Delle Donne suffered a back injury during the WNBA Finals and required surgery in late May to address three herniated discs, but she's expected to be ready to go when Washington begins its season in May.Despite playing through the injury during all of 2019, Delle Donne took home the MVP, averaging 19.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 blocks in 29.1 minutes. Jul 15 2020. Read More. Entertainment. "Delle Donne did not travel with her teammates to the WNBA's bubble while she was receiving a risk assessment for playing this summer due to her past medical history. I take 64 pills a day. I take 64 pills a day, and I feel like it’s slowly killing me. Became the sixth player in WNBA history to make 200 free throws in a season…Top player in the league to make more than 200 free throws (207) with the least amount of misses (11)…Became only the fifth player in WNBA history to score 40+ points in two or more games in her career…Is the fourth player in WNBA history with two games of 40 or more points in the same season…Shattered the WNBA mark for most points through the first seven games of a season with a total of 221 points…Received the most All-Star votes in the Eastern Conference for the second consecutive season and the most of all players for the second time in three years…Was named to the All-WNBA First Team…Awarded the WNBA Cares Community Assist Award in July…Averaged 17.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while posting a .933 free throw percentage…Played in 16 regular season games due to the effects of Lyme Disease, but returned to play in all nine playoff games…2014 WNBA All-Star selection, second of career… Scored 20-plus points in four straight games to open the 2014 season…Named the WNBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week for May 16 through May 25… Named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month in May…Set career-high 16 rebounds against Los Angeles (6/6)…Set the WNBA record for the most free throws made without a miss in a single game with 16 (6/6)…Finished second in WNBA in FT percentage at .933 (minimum two free throws attempted per game).Named 2013 Rookie of the Year…Started in 31 games…Had the best debut for a Sky rookie in franchise history recording 22 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, putting her third in WNBA history in points scored in a rookie debut…Recorded her first career double-double against Seattle with 12 points and 12 rebounds (7/2)… She was named WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for June 24 through June 30 and July 1 through July 7…Was named WNBA Rookie of the Month in June, July, August and September… Became the first rookie in WNBA history to win the All-Star vote…Set a franchise record with 97 free throws made as a rookie…She set a franchise record for most blocks in a rookie season (54)…Scored 20+ points 13 times, which tied her for sixth all-time WNBA rookies…Finished the season with the second-highest free throw percentage (.929).Started in all five playoff contests…averaged 20 points per game and scored in double digits in all five games…posted two double-doubles, scoring 25 points along with 11 rebounds in their first round single elimination victory over Dallas on 9/6 and 19 points along with 10 rebounds in their second round single elimination victory over New York on 9/10…averaged 8.0 rebounds per game…Recorded a double-double 14 points and 11 rebounds in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals (9/17)…Set the franchise record for most points scored in a playoff game and playoff career high with 40 points against Indiana (9/21)…Connected on 15-of-22 shots from the field versus Indiana (9/21)…Averaged 21.7 points and 6.3 rebounds during the postseason.Averaged 16.8 points in the playoffs…Made 9-of-16 field goals and scored 21 points against Atlanta in Game 1 (8/22)…Went a perfect 22-for-22 from the free throw line in Games 2 and 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Atlanta…Scored 34 points at Atlanta, including 17 in the 4th quarter, to lead the Sky to a Game 3 win in the Eastern Conference Semifinals (8/26)…Recorded 22 points in 28 minutes versus Phoenix in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals (9/9).Averaged 15.0 points in two games…Scored 20 points in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals (9/20)…Connected on 8-of-8 free throws (9/20)…Attended University of Delaware…Consensus First Team All-American and National Player of the Year candidate in her junior and senior seasons…First UD player to be named an All-American…2013 recipient of Senior CLASS Award and Honda Award…Four-time All-CAA First Team selection…Three-time CAA Player of the Year…UD’s all-time leading scorer for men’s and women’s basketball…Also, school leader in field goals made, three point field goal percentage, and blocks…Averaged 26 points (2nd in nation) and 8.5 rebounds per game as a senior…Led the nation in scoring with 28.1 points per game as a junior…Scored 54 points against James Madison on February 18, 2010 the highest point total of any player in women’s college basketball that season…In the 2013 NCAA tournament, she became ninth player in women’s NCAA history to score over 3,000 career points…Second fastest to reach 1,000 points in NCAA history (38 games)…3,039 career points are fifth most in women’s NCAA history.Born September 5, 1989 in Wilmington, Delaware…Daughter of Ernest and Joan Delle Donne…Has an older brother, Gene, and sister, Lizzie…Attended high school at Ursuline Academy where she was three-time Gatorade Player of Year in state of Delaware.Signed by the Washington Mystics on February 1, 2017…Selected in the first round (2Copyright 2020 NBA Media Ventures, LLC | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved. Business; Journalists; Famous Personalities; Politician; Sports; Elena Delle Donne Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Affairs & More. No Events. If she isn't available for the season, that could result in more minutes for Aerial Powers and Myisha Hines-Allen.The league will hold it's draft as scheduled on April 17 virtually but will not be ready to start on time May 15 due to the global pandemic. Bollywood; Hollywood; Journalists; Miscellaneous. A 6-foot-5, sharp-shooting, ball handling, performance-oriented women’s basketball phenom isn’t supposed to have a transcendent form of athleticism and be wired to outwork everyone around her… Spacer. Elena Delle Donne, the reigning WNBA MVP, wants to play basketball.