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Kelsey Plum
No. 10 – Washington Huskies
PositionGuard
LeaguePacific-12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1994-08-24) August 24, 1994 (age 30)
Poway, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High schoolLa Jolla Country Day
(La Jolla, California)
CollegeWashington (2013–present)
Career highlights and awards
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women’s Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2013 U19 Lithuania Team Competition

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, a community of San Diego, California.

Early life

Plum is the daughter of Katie and Jim Plum.[1] Her mother was an accomplished volleyball player for the University of California, Davis. Her father played baseball and football at San Diego State, earning letters in both sports all four years. She has two older sisters, each of whom followed in her mother's footsteps and played volleyball. The oldest sister Kaitlyn plays for Cal Davis, while Lauren plays for the University of Oregon, and played for USA Volleyball’s Junior National Team. Kelsey played volleyball at first, excelling in the USA Volleyball junior system, but when it came time to go to high school, she chose La Jolla Country Day School over Poway High, where her sisters had attended and chose basketball over volleyball.[2] La Jolla Country Day School is where Candice Wiggins played during her high school years.[3]

High School career

During the course of her high school career, Plum scored a total of 2,215 points, averaging 27.2 points per game. She recorded 683 rebounds assisted on 382 baskets and had 370 steals. 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.[4]

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.[5][6]

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.[7][8]

Plum was named a McDonald's All-American.[9] This qualified her to participate in the 2013 McDonald's All-American Girls Game[10] She was named Ms. Basketball by CalHiSports, a honro besotwed upon the best female high school basketball player in California. Prior winners include Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Courtney Paris,Candice Wiggins, and [[Diana Taurasi.[11]

USA Basketball

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 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.[12]

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 rehabilitaiton went well, and she was cleared to return to the court two days before the Pan Am team trials.[13] She has been named a member of the twelve player squad representing the USA 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.[14]

University of Washington Career

Freshmen Year

After Plum help the USA basketball team to win the gold medal in Lithuania, she flew directly to Seattle rather than heading home to San Diego and then going up to school. She was working out in the gym on the same day she left Lithuania. By heading directly to school it enabled her to sign up for summer school classes and get acquainted with the University and her teammates before the fall semester began.[3] 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.[15]

Sophomore Year

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.[16]

University of Washington Statistics

Kelsey Plum Statistics at University of Washington
Year G FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT REB AVG A TO B S MIN PTS AVG
2013–14 34 214 544 0.393 84 221 0.367 203 240 0.846 160 4.71 93 98 6 35 1268 711 20.9
2014–16 33 235 544 0.432 69 173 0.399 207 231 0.896 122 3.70 109 91 8 51 1213 746 22.6
Totals 67 449 1088 0.413 150 394 0.381 410 471 0.870 282 4.21 201 189 14 86 2481 1457 21.8

Awards and honors

  • 2013—CalHiSports Ms. Basketball[11]
  • 2013—WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team[5]
  • 2013—McDonald's All-America team[9]

References

  1. ^ "#10 Kelsey Plum". Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  2. ^ Michaelson, Lee (May 1, 2012). "Passion, toughness define La Jolla Country Day's Kelsey Plum". Full Court. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Michelle (2/27/2014). "Plum jumped right in at Washington". ESPN. Retrieved 9 Jun 2015. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Kelsey Plum". USA Basketball. July 29, 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Past WBCA HS Coaches' All-America Teams". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  7. ^ Hansen, Chris (Oct 1, 2012). "Commitment News — No. 26 Kelsey Plum decides — Oct. 1, 2012". Peach State Basketball. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  8. ^ Michaelson, Lee (May 1, 2012). "Passion, toughness define La Jolla Country Day's Kelsey Plum". FullCourtPress. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Kelsey Plum Named McDonald's All-American". GoHuskies.com. February 14, 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  10. ^ Percy, Allen (February 14, 2013). "http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-husky-basketball/washington-recruits-kelsey-plum-nigel-williams-goss-will-play-in-mcdonalds-game/". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 27 May 2015. {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)
  11. ^ a b Abend, Harold (April 5, 2013). "Ms. Basketball 2013: Kelsey Plum". CalHiSports. Retrieved 9 Jun 2015.
  12. ^ "TENTH FIBA U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP — 2013". USA Basketball. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  13. ^ Jayda, Evans (May 17, 2015). "UW guard Kelsey Plum returns from surgery, makes USA Pan American Games roster". Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  14. ^ "2015 U.S. Pan American Women's Basketball Team". Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  15. ^ Evans, Jayda (March 5, 2014). "Kelsey Plum's passion is paying off for Huskies". Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  16. ^ Evans, Jayda (November 25, 2014). "Washington guard Kelsey Plum named to the 2014-15 "Wade Watch" list". Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 May 2015.


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