Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Photo:Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty ImagesAlyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are getting married!The Connecticut Sun teammates announced their engagement over the weekend with a jointInstagram postshowing Thomas, 31, bending down on one knee to propose to Bonner, 35, who held her face in excitement.“FOREVER,” their caption read.The Sun soonshared the imageon its Twitter account. “Best. News. Ever. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are ENGAGED,” the team celebrated.Fellow WNBA players soon joined in to congratulate the newly engaged couple.“Congratulations,” Kelsey Plum commented with two high-five emojis.Connecticut teammates Tiffany Hayes and Natisha Hiedeman responded with celebratory heart and high-five emojis.Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Tom O’Connor/NBAE via Getty ImagesFellow WNBA stars Diamond Miller and Courtney Williams also joined in with their congrats, while the WNBA itself responded with a dough-eyed emoji and hands forming the shape of a heart.“How wonderful!!!!” responded ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe.“Congrats@athomas_25& DeWanna!” tweeted USA Basketball.Thomas and Bonner first began dating after spending time together during the WNBA bubble in the midst of COVID lockdowns in 2020, according tothe Associated Press.The couple made their relationship public on Valentine’s Day the next year, according toCBS Sports.A team spokesperson told the AP that the couple got engaged last weekend in Las Vegas after both players appeared in the WNBA All-Star game there.Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty ImagesThomas and Bonner aren’t the first WNBA teammates to get engaged: Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley, now married, announced their engagement while teammates on the Chicago Sky.Vandersloot’s New York Liberty teammate Breanna Stewart also first began dating her wife Marta Xargay while the two were teammates in Russia, according to the AP.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Before she and Thomas began dating, Bonner was married to retired WNBA player and current San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Candice Dupree, with whom she shares 6-year-old twin daughters Cali and Demi.Bonner, a five-time WNBA All-Star, is averaging 18.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season. Thomas, who has been selected to four WNBA All-Star games throughout her career with Connecticut, is averaging 14.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game.
Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Photo:Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images
Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images
Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are getting married!The Connecticut Sun teammates announced their engagement over the weekend with a jointInstagram postshowing Thomas, 31, bending down on one knee to propose to Bonner, 35, who held her face in excitement.“FOREVER,” their caption read.The Sun soonshared the imageon its Twitter account. “Best. News. Ever. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are ENGAGED,” the team celebrated.Fellow WNBA players soon joined in to congratulate the newly engaged couple.“Congratulations,” Kelsey Plum commented with two high-five emojis.Connecticut teammates Tiffany Hayes and Natisha Hiedeman responded with celebratory heart and high-five emojis.Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Tom O’Connor/NBAE via Getty ImagesFellow WNBA stars Diamond Miller and Courtney Williams also joined in with their congrats, while the WNBA itself responded with a dough-eyed emoji and hands forming the shape of a heart.“How wonderful!!!!” responded ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe.“Congrats@athomas_25& DeWanna!” tweeted USA Basketball.Thomas and Bonner first began dating after spending time together during the WNBA bubble in the midst of COVID lockdowns in 2020, according tothe Associated Press.The couple made their relationship public on Valentine’s Day the next year, according toCBS Sports.A team spokesperson told the AP that the couple got engaged last weekend in Las Vegas after both players appeared in the WNBA All-Star game there.Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty ImagesThomas and Bonner aren’t the first WNBA teammates to get engaged: Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley, now married, announced their engagement while teammates on the Chicago Sky.Vandersloot’s New York Liberty teammate Breanna Stewart also first began dating her wife Marta Xargay while the two were teammates in Russia, according to the AP.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Before she and Thomas began dating, Bonner was married to retired WNBA player and current San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Candice Dupree, with whom she shares 6-year-old twin daughters Cali and Demi.Bonner, a five-time WNBA All-Star, is averaging 18.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season. Thomas, who has been selected to four WNBA All-Star games throughout her career with Connecticut, is averaging 14.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game.
Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are getting married!The Connecticut Sun teammates announced their engagement over the weekend with a jointInstagram postshowing Thomas, 31, bending down on one knee to propose to Bonner, 35, who held her face in excitement.“FOREVER,” their caption read.
The Sun soonshared the imageon its Twitter account. “Best. News. Ever. Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are ENGAGED,” the team celebrated.
Fellow WNBA players soon joined in to congratulate the newly engaged couple.“Congratulations,” Kelsey Plum commented with two high-five emojis.
Connecticut teammates Tiffany Hayes and Natisha Hiedeman responded with celebratory heart and high-five emojis.
Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Tom O’Connor/NBAE via Getty Images
Tom O’Connor/NBAE via Getty Images
Fellow WNBA stars Diamond Miller and Courtney Williams also joined in with their congrats, while the WNBA itself responded with a dough-eyed emoji and hands forming the shape of a heart.“How wonderful!!!!” responded ESPN sideline reporter Holly Rowe.
“Congrats@athomas_25& DeWanna!” tweeted USA Basketball.
Thomas and Bonner first began dating after spending time together during the WNBA bubble in the midst of COVID lockdowns in 2020, according tothe Associated Press.
The couple made their relationship public on Valentine’s Day the next year, according toCBS Sports.
A team spokesperson told the AP that the couple got engaged last weekend in Las Vegas after both players appeared in the WNBA All-Star game there.
Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner.Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images
Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images
Thomas and Bonner aren’t the first WNBA teammates to get engaged: Courtney Vandersloot and Allie Quigley, now married, announced their engagement while teammates on the Chicago Sky.
Vandersloot’s New York Liberty teammate Breanna Stewart also first began dating her wife Marta Xargay while the two were teammates in Russia, according to the AP.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Before she and Thomas began dating, Bonner was married to retired WNBA player and current San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Candice Dupree, with whom she shares 6-year-old twin daughters Cali and Demi.
Bonner, a five-time WNBA All-Star, is averaging 18.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game this season. Thomas, who has been selected to four WNBA All-Star games throughout her career with Connecticut, is averaging 14.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.0 assists per game.
source: people.com
