Kelsey Mitchell (basketball)
This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. (September 2024) |
No. 0 – Shanxi Flame | |
---|---|
Position | Point guard/Shooting guard |
League | WCBA |
Personal information | |
Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | November 12, 1995
Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Listed weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Princeton (Sharonville, Ohio) |
College | Ohio State (2014–2018) |
WNBA draft | 2018: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
Selected by the Indiana Fever | |
Playing career | 2018–present |
Career history | |
2018–present | Indiana Fever |
2019 | Al Ahly |
2021–2022 | Elitzur Ramla |
2023 | Spar Citylift Girona |
2022–2024 | Athletes Unlimited League |
2024–present | Shanxi Flame |
Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Stats at Basketball Reference |
Kelsey Mitchell (born November 12, 1995[1]) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Shanxi Flame of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA).
College career
[edit]Mitchell completed her college career with the Ohio State Buckeyes 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.[2]
As a college freshman in 2014–15, Mitchell finished the season with 873 total points, which were the second-most by a freshman in NCAA Division I history, behind Tina Hutchinson's 898 with San Diego State in 1983–84.[3] During her senior 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 history,[4] and ultimately finished her career with 3,402 points, trailing only Kelsey Plum of Washington.[5] In 2018, after her senior year, she won the Dawn Staley Award.
Professional career
[edit]WNBA
[edit]Indiana Fever (2018–present)
[edit]Mitchell was the second overall pick in the 2018 WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever, and was selected to the 2018 WNBA All-Rookie Team alongside A'ja Wilson, Ariel Atkins, and Diamond DeShields. Mitchell participated in the WNBA Three-Point Contest in 2018 and 2023. For her leadership on and off the court, Mitchell was awarded the 2023 Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award, becoming the 4th Fever player to win the recognition after Tamika Catchings (2008 & 2016) and Natalie Achonwa (2020). Mitchell participated in the 2024 Skills Challenge at 2024 WNBA All-Star Weekend after Fever teammate, Erica Wheeler, was unable to attend due to the global computer outages delaying her travel.[6] She would earn back-to-back WNBA All-Star appearances in 2023 and 2024, alongside Fever teammates Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark.
Overseas
[edit]In 2019, Mitchell played for Egyptian club Al Ahly in the 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup.[7]
Mitchell signed with the Shanxi Flame of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association for the 2024–2025 season.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Mitchell is from Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio. She has a twin sister.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | FG% | Field goal percentage |
3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage | RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game |
SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | TO | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game |
Bold | Career high | * | Led Division I | ° | Led the league | ‡ | WNBA record |
WNBA
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Stats current through end of 2024 season
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Indiana | 34 | 17 | 24.4 | .346 | .335 | .804 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 12.7 |
2019 | Indiana | 34 | 20 | 25.1 | .387 | .374 | .836 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 13.6 |
2020 | Indiana | 22 | 22 | 32.1 | .448 | .389 | .849 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 17.9 |
2021 | Indiana | 32 | 32 | 33.1 | .431 | .335 | .882 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 17.8 |
2022 | Indiana | 31 | 31 | 32.6 | .438 | .409 | .861 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 18.4 |
2023 | Indiana | 40° | 40° | 33.7 | .441 | .398 | .824 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 18.2 |
2024 | Indiana | 40° | 38 | 32.0 | .468 | .402 | .832 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 19.2 |
Career | 7 years, 1 team | 233 | 200 | 30.4 | .426 | .378 | .839 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 16.8 |
All-Star | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | .467 | .125 | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 |
Playoffs
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Indiana | 2 | 2 | 38.5 | .421 | .263 | .500 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 19.0 |
Career | 1 year, 1 team | 2 | 2 | 38.5 | .421 | .263 | .500 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 19.0 |
College
[edit]Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014–15 | Ohio State | 35 | 35 | 37.1 | .415 | .378 | .835 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 24.9* |
2015–16 | Ohio State | 34 | 34 | 36.6 | .452 | .397 | .852 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 26.1 |
2016–17 | Ohio State | 35 | 35 | 34.2 | .437 | .369 | .818 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 22.6 |
2017–18 | Ohio State | 35 | 35 | 35.9 | .448 | .402 | .832 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 24.3 |
Career | 139 | 139 | 35.9 | .438 | .386 | .835 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 24.5 |
See also
[edit]- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring leaders
- List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career 3-point scoring leaders
References
[edit]- ^ "Kelsey Mitchell Career Stats—". ESPN. PENN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ "Kelsey Mitchell Bio :: The Ohio State University :: official athletic site". Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Buckeyes Fall at Buzzer in NCAA Second Round at UNC – Ohio State Buckeyes". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. AP. March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
- ^ Hass-Hill, Colin. "Women's Basketball: Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell named Big Ten Player of the Year by conference's coaches". The Lantern. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Central Michigan stuns Ohio State in NCAA regional". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ Peterson, Chloe (July 19, 2024). "CrowdStrike outage grounds Erica Wheeler; Kelsey Mitchell to step in WNBA Skills Challenge". Indianapolis Star.
- ^ "Kelsey MITCHELL at the FIBA Africa Champions Cup Women – Final Round 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
- ^ Dalzell, Noa (November 6, 2024). "Kelsey Mitchell and 5 WNBA stars to watch overseas this offseason". SBNation.com. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Whoa! Three Fever Players Have Twin Siblings – Indiana Fever". fever.wnba.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ "Kelsey Mitchell WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com and Basketball Reference
- Ohio State Buckeyes profile
- USA Basketball profile
- 1995 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
- WNBA All-Stars
- American twins
- 21st-century American sportswomen