Kathryn Elizabeth Douglas (born May 7, 1979) is an American former professional

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player. Her primary position was

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, her secondary was

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. She was known league-wide as one of the most prominent two-way players for her long-range shooting and high scoring abilities on offense as well as her defensive abilities. In the WNBA, she has been a multiple time WNBA All-Star and has been a selection to both the

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and WNBA All-Defensive First Team. She won

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with the Indiana Fever in

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College years

After attending

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in Indianapolis, Douglas attended

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

and graduated in 2001 as a

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major. She helped lead Purdue to an

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in 1999 and was a two-time Kodak All-America in 2000 and 2001, as well as being named to the 1999 and 2001

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Women's Final Four All-Tournament Team. She shared

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honors in 2000 with

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, and in 2001 was the unanimous Big Ten Player of the Year and winner of the Silver Basketball from the ''

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''. Douglas also received the 2001

Suzy Favor Award, which is given to the conference's female athlete of the year across all sports. Douglas played at Purdue for head coach

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Purdue statistics

Source

USA Basketball

Douglas played on the team presenting the US at the 1999 World University Games held in

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. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Douglas was the leading scorer on the USA team with 17.6 points per game.

WNBA career

Douglas was selected the 10th overall pick by the

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in the 2001 WNBA draft. She remained with the franchise even when the Miracle relocated to

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, and was renamed the

Connecticut Sun The Connecticut Sun are an American professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut that competes in the Eastern Conference (WNBA), Eastern Conference of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was established ...

prior to the 2003 season. Before becoming an all-star in the league, Douglas earned some WNBA Finals experience early in her career while the Connecticut Sun were championship contenders in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The Sun made it to the finals in both seasons but would lose both times to the

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and

Sacramento Monarchs The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009. They played their home games at ARCO Arena. The Mona ...

respectively. Following the 2005 WNBA season, Douglas had a breakout year in 2006, averaging 16.4 ppg and being voted as a WNBA all-star for the first time. Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team and received the

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award in the

2006 WNBA All-Star Game The 2006 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 12, 2006 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, home of the New York Liberty. The game was the 7th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the third time New York has hosted the basketball showca ...

. In 2007, Douglas ranked 5th in the league in steals (65), 7th in scoring (577), and 12th in assists (125). Douglas was again selected for the WNBA All-Defensive First Team. On February 19, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Douglas to her hometown team, the

Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned ...

for

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and the Fever's first round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, she would play alongside superstar small forward

Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA champio ...

. She would have a solid season in her first year with the team by averaging 15.6 ppg, but unexpectedly struggled in the playoffs, averaging only 7.3 ppg. The Fever had gotten eliminated in the first round 2-1 by the

Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. ...

. In the 2009 season, Douglas would have the best season of her career, she had back-to-back 30+ point games, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so. She also scored a career high and franchise record, 34 points in a regular season game win against the

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and averaged a career-high 17.6 ppg. Douglas would be voted into the

2009 WNBA All-Star Game The 2009 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 25, 2009 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, home of the Connecticut Sun. The game was the 9th annual WNBA All-Star Game. This was the second time Connecticut had hosted the basketball sh ...

. The Fever would make it to the finals that year, but lost 3–2 to the

Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference (WNBA), Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the league ...

. A few seasons later, Douglas would win her first

with the Indiana Fever in

as they had beat the

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3–1. It was her fourth career WNBA Finals appearance, although she was sidelined for the series after sustaining an ankle injury during the Eastern Conference Finals. With a few seconds left in the final game of the series at home and the Fever with a comfortable lead, Douglas was subbed in while the crowd was giving a standing ovation. En route to her first championship, Douglas had another great year during the 2012 season, averaging 16.5 ppg. In a regular season game win against the

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, Douglas scored 29 points along with a franchise-record 7 three-pointers. Douglas wouldn't see much playing time in the 2013 season, missing a huge bulk of the season due to a lower back injury and playing a total of only 4 games. The injury would also cause her to miss the playoffs. This season would be Douglas's last season with the Fever as she became an unrestricted free agent. On March 24, 2014, Douglas returned to the

in free agency, signing a 2-year deal with a third-year option. She had another productive season averaging 13.1 ppg and was voted into the WNBA all-star game for the fifth time in her career. Despite her stats, the Sun finished last place in the Eastern Conference. On May 1, 2015, Douglas announced her retirement after 14 seasons in the WNBA. Among the WNBA all-time leaders, Douglas ranks 16th in regular season scoring, 6th in regular season 3-pointers made, 5th in regular season steals, 10th in playoff scoring, 4th in playoff 3-pointers made and 4th in playoff steals.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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Overseas career

From her second year to her thirteenth year in the WNBA, Douglas played overseas every off-season. Douglas went to

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to play for Ano Liosia Basketball in the 2002-03 off-season. Douglas played in Greece once again for S.U. Glyfada Esperides Kyklos the following off-season. From 2004 to 2007, Douglas played three off-seasons in

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

for Lietuvos telekomas / TEO Vilnius. In the 2007-08 off-season, Douglas played for

Ros Casares Valencia Ros Casares Godella was a professional women's basketball team based in Godella, Spain. It played in the Liga Femenina de Baloncesto between 1996 and 2012, when it resigned to play in EuroLeague and Spanish League. It continued playing in Primera ...

of the Spanish League. In the 2008-09 off-season, Douglas played for

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...

before the team folded the same year. Douglas played for

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

of the

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during the 2009-10 off-season with then Indiana Fever teammate Tamika Catchings. Douglas returned to Spain to play once again for

in the 2010-11 off-season. In the 2011-12 off-season, Douglas played for

Nadezhda Orenburg PBK Nadezhda Orenburg (russian: ПБК «Надежда») is a Russian women's basketball club from Orenburg founded in 1994. Nadezhda has been 3rd in the Russian Premier League in 2010 and 2011, and reached the Russian Cup's final from 2011� ...

in the Russian League and finished off her overseas career playing in

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for

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in the 2012-13 off-season.

Personal life

Douglas lost both her parents to cancer; her father in 1997 and her mother less than three years later in 2000. She was awarded the first-ever Jim V Foundation Comeback of the Year Award in 2001 for her perseverance after a string of tragic, personal losses. One week after the 2005

WNBA Finals The WNBA Finals are the championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the conclusion of the league's postseason each fall. The series was named the WNBA Championship until 2002. Starting 2016 Verizon is the officia ...

loss to the Sacramento Monarchs, Douglas married Vasilis Giapalakis in

Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

. Giapalakis is a sports agent who represents male and female basketball players. Douglas, who played for a

n basketball team in the WNBA offseason, met Giapalakis when she was playing for a

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club. The couple divorced a few years later. In July 2015, just a couple months after her retirement, Douglas married Fred Poe, who is an owner of a fence company named K & K Fence Co. Douglas and her husband have a second in home in

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Business ventures

In 2017, Douglas opened an

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franchise fitness center in Greenwood,

Awards and achievements

* 2005 WNBA All-Defensive First Team * 2006 All-WNBA First Team, WNBA All-Defensive First Team, WNBA All-Star Selection (MVP) * 2007 All-WNBA Second Team, WNBA All-Defensive First Team, WNBA All-Star Selection * 2009 All-WNBA Second Team, WNBA All-Star Selection * 2010 All-WNBA Second Team, WNBA All-Defensive Second Team * 2011 WNBA All-Defensive Second Team, WNBA All-Star Selection * Number 23 retired by the

References

External links

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Purdue bioPurdue Senior Honored at ESPN The Magazine's College Basketball Awards
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