Lynetta Kizer

Lynetta Kizer (born April 4, 1990) is an American-Bosnian professional basketball player who last played for Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played college basketball for the University of Maryland.

Lynetta Kizer

Kizer with the Minnesota Lynx in 2018
Free agent
Position	Center
Personal information
Born	(1990-04-04) April 4, 1990 (age 35)
Nationality	American / Bosnian
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Potomac (Dumfries, Virginia)
College	Maryland (2008–2012)
WNBA draft	2012: 3rd round, 29th overall pick
Drafted by	Tulsa Shock
Playing career	2012–present
Career history
2012	Tulsa Shock
2012–2013	Phoenix Mercury
2012–2013	KB Stars
2014	Good Angels Košice
2014–2016	Indiana Fever
2014–2015	Hatay Bsb
2015–2016	Galatasaray
2016–2017	Olympiacos
2017	Connecticut Sun
2017–2018	Shandong Six Stars
2018	Fenerbahçe
2018	Minnesota Lynx
2018	Shandong Six Stars
2018–2019	CCC Polkowice
2020	Della Fiore Broni
2021	Çankaya University Sports Club
2021–2022	Panathinaikos
2023	Rojas
2024	CB Islas Canarias
2024	Geelong United
Career highlights
Polish BLK champion (2019) Polish Cup winner (2019) Greek League champion (2017) Greek Cup winner (2017) Slovakian Extraliga champion (2014) Middle European League champion (2014) ACC Sixth Player of the Year (2012) Second-team All-ACC (2011) Third-team All-ACC (2010) ACC Rookie of the Year (2009) ACC All-Freshman Team (2009) McDonald's All-American (2008)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's Basketball Representing  United States World University Games 2011 Shenzhen Team FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship 2008 Argentina Team

Early life

Kizer's hometown is Woodbridge, Virginia. She grew up with an older brother and a younger sister.^[1]

Kizer attended Potomac Senior High School in Dumfries, Virginia, where she played all four years as a starting center. She was also a three-time team captain. By her senior year, Kizer was rated the fifth overall prospect and the top center in the nation in the 2008 class, according to HoopGurlz.com.^[1] Her high school exploits earned her a scholarship from the Anne & Bob Strahota Director's Circle.^[1]

College career

Kizer played four years of college basketball at the University of Maryland for the Terrapin's women's basketball team between 2008 and 2012. She earned ACC Freshman of the Year and ACC All-Freshman Team in 2008–09. She went on to earn third-team All-ACC in 2010, second-team All-ACC in 2011, and ACC Sixth Player of the Year in 2012. She was also All-ACC Honorable Mention as a senior.^[2] While at Maryland, Kizer was a family science major.^[1]

Maryland statistics

Source^[3]

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2008–09	Maryland	36	401	49.8	–	68.2	7.3	0.8	1.1	0.9	11.1
2009–10	Maryland	34	437	52.8	55.0	75.0	7.8	0.8	0.9	0.4	12.9
2010–11	Maryland	32	423	45.5	37.5	68.3	7.8	0.9	1.1	0.8	13.2
2011–12	Maryland	33	360	43.7	31.3	69.2	5.5	1.0	0.8	0.2	10.9
Career	Maryland	135	1621	47.9	38.1	70.0	7.1	0.9	1.0	0.6	12.0

Professional career

WNBA

Kizer was the 29th overall pick, in the third round of the 2012 WNBA draft, selected by the Tulsa Shock. She played seven games for the Shock to start the 2012 WNBA season before joining the Phoenix Mercury, where she played 15 games to finish the season.^[2] She re-joined the Mercury for the 2013 WNBA season, playing 32 games.^[2]

Kizer joined the Indiana Fever for the 2014 WNBA season. She continued with the Fever in 2015 and 2016.^[2] She helped the Fever reach the WNBA Finals in 2015 and tallied a career-best 9.6 points (55.6%) with 3.2 rebounds in 33 games in 2016.^[4]

