Everything Monica Wright- Bio, Net Worth, Height, Love Story With Kevin Durant and Engagement

Monica Ashante Wright is an American-born Basketball coach and former player. She was a professional basketball player and the passion for sports started a long time ago while she was still in school. She played college basketball for Virginia. She made it to the top-two list of the Minnesota Lynx in the 2010 Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft.
Her professional career in Basketball has seen her playing in countries such as; Poland, Turkey, Australia, South Korea, and Iceland.

Early Life and Pre-college Days

Monica Wright, born in San Antonio, Texas to Garry and Lynette Wright, is the second child as she follows Gerard, the firstborn child. She attended Forest Park High School in Virginia after her family moved to Woodbridge, Virginia.

While in High school, she performed quite well in Basketball as she averaged 22.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 6.8 assists, and 4.0 steals per game. Her performance got her to the ranks of No. 2 guard and No.11 overall player in the nation. She was also named  Women Basketball Coaches Association All-American and participated in the 2006 WBCA High School All-American Game where she scored eleven points and earned herself the MVP honors for the White team.

College and Basketball

In her freshman year as a Cavalier in the University of Virginia, Monica Wright earned herself the ‘ACC Rookie of the year’ title. As a sophomore, she earned a place at the ACC-All-Defensive Team and also got to her 1,000^th point. She was also rewarded with a spot on the All-ACC first team as the league’s top scorer after haven missed the All-ACC’s first team by two points in the season.

In July-August 20017, Wright was selected as a member of the USA Women’s U19 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA U19 Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her team beat Sweden to win the championship and Monica averaged 9.8 points per game and led the team in steals.

She went on to earn the ACC Player of the Year, ACC Defensive Player of the year, and National Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. In 2010, she was the WBCA NCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year.

Professionally, Monica Wright has done so much for herself as garnered enough titles and awards for herself over the years. In 2010, after she was selected by the Minnesota Lynx, she went on to be named part of the WNBA’s All-Rookie team. In 2011 and 2012, she played off the bench and backed up, playing as both a guard and forward. She grew and expanded her role in 2013 as she played as the primary backup at shooting guard and point guard. In 2011 and 2013, she won WNBA titles playing with the Minnesota Lynx.

On the 20^th of July 2015, Monica Wright was traded to the Seattle Storm in an exchange and a 2016 second-round draft pick. However, she missed the rest of the WNB season due to a right knee injury.

In 2016, she debuted for the Storm after recovering from her injury.

She spent quite some time going around the world and playing for different teams. She started with Poland in the 2010-2011 season where she played for Lotos Gdynia and moved through to Botas SK, Turkey in the 2011-2012 season then moved to Australia and played for the Dandenong Rangers of the WNBL. In 2013-2014, Monica Wright played for Shinsegae One FX in Korea but absconded from the team in December 2013.

She rejoined the Australian Dandenong Rangers team but was released before the season started after she had complications with a bad knee.

Wright however split the 2015-2016 season between Bnot Herzliya of Israel and Keflavik of Iceland.

14^th of July 2016 saw Wright signing with the Perth Lynx for the next WNBL season in 2016-2017. She played their first four games but due to the deteriorating condition of her knee, she was released on the 19^th of October 2016.

Monica Wright ended her playing career due to her knee problems but did not completely leave the basketball scene as she became a coach soon after, first assisting at Liberty University during the 2018-2019 season. In May 2019, she went back to her roots as she was hired as an assistant to coach the Virginia Cavaliers Women’s Basketball team.

More Things to Know about Monica Ashante Wright

• She graduated from the University of Virginia as their all-time scoring leader.
• She was voted team captain while she played with the USA Basketball team.
• She served as the secretary/treasurer for the WNBA Players in 2015.
• She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 2010 from Virginia.
• She frequently volunteers at church Basketball camps organized for kids and youths.

BIO

FULL NAME: Monica Ashante Wright.

PARENTS: Garry and Lynette Wright.

SIBLING: Gerard Wright (Elder Brother)

DATE OF BIRTH: 15^th July 1988.

PLACE OF BIRTH: San Antonio, Texas.

NATIONALITY: American.

PROFESSION: Basketballer and Coach.

POSITION: Point guard.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight.

RELIGION: Christianity.

YEARS ACTIVE: From College- 2006-2010, Professionally, 2010-2016

RELATIONSHIPS: Previously engaged to Kevin Durant, an NBA superstar.

Currently married to Michael Roger.

Monica Wright’s Net Worth

As one of the most successful Basketball players, she is one of the richest Basketball Players and also ranks as one of the Most Popular Basketball Players.

Owing to her source of income; Basketball, as a player and recently, a coach, Monica Wright is said to have a net worth estimated to be around $200 thousand. 

Monica Wright’s Physical Attributes

Based on popular sentiments, Basketball players are usually tall and athletic built. Wright stands at 5 feet 10 inches. She weighs about 83kg and has a dark-brown eye color while her hair is black in color. Her distinctive features are;

• Toned physique.
• Shoulder-length, straight hair.
• Gleaming face.
• Beautiful smile.

Love Story With Kevin Durant and Engagement

Kevin Wayne Durant, popularly referred to by his initials ‘KD’ is an American Basketballer born on the 29^th of September 1988. He plays for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association. He also has roots of his basketball career from his college days where he played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle Supersonics in the 2007 NBA draft and was even regarded as the second-best player in his class in college.

He has grown through rants, positions, and titles since then and has won numerous awards for his stellar performances as a Basketball player.

Monica Wright and Kevin Durant reportedly met while in High school at the 2006 McDonald’s All-American game and it seems like they had a ‘High school romance thing going on which was a bit unclear though because the exact date and period when they started the relationship was not stated (Although some reports have it that they started dating in January 2013). It is said that they dated for months although just a couple of months before the engagement, they both claimed to be just friends.

on the 7th of July 2013, Monica confirmed rumors of her engagement to Kevin and it wasn’t so much of a shocker because Kevin, apart from being a great Basketball Player, was also one of the kindest, most benevolent player of them all and so he was considered to be ‘great marriage material’ that no girl would want to pass on. This confirmation came during a post-game interview.

In an interview, Kevin stated that the engagement happened abruptly as they were both chilling and he thought it was the best time to pop the question because he felt he really loved her then and would want to spend his life with her.

End of the Love Story

Owing to the fact that the beginning of the relationship is uncertain, we cannot tell how long the relationship between Monica Wright and Kevin Durant lasted before they called off the engagement. The engagement was called off in July 2014.

The breakup was as quiet as the engagement and just like the engagement, nothing was said about it until Kevin spoke up in an interview with GQ where he admitted to not knowing how to properly love Monica and that was the basis on which the engagement was called off.

Presently, Monica is married to fellow basketball coach and former basketball player Michael Rogers on July 14, 2018, and they have a son together named McKale.

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