After the past two seasons with the Indiana Fever, veteran WNBA guard Erica Wheeler has elected to sign with the Seattle Storm through offseason free agency, it was announced Wednesday. Per team policy, the terms and conditions of the deal were not disclosed at this time.
Wheeler started her WNBA career in 2015 when she signed with the Atlanta Dream, where she appeared in 17 games, averaging 11.9 minutes, 4.5 points, and shot 45.7% from the field. In 2015, she also appeared in three games with the New York Liberty and eventually landed in Indiana from 2016-2019.
During her first stint with the Fever, she played in every regular season game, averaging 9.5 points and 4 assists, and shot 39.9% from the field. In 2017, she led the Fever in assists and was second in total scoring. In 2019, she became the first ever undrafted player to win All-Star MVP.
During the 2021 season, Wheeler departed Indiana for the Los Angeles Sparks, where she played alongside now-current Storm teammate Nneka Ogwumike. With the Sparks, Wheeler averaged a career-high 13.6 points and 4.8 assists.
Following her lone season in Los Angeles, Wheeler rejoined the Dream in 2022, averaging 8.4 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game before circling back to Indiana for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
In her second Fever tenure, she averaged 8.5 points, 3.4 assists, and 40.4% field-goal shooting while playing 20.4 minutes per game.
On June 7, 2024, Wheeler scored her 2,500th career point, becoming just the fourth undrafted player to reach the milestone. Additionally, she delivered her 1,000th career assist in the 2023 season, becoming the second undrafted player, along with Becky Hammon, to reach that career milestone.
With the Fever significantly upgrading their backcourt with other veteran playmakers to accompany their rising young core of Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston, and Kelsey Mitchell, the prospects of Wheeler playing time with Indiana were dwindling with the impending logjam in the guard positions.
This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Indiana Fever vet signs with new WNBA franchise
