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{{short description|American basketball player (born 1994)}} |
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{{Infobox basketball biography |
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| name = Kelsey Plum |
| name = Kelsey Plum |
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| image = Kelsey Plum 2019 (cropped).jpg |
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| jersey =10 |
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| caption = Plum with the [[Las Vegas Aces]] in 2019 |
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| number = 10 |
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| college = [[University of Washington|Washington]] |
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| position = [[Point guard]] |
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| conference =[[Pacific-12 Conference|Pac–12]] |
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| sport = [[Basketball]] |
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| position = Guard |
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| class = Junior |
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| career_start =2013 |
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| weight_lb = 145 |
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| league = [[WNBA]] |
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| team = Las Vegas Aces |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|8|24}} |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|08|24}} |
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| birth_place = [[Poway, California]] |
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| birth_place = [[Poway, California]], U.S. |
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| highschool =[[La Jolla Country Day School]] |
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| high_school = [[La Jolla Country Day School|La Jolla Country Day]]<br />([[La Jolla|La Jolla, California]]) |
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| awards =<br /><br /> |
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| college = [[Washington Huskies women's basketball|Washington]] (2013–2017) |
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| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Women’s [[Basketball]]}} |
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| draft_league = WNBA |
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{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} |
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| draft_year = 2017 |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|U18 and U19]]| Team Competition}} |
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| draft_round = 1 |
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{{MedalGold|[[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|2013 U19 Klaipeda and Panevežys, Lithuania]]| Team Competition}} |
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| draft_pick = 1 |
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| draft_team = [[San Antonio Stars]] |
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| career_start = 2017 |
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| career_end = |
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| coach_start = 2020 |
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| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2017}}–present |
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| team1 = [[San Antonio Stars]] / [[Las Vegas Aces]] |
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| years2 = 2017–2019 |
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| team2 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball)|Fenerbahçe]] |
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| years3 = 2022 |
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| team3 = [[Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)|Galatasaray]] |
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| years4 = <s>[[2025 Unrivaled season|2025]]–present</s> |
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| team4 = <s>Laces BC</s> |
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| cyears1 = 2020 |
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| cteam1 = [[Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball|Arkansas]] (graduate assistant) |
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| highlights = |
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* 2× [[List of WNBA champions|WNBA champion]] ([[2022 WNBA Finals|2022]], [[2023 WNBA Finals|2023]]) |
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* 3× [[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star]] ([[2022 WNBA All-Star Game|2022]]–[[2024 WNBA All-Star Game|2024]]) |
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* [[WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award|WNBA All-Star Game MVP]] ([[2022 WNBA All-Star Game|2022]]) |
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* [[WNBA Sixth Player of the Year]] ({{WNBA Year|2021}}) |
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* [[All-WNBA Team|All-WNBA First Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2022}}) |
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* [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]] ({{WNBA Year|2017}}) |
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* [[WNBA Commissioner's Cup|Commissioner's Cup champion]] ([[2022 WNBA Commissioner's Cup|2022]]) |
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* [[WNBA All-Star Game#Skills Challenge|WNBA Skills Challenge Champion]] ({{WNBA Year|2023}}) |
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* [[Turkish Women's Cup Basketball|Turkish Cup]] winner (2019) |
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* 2× [[Women's Basketball Super League|Turkish Super League]] champion (2018, 2019) |
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* [[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]] (2017) |
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* [[John R. Wooden Award]] (2017) |
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* [[Wade Trophy]] (2017) |
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* [[Nancy Lieberman Award]] (2017) |
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* [[Naismith College Player of the Year]] (2017) |
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* [[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|USBWA Player of the Year]] (2017) |
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* [[Dawn Staley Award]] (2017) |
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* [[Associated Press Women's College Basketball Player of the Year|AP Player of the Year]] (2017) |
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* First-team All-American – [[Associated Press|AP]] (2017) |
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* Third-team All-American – AP (2016) |
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* 2x All-American – [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]], [[United States Basketball Writers Association|USBWA]] (2016, 2017) |
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* [[Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year|Pac-12 Player of the Year]] (2017) |
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* 4x [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference women's basketball teams|All Pac-12]] (2014–2017) |
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* [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] Freshman of the Year (2014) |
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* Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2014) |
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* [[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball season scoring leaders|NCAA season scoring leader]] |
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* [[Women's Basketball Coaches Association|WBCA]] High School All-American (2013) |
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* [[McDonald's High School All American|McDonald's All-American]] (2013) |
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* No. 10 [[Washington Huskies women's basketball#Retired numbers|retired by Washington Huskies]] |
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| wnba_profile = kelsey-plum |
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[basketball]]}} |
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{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|USA}}}} |
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{{MedalOlympic}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}} |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|World Cup]]|}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|2018 Spain]]|}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|2022 Australia]]|}} |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}} |
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{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}} |
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women|U19 World Championship]]|}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women|2013 Lithuania]]|}} |
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[3x3 basketball]]}} |
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{{MedalCountry|{{3x3w|USA}}}} |
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{{MedalOlympic}} |
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{{MedalGold|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament|Team]]}} |
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'''Kelsey Christine Plum''' (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional [[basketball]] player for the [[Las Vegas Aces]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA). She won back-to-back [[WNBA Championship|WNBA championships]] in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, she earned her first [[All-WNBA First Team]] selection and was named the [[WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player]] (MVP) in her first [[WNBA All-Star Game]]. She also won gold medals in [[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament|3x3 basketball]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] and in [[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|5x5 basketball]] in the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=DMM|first=Adam Roberts|date=2021-07-28|title=Arkansas GA Kelsey Plum wins Olympic gold medal|url=https://www.4029tv.com/article/kelsey-plum-basketball-3x3-gold-medal/37154893|access-date=2021-07-29|website=KHBS|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Former UW star Kelsey Plum helps US women's hoops to 3-on-3 Olympic gold|url=https://www.king5.com/article/sports/olympics/former-uw-star-kelsey-plum-us-womens-3-on-3-basketball-olympic-gold/281-54d82ec8-23b1-4854-a69d-95a35a759a7b|access-date=2021-07-29|website=king5.com|date=July 28, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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'''Kelsey Plum''' (born August 24, 1994) is an American basketball player at the [[University of Washington]]. She completed her high school education at [[La Jolla Country Day School]] in [[La Jolla, San Diego, California|La Jolla]], a community of [[San Diego]], [[California]]. |
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She completed her high school education at [[La Jolla Country Day School]] in [[San Diego]]. Plum attended and played college basketball for the [[University of Washington]]. On February 25, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 57 points on [[senior night]] — making 19 of the 28 shots she took — to break the [[NCAA Division I]] [[women's college basketball|women's basketball]] all-time scoring record with 3,397 points. On March 20, 2017, Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kelsey Plum sets NCAA mark for points in a season|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18963830/kelsey-plum-washington-huskies-sets-ncaa-single-season-scoring-record|website=ESPN.com|date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref> She was selected with the first overall pick in the [[2017 WNBA draft]] by the [[San Antonio Stars]]. She was named the [[WNBA Sixth Player of the Year]] in 2021. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Plum is the daughter of Katie and Jim Plum.<ref name="Plum bio" /> Her mother was an accomplished [[volleyball]] player for the [[UC Davis Aggies|University of California, Davis]]. Her father earned [[All-American]] honors playing high school football in [[La Mesa, California]], and went on to play football and baseball collegiately at [[San Diego State Aztecs|San Diego State]].<ref name="CalHiSports Plum" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Evans |first=Jayda |title=Husky basketball star Kelsey Plum finds inspiration at home |date=September 15, 2014 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/husky-basketball-star-kelsey-plum-finds-inspiration-at-home/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409023145/http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/husky-basketball-star-kelsey-plum-finds-inspiration-at-home/ |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Plum has two older sisters and a younger brother. Her sisters both followed in their mother's footsteps and played volleyball. Her oldest sister Kaitlyn played for UC Davis, while Lauren played for the [[Oregon Ducks women's volleyball|University of Oregon]] and for [[USA Volleyball]]'s Junior National Team. Her younger brother Daniel played football at UC Davis. |
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Jefferson is the daughter of Katie and Jim Plum. <ref name="Plum bio"/> |
