22 Facts About Kate Starbird

Catherine Evelyn Starbird was born on July 30,1975 and is an American computer scientist and former women's professional basketball player.

The 1997 Naismith College Player of the Year, Kate Starbird helped Stanford make three consecutive Final Four appearances from 1995 to 1997 and scored 2,215 career points, a school record that stood for 11 years.

From 1997 to 2006, Kate Starbird played professional basketball in the American Basketball League, Women's National Basketball Association, and various European teams.

Kate Starbird's research focuses on disinformation and social media communication during disasters.

Catherine Evelyn Kate Starbird was born July 30,1975, in West Point, New York, to a military family.

Kate Starbird's father Edward Starbird was a United States Army colonel, and her mother Margaret was a teacher and author.

Kate Starbird was named Washington Player of the Year by Gatorade and USA Today.

At Stanford University, Kate Starbird played at guard for the Stanford Cardinal under coach Tara VanDerveer from 1993 to 1997 with NCAA tournament appearances every season, including the Final Four from 1995 to 1997.

On January 13,1996, Kate Starbird scored a career high 44 points against USC.

Kate Starbird won the Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA Women's National Player of the Year award, and WBCA Player of the Year awards.

Kate Starbird graduated from Stanford in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

Kate Starbird represented the US at the 1997 World University Games held in Marsala, Sicily, Italy in August 1997.

In two seasons with the Reign, Kate Starbird played in 59 games and averaged 12.9 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.8 assists.

Kate Starbird played in 24 games with one start for the Monarchs in 1999, averaging 2.0 points and 1.0 rebounds.

Kate Starbird averaged 4.0 points in 2000 and 4.7 points in 2001 with the Starzz.

In 2002, Kate Starbird averaged 1.7 points in 15 games for the Starzz before being traded to the Seattle Storm for Semeka Randall.

Kate Starbird played her final year in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever in 2004, averaging 1.7 points and 0.8 rebounds.

Kate Starbird earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in 2009.

Kate Starbird's research sits at the intersection of computer science and social science and falls within the fields of Human-Computer Interaction and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work.

One of the shooting events Kate Starbird documented was the attack at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Kate Starbird's grandfather Alfred Dodd Kate Starbird was an Olympic athlete who was an Army general during World War II.

Kate Starbird said in a 2011 interview with ESPN the Magazine that she never considered a career in coaching basketball due to concerns that she would need to be closeted.