College Years

• As a senior in 2018-19, Connecticut finished with a 35-3 record, including 16-0 in conference play, captured the American Athletic Conference Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Final Four.
• As a junior in 2017-18, aided UConn to a 36-1 slate, the AAC regular season and tournament titles and to the NCAA Final Four.
• In her first two seasons at Connecticut and helped the Huskies to an overall record of 74-1 (.987), the 2016 NCAA Tournament title, the 2017 NCAA Final Four and two American Athletic Conference regular season championships and a pair of AAC Tournament crowns.
• Three-time WBCA Coaches’ All-American (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Two-time AP First Team All-American (2017, 2018)
• Two-time USBWA First Team All-American (2017, 2018)
• Two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
• Three-time American Athletic Conference First Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team (2017, 2018)
• 2019 AP Third Team All-American
• 2019 USBWA Second Team All-American
• 2019 NCAA Albany Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2017 American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2016 American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team
• 2016 ESPNW National Freshman of the Year

Personal

• Hails from Huntington Beach, California.
• Daughter of Karen and Jon Samuelson; has two older sisters, Bonnie and Karlie.
• Father played professional basketball in Europe; mother was named to the All-England Netball Team; and both sisters played basketball at Stanford University.
• Both sisters also attended USA Basketball trials, but Katie Lou was the first to earn a spot on a USA team. Bonnie was at the 2010 U17/Youth Olympic Games trials and the 2009 U16 trials. Karlie was at the 2011 U16 and 2012 U17 trials.
• Graduated from Mater Dei High School (Calif.) and attended Edison High School (Calif.) as a freshman in 2011-12.
• Gatorade, USA Today, WBCA, Naismith and Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-American (2015).
• Llisted on her high school’s honor roll every year, earned the Presidential Academic Excellence award for earning straight A’s all through 8th grade, and was an early application and entrant with Stanford University.
• Started playing basketball when she was 5.
• Has a golden retriever named Sami Hoops Samuelson.
• Wears No. 33 because that’s what Larry Bird wore.
• Away from the court, she enjoys playing racquetball.
• Most people don’t know that she can juggle three basketballs.
• Superstitious about sitting in the same seat on a bus or in a van.
• Has traveled outside the United States to China, Czech Republic, France, Indonesia, Mexico and South Korea.

Social

• Twitter: @33katielou
• Instagram: @katielou33