Kristy Wallace (born 3 January 1996) is an Australian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA and for the

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of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). She played

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for the Baylor Lady Bears.

College

Wallace played four seasons of college basketball in the United States for the Baylor Lady Bears. She earned

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All-Freshman Team in 2015 and Big 12 All-Defensive Team and First-team All-Big 12 in 2018.

Baylor statistics

Source

Professional

Wallace was picked in the second round of the 2018 WNBA draft by the

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. She later signed a two-year deal with the

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. A knee injury in her second game with Canberra in late 2018 saw her not play again until 2021 in the

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with the

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. She joined the

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for the 2021–22 WNBL season and won the WNBL Sixth Woman of the Year Award. On January 13, 2023, Wallace was traded from the

to the Indiana Fever.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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National team

Youth Level

Wallace made her international debut for the

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at the 2014 FIBA Oceania Under-18 Championship in Fiji. Wallace would then go on to represent the Gems at the Under-19 World Championship in Russia the following year, where they finished in third place and took home the bronze medal.

References

External links

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Baylor Lady Bears bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wallace, Kristy 1996 births Living people Atlanta Dream draft picks Atlanta Dream players Australian expatriate basketball people in the United States Australian women's basketball players Baylor Bears women's basketball players Guards (basketball) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Australia Indiana Fever players Universiade medalists in basketball Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade People educated at John Paul College (Brisbane) Sportswomen from Queensland Southside Flyers players