Layshia Clarendon

At-a-Glance

First openly non-binary WNBA player and first active WNBA player to have top surgery.
Played eleven seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Currently serves as a Pre/Post Studio Analyst for the Valkyries.
Served as WNBPA Vice President for over five years (2017-2022).
Won gold medals with the USA Women's U19 team (2009) and the senior team at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. in American Studies.

Biography

Layshia Clarendon is an American former professional basketball player who completed an eleven-season career in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Drafted ninth overall by the Indiana Fever in 2013, Clarendon played three seasons with the team, reaching the WNBA Finals in their final year with the Fever. They later joined the Atlanta Dream in 2016, becoming the team's starting point guard and earning an All-Star selection in 2017.