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She went through fourth grade at a local Montessori school, but Plum, who has dyslexia, was bullied by her classmates, and was young for her class, felt unprepared to advance. This led to a transfer to Midland Elementary, a public school. Her mother Katie thought repeating fourth grade could be useful, but she left the decision to her daughter, and she agreed. The decision to repeat fourth grade did not go perfectly, since she didn’t like her teacher and her friends were in another class, so she asked to switch classes and was granted the request. However, even into high school, Plum felt like she didn’t belong. She has now said she hopes anyone facing situations like hers knows they can also get through it.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/aces/why-aces-plum-wants-fans-to-know-she-repeated-fourth-grade-3131065/ | title= Why Aces' Plum wants fans to know she repeated fourth grade | date=August 17, 2024 }}</ref> |
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==High School career== |
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Plum played volleyball at first, excelling in the USA Volleyball junior system, but when it came time for high school, she chose La Jolla Country Day School over [[Poway High School]], where her sisters had attended, and Plum chose basketball over volleyball.<ref name="FC Plum" /> La Jolla Country Day School is where [[Candice Wiggins]] played during her high school years as well.<ref name="ESPN Plum" /> |
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Jefferson was selected to the 2013 WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team. She participated in the 2013 WBCA High School All-America Game, hitting six of her eight field goal attempts, scoring 14 points.<ref name="WBCA HS AA"/><ref name="WBCA Box Scores"/> |
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==High school== |
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During the course of her high school career, Plum scored a total of 2,247 points, averaging 19.9 points per game. She recorded 677 rebounds, assisted on 381 baskets, and had 370 steals.<ref name="Kelsey Plum High School Stats" /> Over her four years, her team had a record of 103–22, which led to four section titles and the 2012 CIF Division IV state championship.<ref name="USAB Plum" /> Plum also played AAU basketball for San Diego Sol.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/kelsey-plums-youth-basketball-coach-talks-about-her-olympic-success/2674142/ | title=Kelsey Plum's Youth Basketball Coach Talks About Her Olympic Success | date=July 30, 2021 }}</ref> |
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Plum was named to the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|USA Basketball U19]] team, coached by [[Katie Meier]], the head coach of the [[University of Miami]]. Among Plum's teammates were [[Moriah Jefferson]] and [[Breanna Stewart]]. Plum competed on behalf of the USA at the for the Tenth FIBA U19 World Championship, held in [[Klaipeda]] and [[Panevežys]], [[Lithuania]], in July 2013. The team won all nine games, with a winning margin averaging 43 points per game. Plum scored 5.6 points per game.<ref name="2013 U19"/> |
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Plum was selected to the 2013 WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team. She participated in the 2013 WBCA High School All-America Game, hitting six of her eight field goal attempts, scoring 14 points.<ref name="WBCA HS AA" /><ref name="WBCA Box Scores" /> |
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==University of Washington Career== |
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When it came time for college choices, Plum considered [[University of Maryland|Maryland]] and [[University of Virginia|Virginia]] on the east coast, and Cal, [[Gonzaga University|Gonzaga]], [[University of Oregon|Oregon]] and [[University of Washington|Washington]] on the west coast, then decided to accept the offer from Washington.<ref name="Peachstate" /><ref name="Full Court Plum" /> |
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===Freshmen Year=== |
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Plum was named a McDonald's All-American.<ref name="Huskies Plum" /> This qualified her to participate in the [[2013 McDonald's All-American Girls Game]].<ref name="ST Plum" /> She was named Ms. Basketball by CalHiSports, an honor bestowed upon the best female high school basketball player in California. Prior winners include [[Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis]], [[Courtney Paris]], [[Candice Wiggins]], and [[Diana Taurasi]].<ref name="CalHiSports Plum" /> |
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==College career== |
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===Freshman year=== |
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After Plum helped the USA basketball team to win the gold medal in Lithuania, she flew directly to Seattle rather than heading home to San Diego. A teammate at the University of Washington picked her up at the airport and they were in the gym by the end of the day. By going directly to campus, Plum was able to sign up for summer school classes and get acquainted with the university and her teammates before the fall quarter began.<ref name="ESPN Plum" /> Her head coach [[Mike Neighbors]] noticed her desire to get started, which helped him with his decision to name her the team captain before the season started, a rare event for a freshman. During her freshman year, she set six Washington freshman records. Her total points scored (695) were the most ever by a freshman, and her single game high of 38 points is a freshman record. She earned freshman of the year honors for the [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] conference. She averaged almost 21 points per game during the regular season. |
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One of the highlights of the year was a victory over the fourth ranked team in the country, [[Stanford Cardinal women's basketball|Stanford]]. Plum was the high scorer with 23 points.<ref name="ST Freshman year" /> |
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===Sophomore year=== |
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==University of Washington Statistics== |
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Washington opened their regular-season with a game against Oklahoma. Washington lost the game 90–80 but Plum set a new school record with 45 points.<ref name="Plum record" /> In her sophomore year, she was named to the "Wade Watch" a list of 25 players who are viewed as having the potential to win player of the year honors. She was also named to the list of 30 players to be considered for the [[Wooden Award]].<ref name="ST Wade watch" /> Plum helped the Washington Huskies earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. In a coincidence, they faced [[2014–15 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team|Miami]], coached by Katie Meier, who had been Plum's coach while on the USA Basketball U19 team. Plum scored 17 points in the game, but Miami prevailed 86–80.<ref name="NCAA 2015" /> |
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===Junior year=== |
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For the week of January 11–17, Plum was named both the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week and the Pac-12 Player of the Week. By scoring 25.9 points per game, she ranked first in the Pac-12 and fourth in the nation. Plum also led the Huskies on an improbable [[2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA Tournament]] run, highlighted by their first Final Four appearance in program history. Unfortunately, the magical run ultimately ended in the Final Four as Plum and the Huskies lost to a deeper, more talented [[2015-16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team|Syracuse Orange]] team (who also clinched their first Final Four berth in program history), 80–59. The Orange would go on to lose to the undefeated 37–0 and three-time defending women's national champions [[2015-16 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team|Connecticut Huskies]], 82–51. |
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===Senior year=== |
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During Plum's [[2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|senior season]], she became the all-time leading scorer for either gender in Pac-12 history, passing the former record of Stanford's [[Chiney Ogwumike]] in a December 11, 2016, win over [[2016–17 Boise State Broncos women's basketball team|Boise State]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/kelsey-plum-becomes-pac-12-all-time-leading-scorer-during-uw-boise-state-game/ |title=Kelsey Plum becomes Pac-12 all-time leading scorer, scores 44 to lift UW past Boise State |first=Percy |last=Allen |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=December 11, 2016 |access-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref> The following month, during a win over [[2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team|Arizona]], Plum became the first Pac-12 player, and the 12th [[NCAA Division I]] women's player, to reach [[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 3000 points|3,000 career points]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400913935 |title=Kelsey Plum tops 3,000 career points in Washington win |agency=Associated Press |work=ESPN.com |date=January 13, 2017 |access-date=January 14, 2017}}</ref>{{efn|Although [[USC Trojans women's basketball|USC's]] [[Cheryl Miller]] scored 3,018 career points, she never played in the Pac-12 (or, as it was known during her career, the Pac-10). During Miller's career, USC played women's basketball in the [[Western Collegiate Athletic Association]] and the [[Western Collegiate Athletic Association|Pacific West Conference]]. The Pac-10 did not start sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year, the season after Miller graduated.}} On February 25, 2017, in the Huskies' final regular season game, Plum scored a [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] record 57 points in an 84–77 win over [[Utah Utes women's basketball|Utah]]. The record-setting output also gave Plum the NCAA Division I women's basketball [[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders|career scoring record]]. She entered the game trailing [[Jackie Stiles]]' previous record of 3,393 points by 53 points and broke the record in the fourth quarter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2017-02-25/washingtons-kelsey-plum-breaks-ncaa-all-time-womens-scoring|title=Washington's Kelsey Plum breaks NCAA all-time women's scoring record with 57 points against Utah|date=February 25, 2017|newspaper=NCAA.com|access-date=February 26, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Plum led her Washington Huskies to a 29–6 record during her senior season, which boasted a record of 15–3 in the Pac-12. Plum, along with her third seeded Washington Huskies, made it to the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament where they were knocked out by two seed Mississippi State. |
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According to ESPN.com, Plum was unanimously selected as an Associated Press All-American First Teamer, an honor only given to five players in women's college basketball. Plum averaged 31.7 points while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 43 percent from three-point range during her senior campaign. Plum ended her senior season with a total of 1,109 points scored, an NCAA women's basketball single season record. According to Excelle Sports, Plum broke the NCAA career free throw record, tallying 912 points from the free throw line throughout her illustrious career. Plum has also been named one of the five finalists for the Wooden Award, an award handed out to the best player in women's college basketball, in the eyes of 250 sportscasters and writers. Plum was also named the AP player of the year for women's college basketball, the first ever Washington Husky to earn the award. Other accolades Plum accumulated during her senior year include being a part of the all-Pac-12 team as well as winning the Pac-12 player of the year award, only the second husky ever to win the award, according to The Seattle Times' website. Plum also earned the Nancy Lieberman award, an honor given to the top point guard in women's college basketball, as well as the Dawn Staley award, handed out to the best guard in women's college basketball. Plum ended her outstanding career with a point total of 3,527 and an assist total of 519. She finished just 270 points shy of [[Pete Maravich]]'s all-time scoring record regardless of gender. Plum graduated from Washington in June 2017 with a bachelor's degree in [[anthropology]] and a 3.3 GPA.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://aces.wnba.com/kelsey-plum-bio/|title=Kelsey Plum bio|accessdate=Aug 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://athlonsports.com/wnba/kelsey-plums-college-gpa-is-turning-heads/stats | title= Kelsey Plum's college GPA is turning heads| date= May 16, 2024| access-date= November 24, 2024 }}</ref> |
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===College statistics=== |
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{{WNBA player statistics start}} |
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| width="55" | FT |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]] |
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| width="55" | FTA |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2013–14 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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| width="55" | PCT |
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|34||34||37.3||39.3||36.7||84.6||4.7||2.7||1.0||0.2||2.9||20.9 |
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| width="55" | REB |
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| width="55" | AVG |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2014–15]] |
