Matee Ajavon (born May 7, 1986) is a Liberian-American basketball player. A 5'8" guard, Ajavon was chosen by the Houston Comets as the fifth overall draft pick in the 2008 WNBA draft.
Early life As a child, Ajavon immigrated to the United States with her family from Monrovia, Liberia.
High school Ajavon graduated from Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey. She led the Shabazz girls' basketball team to victory in the State of New Jersey's "Tournament of Champions" in both 2003 and 2004, the first time a school had repeated as champion. Ajavon was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2004 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored nine points.
College Ajavon graduated from Rutgers University in 2008, having majored in Africana Studies. She was a key member of the 2006–2007 Scarlet Knights women's basketball team that reached the NCAA Championship game.
College statistics Source
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 Rutgers 35 434 41.6 26.2 72.2 2.9 3.5 2.2 0.2 12.4
2005–06 Rutgers 32 402 43.3 34.1 75.0 2.8 4.5 2.6 0.4 12.6
2006–07 Rutgers 32 383 41.5 39.5 70.6 3.1 3.8 1.7 0.4 12.0
2007–08 Rutgers 33 403 39.8 25.2 78.8 3.6 5.2 1.8 0.3 12.2
Career Rutgers 132 1622 41.5 30.9 74.1 3.1 4.2 2.1 0.3 12.3
USA Basketball Ajavon played for the USA team in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team won all five games, earning the gold medal for the event.
Professional Ajavon played primarily off the bench during her rookie WNBA season, but averaged 8.0 points per game. When the Houston Comets folded in 2008, Ajavon was selected second in the dispersal draft by the Washington Mystics.
During the 2008–2010 WNBA offseason, Ajavon played in the EuroLeague Women for Fenerbahçe Istanbul.
In her first season with Washington, Ajavon put up remarkably similar numbers to her first WNBA campaign. Again mainly playing as a reserve, she scored 8.0 points per game. Ajavon helped the Mystics reach the playoffs, where she played well, scoring 19 points in just 34 total minutes, but Washington suffered a two-game sweep at the hands of the Indiana Fever.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
| align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Houston | 34 || 2 || 17.8 || .332 || .194 || .791 || 1.8 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 0.2 || 1.5 || 8.0 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Washington | 34 || 4 || 17.3 || .336 || .341 || .673 || 1.9 || 1.1 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 1.4 || 8.0 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Washington | 34 || 0 || 14.6 || .346 || .184 || .773 || 1.6 || 1.4 || 1.1 || 0.1 || 1.5 || 5.9 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Washington | 34 || 33 || 31.3 || .391 || .276 || .829 || 2.4 || 3.1 || 1.7 || 0.3 || 3.0 || 14.7 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | Washington | 33 || 22 || 21.6 || .299 || .301 || .827 || 1.8 || 2.0 || 1.6|| 0.2 || 1.9 || 7.9 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | Washington | 34 || 27 || 21.6 || .299 || .301 || .827 || 1.7 || 2.9 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 2.2 || 8.9 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Atlanta | 24 || 1 || 9.2 || .278 || .111 || .724 || 1.7 || 2.9 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 0.9 || 2.2 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | Atlanta | 33 || 11 || 17.6 || .405 || .167 || .822 || 1.8 || 2.5 || 1.4 || 0.1 || 1.8 || 5.9 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Atlanta | 33 || 2 || 10.6 || .305 || .231 || .750 || 1.6 || 1.2 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 1.0 || 3.3 |- | align="left" | 2017 | align="left" | Atlanta | 31 || 2 || 8.1 || .289 || .000 || .795 || 1.2 || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.9 || 2.4 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" |10 years, 3 teams | 323 || 104 || 17.4 || .347 || .266 || .782 || 1.8 || 1.8 || 1.0 || 0.1 || 1.7 || 6.9
Postseason
| align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Washington | 2 || 0 || 17.0 || .375 || .250 || .833 || 2.5 || 1.5 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 9.5 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Washington | 2 || 0 || 17.5 || .440 || .400 || .750 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 18.0 |- | align="left" | 2013 | align="left" | Washington | 3 || 3 || 21.9 || .235 || .000 || .750 || 3.3 || 2.3 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 2.6 || 4.7 |- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Atlanta | 2 || 0 || 17.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.5 || 0.0 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Atlanta | 2 || 1 || 15.6 || .500 || .000 || 1.000 || 2.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 7.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" |5 years, 2 team | 11 || 4 || 15.7 || .368 || .190 || .806 || 2.0 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 1.5 || 7.5
Notes
External links WNBA Playerfile Rutgers Women's Basketball profile