Kelsey Plum

Last Updated:

September 11, 2018

POS: Position:

G Guard

HGT: Height:

5-8 5-8

WGT: Weight:

145 145

Age: Age:

YOG: Year of Graduation:

2017

Team:

Las Vegas Aces

School:

University of Washington

Hometown:

Poway, CA

Kelsey Plum

As of Aug. 25, 2018.

USA Basketball Notes

Gold Medal: 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship.
Silver Medal: 2015 Pan American Games.
Is 15-1 in USA Basketball games played.
2017-20 USA National Team: Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 and winter 2018 training camps in Santa Barbara, California, and Columbia, South Carolina.
Member of the 2015 USA Basketball Women’s Pan American Games team that captured the silver medal with a 4-1 record at 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.
Member of the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team that posted a perfect 9-0 record and captured the gold medal at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship in Lithuania.
Aided the USA U19 squad to a 3-0 exhibition record against U19 teams from Australia, Canada and Spain in the Canary Islands.
Participated in the 2012 USA U18 National Team trials.

Professional Notes

Drafted: No. 1 in 2017 by the San Antonio Stars.
WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2017.
The Aces in 2018 finished with a 14-20 record and one position out of the playoffs; averaged 9.5 ppg. and 4.0 apg.
In her rookie season, the Stars finished with an 8-26 record.
Played for Fenerbahce in Turkey during the 2017-18 season where she averaged 6.4 ppg. and 2.2 apg. in 17 EuroLeague games and aided Fener to the Turkish league championship.

College Years

In her four years at Washington, the Huskies posted a 98-41 (.705) record, advanced to the 2014 WNIT quarterfinals and three NCAA Tournaments, advancing as far as the 2016 Final Four and the 2017 Sweet 16.
Capped her collegiate career as the NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer with 3,527 points (25.4 ppg.). Also owns the NCAA single-season scoring record with 1,109 in 2016-17. Also owns NCAA career free throws made record with 912.
NCAA Tournament All-Regional Team (2016).
Naismith Award, Wade Trophy, Associated Press, USBWA and espnW National Player of the Year (2017).
Pac-12 Player of the Year (2017).
AP All-American first team (2017) and third team (2016).
WBCA and USWBA All-American (2016, 2017).
Wooden Award All-American (2016).
Dawn Staley and Nancy Lieberman award winner (2017).
Honda Cup and Senior CLASS Award finalist (2017).
All-Pac-12 Team (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).
Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2016).
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015, 2016, 2017).
Seattle Female Sports Star of the Year (2017).
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2014).

Personal

Hails from Poway, California.
Daughter of Katie and Jim Plum; has one brother, Daniel, and two sisters, Kaitlyn and Lauren.
Her father played football and baseball at San Diego State, and her mother played volleyball at UC-Davis. Her sister Kaitlyn also played volleyball at UC-Davis, and her sister Lauren played volleyball at Oregon and for the USA Volleyball Junior National Team.
Attended La Jolla Country Day School (Calif.), where in four years she helped the Torreys to the 2012 CIF Division IV state title, four-straight San Diego Section Division IV titles and a 103-22 record.
2013 USA Today All-USA second team and WBCA and McDonald’s All-American.
San Diego Player of the Year and All-California Interscholastic Federation first team (2011, 2012 and 2013).
In four-year prep career, amassed 2,215 points, 683 rebounds, 382 assists and 370 steals.
Also played volleyball in high school and was a 2009 state champion.

Social

Twitter: @Kelseyplum10
Instagram: @Kelseyplum10

Personal Notes:

Hails from Poway, California.
Daughter of Katie and Jim Plum; has one brother, Daniel, and two sisters, Kaitlyn and Lauren.
Her father played football and baseball at San Diego State, and her mother played volleyball at UC-Davis. Her sister Kaitlyn also played volleyball at UC-Davis, and her sister Lauren played volleyball at Oregon.
Attended La Jolla Country Day School (Calif.), where in four years she helped the Torreys to the 2012 CIF Division IV state title, four-straight San Diego Section Division IV titles and a 103-22 record.
2013 USA Today All-USA second team and WBCA and McDonald’s All-American.
2011, 2012 and 2013 San Diego Player of the Year and All-California Interscholastic Federation first team.
In four-year prep career, amassed 2,215 points, 683 rebounds, 382 assists and 370 steals.
Averaged 27.1 ppg., 8.5 rpg., 3.7 spg. and 3.3 apg. as a senior in 2012-13, posted an 18-12 record.
Helped lead La Jolla to the 2012 Division IV state title, averaged 22.5 ppg., 5.0 rpg., 4.5 apg. and 3.7 spg. in 30 games as La Jolla finished 32-1.
In the state title game, hit five 3s and scored 32 points; her five 3s tied a Division IV state title game record.
As a sophomore in 2010-11, averaged 19.6 ppg., 7.2 rpg., 4.8 apg. and 3.2 spg. as La Jolla went 27-5; recorded one quadruple-double.
Played in 29 games and had two starts as a freshman in 2009-10, averaged 10.2 ppg., 6 rpg., 1.1 apg. and 2.6 spg. for the 26-4 Torreys.
Also played volleyball and was a 2009 state champion.

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TEAM	G/S	MIN/G	FGM-A	PCT	3PM-3A	PCT	FTM-A	PCT	REB/AVG	PTS/AVG	AST	TO	BLK	STL
2015 PAG	5/0	11.8	4- 13	.308	3- 7	.429	4- 4	1.000	8/ 1.6	15/ 3.0	6	9	0	1
2013 U19	8/0	12.9	17- 39	.436	6- 21	.286	5- 6	.833	14/ 1.8	45/ 5.6	14	6	0	8
2013 U19X	3/0	15.7	5- 15	.333	0- 7	.000	0- 0	.---	5/ 1.7	10/ 3.3	2	5	0	1
Totals	16/0	13.1	26- 67	.388	9- 35	.257	9- 10	.900	27/ 1.7	70/ 7.4	22	20	0	10

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