Kelley Cain (born May 16, 1989) is an American

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who last played for the

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of the WNBA. Born in

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, she went to St. Pius X Catholic High School (Georgia) and played collegiately for the

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

. Currently she plays for Güre Belediye Woman Basketball Club in İzmir, Turkey.

USA Basketball

Cain was a member of the USA Women's U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in

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. The event was held in July 2006, when the USA team defeated Canada to win the championship. Cain helped the team the gold medal, scoring 6.5 points per game. Her field goal percentage of 57.9% was second among all contestants, and her 1.75 blocks per game was tied for first (with

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WNBA

She was selected in the first round of the 2012 WNBA draft (7th overall) by the

New York Liberty The New York Liberty are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Liberty compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as part of the league's Eastern Conference. The team was f ...

, while she was playing in Turkey for Güre Belediye Woman Basketball Club in İzmir.

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