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| width="55" | A |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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| width="55" | TO |
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|33||33||36.8||43.2||39.9||89.6||3.7||3.3||1.5||0.2||2.8||22.6 |
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| width="55" | B |
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|- |
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| width="55" | S |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2015–16]] |
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| width="55" | MIN |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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| width="55" | PTS |
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|37||37||38.2||40.5||33.3||89.0||3.7||4.2||1.6||0.2||4.3||25.9 |
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| width="55" | AVG |
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|- style="font-size:11pt" |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2016–17]] |
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| height="14" align="right" valign="bottom" | 2013–14 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 34 |
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|35||35||37.2||52.9||42.8||88.7||5.1||4.8||1.5||0.2||2.5||31.7 |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 214 |
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|- |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 544 |
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| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | '''Career''' |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.393 |
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|139||139||37.4||44.3||38.2||88.0||4.3||3.8||1.4||0.2||3.1||25.4 |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 84 |
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|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from [[Sports-Reference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Kelsey-Plum-1.html|title=Kelsey Plum College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.367 |
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==Professional career== |
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===WNBA=== |
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[[File:Kelsey Plum 2024-09-08 at 8.23.17 PM.png|thumb|Kelsey Plum, in a game between [[Las Vegas Aces]] and the [[New York Liberty]]]] |
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Plum was selected as the first pick of the [[2017 WNBA draft]] by the [[San Antonio Stars]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/kelsey-plum-wnba-draft-46788820|title=Kelsey Plum goes No. 1 in WNBA draft|work=ABC News|access-date=April 14, 2017|language=en}}</ref> This marked the first time in history that the first overall pick from the [[NBA]] ([[Markelle Fultz]]) and the WNBA came from the same school ([[University of Washington]]) in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bastock|first1=Ashley|title=SBNation|date=June 23, 2017 |url=https://www.swishappeal.com/2017/6/23/15864482/history-washington-plum-fultz-nba-draft-2017-wnba}}</ref> Plum made her career debut on May 25, 2017, against the [[Dallas Wings]], she scored four points along with one assist off the bench in a 94–82 loss.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.excellesports.com/news/kelsey-plum-stars-wnba-debut/ |title=WATCH: Kelsey Plum makes her WNBA debut in San Antonio |access-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107230403/http://www.excellesports.com/news/kelsey-plum-stars-wnba-debut/ |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On August 5, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 23 points in an 87–80 overtime win against the [[Seattle Storm]].<ref>[http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm/kelsey-plum-scores-23-points-as-san-antonio-stars-beat-storm-in-ot/ Kelsey Plum scores 23 points as San Antonio Stars beat Storm in OT]</ref> By the end of the season, Plum averaged 8.5 ppg and was voted on the All-Rookie Team, but the Stars finished with the second worst record in the league. |
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In 2018, the San Antonio Stars relocated to [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], and were renamed the [[Las Vegas Aces]]. In the 2018 season, Plum improved in every statistical category, averaging more points, rebounds and assists with higher shooting percentages. This helped the Aces improve overall from the previous season but they fell short of a playoff spot as they finished ninth place with a 14–20 record (6 wins better than the 2017 season). |
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In 2019, the Aces would finish the season as the number four seed with a 21–13 record, making the playoffs for the first time since 2014. They would receive a bye to the second round. In the playoffs, Plum would step up on the offensive end, averaging double-digits in ppg for the entire Aces playoff run. In the second round elimination game, the Aces defeated the [[Chicago Sky]] 93-92 off a desperation half-court game winner by teammate [[Dearica Hamby]] who came up with a steal on defence in the final 10 seconds of the game. In the semi-finals, the Aces would lose in four games to the [[Washington Mystics]], who ended up winning the championship. |
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On May 15, 2020, Plum signed a two-year extension with the Aces worth $350K.<ref>[https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/aces/las-vegas-aces-sign-kelsey-plum-to-contract-extension-2029081/ Las Vegas Aces sign Kelsey Plum to contract extension]</ref> In early June, 2020, she suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon. Due to the injury and the surgery to repair it, she missed the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Voepel |first1=Mechelle |title=Aces' Kelsey Plum out for season with Achilles injury |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29298913/aces-kelsey-plum-season-achilles-injury |website=ESPN |date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref> Without Plum, the Aces were 18–4 in the shortened 22-game season with the number 1 seed. They would advance all the way to the Finals but fell short by losing to the [[Seattle Storm]] in a three-game sweep.[[File:Kelsey Plum 2024-09-08 at 8.37.14 PM.png|thumb|Kelsey Plum driving towards the basket for the [[Las Vegas Aces]], being guarded by the New York Liberty's [[Jonquel Jones]] in September, 2024|left]]In 2021, Plum came off the bench and had a career year averaging 14.8 points, 3.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.0 steals on 38.6% from the three and 94.4% from the free throw line. Plum ended the month of September averaging 21.7 points, 3.2 assists, and 1.5 steals, and was named Western Conference Player of the Month.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Pickman|first=Ben|title=WNBA Awards: Kelsey Plum Wins Sixth Player of the Year|url=https://www.si.com/wnba/2021/09/30/kelsey-plum-sixth-player-of-the-year-wnba-awards|access-date=2021-09-30|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=September 30, 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> Plum was finally healthy and had a career revamp season coming off the bench winning the [[WNBA Sixth Player of the Year]] and finished second in the [[WNBA Most Improved Player]] voting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Connecticut Sun Brionna Jones named 2021 KIA Most Improved Player|url=https://in.nba.com/news/connecticut-sun-brionna-jones-named-2021-kia-most-improved-player/to0jri4bw8ll1uk1xqkhuhy7h|access-date=2021-09-30|website=NBA.com India {{!}} The official site of the NBA|date=September 28, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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In 2022, Plum in a now starting role averaged a new career high in points, assist, and rebounds. 20.2 points, 5.1 assists, and 2.7 rebounds on 42% from three and 46% from the field. On June 22, Plum was announced to her first All-Star team as well as being voted a starter for the All Star Game. She then signed a two-year contract extension with Las Vegas worth $185k for one year and $200k the other year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aces Sign All-Star MVP Kelsey Plum To Contract Extension |url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-sign-all-star-mvp-kelsey-plum-to-contract-extension/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Las Vegas Aces |language=en}}</ref> On July 10, Plum won All Star MVP with a 30 point performance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 WNBA All-Star Game: Team Wilson beats Team Stewart; Kelsey Plum wins All-Star MVP |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2022-wnba-all-star-game-team-wilson-beats-team-stewart-kelsey-plum-wins-all-star-mvp/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=CBSSports.com |date=July 10, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> She grabbed Western Conference Player of the week two times for the weeks of May 30-June 5<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Plum Named Western Conference Player of the Week For May 30-June 5 |url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/kelsey-plum-named-western-conference-player-of-the-week-for-may-30-june-5/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Las Vegas Aces |language=en}}</ref> and July 28-July 31.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelsey Plum Named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week |url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/kelsey-plum-named-wnba-western-conference-player-of-the-week-2/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=Las Vegas Aces |language=en}}</ref> Plum would go on to help the Aces to their second finals appearance and win their first championship in franchise history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aces Win First Championship in Franchise – and Las Vegas – History |url=https://www.wnba.com/news/aces-win-first-championship-in-franchise-and-las-vegas-history/ |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA |language=en}}</ref> |
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| height="14" align="right" valign="bottom" | 2014–16 |
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Plum, who has been described as smart,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://athlonsports.com/wnba/las-vegas-aces/aces-kelsey-plum-fever-aliyah-boston-intriguing-project#:~:text=Las%20Vegas%20Aces%20guard%20Kelsey,also%20smart%20and%20articulate%20ladies. | title= Kelsey Plum, Aliyah Boston Part of Intriguing Project | date= August 27, 2024}}</ref> has long been considered to be muscular, but over the 2023-2024 offseason, fans noticed that she seems to have gotten even stronger and more swole. Videos of Plum flexing confirm that her biceps are indeed large.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://brobible.com/sports/article/kelsey-plum-jacked-strong-muscle-wnba/ | title= Kelsey Plum Looks Extremely Strong As Las Vegas Aces Eye Third-Straight WNBA Championship | date=May 9, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://youtube.com/shorts/JJjZf2L9z2M?si=3uR3pU08qFRFuCrI | title= Kelsey Plum| website= [[YouTube]]| date= June 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=woSI05ahOC8 | title= Kelsey Plum| website= [[YouTube]]| date= April 5, 2024}}</ref> |
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===KBSL=== |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 544 |
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====Fenerbahçe==== |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.432 |
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[[File:Kelsey Plum Fenerbahçe Women's Basketball vs BC Nadezhda Orenburg EuroLeague Women 20171011 (2) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Plum with Fenerbahçe in October 2017]] |
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In 2017, Plum signed with [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's basketball)|Fenerbahçe]] of the [[Women's Basketball Super League]] (KBSL) in Turkey for the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aces Overseas |url=https://aces.wnba.com/news/aces-overseas/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=[[Las Vegas Aces]] |date=30 January 2018}}</ref> During her first stint with the team, Plum would help the team win the KBSL championship title. She returned with Fenerbahçe for the [[2018–19 Turkish Women's Basketball League|2018–19 season]], helping the team win another KBSL championship and the [[Turkish Women's Basketball Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Istanbul basketball team Fenerbahçe wins Women's Turkish Cup |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/basketball/2019/03/02/istanbul-basketball-team-fenerbahce-wins-womens-turkish-cup |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=[[Daily Sabah]] |agency=[[Anadolu Agency]] |date=2 March 2019}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.399 |
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====Galatasaray==== |
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On 15 January 2022, she signed with [[Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball)|Galatasaray]] of the KBSL.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelsey Plum Galatasaray'da! |url=https://www.galatasaray.org/haber/basketbol/kadin-basketbol/kelsey-plum-galatasaray-da/50194/ |publisher=galatasaray.org |date=15 January 2022 |access-date=25 February 2024 | language=Turkish}}</ref> In 6 games in the KBSL, she averaged 26.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Galatasaray M.P. Istanbul - Team Summary 2021-2022 |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Galatasaray-MP-Istanbul/7721?Page=3&Stats=2022 |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=[[Eurobasket.com]]}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 0.896 |
