Kristen Cherie Mann (born August 10, 1983) is an former American professional basketball player who played in the WNBA.

Childhood

Born in

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on August 10, 1983, Mann is the daughter of Kathy Deeds and Gene Mann. She has two brothers, Mack and Guy, and one sister, Payton, all younger than her. She went to Foothill High School, playing both basketball and softball. She played first and third base for her high school softball team, and the Foothill Knights won the state and national titles in 2000. In basketball she holds 25 school records, and was a Nike All-American.

College career

Mann went to the

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, alongside fellow WNBA player

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, and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Women's Studies. She played basketball all four years at UCSB, and played softball for the 2003 season. She played first base and was a designated hitter with a batting average of .263 for the season. Some of her college awards are being First Team All-Big West in 2003–04 & 2002–03, 2001–02 Big-West Freshman of the Year, 2004–05 John Wooden All-American, and being awarded the Kristen Lohman trophy. The Gauchos won the Big-West tournament championship in 2002–03. During the summer of 2003 Mann was a member of Team USA and helped win the gold medal in the inaugural FIBA World Championship for Young Women in Sibenik, Croatia.

UC Santa Barbara statistics

Source

WNBA career

Following her collegiate career, she was selected 11th overall in the 2005 WNBA Draft. In her rookie season, Mann averaged 3.0 points and 7.7 minutes per game. In 2006, Mann was inserted into the starting line-up and averaged 7.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. In 2007, Mann started 17 of the Lynx 34 games and posted career highs in scoring (7.6 ppg) and rebounds (3.6 rpg). On February 6, 2008, the

Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded for the 2008 WNBA season. The team is owned by real ...

selected Mann in their expansion draft. She was traded to Indiana midway through the 2008 season in exchange for

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. While a member of the Indiana Fever, she played in five games averaging just over 6 minutes player per game and averaging 0.4 points per game. After the 2008 season, Mann was signed by the Washington Mystics, who cited her "ability to stretch the defense with her three point shot, a very high basketball IQ, and a competitive work ethic" as the reasons why they had chosen to bring her on board. Former Lynx teammates Lindsey Harding and Eshaya Murphy joined Mann for training camping prior to the 2009 season. On June 4, 2009, Mann was waived from the Mystics, but she was re-signed on June 16, 2009. Mann signed partway through the 2010 season with the Minnesota Lynx and would play a total of five games with them to finish out the season.

WNBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Overseas career

Music career

She is also a singer/songwriter and has released recordings with Gabriel Mann, no relation, but was a college friend under the band name Sapphica. She plays the acoustic guitar and sings for the duo. She has also released music as a solo artist under her name, Kristen Mann.

References

External links

Music WebsiteSapphica Website

LFB Player Profile (French championship)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Kristen 1983 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in France American expatriate basketball people in Latvia American expatriate basketball people in Turkey American women's basketball players Atlanta Dream players Basketball players from California Indiana Fever players Minnesota Lynx draft picks Minnesota Lynx players People from Lakewood, California Small forwards Tarbes Gespe Bigorre players UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball players Washington Mystics players