Park Ji-su

Park Ji-su
박지수
No. 19 – Las Vegas Aces
Position Center
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1998-12-06) December 6, 1998
Seongnam, South Korea
Nationality South Korean
Listed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Career information
High school Bundang (Seongnam, Gyeonggi)
WNBA draft 2018 / Round: 2 / Pick: 17th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career 2007–present
Career history
2016–present Cheongju KB Stars
2018–present Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  South Korea
FIBA Asia Cup
2015 China Team
Representing Korea Unified Korea
Asian Games
2018 JakartaTeam

Park Ji-su (박지수 born December 6, 1998) is a South Korean professional basketball player.

Career

WKBL

In 2016, Park began her professional career with the Cheongju KB Stars for the 2016-17 season.[1] In 2017, Park received the WKBL Newcomer Award for the 2016-17 season.

WNBA

In 2018, Park Ji-su was drafted as the seventeenth overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx.[2] After being released by the Lynx, Park was then picked up by the Las Vegas Aces, were she made the final roster and her WNBA debut at age of 19.[3]

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 high League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018 Las Vegas 321113.0.388.000.6193.30.90.30.60.72.8
Career 1 year, 1 team 321113.0.388.000.6193.30.90.30.60.72.8

National Team

Youth Level

Park made her international debut 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Netherlands, at age 13.[4] Alongside this, Park participated at the 2014 U-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic, as well as the 2013 and 2015 U-19 World Championships in Lithuania and Russia respectively. Park had a prolific youth career at international tournaments, participating in seven FIBA events, across five years. This was highlighted by two bronze medals at FIBA Asia youth events.

Senior Level

Park made her debut with the senior national team, at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey when she was 15 years old.[5] Park averaged 11 points and 5 five rebounds per game in her senior debut.

References

  1. ↑ "Let's play Basketball!!". WKBL (in Korean).
  2. ↑ "Lynx Make Trade On Draft Night, Add Two Pieces Including Familiar Face". lynx.wnba.com.
  3. ↑ "Las Vegas Finalizes Inaugural Training Camp Roster". aces.wnba.com.
  4. ↑ "Ji Su Park's profile". archive.fiba.com.
  5. ↑ "Ji Su PARK". FIBA.com.
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