
Kelsey Mitchell
Cincinnati, Ohio
Fever record-holder for most points in a game
Playing for South Carolina Special Olympics (opens in new tab)
Personal: Has a twin sister ... inducted into Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2020 … would be an athletic director if she was not playing basketball … lists her parents as people who have made a difference in her life … enjoys going to the movies and reading fictional novels … participated in soccer, track and field and karate as a child.
2022 Season: Started 11 games during inaugural season ... missed four games from Feb. 5-12 due to involvement with USA Basketball at FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament in Washington, D.C. … fourth-leading scorer in the league with 20.5 average ... tallied 225 points, which ranked eighth in the circuit … finished season in 11th place on the leaderboard with 4,305 points ... had 400 or more leaderboard points in six games, including season-high 608 points against Team Sims on Jan. 26 … reached double figures in scoring in all 11 games, including five outings with 20 or more points ... also fashioned pair of 30-point performances … second in the league with nine game MVP awards ... selected as MVP 2 league-high seven times … led Athletes Unlimited with .962 free throw percentage ... ended year by making 25-of-26 attempts at the charity stripe … tied for fifth in the league with 30 made three-pointers ... seventh in the loop with 73 three-point attempts and .411 three-point field goal percentage … registered back-to-back 30-point performances to begin Week Four after returning from stint with USA Basketball ... scored 32 points on 14-of-22 shooting against Team Sims before netting season-high 33 points against Team Cloud … poured in 27 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field, including a perfect 5-for-5 effort from beyond the arc, in Week One effort against Team Sims … closed season with 25 points against Team Cloud in triple overtime win ... shot 10-for-26 from the field, including a 5-for-13 effort from long range, while grabbing season-high nine rebounds ... also played season-high 51 minutes in the victory … started Week Five with 20 points against Team Brown on Feb. 23, making 8-of-18 shots from the floor.
Other Professional Experience: Selected with No. 2 overall pick by the Indiana Fever in 2018 WNBA Draft ... starter in 122-of-153 games in five seasons with Fever ... has scored 2,428 career points while making 40.9 percent of her field goal attempts ... owns .847 career free throw percentage ... broke Indiana Fever single-game record with 38 points in 2019 ... teamed up with fellow rookie teammate Victoria Vivans to make 135 three-pointers during rookie season, setting WNBA record ... earned spot on 2018 WNBA All-Rookie Team ... started 31 games during 2022 campaign and averaged career-best 18.4 points per outing … also set career highs with .861 free throw percentage and 4.2 assists per game in 2022 … has also played professionally in Istanbul and Turkey.
International Experience: Competed with Team USA at 2022 FIBA World Cup qualifying tournament in Washington, D.C. … member of 2018 USA Basketball Women’s National Team minicamp who scored five points and two assists in debut against China … also played for Team USA as part of 2017 U-23 National Team, averaging 11.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists during inaugural U-24 Four Nations Tournament … one of five college athletes on 2017 USA Women’s National Team training camp roster … participated in 2011 USA U-16 National Team trials.
College Experience: Four-year letter winner at Ohio State who owns numerous school records ... started all 139 games in career ... four-time All-Big Ten First Team pick ... three-time Big Ten Player of the Year winner ... earned USBWA All-America First Team honors three times ... also claimed pair of All-America honors from WBCA and Associated Press ... owns Ohio State career scoring record and ranks second in NCAA history with 3,402 points ... also holds NCAA Division I record with 497 career three-point field goals ... posted school-record 889 points in 2015-16 ... earned 12 Big Ten Player of the Week awards in her career ... only needed 41 games to reach 1,000 points.
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