Rae Burrell is a professional American basketball player who was born on June 21, 2000, in Las Vegas, Nevada. She plays in the Women's National Basketball Association for the Los Angeles Sparks as of January 2025. Burrell started her professional basketball career when she was picked as the ninth overall pick by the Los Angeles Sparks in the first round of the 2022 WNBA draft. According to ESPN, she appeared in three games in her rookie season. In the 2023 WNBA season, she played 29 games and averaged 3.6 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. Burrell appeared in 37 games in her 2024 WNBA season, scoring 220 points, grabbing 68 rebounds, and dishing out 42 assists per game.
According to Pro Ballers, Burrell played with the Kangoeroes Mechelen of the Eurocup Women, where she appeared in 8 games, scoring 96 points and grabbing 35 rebounds per game. Burrell will play for the Vinyl Basketball Club in the inaugural 2025 season of Unrivaled, the women’s 3x3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.
Rae Burrell’s College
Rae Burrell attended the University of Tennessee and played for the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team. Burrell started her first game in her freshman year, scoring 14 points and pulling down five rebounds against Presbyterian. According to her college roster, she averaged 3.6 points and 2.8 rebounds per game while playing 32 games that season. In her sophomore year, she appeared in 31 games and averaged 10.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. In her junior year, she averaged 16.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in the 25 games she appeared for the Lady Volunteers. According to her college roster, she was ranked second on the team in scoring and fourth in rebounding that year. In her senior year of college, she missed 12 games but still managed to average 12.3 points and 3.9 rebounds in the 22 games she played.
Burrell became the 47th Lady Vol to score more than 1,000 points during her career, finishing 36th on UT’s scoring list with 1,131, as per her college profile. Throughout her college career, played 110 games in her college career and averaged 10.3 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. Burrell was awarded the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2020 and the SEC All-Second Team in 2021, as per her college roster. She was ranked No. 24 in ESPN’s 2021-22 Women’s College Basketball Player Rankings.
Rae Burrell’s High School
Rae Burrell attended Liberty High School in Henderson, Nevada. According to her college profile, As a senior, she led her high school team to win the Sunrise Region and finished second in the 2018 state tournament with a 31-3 record. As a senior, she averaged 14.9 points, 7.9 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game. Burrell was ranked No. 43 overall and No. 8 wing in the 2018 HoopGurlz ESPNW Top 100. She has also won the Las Vegas Review-Journal Best of Nevada Preps Female Athlete of the Year in 2018. Burrell also competed in soccer and track & field in high school and earned an honorable mention all-state in track & field in 2018, as per her college profile.
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