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Get ESPN WNBA Athlete Info

Get ESPN WNBA Athlete Info

Usage

espn_wnba_athlete_info(athlete_id, ...)

Arguments

athlete_id

ESPN athlete identifier (character or numeric).

...

Additional arguments; currently unused but retained for forward compatibility. Proxy configuration should use options(wehoop.proxy = ...) – see ?wehoop for details.

Value

A named list of data frames: Bio, Team, Position, Status, College, Draft.

Bio

col_nametypes
idcharacter
full_namecharacter
display_namecharacter
jerseycharacter
agecharacter
date_of_birthcharacter
headshot_hrefcharacter

Team

col_nametypes
idcharacter
abbreviationcharacter
display_namecharacter

Position

col_nametypes
idcharacter
namecharacter
abbreviationcharacter

Status

col_nametypes
idcharacter
namecharacter
typecharacter

College

col_nametypes
idcharacter
namecharacter
mascotcharacter

Draft

col_nametypes
yearcharacter
roundcharacter
selectioncharacter

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_wnba_athlete_info(athlete_id = "3149391")
#> $Bio
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Bio from ESPN.com ───────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 20
#>   id      uid       guid  first_name last_name full_name display_name short_name
#>   <chr>   <chr>     <chr> <chr>      <chr>     <chr>     <chr>        <chr>     
#> 1 3149391 s:40~l:5… 9d04… A'ja       Wilson    A'ja Wil… A'ja Wilson  A. Wilson 
#> # ℹ 12 more variables: weight <dbl>, display_weight <chr>, height <dbl>,
#> #   display_height <chr>, age <int>, date_of_birth <chr>, jersey <chr>,
#> #   active <lgl>, headshot_href <chr>, birth_city <chr>, birth_state <chr>,
#> #   birth_country <chr>
#> 
#> $Team
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Team from ESPN.com ──────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 1
#>   x_ref                                                                         
#>   <chr>                                                                         
#> 1 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/sports/basketball/leagues/wnba/seasons/202…
#> 
#> $Position
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Position from ESPN.com ──────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#>   id    name   display_name abbreviation leaf 
#>   <chr> <chr>  <chr>        <chr>        <lgl>
#> 1 9     Center Center       C            FALSE
#> 
#> $Status
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Status from ESPN.com ────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 4
#>   id    name   type   abbreviation
#>   <chr> <chr>  <chr>  <chr>       
#> 1 1     Active active Active      
#> 
#> $College
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete College from ESPN.com ───────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 1
#>   x_ref                                                             
#>   <chr>                                                             
#> 1 http://sports.core.api.espn.com/v2/colleges/2579?lang=en&region=us
#> 
#> $Draft
#> ── ESPN WNBA Athlete Draft from ESPN.com ─────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#>  Data updated: 2026-05-06 04:51:26 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 4
#>   year  round selection display_text               
#>   <chr> <chr> <chr>     <chr>                      
#> 1 2018  1     1         Year: 2018 Round: 1 Pick: 1
#> 
# }