Kara Elizabeth Wolters was born on August 15,1975 and is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player and a current sports broadcaster.
25 Facts About Kara Wolters
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Kara Wolters won AP College Player of the Year in 1997.
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Kara Wolters started as a radio color commentator for women's basketball on WTIC, and since 2012 has served as the in-studio analyst for women's basketball on SNY.
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Kara Wolters was born the youngest child of Liz and William Kara Wolters and grew up in a basketball family.
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Kara Wolters's father, known as Willie, is in the Boston College Hall of Fame and was an eighth-round Seattle SuperSonics draft pick in the 1967 NBA draft who later worked as an insurance lawyer.
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Kara Wolters has always worn uniform number 52, the same number as her father, as a tribute.
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Kara Wolters was bullied over her height and build as a youth and was ignored by some college recruiters who thought her body type was a negative attribute for basketball.
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Kara Wolters has two older sisters: Kristen, who played college basketball, at Rhode Island, and Katie.
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Katie dealt with brain cancer from age six until her death in 2004, which inspired Kara Wolters to establish the "Kara Wolters Kares Foundation" in 1998 to support brain tumor research.
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Kara Wolters married Sean Drinan, a financial advisor, in November 2004.
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Kara Wolters played for the women's basketball team at the University of Connecticut from 1993 to 1997.
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Kara Wolters appeared in four NCAA Tournaments, advanced to the 1996 Final Four, the 1994 and 1997 Final Eights and won four Big East Conference Championships and four Big East tournament titles.
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Kara Wolters finished her career as Connecticut's all-time leading rebounder and shot blocker.
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Kara Wolters was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.
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Kara Wolters was invited to be a member of the Jones Cup team representing the US in 1996.
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Kara Wolters represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy in August 1997.
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Kara Wolters averaged 11.3 points per game, second highest on the team and had 13 blocks, more than the rest of the team combined.
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Kara Wolters was named to the USA national team in 1998.
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Kara Wolters averaged 5.0 points per game and recorded seven blocks.
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Kara Wolters was drafted by the New England Blizzard of the ABL in 1997.
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Kara Wolters was selected by the Houston Comets in the third round during the 1999 WNBA draft and subsequently in the 2000 Expansion Draft by Indiana Fever.
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Kara Wolters was traded to the Sacramento Monarchs for the 14th pick in the 2001 WNBA draft on April 11,2001.
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Kara Wolters continued to play for the Monarchs until May 20,2003, when she was released.
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Kara Wolters was a member of the gold medal-winning US Olympic women's basketball team during the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
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Kara Wolters is one of only 12 women to receive a Gold Medal in the Olympics, an NCAA championship, and a WNBA Championship.