Katherine Anne Paye was born on March 6,1974 and is an American former collegiate and professional basketball player who is currently the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team.
13 Facts About Kate Paye
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Kate Paye was born at the medical center of Stanford University's hospital, and was raised in Woodside, California in a family of Stanford student-athletes.
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Kate Paye's father was a running back for Stanford's football team while her brother John was a guard for Stanford's basketball team and quarterback for the Cardinal in the mid-1980s, and later was her basketball coach at Menlo School.
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At Menlo, Kate Paye led the team to three consecutive California Interscholastic Federation Division V state basketball championships from 1989 to 1991.
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Stanford never recruited her, so Kate Paye attended its women's basketball team training camp as a walk-on and tried out.
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Kate Paye was accepted and won a spot as a point guard on the team.
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Kate Paye graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.
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In 1996, Kate Paye began her professional basketball career with the Seattle Reign in the American Basketball League for three seasons until the league folded.
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Kate Paye later joined the Women's National Basketball Association in 2000, and played for the Minnesota Lynx for two seasons.
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Kate Paye graduated from Stanford Law School with a Juris Doctor and the Stanford Graduate School of Business with a Masters in Business Administration in the spring of 2003.
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Kate Paye left the following year to embark upon her playing career in the ABL.
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Kate Paye returned to San Diego State the next season as an assistant coach.
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In June 2007, Kate Paye returned to Stanford as an assistant coach.