexico 13 0 6.7 55.6 16.7 54.5 1.8 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.4 2.8
2017–18 South Dakota Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules
2018–19 South Dakota 34 1 18.2 57.0 21.1 66.7 5.9 0.9 1.4 1.9 1.7 11.8
2019–20 South Dakota 32 31 19.9 58.1 31.3 68.3 7.3 1.2 1.4 2.0 1.3 12.2
2020–21 South Dakota 25 25 26.5 52.2 20.8 71.3 9.8 1.7 1.6 2.2 1.9 17.1
2021–22 South Dakota 35 35 25.2 52.1 35.4 65.9 7.7 1.0 1.5 1.8 1.7 15.1
Career 139 92 20.8 54.5 28.3 67.8 7.0 1.1 1.4 1.8 1.5 12.8
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "The University of South Dakota Fall 2019 Candidates for Degree" (PDF). South Dakota Board of Regents. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Hannah Sjerven signs as import with Sydney Flames". wnbl.basketball. June 17, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Three players leaving Lobo women's basketball program". www.krqe.com. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Schad, Chris (April 11, 2022). "Lynx select Rogers native Hannah Sjerven in WNBA Draft". SI.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "Hannah Sjerven". Wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  6. ^ McCleary, Michael. "Former South Dakota center Hannah Sjerven waived by Minnesota Lynx". argusleader.com. Argus Leader. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Lynx Sign Moriah Jefferson and Evina Westbrook". lynx.wnba.com. WNBA. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  8. ^ "Hannah Sjerven College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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