On February 21, 2017, Kizer was acquired by the Connecticut Sun in a three-team trade.^[5][6] She played in 20 games for Connecticut during the 2017 WNBA season, averaging 6.0 points and 2.9 rebounds in 11.9 minutes per game while shooting 48.0% from the field.^[4]

On February 8, 2018, Kizer signed with the Minnesota Lynx.^[4] On June 30, 2018, she was waived by the Lynx. She averaged 1.8 points (25.0%) and 1.6 rebounds in 12 games during the 2018 WNBA season.^[7]

Kizer spent training camp and preseason with the Atlanta Dream prior to the 2019 WNBA season.^[8]

Overseas

Kizer played 17 games for KB Stars in Korea in the 2012–13 season.^[9]

In February 2014, Kizer joined Good Angels Košice in Slovakia for the rest of the 2013-14 season. She played in 11 Extraliga games and helped the team win the championship.^[2]

For the 2014–15 season, Kizer joined Hatay Bsb in Turkey.^[2] She continued in Turkey for the 2015–16 season with Galatasaray.^[10]

Kizer played 24 games for Olympiacos Pireus during the 2016-17 season.^[11]

For the 2017–18 season, Kizer joined Shandong Six Stars of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. She played 17 games for the team^[12] before returning to Turkey in February 2018, where she played three games for Fenerbahçe.^[2][13]

Kizer started the 2018–19 season with Shandong Six Stars, playing one game before joining CCC Polkowice in Poland in November 2018. He played 23 games for Polkowice.^[14]

For the 2020–21 season, Kizer joined Della Fiore Broni of the Italian Women's Basketball League. She played four games in October 2020 and then left the team.^[2][15]

Kizer played four games for the Çankaya University Sports Club to begin the 2021–22 season before joining Panathinaikos women's basketball team of the Greek women's basketball league in November 2021.^[2] She was waived by the team on 4 May 2022.^[16]

In 2023, Kizer played for Mexican team Rojas of the LNBPF. In 20 games, she averaged 11.4 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game.^[2]

In January 2024, Kizer joined Spanish team CB Islas Canarias. In seven games, she averaged 6.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.^[2]

In September 2024, Kizer signed with Geelong United of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) for the 2024–25 season.^[17] She was released by Geelong on November 17, 2024.^[18]

WNBA career statistics

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

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2012	Tulsa	7	0	9.4	.176	.000	.929	2.1	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.4	2.7
2012	Phoenix	15	0	15.6	.444	.750	.941	3.4	0.5	0.4	0.1	1.1	7.1
2013	Phoenix	27	0	9.9	.449	.000	.643	2.1	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.6
2014	Indiana	31	1	9.0	.431	.000	.619	2.4	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.8	3.8
2015	Indiana	33	14	17.9	.491	.000	.879	3.5	0.4	0.6	0.2	1.4	8.3
2016	Indiana	33	12	17.2	.556	.000	.8000	3.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	1.1	9.6
2017	Connecticut	20	1	11.9	.480	.000	.767	2.9	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.5	6.0
2018	Minnesota	14	0	5.6	.242	.000	.600	1.5	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.6
Career	7 years, 5 teams	180	28	12.9	.477	.214	.799	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	5.8

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2013	Phoenix	5	0	9.4	.727	.000	.000	1.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	3.2
2014	Indiana	5	0	6.0	.429	.000	.750	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	3.0
2015	Indiana	9	0	8.9	.414	.000	.750	2.4	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	3.0
2016	Indiana	1	0	13.0	.667	.000	.000	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0
Career	4 years, 2 teams	20	0	8.5	.491	.000	.667	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.5	3.1

National team career

Kizer was a member of the USA under-18 team which won the gold medal at the 2008 FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[19] She helped the team win all five games, averaging 8.6 points per game.^[20]

Kizer played for Team USA at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China. The team, coached by Bill Fennelly, won all six games to earn the gold medal. Kizer averaged 7.0 points per game.^[21]

On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Kizer would be a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team.^[22] She played for Bosnia during 2015 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers and 2017 FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers.^[23]