Kelly Schumacher (born October 14, 1977) is an American-born Canadian professional

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player and professional

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player. She had been playing in the WNBA for the

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, until her release 18 June 2009. After her junior season at the

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, she competed with

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as a member of the

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-winning Jones Cup Team that compiled a 4-0 record in

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. In her professional career she plays in Spanish League in Arranz Burgos, Perfumerías Avenida and now in UB F.C.Barcelona. She is currently playing professional beach volleyball on the AVP Tour.

Awards and achievements

*She has appeared in more games (159) than any player in Fever history. *Fever's starting power forward in first 14 games of 2005. *Second all-time in career blocked shots for the Fever. *Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at

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in New York, September 16, 2004. *Pro career highs of 22 points and nine rebounds in an 81-57 win over San Antonio, July 23, 2003. *Finished her career at Connecticut ranked third all-time in career blocked shots with 181. *Set NCAA Women's Final Four record with nine blocked shots as Connecticut defeated Tennessee for the 2000 national championship. *Played a career-high 39 minutes during an overtime game played at Radio City Music Hall in New York, September 16, 2004. *She is the

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's career leader in blocked shots *She has appeared in more games than any other player in

history *She recorded 717 points during her collegiate career at the

*She has been voted MVP in

and

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*She was a member of gold medal-winning 2000 USA Jones Cup team *She was a member of the CCAA national championship team 1996, 1997 *She is ranked sixteenth in the WNBA, with 0.8 blocks per game *She had won the Spanish female league and the cup of queen with "Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca" 005-2006*On February 23, 2006, she was traded to 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 ...

*Before the 2007 season, she was traded again to the

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Biography

Born in

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but raised in

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She was a communications science major at the

. She plays the

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and lists her favorite on-court moment as winning the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Her nickname is 'Schuey' or 'schu'. At age 23, Schumacher was selected by the

in the first round (14th overall) of the WNBA draft on April 20, 2001.

USA Basketball

Schumacher was named to the team representing the USA in 2000 at the

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competition in

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. The USA team started strong with a 32 point win over the host team, the Republic of China National Team. They then beat South Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game. Japan started out strongly, and had an 18 point lead in the first half. The USA then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half. The USA built a ten point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go. Kelly Schumacher grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to bring the lead back to five points and the team held on for the win. Schumacher had 24 points to help the USA team beat Japan 83–80. The final game was against Malaysia, but it wasn't close, with the USA winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal. Schumacher tied Camille Cooper for the team rebounding lead with 7.3 rebounds per game.

Professional career

After playing professional volleyball, Schumacher is returning to basketball, signing with the Spanish professional team Rivas Ecópolis

University of Connecticut Statistics

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External links

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New York Liberty press release on obtaining SchumacherKelly in Perfumerias Avenida de Salamanca
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schumacher, Kelly 1977 births Living people American women's basketball players Basketball coaches from Ohio Basketball players from Cincinnati Centers (basketball) Detroit Shock players Indiana Fever draft picks Indiana Fever players Las Vegas Aces coaches New York Liberty coaches New York Liberty players Phoenix Mercury players UConn Huskies women's basketball players American women's volleyball players Volleyball players from Ohio