Veronica Burton

USA Basketball Notes

Gold Medal: 2022 FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup. 2021 FIBA AmeriCup.
Named to the 2022 USA 3x3 Women's AmeriCup team (10/26/22).
Earned a silver medal as a member of the 2022 USA 3x3 Women's U23 World Cup team.
As a member of the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team, averaged 4.8 points and 3.3 rebounds to help the USA to a 6-0 record and the gold medal at the 2021 FIBA AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

WNBA

Selected by Dallas with the seventh overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft.
In rookie campaign with Dallas (2022), averaged 2.6 points, 1.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 15.2 minutes in 36 games (six starts).

College Honors

College Notes

As a junior in 2020-21, started 24 of 25 games and averaged team-highs of 16.2 points, 4.9 assists and 3.8 steals as Northwestern finished 16-9 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament second round.
As a sophomore in 2019-20, started all 30 games played and averaged 11.6 points, 5.1 assists and 3.3 steals to lead Northwestern to a 26-4 record.
As a freshman in 2018-19 aided Northwestern to a 21-15 record and the WNIT championship game; started 31 games and averaged 8.6 points, 3.6 assists and 2.6 steals.
Ranked first in the Big Ten in steals in 2019-20 with 100 and was second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4) and fourth in assists (152); also led the conference in steals as a freshman with 81.
Posted career highs of 27 points versus Purdue (12/17/20), 15 rebounds versus Ohio State (2/1/21), 10 assists versus Minnesota (12/14/20) and eight steals versus Nebraska (2/17/21).

High School

Played four years for Newton South High School (Mass.) where she averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game as a senior in 2017-18.
USA Today All-USA Massachusetts first team (2018).
Boston Globe Player of the Year (2018).

Personal

Daughter of Ginni and Steve and Burton
Father played quarterback and mother was an All-American and Big Ten champion in swimming at Northwestern. Grandfather, Ron Burton, also played football at Northwestern and is an NCAA and NU Hall of Fame member
Brother, Austin, is currently a quarterback at UCLA.
Sister, Kendall, played basketball for Villanova and sister, Kayla, was a member of the basketball team at Lehigh.

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