Mikayla Denali Pivec (born November 18, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Mandurah Magic of the NBL1 West. She played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers before playing professionally in Spain, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Australia and Ireland.

Early life Pivec was born in Lynnwood, Washington. She attended Lynnwood High School in nearby Bothell, where she graduated in 2016.

College career Pivec played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers between 2016 and 2020.

Professional career Pivec was selected by the Atlanta Dream with the 25th overall pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. In May, with the 2020 WNBA season in jeopardy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Pivec opted out of the WNBA season for personal reasons.

On July 13, 2020, Pivec signed with Campus Promete of the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 15 games during the 2020–21 season between October 3 and December 19, she averaged 5.1 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

On April 3, 2021, Pivec signed with the Minnesota Lynx for training camp. She was waived by the Lynx on May 13 after appearing in two preseason games.

For the 2021–22 season, Pivec joined Cadi La Seu of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 34 games, she averaged 9.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

In October 2022, Pivec joined Montaneras de Morovis of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional Femenino (BSNF). In 14 games during the 2022 season, she averaged 16.0 points, 9.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game.

In January 2023, Pivec joined Bursa Uludag of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League. In five games between January 7 and February 3, she averaged 5.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game.

On March 3, 2023, Pivec signed with the Atlanta Dream for training camp. She was waived on May 5 prior to the start of the 2023 WNBA season.

Pivec joined the Albury Wodonga Bandits of the NBL1 East in Australia for the 2023 NBL1 season. In 12 games, she averaged 18.9 points, 12.3 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 2.6 steals per game. She had three triple-doubles and was subsequently named to the NBL1 East All-Star Five. She later joined Cangrejeras de Santurce of the BSNF, where she averaged 11.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.3 steals in 16 games during the 2023 season.

Pivec started the 2023–24 season with the Waterford Wildcats of the Irish Women's Super League, averaging 23.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 4.0 steals in three games. In November, she joined Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 11 league games, she averaged 2.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. She also averaged 3.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in eight EuroLeague games.

Pivec re-joined the Albury Wodonga Bandits for the 2024 NBL1 season, where she had seven triple-doubles and was named the NBL1 East All-Star Five for the second straight year. In 22 games, she averaged 17.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game. She later joined Pollitas de Isabela of the BSNF, where she averaged 18.0 points, 11.4 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 2.5 steals in eight games during the 2024 season.

In January 2025, Pivec joined Lointek Gernika Bizkaia of the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. In 11 games between January 11 and March 15, she averaged 2.5 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.

Pivec joined the Bendigo Braves of the NBL1 South for the 2025 NBL1 season. In nine games, she averaged 14.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

In February 2026, Pivec signed with the Mandurah Magic of the NBL1 West for the 2026 season. In her debut on April 24, she recorded a triple-double with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in an 86–84 win over the Rockingham Flames. On May 22, she recorded 20 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in a 96–84 win over the Perth Redbacks. On May 30, she recorded 13 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a 111–68 win over the South West Slammers. On June 21, she recorded 14 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in a 91–79 win over the Goldfields Giants. She was named All-NBL1 West First Team and earned the NBL1 West Golden Hands Award. In the Magic's elimination final, Pivec recorded 10 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists in a 90–81 loss to the Joondalup Wolves.

National team In May 2019, Pivec was selected to represent Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Games. She started in all five games and averaged 4.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game to help the USA to a 4–1 record and the silver medal.

Career statistics

College

| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17 | style="text-align:left;" | Oregon State |36||27||23.3||42.3||27.4||74.7||5.0||2.0||0.9||0.3||1.5||7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;" | Oregon State |34||34||29.2||45.0||34.8||73.7||7.1||5.0||0.8||0.3||2.9||11.1 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19 | style="text-align:left;" | Oregon State |34||34||34.2||52.6||41.7||71.1||9.2||3.4||0.9||0.5||2.2||15.2 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20 | style="text-align:left;" | Oregon State |32||32||34.0||50.1||36.1||72.6||9.3||4.5||1.1||0.3||2.4||14.8 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career |136||127||30.0||48.2||34.9||72.7||7.6||3.7||0.9||0.4||2.3||12.1 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.

References

External links NBL1 profile Oregon State Beavers bio