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===Unrivaled=== |
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On July 15, 2024, it was announced that Plum would appear and play in the inaugural season of [[Unrivaled (basketball league)|Unrivaled]], a new women's [[3x3 basketball]] league founded by [[Napheesa Collier]] and [[Breanna Stewart]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Unrivaledwbb |date=July 15, 2024 |number=1812895016747958413|title=PLUM DAWG IS UNRIVALED 👑 6/30✅}}</ref> In late November 2024, Plum announced via social media that she would no longer be playing in the [[2025 Unrivaled season]] and instead would "take some more time for myself this offseason."<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Karl |last=Rasmussen |title=Aces' Kelsey Plum Announces She's No Longer Participating in Upstart Unrivaled League |url=https://www.si.com/wnba/aces-kelsey-plum-no-longer-participating-upstart-unrivaled-league |work=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=November 27, 2024 |access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 3.70 |
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==National team career== |
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===U19 team 2013=== |
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Plum was named to the [[USA Women's U18 and U19 teams|USA Basketball U19]] team, coached by [[Katie Meier]], the head coach of the [[University of Miami]]. Among Plum's teammates were [[Moriah Jefferson]] and [[Breanna Stewart]]. Plum competed on behalf of the US at the Tenth FIBA U19 World Championship, held in [[Klaipėda]] and [[Panevežys]], Lithuania, in July 2013. The team won all nine games, with a winning margin averaging 43 points per game. Plum scored 5.6 points per game.<ref name="2013 U19" /> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" | 1213 |
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===Pan American team 2015=== |
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Plum was injured in December, but cleared to continue playing through the season. After the season she underwent surgery on April 6. Her original dates for clearance to play extended beyond the Pan Am team trial date, but her rehabilitation went well, and she was cleared to return to the court two days before the Pan Am team trials.<ref name="ST PAn Am" /> She has been named a member of the twelve player squad representing the US to play [[Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games]] in [[Toronto]] which will be held from July 16 to 25 at the [[Mattamy Athletic Centre|Ryerson Athletic Centre]].<ref name="2015 PA" /> |
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Plum was a member of the [[USA Women's Pan American Team]] which participated in [[Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games|basketball]] at the [[2015 Pan American Games]] held in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada July 10 to 26, 2015. The USA opened preliminary play with a game against Brazil. Although they opened up a 16-point lead in the second quarter Brazil came back, going on a 14–0 run to take a two-point lead in the third quarter. The USA responded with an 11–2 run with foul shot contributions by Jefferson and a three-point basket from Stewart. The USA ended up winning the close game 75–69.<ref name="2015 PA Brazil">{{cite web |title=U.S. Women Fend Off Brazil To Open Pan American Games With A 75–69 Victory |date=July 16, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-brazil.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718211100/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-brazil.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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The second game was against the Dominican Republic. USA scored the first eight points and was never threatened. USA won 94–55. Plum led the team with five assists.<ref name="2015 PA DR">{{cite web |title=U.S. Pan American Women Cruise Past Dominican Republic 94–55 |date=July 17, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-dominican-republic.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719022957/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-dominican-republic.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> The final preliminary game USA played Puerto Rico. USA led by only three points at the end of the third quarter, largely due to the play of [[Carla Cortijo]] who scored 24 points, but left with an injury late in the game. After the injury the US extended the lead to 18 points and ended up with a 93–77 win, good for first place in their group.<ref name="2015 PA PR">{{cite web |title=Fourth-Quarter Surge Propels U.S. Women Past Puerto Rico 93–77 And Into Pan American Games Semifinals |date=July 18, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-puerto-rico.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720134052/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-puerto-rico.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" |449 |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" |1088 |
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In the semifinal game, Cuba led the US by as many as 14 points in the third quarter. The USA battled back and took a late lead. With under eight seconds to go, the USA was down by one point while Cuba had the ball. Linnae Harper stole the ball and made two free throws to give the USA the lead. Cuba missed its final shot to give the USA the win 65–64, propelling them into the gold-medal game against Canada.<ref name="2015 PA Cuba">{{cite web |title=U.S. Advances To Pan American Games Gold Medal Game With Thrilling 65–64 Win Over Cuba |date=July 19, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/usa-defeats-cuba-in-wpag-semifinal.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722204728/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/usa-defeats-cuba-in-wpag-semifinal.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" |0.413 |
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The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA. After trading baskets early, the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians fought back and tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter, Canada outscored the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73.<ref name="2015 PA Canada Box">{{cite web |title=U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81–73 |date=July 20, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2015/wpag-stats/usa-canpdf.aspx |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 23, 2015}}{{dead link|date=September 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="2015 PA Canada">{{cite web |title=U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81–73 |date=July 20, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/us-women-collect-silver-at-pan-american-games.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181640/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/us-women-collect-silver-at-pan-american-games.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 PA ESPN">{{cite web |last1=Caple |first1=Jim |title=Battle of UConn Hoops Stars Goes To Canada in Pan Am Final |url=https://www.espn.com/extra/panamgames/story/_/id/13293131/2015-pan-games-battle-uconn-hoops-stars-goes-canada-women-final |website=ESPN |date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="2015 PA TStar">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Doug |title=Canada wins historic Pan Am women's basketball gold |date=July 20, 2015 |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/20/canada-wins-historic-pan-am-womens-basketball-gold.html |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" |0.381 |
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===2020 Summer Olympics=== |
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In late March 2020, the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government postponed the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] until the summer of 2021 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-ipc-tokyo-2020-organising-committee-and-tokyo-metropolitan-government-announce-new-dates-for-the-olympic-and-paralympic-games-tokyo-2020 |title=IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 |date=March 30, 2020 |website=Olympic.org}}</ref> In July 2021, Plum won the gold medal in [[Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament|3x3 basketball]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. |
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| align="right" valign="bottom" |0.870 |
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===2024 Summer Olympics=== |
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In June 2024, Plum was named to the [[United States women's national basketball team|US women's Olympic team]] to compete at the [[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Summer Olympics]] in [[France]], alongside fellow Aces teammates, [[Chelsea Gray]], [[A'ja Wilson]], and [[Jackie Young]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Cydney |last=Henderson |title=USA basketball Olympic women's team roster: Who made the cut for Paris Olympics |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/06/17/usa-womens-basketball-roster-paris-olympics/74066385007/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=June 17, 2024|access-date=July 6, 2024}}</ref> Plum and the United States defeated [[France women's national basketball team|France]] 67–66 in the [[Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament#Gold medal game|final]], earning her first 5x5 gold medal and the United States' eighth consecutive gold medal.<ref>{{cite news |first=Juana |last=Summers |title=U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/g-s1-16527/us-womens-basketball-gold-france-paris-olympics |work=NPR |date=August 11, 2024 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}</ref> She was one of the few players who sang the national anthem on the podium.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aH-f1ga5B-E | title= Watch the U.S. Women's basketball team get its gold medals after dramatic final | website= [[YouTube]] | date= August 11, 2024 | access-date= November 24, 2024}}</ref> |
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===WNBA=== |
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====Regular season==== |
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''Stats current through end of 2024 season'' |
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{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelsey Plum WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/p/plumke01w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}</ref>}} |
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| align="left" | [[2017 WNBA season|2017]] |
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| align="left" | [[2017 San Antonio Stars season|San Antonio]] |
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| 31 || 23 || 22.9 || .346 || .365 || .870 || 1.9 || 3.4 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 2.5 || 8.5 |
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| align="left" | [[2018 WNBA season|2018]] |
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| align="left" | [[2018 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 31 || 27 || 25.5 || .467 || '''.439''' || .875 || 2.4 || 4.0 || 0.8 || '''0.2''' || '''1.2''' || 9.5 |
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| align="left" | [[2019 WNBA season|2019]] |
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| align="left" | [[2019 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 34 || 30 || 25.5 || .365 || .357 || .872 || '''2.8''' || 3.0 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 1.5 || 8.6 |
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| align="left" | ''2020'' |
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| colspan=13 align="center" | ''Did not play (injury)'' |
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| align="left" | [[2021 WNBA season|2021]] |
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| align="left" | [[2021 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 26 || 0 || 25.6 || .437 || .386 || style="background:#d3d3d3;"|'''.944'''° || 2.5 || 3.6 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 1.7 || 14.8 |
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|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2022 WNBA season|2022]]<sup>†</sup> |
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| align="left" | [[2022 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 36 || 36 || 32.8 || .460 || .420 || .839 || 2.7 || '''5.1''' || 1.0 || 0.1 || 2.6 || '''20.2''' |
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|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2023 WNBA season|2023]]<sup>†</sup> |
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| align="left" | [[2023 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| '''39''' || '''39''' || 32.4 || '''.475''' || .389 || .912 || 2.4 || 4.5 || '''1.1''' || 0.0 || 2.4 || 18.7 |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2024 WNBA season|2024]] |
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[2024 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 38 || 38 || '''34.0''' || .423 || .368 || .866 || 2.6 || 4.2 || 0.7 || 0.0 || 2.4 || 17.8 |
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| rowspan=2 align="left" | '''Career''' |
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| align="left" | 7 years, 1 team |
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| 235 || 193 || 28.8 || .432 || .390 || .882 || 2.5 || 4.0 || 0.9 || 0.1 || 2.0 || 14.3 |
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| style="text-align:center;"| All-Star |
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| 3 || 1 || 18.9 || .650 || .522 || 1.000 || 1.7 || 4.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0 || 23.0 |
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====Playoffs==== |
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{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA playoff statistics}} |
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| align="left" | [[2019 WNBA Playoffs|2019]] |
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| align="left" | [[Las Vegas Aces|Las Vegas]] |
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| 5 || 3 || 35.0 || '''.492''' || '''.529''' ||style="background:#d3d3d3;"|'''1.000'''° || '''4.8''' || '''7.8''' || 0.2 || 0.0 || 3.0 || 15.2 |
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| align="left" | [[2021 WNBA Playoffs|2021]] |
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| align="left" | [[2021 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 5 || 0 || 28.8 || .471 || .387 || .909 || 2.0 || 3.4 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 2.4 || '''19.6''' |
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|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2022 WNBA Playoffs|2022]]<sup>†</sup> |
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| align="left" | [[2022 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| '''10''' || '''10''' || 33.3 || .409 || .286 || .891 || 3.9 || 3.8 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 1.9 || 17.1 |
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|style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"| [[2023 WNBA Playoffs|2023]]<sup>†</sup> |
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| align="left" | [[2023 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 9 || 9 || '''36.8''' || .417 || .403 || .875 || 3.2 || 3.8 || '''1.3''' || 0.0 || 3.1 || 18.3 |
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| align="left" | [[2024 WNBA Playoffs|2024]] |
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| align="left" | [[2024 Las Vegas Aces season|Las Vegas]] |
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| 6 || 6 || 33.0 || .461 || .359 || .778 || 2.5 || 2.2 || 0.7 || 0.0 || '''1.8''' || 16.3 |
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| align="left" | '''Career''' |
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| align="left" | 5 years, 1 team |
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| 35 || 28 || 33.7 || .439 || .369 || .880 || 3.3 || 4.0 || 0.9 || 0.0 || 2.4 || 17.4 |
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{{S-end}} |
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===College=== |
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{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA statistics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Kelsey-Plum-1.html|title=Kelsey Plum College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}</ref>}} |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2013–14]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2013–14 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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|34||34||37.3||39.3||36.7||84.6||4.7||2.7||1.0||0.2||2.9||20.9 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2014–15]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2014–15 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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|33||33||36.8||43.2||39.9||'''89.6'''||3.7||3.3||1.5||0.2||2.8||22.6 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2015–16]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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|'''37'''||'''37'''||'''38.2'''||40.5||33.3||89.0||3.7||4.2||'''1.6'''||0.2||4.3||25.9 |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season|2016–17]] |
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| style="text-align:left;" | [[2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team|Washington]] |
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|35||35||37.2||'''52.9'''||'''42.8'''||88.7||'''5.1'''||'''4.8'''||1.5||0.2||'''2.5'''||bgcolor=#cfecec|'''31.7*''' |
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| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | '''Career''' |
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|139||139||37.4||44.3||38.2||88.0||4.3||3.8||1.4||0.2||3.1||25.4 |
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==Personal life== |
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On March 4, 2023, Plum married American football player [[Darren Waller]].<ref>{{cite news|work=USAToday.com|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/03/04/las-vegas-raiders-darren-waller-aces-kelsey-plum-married/11404364002/|title=Las Vegas Aces' Kelsey Plum, Raiders' Darren Waller announce marriage|first=Jace|last=Evans|accessdate=March 4, 2023|date=March 4, 2023}}</ref> Waller and Plum filed for divorce on April 23, 2024, after one year of marriage.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/kelsey-plum-darren-waller-file-divorce-8637645 | title=Kelsey Plum and Darren Waller File for Divorce After 1 Year of Marriage, WNBA Star Says She's 'Devastated' }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://nypost.com/2024/04/23/sports/kelsey-plum-giants-darren-waller-divorcing-after-one-year/ | title=Kelsey Plum, Giants' Darren Waller divorcing after one year | date=April 23, 2024 }}</ref> |
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Despite being proudly of Irish descent, some have referred to Plum as the "Puerto Rican Princess" and others have also claimed that she has Dominican ancestry. However, Plum has embraced the nickname.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/wnba/las-vegas-aces/2024/05/13/664258a2e2704e10558b45d0.html# | title=Is Kelsey Plum the 'Puerto Rican Princess' or not? Las Vegas Aces player clears the air over her origins | date=May 5, 2024}}</ref> |
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Plum is a Christian. Her only tattoo is on her right forearm and reads "Keep the faith". Plum has said that the tattoo helped her push through a difficult time in her life.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/34448578/wnba-playoffs-2022-price-payoff-kelsey-plum-lifelong-obsession-winning | title=WNBA playoffs 2022: The price and payoff of Kelsey Plum's lifelong obsession with winning | date=Aug 26, 2022}}</ref> |
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Plum kicked off the first marquee event of the WSOP’s Mystery Millions and unveiled the gold bracelet to be won in the Mystery Millions.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2023/05/wnba-champion-kelsey-plum-mystery-millions-43662.htm | title=WNBA Champion Kelsey Plum Kicks Off WSOP Mystery Millions | date=May 31, 2023 }}</ref> |
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Plum has been involved in philanthropic efforts.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.harrywalker.com/speakers/kelsey-plum | title=Kelsey Plum Keynote Speaker | access-date=November 24, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tiktok.com/discover/nba-players-gpa-in-high-school?lang=en | access-date=November 24, 2024| title=TikTok - Make Your Day}}</ref> |
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===Broadcasting=== |
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Plum's first work as a broadcaster came on January 17, 2020, when she was the analyst for Pac-12 Network's broadcast of the Arizona State at University of Washington women's basketball game. |
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===Cigars=== |
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Having never smoked before, Plum smoked her first cigar in 2022 at the Eight Lounge in Las Vegas. <ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.instagram.com/p/DCsVXg1y1SU/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== | title=Post by kelseyplum10 | date=November 22, 2024}}</ref> She used cigars to motivate her team during their 2022 playoff run, saying she would smoke a cigar if they won, which they did. Plum has since developed a love for cigars, developing her own cigar brand.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.betus.com.pa/locker-room-raw/entertainment/kelsey-plum-the-queen-of-cigars-is-launching-her-brand-05-15-2024/ | title=Kelsey Plum, the Queen of Cigars, Is Launching Her Brand | date=May 15, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/my-favorite-cigar-fc5c17#:~:text=Despite%20never%20having%20had%20a,went%20viral%20on%20social%20media. | title=My Favorite Cigar | date=Jul 18, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/aces-kelsey-plum-darren-waller-holiday-shopping | title= Kelsey Plum explained why she wants other WNBA teams to be sick of her | date=Nov 7, 2023}}</ref> She smoked a cigar again after the Aces won their second championship ring. After winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, she celebrated by smoking cigars from her own brand.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/stories/kelseyplum10/3432499197380358869/ | title= kelseyplum10 on Instagram| date=Aug 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqZeCRayEI | title= Kelsey Plum turnt as she celebrates her Gold Medal | website= [[YouTube]] | date=Aug 11, 2024}}</ref> |
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Plum has said that cigars have come to represent a unique feeling of victory for her. She also added that she has been fortunate enough that cigars have become a special indulgent tradition for her and that she has "had big moments to celebrate with a smoke each of the last two summers."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://athlonsports.com/wnba/las-vegas-aces/aces-kelsey-plum-reveals-special-tradition#| title= Kelsey Plum Reveals Her 'Special Tradition' | date=September 13, 2024}}</ref> |
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Despite being a cigar smoker, Plum said she does not smoke on a daily basis but also that you have to celebrate the wins in life and she would smoke a cigar again next time her team wins a title.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mne0EHAKRAA | title=Kelsey Plum on Viral Parade Pic, Comparison to Jalen Brunson, Viral Parade Pic| website=[[YouTube]] | author=Sloane Knows! Podcast | date=February 28, 2024 }}</ref> |
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Aside from championship celebrations, Plum has posed with cigars at the launch of her cigar brand<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.instagram.com/p/C7DnGnnLqNc/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== | title= Post from kelseyplum10 | date=May 16, 2024}}</ref> and at the World Series of Poker.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://m.youtube.com/shorts/RdeFMlfVjKU | title= 18,000+ Players BATTLE for $1 Million | website= [[YouTube]] | date=June 5, 2023}}</ref> She also smoked a cigar at a photoshoot for her cigar line.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.marca.com/ | title=wnba Kelsey Plum brings sexy smoke to the photoshoot of her new cigar brand, "It's game over" | date=May 31, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/wnba/news-kelsey-plum-s-stunning-cigar-bts-shoot-video-leaves-fans-awestruck-she-s-cooking-crisco | title=Kelsey Plum's stunning cigar BTS shoot video leaves fans awestruck: "She's cooking with Crisco"| date=May 30, 2024}}</ref> Plum also smoked cigars at an event she hosted in Las Vegas to commemorate her brand.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCsf9IkP11M/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== | title=Post by kelseyplum10 | date=November 22, 2024}}</ref> |
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Plum has come under criticism for smoking cigars, with claims being made that she is putting the health of children around her at risk and setting a bad example.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.totalprosports.com/wnba/video-everybody-is-destroying-wnba-superstar-kelsey-plum-for-her-irresponsible-act-while-smoking-a-cigar/ | title= VIDEO: Everybody Is Destroying WNBA Superstar Kelsey Plum For Her Irresponsible Act While Smoking A Cigar | date=August 12, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mne0EHAKRAA | title=Kelsey Plum on Viral Parade Pic, Comparison to Jalen Brunson, Viral Parade Pic| website=[[YouTube]] | author=Sloane Knows! Podcast | date=February 28, 2024 }}</ref> |
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===Depression=== |
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Plum faced depression and suicidal thoughts during her career, and went so far as to sitting on a tall parking structure with her feet hanging over the ledge considering how her family would feel if she jumped. She is now an advocate for mental health.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/229-kelsey-plum-wnba-player/id1330434098?i=1000586090155 | title= 229. Kelsey Plum, WNBA player | date=August 17, 2024 }}</ref> |
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==Awards and honors== |
==Awards and honors== |
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* 2013—CalHiSports Ms. Basketball<ref name="CalHiSports Plum" /> |
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* 2013—WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team<ref name="WBCA HS AA" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com.au/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/19052938/kelsey-plum-washington-huskies-earns-nancy-lieberman-award-nation-best-point-guard|title=Washington's Plum honored as nation's top PG|work=ESPN.com|access-date=April 1, 2017}}</ref> |
