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| From | United States of America | ||||
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| Birth | 2 May 1991, San Bernardino, USA | ||||
| Age: | 29 years | ||||
| Star sign | Taurus | ||||
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Layshia Renee Clarendon (born May 2, 1991) is an American basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Born in San Bernardino, California, she completed her college career at the University of California, Berkeley in 2013. The 2012–2013 season saw her become a leader of the team and receive national recognition for her abilities, culminating in her place as a finalist for the Senior Class Award.
According to her coach Lindsay Gottlieb, “She is vocal in terms of helping us achieve those goals and being a leader off the court and talking to her teammates, but you’re never necessarily going to notice that on the court.”
For the 2012–2013 regular season, the Clarendon-led Bears lived up to expectations, compiling a 28–2 record (excluding the Pac-12 Tournament) and earning a 2nd seed in the NCAA tournament. Clarendon and the Bears have also enjoyed post season success, resulting in the team’s first Final Four appearance. The Bears lost in the national semifinals to Louisville.
College statistics
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | California | 37 | – | 36.2 | 26.2 | 78.7 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 8.9 |
| 2010–11 | California | 34 | 450 | 40.0 | 33.7 | 69.6 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 13.2 |
| 2011–12 | California | 35 | 449 | 41.3 | 32.7 | 69.8 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 12.8 |
| 2012–13 | California | 36 | 590 | 45.2 | 32.5 | 66.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 16.4 |
| Career | California | 142 | 1489 | 41.0 | 31.3 | 69.7 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 10.5 |
USA Basketball
Clarendon was named to the USA Women’s U19 team which represented the US in the 2009 U19 World’s Championship, held in Bangkok, Thailand in July and August 2009. Clarendon scored 4.5 points per game, and helped the USA team to an 8–1 record and the gold medal.
Clarendon was selected 9th overall in the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever.
In 2018, Clarendon was traded to the Connecticut Sun in July.
Activism
Layshia Clarendon is a noted social advocate, speaker and writer, who is often asked to lend her voice and opinions on various social topics. In 2017, she discusses the issues within the WNBA in regards to the inclusion of people in the LGBTQ+ community. She claims that during her early career playing for the Indiana Fever, the team was attempting to include LGBTQ+ individuals by participating in a “Diversity Night” during Pride month- which Clarendon felt was purposefully coded, a way to tiptoe around the true purpose of recognizing Pride month. As time went on and Clarendon began playing for other teams, she stated that she saw the league improving and becoming more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community. The league even allowed Clarendon to use their WNBA Player’s Association Twitter account to send a supportive message to Mili Hernandez, the eight-year-old soccer player banned from a tournament in part because her short haircut made someone think she looked like a boy.
Personal life
In 2017, Clarendon married Jessica Dolan.