Ariel Atkins
Atkins with the Fenerbahçe in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 – Chicago Sky | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 30, 1996 Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 167 lb (76 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Duncanville (Duncanville, Texas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Texas (2014–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2018: 1st round, 7th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2023–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | InvestInTheWest ENEA Gorzów | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Perth Lynx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Elazığ İl Özel İdarespor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | BC Prometey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Rose BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Chicago Sky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Michigan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ariel Atkins (born July 30, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball. In addition to her playing career, she served as a player development coach at the University of Michigan during the 2023–2024 off-season.
Drafted 7th overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2018 WNBA draft, Atkins quickly established herself as a key player. She helped lead the Mystics to the WNBA Finals in her debut season and was a pivotal figure in their 2019 WNBA Championship victory. Atkins' defensive prowess earned her 5 selections to the WNBA All-Defensive Team. She is the first, and as of 2025, the only player to do so in her first five years in the league.
In 2021, Atkins won her first Olympic Gold medal with Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics.