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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
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| name = Katie Mattera
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| height_in = 7.5
| height_in = 7.5
| weight_lbs = 240
| weight_lbs = 240
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|11|17}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1982|11|17}}
| birth_place = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]
| birth_place = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], U.S.
| high_school = Grand Rapids Baptist Academy<br/>(Grand Rapids, Michigan)
| high_school = Grand Rapids Baptist Academy<br/>(Grand Rapids, Michigan)
| college = [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]] (2001–2005)
| college = [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]] (2001–2005)
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| highlights =
| highlights =
* [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]] (2005)
* [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]] (2005)
* 3x [[Big South Conference|Big South]] Player of the Year (2003–2005)
* 3x First-team All-Big South (2003–2005)
* Big South All-Freshman Team (2002)
| wnba_profile = katie_mattera
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'''Katharen Ruth Mattera''' (née '''Feenstra'''; born November 17, 1982) is an American [[college basketball]] coach and retired player for the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA).
'''Katharen Ruth Mattera''' ({{née}} '''Feenstra'''; born November 17, 1982) is an American [[college basketball]] coach and former player for the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA).


Mattera is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 7.5 inches (2.02 m) tall,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=CHN&PlayerID=79427|title=Katie Mattera Basketball Player Profile, Zhejiang Far East, Liberty, News, D2 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket|work=www.eurobasket.com|access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref> she is the eighth-tallest person to have played professionally in the WNBA. Only [[Margo Dydek]], at 7&nbsp;ft 2 in (2.18 m), [[Han Xu (basketball)|Han Xu]], at 6&nbsp;ft 9&nbsp;in (2.06 m), and [[Lindsay Taylor]], [[Zheng Haixia]], [[Maria Stepanova]], [[Liz Cambage]], and [[Brittney Griner]], each at 6&nbsp;ft 8 in (2.03 m), are taller than she.<ref>
Mattera is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 7.5 inches (2.02 m) tall,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=CHN&PlayerID=79427|title=Katie Mattera Basketball Player Profile, Zhejiang Far East, Liberty, News, D2 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket|work=eurobasket.com|access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref> she is the ninth-tallest person to have played professionally in the WNBA. Only [[Margo Dydek]], at 7&nbsp;ft 2 in (2.18 m), [[Han Xu (basketball)|Han Xu]], at 6&nbsp;ft 11&nbsp;in (2.11 m), [[Bernadett Határ]], at 6&nbsp;ft 10.5 in (2.1 m), and [[Lindsay Taylor]], [[Zheng Haixia]], [[Maria Stepanova]], [[Liz Cambage]], and [[Brittney Griner]], each at 6&nbsp;ft 8 in (2.03 m), are taller than her.<ref>[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_feenstra/bio.html?nav=page WNBA Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124402/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_feenstra/bio.html?nav=page |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>
[http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_feenstra/bio.html?nav=page WNBA Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124402/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/katie_feenstra/bio.html?nav=page |date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref>


==College years==
==College years==
Born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], Mattera went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending [[Liberty University]], where she majored in [[physical education]]. She was a three-time [[Big South Conference]] Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, [[John R. Wooden]] and [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith Award]] nominee. She also became the [[Big South Conference]]'s all-time shot-blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South Conference history. She finished her career at Liberty as one of only two players in NCAA history to lead the nation in field-goal percentage in back-to-back seasons (2004, 2005)
Born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], Mattera went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending [[Liberty University]], where she majored in [[physical education]]. She was a three-time [[Big South Conference]] Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, [[John R. Wooden]] and [[Naismith College Player of the Year|Naismith Award]] nominee. She also became the [[Big South Conference]]'s all-time shot-blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South Conference history. She finished her career at Liberty as one of only two players in NCAA history to lead the nation in field-goal percentage in back-to-back seasons (2004, 2005)


==Liberty statistics==
==Career statistics==
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
===WNBA===
====Regular season====
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align="left" | [[2005 WNBA season|2005]]
| align="left" | [[2005 San Antonio Silver Stars season|San Antonio]]
|'''34'''||'''14'''||'''19.8'''||46.8||0.0||70.3||5.1||0.2||0.3||'''1.3'''||1.8||'''8.8'''
|-
| align="left" | [[2006 WNBA season|2006]]
| align="left" | [[2006 San Antonio Silver Stars season|San Antonio]]
|'''34'''||'''14'''||18.6||46.7||0.0||61.9||'''6.1'''||'''0.4'''||'''0.4'''||0.8||2.0||7.8
|-
| align="left" | [[2007 WNBA season|2007]]
| align="left" | [[2007 Detroit Shock season|Detroit]]
|'''34'''||12||13.1||52.7||0.0||73.6||4.9||0.2||0.2||0.7||1.2||5.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2008 WNBA season|2008]]
| align="left" | [[2008 Atlanta Dream season|Atlanta]]
|33||4||14.0||53.5||0.0||75.0||3.9||0.3||0.1||0.8||1.8||6.7
|-
| align="left" rowspan=2 | [[2009 WNBA season|2009]]
| align="left" | [[2009 San Antonio Silver Stars season|San Antonio]]
|13||0||6.1||61.9||0.0||33.3||1.7||0.1||0.1||0.6||'''1.0'''||2.2
|-
| align="left" | [[2009 Chicago Sky season|Chicago]]
|2||0||11.5||'''75.0'''||0.0||'''83.3'''||3.0||0.0||0.0||0.5||3.0||5.5
|-
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 5 years, 4 teams
|150||44||15.4||49.7||0.0||68.9 ||4.7||0.3||0.2||0.9||1.7||6.7
{{S-end}}


===College===
Source<ref name="NCAA Player stats"/>
{| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 92%; white-space: nowrap;"

|+ '''Legend'''
{{NBA player statistics legend}}
|-
{|class="wikitable"
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;GP
!Year
| Games played
!Team
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;&nbsp;GS&nbsp;
!GP
| Games started
!Points
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;MPG&nbsp;
!FG%
| Minutes per game
!3P%
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;FG%&nbsp;
!FT%
| [[Field goal (basketball)|Field goal]] percentage
!RPG
|-
!APG
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;3P%&nbsp;
!SPG
| [[Three-point field goal|3-point field goal]] percentage
!BPG
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;FT%&nbsp;
!PPG
| [[Free throw]] percentage
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;RPG&nbsp;
|-
| [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]] per game
|2001-02
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;APG&nbsp;
|[[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]
| [[Assist (basketball)|Assists]] per game
|17
|-
|178
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;SPG&nbsp;
|51.0
| [[Steal (basketball)|Steals]] per game
| -
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | &nbsp;BPG&nbsp;
|56.1
| [[Block (basketball)|Blocks]] per game
|5.6
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;TO&nbsp;
|0.4
| [[Turnover (basketball)|Turnovers]] per game
|0.2
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;PPG&nbsp;
|1.4
| Points per game
|10.5
|-
| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;'''Bold'''&nbsp;
|-
| Career high
|2002-03
| style="background-color: #cfecec; border: 1px solid black" | &nbsp;*&nbsp;
|Liberty
| Led Division I
|28
|}
|424
===College===
|56.9
{{WNBA player statistics start}}
| -
|-
|'''67.7'''
| style="text-align:left;"| 2001-02
|9.1
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]
|0.4
|17||-||-||51.0||0.0||56.1||5.6||0.4||0.2||1.4||-||10.5
|0.5
|-
|2.5
| style="text-align:left;"| 2002-03
|15.1
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]
|28||-||23.9||bgcolor=#cfecec|56.9*||0.0||'''67.7'''||9.1||0.4||0.5||2.4||1.9||15.1
|-
|-
|2003-04
| style="text-align:left;"| 2003-04
|Liberty
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]
|'''32'''
|'''32'''||-||'''28.6'''||bgcolor=#cfecec|65.7*||0.0||57.1||'''11.0'''||0.5||'''0.8'''||'''2.6'''||1.9||'''21.1'''
|'''674'''
|-
|65.7
| style="text-align:left;"| 2004-05
| -
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]
|57.1
|'''32'''||-||25.9||bgcolor=#cfecec|'''67.1*'''||0.0||67.3||10.3||'''0.9'''||0.4||2.5||'''1.7'''||17.8
|11.0
|- class="sortbottom"
|0.5
| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| '''Career'''
|'''0.8'''
|109||-||26.2||62.2||0.0||62.9||9.5||0.6||0.5||2.3||1.8||16.9
|'''2.6'''
|- class="sortbottom"
|'''21.1'''
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from [[Sports-Reference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Katie-Mattera-1.html|title=Katie Mattera College Stats|publisher=[[Sports-Reference]]|accessdate=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
{{S-end}}
|-
|2004-05
|Liberty
|'''32'''
|569
|'''67.1'''
| -
|67.3
|'''10.3'''
|'''0.9'''
|0.4
|2.5
|17.8
|-
|Career
|Liberty
|109
|1845
|62.2
|0.0
|62.9
|9.5
|0.6
|0.5
|2.4
|16.9
|}


==WNBA career==
==WNBA career==
Mattera was originally selected by the [[Connecticut Sun]] on April 16, 2005, during the [[2005 WNBA Draft]], but was quickly traded to the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] in exchange for the Silver Stars' player [[Małgorzata Dydek|Margo Dydek]] (the tallest player in the WNBA).
Mattera was originally selected by the [[Connecticut Sun]] on April 16, 2005, during the [[2005 WNBA draft]], but was quickly traded to the [[San Antonio Silver Stars]] in exchange for the Silver Stars' player [[Małgorzata Dydek|Margo Dydek]] (the tallest player in the WNBA).


On September 14, 2005 she was named to the [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]].
On September 14, 2005, she was named to the [[WNBA All-Rookie Team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-Rookie Teams |url=https://www.wnba.com/history_all-rookie-teams/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA |language=en}}</ref>


On February 22, 2007, she was traded to the [[Detroit Shock]] in exchange for [[Ruth Riley]].
On February 22, 2007, she was traded to the [[Detroit Shock]] in exchange for [[Ruth Riley]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-02-22 |title=Silver Stars acquire Ruth Riley in trade with Detroit |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/silver-stars-acquire-ruth-riley-in-trade-with-detroit/n-3429442 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=OurSports Central |language=en}}</ref>


On February 6, 2008 she was selected in the expansion draft by the [[Atlanta Dream]].
On February 6, 2008, she was selected in the expansion draft by the [[Atlanta Dream]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-08 |title=Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/dream-waives-center-katie-feenstra-mattera/n-3801906 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=OurSports Central |language=en}}</ref>


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
On November 5, 2019, Mattera was named assistant women's basketball coach at [[Liberty University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Back at Home |url=https://www.liberty.edu/journal/article/back-at-home/ |publisher=MLive.com}}</ref> Her first head coaching job was at [[Cornerstone University]].,<ref>{{cite web|title=Former WNBA player hired as Cornerstone's new basketball coach |url=http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2012/05/former_wnba_player_hired_as_co.html |publisher=MLive.com |accessdate=May 12, 2012}}</ref> where she served for six years.
On November 5, 2019, Mattera was named assistant women's basketball coach at [[Liberty University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Back at Home |url=https://www.liberty.edu/journal/article/back-at-home/ |publisher=MLive.com}}</ref> Her first head coaching job was at [[Cornerstone University]].,<ref>{{cite web|title=Former WNBA player hired as Cornerstone's new basketball coach |date=May 8, 2012 |url=http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2012/05/former_wnba_player_hired_as_co.html |publisher=MLive.com |accessdate=May 12, 2012}}</ref> where she served for six years.

==Personal life==
Feenstra married Todd Mattera on November 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlantadreamdiary.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/where-in-the-world-is-katie-feenstra/ |title=Where in the World is… Katie Feenstra? « |accessdate=December 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20090310033432/http://atlantadreamdiary.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/where-in-the-world-is-katie-feenstra/ |archivedate=March 10, 2009 }}</ref> Her sister, Meribeth Anderson, also played basketball at Liberty from 1999 to 2003.


Feenstra wears men's size 17 (US) / 53 (EU) shoes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/features/timeout_feenstra.html|title=WNBA.com: Time Out with Katie Feenstra|website=wnba.com|access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
==Trivia and personal life==
* Feenstra married Todd Mattera on November 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://atlantadreamdiary.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/where-in-the-world-is-katie-feenstra/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=December 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20090310033432/http://atlantadreamdiary.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/where-in-the-world-is-katie-feenstra/ |archivedate=March 10, 2009 }}</ref>
* She wears a men's size 17 (US) / 53 (EU) shoe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/features/timeout_feenstra.html|title=WNBA.com: Time Out with Katie Feenstra|website=www.wnba.com|access-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref>
* Her sister, Meribeth Anderson, also played basketball at Liberty from 1999–2003


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 22 December 2024

Katie Mattera
Personal information
Born (1982-11-17) November 17, 1982 (age 42)
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 7.5 in (2.02 m)
Listed weight240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High schoolGrand Rapids Baptist Academy
(Grand Rapids, Michigan)
CollegeLiberty (2001–2005)
WNBA draft2005: 1st round, 8th overall pick
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career2005–2009
PositionCenter
Career history
2005–2006San Antonio Silver Stars
2007Detroit Shock
2008Atlanta Dream
2009San Antonio Silver Stars
2009Chicago Sky
Career highlights and awards
  • WNBA All-Rookie Team (2005)
  • 3x Big South Player of the Year (2003–2005)
  • 3x First-team All-Big South (2003–2005)
  • Big South All-Freshman Team (2002)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Katharen Ruth Mattera (née Feenstra; born November 17, 1982) is an American college basketball coach and former player for the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Mattera is one of the tallest players in WNBA history. At 6 feet 7.5 inches (2.02 m) tall,[1] she is the ninth-tallest person to have played professionally in the WNBA. Only Margo Dydek, at 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), Han Xu, at 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m), Bernadett Határ, at 6 ft 10.5 in (2.1 m), and Lindsay Taylor, Zheng Haixia, Maria Stepanova, Liz Cambage, and Brittney Griner, each at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), are taller than her.[2]

College years

[edit]

Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mattera went on to star on the women's basketball team while attending Liberty University, where she majored in physical education. She was a three-time Big South Conference Player of the Year, a Wade Trophy, John R. Wooden and Naismith Award nominee. She also became the Big South Conference's all-time shot-blocker on February 14, 2005. Feenstra was the tallest player in Liberty University and Big South Conference history. She finished her career at Liberty as one of only two players in NCAA history to lead the nation in field-goal percentage in back-to-back seasons (2004, 2005)

Career statistics

[edit]
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

[edit]

Regular season

[edit]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2005 San Antonio 34 14 19.8 46.8 0.0 70.3 5.1 0.2 0.3 1.3 1.8 8.8
2006 San Antonio 34 14 18.6 46.7 0.0 61.9 6.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.0 7.8
2007 Detroit 34 12 13.1 52.7 0.0 73.6 4.9 0.2 0.2 0.7 1.2 5.2
2008 Atlanta 33 4 14.0 53.5 0.0 75.0 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.8 1.8 6.7
2009 San Antonio 13 0 6.1 61.9 0.0 33.3 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.0 2.2
Chicago 2 0 11.5 75.0 0.0 83.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.0 5.5
Career 5 years, 4 teams 150 44 15.4 49.7 0.0 68.9 4.7 0.3 0.2 0.9 1.7 6.7

College

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Legend
  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

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2001-02 Liberty 17 - - 51.0 0.0 56.1 5.6 0.4 0.2 1.4 - 10.5
2002-03 Liberty 28 - 23.9 56.9* 0.0 67.7 9.1 0.4 0.5 2.4 1.9 15.1
2003-04 Liberty 32 - 28.6 65.7* 0.0 57.1 11.0 0.5 0.8 2.6 1.9 21.1
2004-05 Liberty 32 - 25.9 67.1* 0.0 67.3 10.3 0.9 0.4 2.5 1.7 17.8
Career 109 - 26.2 62.2 0.0 62.9 9.5 0.6 0.5 2.3 1.8 16.9
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[3]

WNBA career

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Mattera was originally selected by the Connecticut Sun on April 16, 2005, during the 2005 WNBA draft, but was quickly traded to the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for the Silver Stars' player Margo Dydek (the tallest player in the WNBA).

On September 14, 2005, she was named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team.[4]

On February 22, 2007, she was traded to the Detroit Shock in exchange for Ruth Riley.[5]

On February 6, 2008, she was selected in the expansion draft by the Atlanta Dream.[6]

Coaching career

[edit]

On November 5, 2019, Mattera was named assistant women's basketball coach at Liberty University.[7] Her first head coaching job was at Cornerstone University.,[8] where she served for six years.

Personal life

[edit]

Feenstra married Todd Mattera on November 8, 2008.[9] Her sister, Meribeth Anderson, also played basketball at Liberty from 1999 to 2003.

Feenstra wears men's size 17 (US) / 53 (EU) shoes.[10]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Katie Mattera Basketball Player Profile, Zhejiang Far East, Liberty, News, D2 stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - eurobasket". eurobasket.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. ^ WNBA Profile Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Katie Mattera College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
  4. ^ "All-Rookie Teams". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Silver Stars acquire Ruth Riley in trade with Detroit". OurSports Central. February 22, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Dream Waives Center Katie Feenstra Mattera". OurSports Central. April 8, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  7. ^ "Back at Home". MLive.com.
  8. ^ "Former WNBA player hired as Cornerstone's new basketball coach". MLive.com. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  9. ^ "Where in the World is… Katie Feenstra? «". Archived from the original on March 10, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
  10. ^ "WNBA.com: Time Out with Katie Feenstra". wnba.com. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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