Sonja Henning
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Medal record | ||
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Women’s Basketball | ||
Representing the United States | ||
U18 and U19
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1988 U18 Sao Paulo, Brazil |
Team Competition | |
FIBA World Championship
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1990 Malaysia | Team Competition | |
Pan American Games | ||
1991 Havana | Team Competition |
Sonja L. Henning (born October 4, 1969) is an American attorney and former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, she grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, where she attended Horlick High School.
Stanford University
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Henning played for Stanford and helped the team win the 1990 NCAA women's basketball championship.[1]
.She attended
in her senior season.An economics major, Henning graduated from Stanford in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
After graduation, there were few opportunities for women to play professional basketball in the
USA Basketball
Henning was a member of the
Henning represented the US at the World Championships held in
Henning again represented the USA at the 1990 Goodwill Games held in Seattle, WA during August 1990;[1] the USA team won the gold medal.[4]
Henning also played with the USA team at the
Duke University
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After playing one season in Sweden, she enrolled in
Shortly after graduating from Duke, Henning starting working as an attorney specializing in
Resuming professional basketball
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In 1996, the
She played for the Lasers for two seasons, then joined the Portland Power until financial difficulties led to the ABL's demise in 1998.
Henning joined the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) after being selected in the second round (24th overall pick) by the Houston Comets during its 1999 WNBA draft and helped the Comets to its third straight WNBA championship season. During that same year, she also served as the president of the WNBA Players Union.
In 2000, the WNBA held an expansion draft for current players to join newly formed teams. Henning was selected by the Seattle Storm and played with the team from 2000 to part of the 2002 season until she was traded back to the Comets.
After the 2002 season ended, she became a free agent, and signed a contract with the Washington Mystics on May 5, 2003, but was waived by the team three weeks later. In June 2003, Henning signed a contract with the Indiana Fever and played for them during that season.
Henning served as president of the Women's National Basketball Players Association from 2001 to 2003.[6]
She retired from the WNBA in 2004.
Life after basketball
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After serving two years as general counsel for Lucy.com, a startup Internet company that sells women's sporting apparel, Henning joined the law firm Tonkon Torp LLP, in Portland, Oregon. She is currently[when?] an attorney specializing in labor and employment litigation matters.
Henning was vice president of North American League Partnership for Nike.[7]
Henning[when?] currently serves on the board of directors for the Urban League of Portland.
In May 2005, Henning was elected to a seat on the
Career statistics
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 |
Regular season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1999† | Houston | 32 | 32 | 24.9 | .444 | .317 | .611 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
2000 | Seattle | 32 | 32 | 30.6 | .351 | .379 | .607 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 5.3 |
2001 | Seattle | 32 | 28 | 28.2 | .318 | .182 | .514 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
2002* | Seattle | 8 | 5 | 25.9 | .364 | .000 | .500 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
2002* | Houston | 23 | 10 | 22.7 | .346 | .250 | .455 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
2002 | Total | 31 | 15 | 23.5 | .351 | .188 | .467 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.0 |
2003* | Washington | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2003* | Indiana | 23 | 1 | 12.6 | .262 | .000 | .250 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
2003 | Total | 24 | 1 | 12.3 | .256 | .000 | .250 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
Career | 5 years, 4 teams | 151 | 108 | 24.5 | .356 | .278 | .547 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1999† | Houston | 6 | 6 | 22.7 | .348 | .111 | .333 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 |
2002 | Houston | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
Career | 2 years, 1 team | 9 | 9 | 20.4 | .250 | .091 | .333 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
References
- ^ a b c d "Attorney Sonja Henning Gives Up Courtroom For Basketball Court". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ^ "First Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team -- 1988". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "Eleventh World Championship -- 1990". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "SECOND WOMEN'S GOODWILL GAMES -- 1990". www.usab.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Eleventh Pan American Games -- 1991". USA Basketball. Feb 20, 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ Ricketts, Camille (2004-01-01). "Great Court Awareness". Stanford Magazine. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
- ^ "This Year's WNBA All-Star Game Featured A Special Jersey Dedicated To Brittney Griner". Essence. Retrieved 2023-01-16.