Also known as “Gold Mamba”, Jewell Loyd is one of the most prolific scorers in the WNBA. She held the record for most points scored in a single season, Loyd scored 939 points in the 2023 season. It was broken by A'ja Wilson in 2024. During the 2024 WNBA season, Jewell Loyd averaged 19.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Jewell Loyd won the Olympics Gold medal with Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympics. She has also won two FIBA World Cups with Team USA in 2018, Spain, and 2022, Australia.
Jewell Loyd College
Jewell Loyd attended the University of Notre Dame and played college basketball for their team Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In her three-year college career, Loyd scored 1909 points, seventh most in Notre Dame’s history. She played with several future WNBA guards like Kayla McBride, Lindsay Allen, and her fellow teammate Skylar Diggins at the Seattle Storm.
She had a decorated college career on both individual as well as team levels, winning the Big East regular season and conference tournament championship in her freshman year. After Notre Dame moved to the ACC Conference, Loyd led the Fighting Irish women’s roster to a two-consecutive regular season and conference tournament championship. She was named MVP for both conference tournament championships (2014 and 2015).
On an individual level, Loyd was named the Big East Freshman of the Year (2013) and ACC Player of the Year (2015). She made multiple first-team All-ACC appearances in (2014 and 2015) and All-ACC Defensive Teams in (2014 and 2015). On a national level, Loyd was named on the second-team All-American-AP (2014) and first-team All-American- AP (2015), also winning the espnW National Player of the Year in 2015.
In her three-year career, Notre Dame made two National Finals and one Final Four in the NCAA tournament. She averaged 18.2 points and 5.2 rebounds, shooting 62.5% from the deep in her first NCAA appearance. In her second appearance, Loyd averaged 18.8 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals, shooting 41.1% from the deep. She led the Fighting Irish to the Finals where they lost to Breanna Stewart’s Huskies. In her final appearance, she averaged 16.0 points, 2.6 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game, leading the Irish to another National Finals appearance.
As a freshman during the 2012-13, she averaged 12.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.0 steals per game. During her sophomore season (2013-14), she averaged 18.6 points per game, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game. In her junior year (2014-15), she averaged 19.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.
Jewell Loyd College Stats
| Summary | Career |
| GAMES | 112 |
| MP | 31.0 |
| PTS | 17.0 |
| TRB | 5.7 |
| STL | 1.4 |
| AST | 2.4 |
| FG% | 47.0 |
| 3FG% | 36.7 |
| FT% | 81.9 |
FAQ's On Jewell Loyd
A. Jewell Loyd stands tall at 5-foot-11 inches.
A. Jewell Loyd played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s team.
A. Jewell Loyd was drafted as the first overall pick by the Seattle Storm in the 2015 WNBA Draft.
A. Jewell Loyd plays for the Seattle Storm in the WNBA.
A. Jewell Loyd averages 16.9 points for her career, as of September 2024.
