Kelsey Mitchell (born November 12, 1995) is an American professional
basketball
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player for the
Indiana Fever of the
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is an American professional basketball league. It is composed of twelve teams, all based in the United States. The league was founded on April 22, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the Natio ...
(WNBA). Mitchell was the second overall pick in the
2018 WNBA draft. She completed her college career with the
Ohio State Buckeyes
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in 2018. In February 2018, she was named the Big Ten women's basketball player of the year by the conference's coaches. She was a second team All-American in 2015, 2017, and 2018, while notching first team All-American in 2016.
During her senior college season, Mitchell averaged 24.4 points per game on 46.1 percent shooting and 40.3 percent shooting from three. She also managed 4.1 assists per game and 3.2 rebounds per game. She finished the regular season of her final season with the third-most points in
NCAA Division I
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history,
and ultimately finished her career with 3,402 points, trailing only
Kelsey Plum
Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She won a WNBA championship in 2022, when she earned her first All-WNBA Fir ...
of
Washington
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.
In 2019, Mitchell played for Egyptian club
Al Ahly
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in the 2019
FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
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.
Personal
Mitchell is from
Cincinnati
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, Ohio, and graduated from
Princeton High School in
Sharonville, Ohio
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...
.
WNBA career statistics
Regular season
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2018
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Indiana
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2019
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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2020
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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2021
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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2022
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
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Ohio State statistics
''Statistics courtesy NCAA Statistics''
See also
*
List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders
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References
External links
Ohio State Buckeyes profileUSA Basketball profile
1997 births
Living people
All-American college women's basketball players
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from Cincinnati
Indiana Fever draft picks
Indiana Fever players
McDonald's High School All-Americans
Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball players
Parade High School All-Americans (girls' basketball)
Point guards
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