Elisa Mevius (born 23 April 2004)[1] is a German college basketball player for the Green Bay Phoenix of the Horizon League. She previously played for the Siena Saints and the Oregon Ducks. She represented Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 3x3 event and won Germany’s first ever gold medal in the event.

Elisa Mevius
No. 8 Green Bay Phoenix
PositionGuard
LeagueHorizon League
Personal information
Born (2004-04-23) 23 April 2004 (age 22)
Rendsburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
CollegeSiena (2022–2024)
Oregon (2024-2026)
Green Bay (2026-present)
Career highlights
  • MAAC Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
  • First-team All-MAAC (2024)
  • MAAC Freshman of the Year (2023)
  • MAAC All-Freshman Team (2023)

Early life

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Mevius was born in Rendsburg, Germany to Antje and Leo Mevius.[2] She started playing basketball at an early age in a local club founded by her parents.[3] In 2019, she moved to the part-time basketball boarding school in Grünberg in central Hesse and from then on played for the Bender Baskets Grünberg in the 2nd Bundesliga and a central Hesse team in the Women's Junior Basketball Bundesliga.[4]

College career

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Siena

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Mevius played for the Siena Saints from 2022 to 2024.[5] In March 2024, Mevius entered the transfer portal.[6]

Oregon

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On 27 March 2024, Mevius committed to the Oregon Ducks.[7] Mevius's junior season ended prematurely due to a hand injury sustained in February 2025.[8] During her junior season, she played in 28 games, starting in 19 of them, and averaged 6.6 points, 3.0 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals per game.

Green Bay

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On April 21, 2026, Elisa Mevius announced her commitment to Green Bay on her Instagram profile.[9]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022–23 Siena 323129.637.830.980.44.04.12.20.44.210.3
2023–24 Siena 303036.045.527.674.26.85.1°4.5°0.33.812.0
2024–25 Oregon 281922.144.230.377.82.93.01.60.01.66.6
Career 908029.442.329.577.94.64.12.80.23.29.7
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[10]

References

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  1. "MEVIUS Elisa". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024. (alternate link)
  2. Clarke, Ryan (23 January 2025). "A product of basketball obsession, Oregon's Elisa Mevius embraces creativity, gold medal mindset". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ""Mama, eines Tages werde ich für Deutschland spielen."". www.teamdeutschland.de (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  4. "Mevius geehrt". Gießener Allgemeine. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. "Elisa Mevius - Women's Basketball". Siena College Athletics. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  6. Kelly, Michael (19 March 2024). "Siena's Elisa Mevius enters NCAA transfer portal". Times Union. Archived from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. "Ducks Sign MAAC DPOY Elisa Mevius". University of Oregon Athletics. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  8. "Oregon guard Elisa Mevius announces she's out for the season with a hand injury". 247Sports. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  9. "Committed - Green Bay Women's Basketball". Instagram. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  10. "Elisa Mevius College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
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