Toni Foster
Personal information | |
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Born | Memphis, Tennessee | October 16, 1971
Nationality | American |
Listed height | 6 ft 1[1] in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Marshall (Chicago, Illinois) |
College | Iowa (1989–1993) |
WNBA draft | 1997: 1st round, 8th overall pick |
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | |
Position | Forward |
Career history | |
1997–1999 | Phoenix Mercury |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Toni Foster (born October 16, 1971) is a former professional basketball player in the WNBA. She was the eighth pick in the 1997 WNBA draft, being selected by the Phoenix Mercury.[2]
College[edit]
Foster played for head coach C. Vivian Stringer and the Iowa Hawkeyes. Foster helped the Hawkeyes reach the NCAA tournament each season she played in Iowa City, culminating with a trip to the program's first-ever Final Four to cap her career. During her four-year career, Toni was a force on the defensive end. She established a school-record for blocks in a career (now 6th on the list) and finished number two on the career rebounds list (now 6th).
WNBA[edit]
Foster was selected with the 8th overall pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury. Her debut game was played on June 22, 1997 in a 76 - 59 win over the Charlotte Sting where she recorded 14 points, 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 assists.[3] During the 1999 season, Foster was waived by the Mercury on June 9, 1999 but was signed to them again over a month later on July 19 and finished the season with the team.[4]
She was drafted to the Seattle Storm on December 15, 1999 during the expansion draft. However, Foster never played for the Storm and was waived 6 months later on May 15, 2000.[5]
Foster played 54 games in her WNBA career, all 54 of them being played with the Mercury. Her final game ever was played on August 20, 1999 in a 62 - 70 loss to the Utah Starzz where she recorded 4 points and 1 assist.[6]
Career statistics[edit]
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[edit]
Source[7]
Regular season[edit]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1997 | Phoenix | 28° | 28° | 26.3 | .468 | .167 | .704 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 1.9 | .8 | 1.9 | 8.8 |
1998 | Phoenix | 16 | 5 | 13.6 | .467 | – | .767 | 1.9 | 1.2 | .9 | .3 | .9 | 4.9 |
1999 | Phoenix | 10 | 0 | 4.2 | .583 | – | .688 | .8 | .1 | .0 | .1 | .4 | 2.5 |
Career | 54 | 33 | 18.4 | .473 | .167 | .717 | 3.9 | .9 | 1.2 | .5 | 1.3 | 6.5 |
Playoffs[edit]
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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1997 | Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 29.0 | .333 | – | .500 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | .0 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
1998 | Phoenix | 6 | 0 | 8.3 | .300 | – | 1.000 | 1.3 | .8 | .7 | .0 | .3 | 1.7 |
Career | 7 | 11 | 11.3 | .316 | – | .833 | 1.9 | .9 | 1.0 | .0 | .4 | 2.4 |
References[edit]
- ^ https://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/29/sports/sp-27011 It'll Be New York, Houston in the WNBA's First Final - Los Angeles Times
- ^ 3 Former Florida Basketball Players Taken In WNBA Draft - Orlando Sentinel
- ^ "Charlotte Sting at Phoenix Mercury, June 22, 1997".
- ^ "1999 Phoenix Mercury Transactions".
- ^ "2000 Seattle Storm Transactions".
- ^ "Utah Starzz at Phoenix Mercury, August 20, 1999".
- ^ "Toni Foster WNBA stats". Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
External links[edit]
- 1971 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American women's basketball players
- Basketball players from Memphis, Tennessee
- Forwards (basketball)
- Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball players
- Phoenix Mercury draft picks
- Phoenix Mercury players
- American women's basketball biography stubs