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* 2013—McDonald's All-America team<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/story/_/id/8948254/rosters-announced-2013-mcdonald-all-american-games|title=24 girls named McDonald's all americans|work=espnW|access-date=April 11, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2016—WBCA NCAA Div. 1 All-America team<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wbca.org/about/press-releases/wbca-announces-2016-ncaa-division-i-coaches%E2%80%99-all-america-team|title=WBCA announces 2016 ncaa division i coaches' all-america team|work=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders|NCAA all-time women's basketball leading scorer]] |
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* 2017—espnW national player of the year<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18863073/washington-huskies-kelsey-plum-espnw-2016-17-national-player-year|title=Washington senior Kelsey Plum is espnW's national player of the year|work=ESPN|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—unanimous pick on the espnW All-America first team<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18867308/three-connecticut-huskies-headline-espnw-all-america-first-team|title=Trio of Huskies headline espnW All-America first team|work=ESPN|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—unanimous pick on the AP All-America first team<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKW_WOMENS_ALL_AMERICA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-03-27-12-20-02|title=Plum unanimous choice as AP women's basketball All-American|work=The Associated Press|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—USBWA All-America team<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2017/allamerica170329.html|title=USBWA names women's all-america team|work=U.S. Basketball Writers Association|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—AP women's basketball player of the year<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKW_AP_AWARDS_WAOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-03-30-17-30-46|title=Plum and Auriemma are AP player and coach of year|work=The Associated Press|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[Dawn Staley Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.gohuskies.com/news/2017/3/31/womens-basketball-plum-wins-dawn-staley-award2.aspx?path=wbball|title=Plum wins Dawn Staley award|work=University of Washington Athletics|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[USBWA Women's National Player of the Year|The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as USBWA national player of the year]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2017/women170331.html|title=USBWA presents 2016–17 women's honors|work=U.S. Basketball Writers Association|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith Trophy]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://naismithtrophy.com/washingtons-kelsey-plum-named-2017-citizen-naismith-trophy-winner/|title=Washington's Kelsey Plum Named 2017 Citizen Naismith Trophy Winner|work=Atlanta Tipoff Club|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[Nancy Lieberman Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hoophall.com/awards/the-nancy-lieberman-award/award-winner|title=2017 award winner|work=Basketball Hall of fame|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216144811/http://www.hoophall.com/awards/the-nancy-lieberman-award/award-winner|archive-date=December 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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* 2017—WBCA NCAA Div. 1 All-America team<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://wbca.org/about/press-releases/wade-trophy-winner-kelsey-plum-washington-headlines-2017-wbca-ncaa-division-i|title=Wade Trophy winner Kelsey Plum of Washington headlines 2017 wbca ncaa division i coaches' all-american team|work=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|access-date=April 3, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[Wade Trophy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wbca.org/about/press-releases/wade-trophy-winner-kelsey-plum-washington-headlines-2017-wbca-ncaa-division-i|title=Wade Trophy winner Kelsey Plum of Washington headlines 2017 WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches' All-American team|website=Women's Basketball Coaches Association|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[John R. Wooden Award|John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.woodenaward.com/john_r_wooden_award_presented_by_wendy_s_announced_at_espn_college_basketball_awards|title=John R. Wooden award presented by wendy's announced at espn college basketball awards|work=Los Angeles Athletic Club|access-date=April 8, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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* 2017—[[Honda Sports Award (basketball)|Honda Sports Award]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2016-17/20170411plum|title=Washington's Plum named the honda sport award winner for basketball|work=The Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA)|access-date=April 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gohuskies.com/news/2017/4/11/womens-basketball-kelsey-plum-named-honda-award-winner.aspx|title=Washington Huskies|website=Washington Huskies|date=April 11, 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref> |
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* 2022—[[WNBA All-Star Game|WNBA All-Star Game MVP]] |
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<ref name="WBCA HS AA">{{cite web|title=Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams |url=http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_caat_hs_past |publisher=Women's Basketball Coaches Association |access-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715025150/http://www.wbca.org/pages/AWARDS_caat_hs_past |archive-date=July 15, 2014 }}</ref> |
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<ref name="FC Plum">{{cite news |last=Michaelson |first=Lee |title=Passion, toughness define La Jolla Country Day's Kelsey Plum |date=May 1, 2012 |url=http://www.fullcourt.com/lee-michaelson/5896/passion-toughness-define-la-jolla-country-days-kelsey-plum |newspaper=Full Court |access-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517175442/http://www.fullcourt.com/lee-michaelson/5896/passion-toughness-define-la-jolla-country-days-kelsey-plum |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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<ref name="Kelsey Plum High School Stats">{{cite web|title=Kelsey Plum's Girls Basketball Stats|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/kelsey-plum/InLzSPTmEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/girls-basketball-stats.htm|website=MaxPreps}}</ref> |
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<ref name="USAB Plum">{{cite web |title=Kelsey Plum |date=July 29, 2013 |url=http://archive.usab.com/bios/plum_kelsey.html |website=USA Basketball |access-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601221852/http://archive.usab.com/bios/plum_kelsey.html |archive-date=June 1, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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<ref name="Huskies Plum">{{cite web |title=Kelsey Plum Named McDonald's All-American |date=February 14, 2013 |url=http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208025421 |website=GoHuskies.com |access-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214345/http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208025421 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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<ref name="ST Plum">{{cite news |last=Percy |first=Allen |title=Washington recruits Kelsey Plum, Nigel Williams-Goss will play in McDonald's game |date=February 14, 2013 |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/washington-recruits-kelsey-plum-nigel-williams-goss-will-play-in-mcdonalds-game/ |newspaper=The Seattle Times |access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2013 U19">{{cite web |title=Tenth FIBA U19 World Championship — 2013 |date=October 15, 2013 |url=http://www.usab.com/history/u19-womens/tenth-FIBA-u19-world-championship-2013.aspx |publisher=USA Basketball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907031340/http://www.usab.com/history/u19-womens/tenth-FIBA-u19-world-championship-2013.aspx |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="ST PAn Am">{{cite news |last=Jayda |first=Evans |title=UW guard Kelsey Plum returns from surgery, makes USA Pan American Games roster |date=May 17, 2015 |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/uw-guard-kelsey-plum-returns-from-surgery-makes-usa-pan-american-games-roster/ |newspaper=Seattle Times |access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="ESPN Plum">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Michelle |title=Plum jumped right in at Washington |date=February 27, 2014 |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10528284/women-college-basketball-kelsey-plum-washington-huskies-making-progress-pac-12 |newspaper=ESPN |access-date=June 9, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA Cuba">{{cite web |title=U.S. Advances To Pan American Games Gold Medal Game With Thrilling 65–64 Win Over Cuba |date=July 19, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/usa-defeats-cuba-in-wpag-semifinal.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722204728/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/usa-defeats-cuba-in-wpag-semifinal.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA PR">{{cite web |title=Fourth-Quarter Surge Propels U.S. Women Past Puerto Rico 93–77 And Into Pan American Games Semifinals |date=July 18, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-puerto-rico.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720134052/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-puerto-rico.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA DR">{{cite web |title=U.S. Pan American Women Cruise Past Dominican Republic 94–55 |date=July 17, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-dominican-republic.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719022957/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-dominican-republic.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA Brazil">{{cite web |title=U.S. Women Fend Off Brazil To Open Pan American Games With A 75–69 Victory |date=July 16, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-brazil.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718211100/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/wpag-usa-defeats-brazil.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 25, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA TStar">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Doug |title=Canada wins historic Pan Am women's basketball gold |date=July 20, 2015 |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/20/canada-wins-historic-pan-am-womens-basketball-gold.html |newspaper=Toronto Star |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA ESPN">{{cite web |last1=Caple |first1=Jim |title=Battle of UConn Hoops Stars Goes To Canada in Pan Am Final |url=https://www.espn.com/extra/panamgames/story/_/id/13293131/2015-pan-games-battle-uconn-hoops-stars-goes-canada-women-final |website=ESPN |date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="2015 PA Canada">{{cite web |title=U.S. Women Collect Silver At Pan American Games After Falling To Host Canada 81–73 |date=July 20, 2015 |url=http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/us-women-collect-silver-at-pan-american-games.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722181640/http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/07/us-women-collect-silver-at-pan-american-games.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 22, 2015 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> |
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<ref name="ST Wade watch">{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Jayda |title=Washington guard Kelsey Plum named to the 2014–15 "Wade Watch" list |date=November 25, 2014 |url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/womenshoops/2014/11/25/washington-guard-kelsey-plum-named-to-the-2014-15-wade-watch-list/ |newspaper=Seattle Times |access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:24, 28 November 2024
Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She won back-to-back WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, she earned her first All-WNBA First Team selection and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in her first WNBA All-Star Game. She also won gold medals in 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics and in 5x5 basketball in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
She completed her high school education at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego. Plum attended and played college basketball for the University of Washington. On February 25, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 57 points on senior night — making 19 of the 28 shots she took — to break the NCAA Division I women's basketball all-time scoring record with 3,397 points. On March 20, 2017, Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080.[3] She was selected with the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars. She was named the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year in 2021.
Early life
Plum is the daughter of Katie and Jim Plum.[4] Her mother was an accomplished volleyball player for the University of California, Davis. Her father earned All-American honors playing high school football in La Mesa, California, and went on to play football and baseball collegiately at San Diego State.[5][6] Plum has two older sisters and a younger brother. Her sisters both followed in their mother's footsteps and played volleyball. Her oldest sister Kaitlyn played for UC Davis, while Lauren played for the University of Oregon and for USA Volleyball's Junior National Team. Her younger brother Daniel played football at UC Davis.
