Kelsey Christine Plum was born on August 24,1994 and is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association.
39 Facts About Kelsey Plum
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Kelsey Plum won a WNBA championship in 2022, when she earned her first All-WNBA First Team selection and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in her first WNBA All-Star Game.
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Kelsey Plum won the gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Kelsey Plum completed her high school education at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego.
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On March 20,2017, Kelsey Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080.
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Kelsey Plum was selected out of UW with the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Stars.
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Kelsey Plum was named the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year in 2021.
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Kelsey Plum's mother was an accomplished volleyball player for the University of California, Davis.
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Kelsey Plum's father earned All-American honors playing high school football in La Mesa, California, and went on to play football and baseball collegiately at San Diego State.
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Kelsey played volleyball at first, excelling in the USA Volleyball junior system, but when it came time for high school, she chose La Jolla Country Day School over Poway High School, where her sisters had attended, and Plum chose basketball over volleyball.
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Kelsey Plum recorded 677 rebounds, assisted on 381 baskets, and had 370 steals.
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Kelsey Plum was selected to the 2013 WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team.
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Kelsey Plum participated in the 2013 WBCA High School All-America Game, hitting six of her eight field goal attempts, scoring 14 points.
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When it came time for college choices, Kelsey 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.
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Kelsey Plum was named to the USA Basketball U19 team, coached by Katie Meier, the head coach of the University of Miami.
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Kelsey Plum competed on behalf of the US at the Tenth FIBA U19 World Championship, held in Klaipeda and Panevezys, Lithuania, in July 2013.
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Kelsey Plum has been named a member of the twelve player squad representing the US 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.
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Kelsey Plum was a member of the USA Women's Pan American Team which participated in basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 10 to 26,2015.
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Kelsey Plum's total points scored were the most ever by a freshman, and her single game high of 38 points is a freshman record.
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Kelsey Plum earned freshman of the year honors for the Pac-12 conference.
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Kelsey Plum averaged almost 21 points per game during the regular season.
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Kelsey Plum was named to the list of 30 players to be considered for the Wooden Award.
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Kelsey Plum helped the Washington Huskies earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
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Kelsey Plum led the Huskies on an improbable NCAA Tournament run, highlighted by their first Final Four appearance in program history.
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Kelsey Plum entered the game trailing Jackie Stiles' previous record of 3,393 points by 53 points and broke the record in the fourth quarter.
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Kelsey Plum averaged 31.7 points while shooting 53 percent from the floor and 43 percent from three-point range during her senior campaign.
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Kelsey Plum ended her senior season with a total of 1,109 points scored, an NCAA women's basketball single season record.
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Kelsey Plum has been named one of the five finalists for the Wooden Award, an award handed out to the best player in women's college basketball, in the eyes of 250 sportscasters and writers.
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Kelsey Plum was named the AP player of the year for women's college basketball, the first ever Washington Husky to earn the award.
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Kelsey Plum earned the Nancy Lieberman award, an honor given to the top point guard in women's college basketball, as well as the Dawn Staley award, handed out to the best guard in women's college basketball.
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Kelsey Plum ended her outstanding career with a point total of 3,527 and an assist total of 519.
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Kelsey Plum finished just 270 points shy of Pete Maravich's all-time scoring record regardless of gender.
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Kelsey Plum graduated from Washington in June 2017 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology.
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Kelsey Plum was selected as the first pick of the 2017 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars.
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On May 15,2020, Kelsey Plum signed a two-year extension with the Aces worth $350K.
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Kelsey Plum was finally healthy and had a career revamp season coming off the bench winning the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year and finished second in the WNBA Most Improved Player voting.
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Kelsey Plum then signed a two year contract extension with Las Vegas worth $185k for one year and $200k the other year.
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Kelsey Plum would go on to help the Aces to their second finals appearance and win their first championship in franchise history.
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On March 4,2023, Kelsey Plum married NFL tight end for the New York Giants Darren Waller.