Ariel Atkins


Ariel Atkins is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association.
After a four-year college career at Texas, Atkins was drafted 7th overall by the Washington Mystics in 2018 and helped them reach the WNBA Finals. She then spent the 2018–19 season in Poland with InvestInTheWest ENEA Gorzów Wielkopolski. In 2019 she won a WNBA Championship with the Washington Mystics. For the 2019–20 WNBA off-season, she signed with an Australian team, the Perth Lynx.

College

Atkins played college basketball at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas for the Longhorns.

Career

WNBA

At the 2018 WNBA Draft, Atkins was drafted by the Washington Mystics in the first round, as the seventh overall pick. Atkins would join a Mystics line-up alongside players such as Elena Delle Donne, Kristi Toliver & Natasha Cloud. In August 2018, Atkins was named to the All-Defensive Second Team in her debut season. Later in September 2018, Atkins was also named to the All-Rookie Team.
In September 2019, Atkins was named to the All-Defensive Second Team for the second time in her career. On October 10, 2019, Atkins and the Mystics took home their first WNBA Championship after defeating the Connecticut Sun, 3–2.

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College

WNBA

Regular season

Postseason