She went through fourth grade at a local Montessori school, but Plum, who has dyslexia, was bullied by her classmates, and was young for her class, felt unprepared to advance. This led to a transfer to Midland Elementary, a public school. Her mother Katie thought repeating fourth grade could be useful, but she left the decision to her daughter, and she agreed. The decision to repeat fourth grade did not go perfectly, since she didn’t like her teacher and her friends were in another class, so she asked to switch classes and was granted the request. However, even into high school, Plum felt like she didn’t belong. She has now said she hopes anyone facing situations like hers knows they can also get through it.[7]
Plum played volleyball at first, excelling in the USA Volleyball junior system, but when it came time for high school, she chose La Jolla Country Day School over Poway High School, where her sisters had attended, and Plum chose basketball over volleyball.[8] La Jolla Country Day School is where Candice Wiggins played during her high school years as well.[9]
High school
During the course of her high school career, Plum scored a total of 2,247 points, averaging 19.9 points per game. She recorded 677 rebounds, assisted on 381 baskets, and had 370 steals.[10] Over her four years, her team had a record of 103–22, which led to four section titles and the 2012 CIF Division IV state championship.[11] Plum also played AAU basketball for San Diego Sol.[12]
Plum was selected to the 2013 WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team. She participated in the 2013 WBCA High School All-America Game, hitting six of her eight field goal attempts, scoring 14 points.[13][14]
When it came time for college choices, Plum considered Maryland and Virginia on the east coast, and Cal, Gonzaga, Oregon and Washington on the west coast, then decided to accept the offer from Washington.[15][16]
Plum was named a McDonald's All-American.[17] This qualified her to participate in the 2013 McDonald's All-American Girls Game.[18] She was named Ms. Basketball by CalHiSports, an honor bestowed upon the best female high school basketball player in California. Prior winners include Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Courtney Paris, Candice Wiggins, and Diana Taurasi.[5]
College career
Freshman year
After Plum helped the USA basketball team to win the gold medal in Lithuania, she flew directly to Seattle rather than heading home to San Diego. A teammate at the University of Washington picked her up at the airport and they were in the gym by the end of the day. By going directly to campus, Plum was able to sign up for summer school classes and get acquainted with the university and her teammates before the fall quarter began.[9] Her head coach Mike Neighbors noticed her desire to get started, which helped him with his decision to name her the team captain before the season started, a rare event for a freshman. During her freshman year, she set six Washington freshman records. Her total points scored (695) were the most ever by a freshman, and her single game high of 38 points is a freshman record. She earned freshman of the year honors for the Pac-12 conference. She averaged almost 21 points per game during the regular season.
One of the highlights of the year was a victory over the fourth ranked team in the country, Stanford. Plum was the high scorer with 23 points.[19]
Sophomore year
Washington opened their regular-season with a game against Oklahoma. Washington lost the game 90–80 but Plum set a new school record with 45 points.[20] In her sophomore year, she was named to the "Wade Watch" a list of 25 players who are viewed as having the potential to win player of the year honors. She was also named to the list of 30 players to be considered for the Wooden Award.[21] Plum helped the Washington Huskies earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. In a coincidence, they faced Miami, coached by Katie Meier, who had been Plum's coach while on the USA Basketball U19 team. Plum scored 17 points in the game, but Miami prevailed 86–80.[22]
Junior year
For the week of January 11–17, Plum was named both the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week and the Pac-12 Player of the Week. By scoring 25.9 points per game, she ranked first in the Pac-12 and fourth in the nation. Plum also led the Huskies on an improbable NCAA Tournament run, highlighted by their first Final Four appearance in program history. Unfortunately, the magical run ultimately ended in the Final Four as Plum and the Huskies lost to a deeper, more talented Syracuse Orange team (who also clinched their first Final Four berth in program history), 80–59. The Orange would go on to lose to the undefeated 37–0 and three-time defending women's national champions Connecticut Huskies, 82–51.
Senior year
During Plum's senior season, she became the all-time leading scorer for either gender in Pac-12 history, passing the former record of Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike in a December 11, 2016, win over Boise State.[23] The following month, during a win over Arizona, Plum became the first Pac-12 player, and the 12th NCAA Division I women's player, to reach 3,000 career points.[24][a] On February 25, 2017, in the Huskies' final regular season game, Plum scored a Pac-12 record 57 points in an 84–77 win over Utah. The record-setting output also gave Plum the NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring record. She entered the game trailing Jackie Stiles' previous record of 3,393 points by 53 points and broke the record in the fourth quarter.[25] Plum led her Washington Huskies to a 29–6 record during her senior season, which boasted a record of 15–3 in the Pac-12. Plum, along with her third seeded Washington Huskies, made it to the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament where they were knocked out by two seed Mississippi State.
According to ESPN.com, Plum was unanimously selected as an Associated Press All-American First Teamer, an honor only given to five players in women's college basketball. Plum averaged 31.7 points while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 43 percent from three-point range during her senior campaign. Plum ended her senior season with a total of 1,109 points scored, an NCAA women's basketball single season record. According to Excelle Sports, Plum broke the NCAA career free throw record, tallying 912 points from the free throw line throughout her illustrious career. Plum has also been named one of the five finalists for the Wooden Award, an award handed out to the best player in women's college basketball, in the eyes of 250 sportscasters and writers. Plum was also named the AP player of the year for women's college basketball, the first ever Washington Husky to earn the award. Other accolades Plum accumulated during her senior year include being a part of the all-Pac-12 team as well as winning the Pac-12 player of the year award, only the second husky ever to win the award, according to The Seattle Times' website. Plum also earned the Nancy Lieberman award, an honor given to the top point guard in women's college basketball, as well as the Dawn Staley award, handed out to the best guard in women's college basketball. Plum ended her outstanding career with a point total of 3,527 and an assist total of 519. She finished just 270 points shy of Pete Maravich's all-time scoring record regardless of gender. Plum graduated from Washington in June 2017 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology and a 3.3 GPA.[26][27]
College statistics
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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2013–14 | Washington | 34 | 34 | 37.3 | 39.3 | 36.7 | 84.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 20.9 |
2014–15 | Washington | 33 | 33 | 36.8 | 43.2 | 39.9 | 89.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 22.6 |
2015–16 | Washington | 37 | 37 | 38.2 | 40.5 | 33.3 | 89.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 25.9 |
2016–17 | Washington | 35 | 35 | 37.2 | 52.9 | 42.8 | 88.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 31.7 |
Career | 139 | 139 | 37.4 | 44.3 | 38.2 | 88.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 25.4 | |
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[28] |
Professional career
WNBA
Plum was selected as the first pick of the 2017 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars.[29] This marked the first time in history that the first overall pick from the NBA (Markelle Fultz) and the WNBA came from the same school (University of Washington) in the same year.[30] Plum made her career debut on May 25, 2017, against the Dallas Wings, she scored four points along with one assist off the bench in a 94–82 loss.[31] On August 5, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 23 points in an 87–80 overtime win against the Seattle Storm.[32] By the end of the season, Plum averaged 8.5 ppg and was voted on the All-Rookie Team, but the Stars finished with the second worst record in the league.
In 2018, the San Antonio Stars relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, and were renamed the Las Vegas Aces. In the 2018 season, Plum improved in every statistical category, averaging more points, rebounds and assists with higher shooting percentages. This helped the Aces improve overall from the previous season but they fell short of a playoff spot as they finished ninth place with a 14–20 record (6 wins better than the 2017 season).
In 2019, the Aces would finish the season as the number four seed with a 21–13 record, making the playoffs for the first time since 2014. They would receive a bye to the second round. In the playoffs, Plum would step up on the offensive end, averaging double-digits in ppg for the entire Aces playoff run. In the second round elimination game, the Aces defeated the Chicago Sky 93-92 off a desperation half-court game winner by teammate Dearica Hamby who came up with a steal on defence in the final 10 seconds of the game. In the semi-finals, the Aces would lose in four games to the Washington Mystics, who ended up winning the championship.
On May 15, 2020, Plum signed a two-year extension with the Aces worth $350K.[33] In early June, 2020, she suffered an injury to her Achilles tendon. Due to the injury and the surgery to repair it, she missed the 2020 season.[34] Without Plum, the Aces were 18–4 in the shortened 22-game season with the number 1 seed. They would advance all the way to the Finals but fell short by losing to the Seattle Storm in a three-game sweep.
In 2021, Plum came off the bench and had a career year averaging 14.8 points, 3.6 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.0 steals on 38.6% from the three and 94.4% from the free throw line. Plum ended the month of September averaging 21.7 points, 3.2 assists, and 1.5 steals, and was named Western Conference Player of the Month.[35] Plum was finally healthy and had a career revamp season coming off the bench winning the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year and finished second in the WNBA Most Improved Player voting.[36]
In 2022, Plum in a now starting role averaged a new career high in points, assist, and rebounds. 20.2 points, 5.1 assists, and 2.7 rebounds on 42% from three and 46% from the field. On June 22, Plum was announced to her first All-Star team as well as being voted a starter for the All Star Game. She then signed a two-year contract extension with Las Vegas worth $185k for one year and $200k the other year.[37] On July 10, Plum won All Star MVP with a 30 point performance.[38] She grabbed Western Conference Player of the week two times for the weeks of May 30-June 5[39] and July 28-July 31.[40] Plum would go on to help the Aces to their second finals appearance and win their first championship in franchise history.[41]
Plum, who has been described as smart,[42] has long been considered to be muscular, but over the 2023-2024 offseason, fans noticed that she seems to have gotten even stronger and more swole. Videos of Plum flexing confirm that her biceps are indeed large.[43][44][45]
KBSL
Fenerbahçe
In 2017, Plum signed with Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League (KBSL) in Turkey for the 2017–18 season.[46] During her first stint with the team, Plum would help the team win the KBSL championship title. She returned with Fenerbahçe for the 2018–19 season, helping the team win another KBSL championship and the Turkish Women's Basketball Cup.[47]
Galatasaray
On 15 January 2022, she signed with Galatasaray of the KBSL.[48] In 6 games in the KBSL, she averaged 26.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists.[49]
Unrivaled
On July 15, 2024, it was announced that Plum would appear and play in the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new women's 3x3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart.[50] In late November 2024, Plum announced via social media that she would no longer be playing in the 2025 Unrivaled season and instead would "take some more time for myself this offseason."[51]
National team career
U19 team 2013
Plum was named to the USA Basketball U19 team, coached by Katie Meier, the head coach of the University of Miami. Among Plum's teammates were Moriah Jefferson and Breanna Stewart. Plum competed on behalf of the US at the Tenth FIBA U19 World Championship, held in Klaipėda and Panevežys, Lithuania, in July 2013. The team won all nine games, with a winning margin averaging 43 points per game. Plum scored 5.6 points per game.[52]
Pan American team 2015
Plum was injured in December, but cleared to continue playing through the season. After the season she underwent surgery on April 6. Her original dates for clearance to play extended beyond the Pan Am team trial date, but her rehabilitation went well, and she was cleared to return to the court two days before the Pan Am team trials.[53] She has been named a member of the twelve player squad representing the US to play Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto which will be held from July 16 to 25 at the Ryerson Athletic Centre.[54]
Plum was a member of the USA Women's Pan American Team which participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 10 to 26, 2015. The USA opened preliminary play with a game against Brazil. Although they opened up a 16-point lead in the second quarter Brazil came back, going on a 14–0 run to take a two-point lead in the third quarter. The USA responded with an 11–2 run with foul shot contributions by Jefferson and a three-point basket from Stewart. The USA ended up winning the close game 75–69.[55]
The second game was against the Dominican Republic. USA scored the first eight points and was never threatened. USA won 94–55. Plum led the team with five assists.[56] The final preliminary game USA played Puerto Rico. USA led by only three points at the end of the third quarter, largely due to the play of Carla Cortijo who scored 24 points, but left with an injury late in the game. After the injury the US extended the lead to 18 points and ended up with a 93–77 win, good for first place in their group.[57]
In the semifinal game, Cuba led the US by as many as 14 points in the third quarter. The USA battled back and took a late lead. With under eight seconds to go, the USA was down by one point while Cuba had the ball. Linnae Harper stole the ball and made two free throws to give the USA the lead. Cuba missed its final shot to give the USA the win 65–64, propelling them into the gold-medal game against Canada.[58]
The gold-medal game matched up the host team Canada against USA. After trading baskets early, the US edged out to a double-digit lead in the second quarter. However the Canadians fought back and tied up the game at halftime. In the third quarter, Canada outscored the US 26–15. The lead would reach as high as 18 points. The USA would fight back, but not all the way and Canada won the game and the gold-medal 81–73.[59][60][61][62]
2020 Summer Olympics
In late March 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government postponed the 2020 Summer Olympics until the summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[63] In July 2021, Plum won the gold medal in 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
2024 Summer Olympics
In June 2024, Plum was named to the US women's Olympic team to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, alongside fellow Aces teammates, Chelsea Gray, A'ja Wilson, and Jackie Young.[64] Plum and the United States defeated France 67–66 in the final, earning her first 5x5 gold medal and the United States' eighth consecutive gold medal.[65] She was one of the few players who sang the national anthem on the podium.[66]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage |
3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game |
SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game |
Bold | Career high | * | Led Division I | ° | Led the league | ‡ | WNBA record |
† | Denotes seasons in which Plum won a WNBA championship |
WNBA
Regular season
Stats current through end of 2024 season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | San Antonio | 31 | 23 | 22.9 | .346 | .365 | .870 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 8.5 |
2018 | Las Vegas | 31 | 27 | 25.5 | .467 | .439 | .875 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 9.5 |
2019 | Las Vegas | 34 | 30 | 25.5 | .365 | .357 | .872 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 8.6 |
2020 | Did not play (injury) | ||||||||||||
2021 | Las Vegas | 26 | 0 | 25.6 | .437 | .386 | .944° | 2.5 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 14.8 |
2022† | Las Vegas | 36 | 36 | 32.8 | .460 | .420 | .839 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 20.2 |
2023† | Las Vegas | 39 | 39 | 32.4 | .475 | .389 | .912 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 18.7 |
2024 | Las Vegas | 38 | 38 | 34.0 | .423 | .368 | .866 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 17.8 |
Career | 7 years, 1 team | 235 | 193 | 28.8 | .432 | .390 | .882 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 14.3 |
All-Star | 3 | 1 | 18.9 | .650 | .522 | 1.000 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 23.0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Las Vegas | 5 | 3 | 35.0 | .492 | .529 | 1.000° | 4.8 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 15.2 |
2021 | Las Vegas | 5 | 0 | 28.8 | .471 | .387 | .909 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 19.6 |
2022† | Las Vegas | 10 | 10 | 33.3 | .409 | .286 | .891 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 17.1 |
2023† | Las Vegas | 9 | 9 | 36.8 | .417 | .403 | .875 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 18.3 |
2024 | Las Vegas | 6 | 6 | 33.0 | .461 | .359 | .778 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 16.3 |
Career | 5 years, 1 team | 35 | 28 | 33.7 | .439 | .369 | .880 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 17.4 |
College
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2013–14 | Washington | 34 | 34 | 37.3 | 39.3 | 36.7 | 84.6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 20.9 |
2014–15 | Washington | 33 | 33 | 36.8 | 43.2 | 39.9 | 89.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 22.6 |
2015–16 | Washington | 37 | 37 | 38.2 | 40.5 | 33.3 | 89.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 25.9 |
2016–17 | Washington | 35 | 35 | 37.2 | 52.9 | 42.8 | 88.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 31.7* |
Career | 139 | 139 | 37.4 | 44.3 | 38.2 | 88.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 25.4 |
Personal life
On March 4, 2023, Plum married American football player Darren Waller.[69] Waller and Plum filed for divorce on April 23, 2024, after one year of marriage.[70][71]
Despite being proudly of Irish descent, some have referred to Plum as the "Puerto Rican Princess" and others have also claimed that she has Dominican ancestry. However, Plum has embraced the nickname.[72]
Plum is a Christian. Her only tattoo is on her right forearm and reads "Keep the faith". Plum has said that the tattoo helped her push through a difficult time in her life.[73]
Plum kicked off the first marquee event of the WSOP’s Mystery Millions and unveiled the gold bracelet to be won in the Mystery Millions.[74]
Plum has been involved in philanthropic efforts.[75][76]
Broadcasting
Plum's first work as a broadcaster came on January 17, 2020, when she was the analyst for Pac-12 Network's broadcast of the Arizona State at University of Washington women's basketball game.
Cigars
Having never smoked before, Plum smoked her first cigar in 2022 at the Eight Lounge in Las Vegas. [77] She used cigars to motivate her team during their 2022 playoff run, saying she would smoke a cigar if they won, which they did. Plum has since developed a love for cigars, developing her own cigar brand.[78][79][80] She smoked a cigar again after the Aces won their second championship ring. After winning gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, she celebrated by smoking cigars from her own brand.[81][82]
Plum has said that cigars have come to represent a unique feeling of victory for her. She also added that she has been fortunate enough that cigars have become a special indulgent tradition for her and that she has "had big moments to celebrate with a smoke each of the last two summers."[83]
Despite being a cigar smoker, Plum said she does not smoke on a daily basis but also that you have to celebrate the wins in life and she would smoke a cigar again next time her team wins a title.[84]
Aside from championship celebrations, Plum has posed with cigars at the launch of her cigar brand[85] and at the World Series of Poker.[86] She also smoked a cigar at a photoshoot for her cigar line.[87][88] Plum also smoked cigars at an event she hosted in Las Vegas to commemorate her brand.[89]
Plum has come under criticism for smoking cigars, with claims being made that she is putting the health of children around her at risk and setting a bad example.[90][91]
Depression
Plum faced depression and suicidal thoughts during her career, and went so far as to sitting on a tall parking structure with her feet hanging over the ledge considering how her family would feel if she jumped. She is now an advocate for mental health.[92]
Awards and honors
- 2013—CalHiSports Ms. Basketball[5]
- 2013—WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team[13][93]
- 2013—McDonald's All-America team[94]
- 2016—WBCA NCAA Div. 1 All-America team[95]
- 2017—NCAA all-time women's basketball leading scorer
- 2017—espnW national player of the year[96]
- 2017—unanimous pick on the espnW All-America first team[97]
- 2017—unanimous pick on the AP All-America first team[98]
- 2017—USBWA All-America team[99]
- 2017—AP women's basketball player of the year[100]
- 2017—Dawn Staley Award[101]
- 2017—The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as USBWA national player of the year[102]
- 2017—Naismith Trophy[103]
- 2017—Nancy Lieberman Award[104]
- 2017—WBCA NCAA Div. 1 All-America team[105]
- 2017—Wade Trophy[106]
- 2017—John R. Wooden Award Women's Player of the Year[107]
- 2017—Honda Sports Award[108][109]
- 2022—WNBA All-Star Game MVP
Notes
- ^ Although USC's Cheryl Miller scored 3,018 career points, she never played in the Pac-12 (or, as it was known during her career, the Pac-10). During Miller's career, USC played women's basketball in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association and the Pacific West Conference. The Pac-10 did not start sponsoring women's sports until the 1986–87 school year, the season after Miller graduated.
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External links
- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Kelsey Plum at FIBA
- Washington Huskies bio
- USA Basketball profile
- Kelsey Plum at Team USA (archive)
- Kelsey Plum at Olympics.com
- Kelsey Plum at Olympedia (archive)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- 3x3 basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- All-American college women's basketball players
- American expatriate basketball people in Turkey
- American women's basketball players
- American women's 3x3 basketball players
- Arkansas Razorbacks women's basketball coaches
- Basketball players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from San Diego
- Fenerbahçe women's basketball players
- First overall WNBA draft picks
- Galatasaray S.K. (women's basketball) players
- Las Vegas Aces players
- McDonald's High School All-Americans
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in 3x3 basketball
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in basketball
- Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
- People from Poway, California
- Point guards
- San Antonio Stars draft picks
- San Antonio Stars players
- Washington Huskies women's basketball players
- WNBA All-Stars
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- 21st-century American sportswomen