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April 13, 2017 Drafted by Las Vegas in the first round (No. 1 overall) in the 2017 WNBA Draft

 

WNBA CAREER 

Career Highlights

  • 2022 & 2023 WNBA Champion
  • 2022 All-WNBA First Team
  • 2022 All-Star Game MVP
  • 2023 & 2022 All-Star
  • 2018 & 2022 USA World Cup gold medalist (5×5)
  • 2020 U.S. Olympic gold medalist (3×3)
  • 2021 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year
  • 2017 WNBA All-Rookie Team
  • 2023 All-Star Skills Challenge winner
  • WNBA Western Conference Player of the Month (September, 2021)
  • WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week (September 20, 2021, August 1, 2022, June 6, 2022)

2023 (Las Vegas—34-6, 1st Place)

  • Won the WNBA Championship
  • Named an All-Star for the second time in her career; teamed with Chelsea Gray to win the All-Star Skills Challenge
  • Scored a then-franchise-high 40 points at Minnesota on July 9
  • Notched her first points-assists double-double of the year with 19 points and 10 assists vs. Washington on Aug. 11 and her second with 12 points and 10 assists vs Washington on Aug. 31
  • Scored 20 or more points 16 times and had 1 30-point and 1 40-point game
  • Prior to the May 25 game in LA, made at least 1 3-pointer in 45-straight regular season games, which was tied for the third-longest streak in WNBA history
  • Missed the July 5 game vs. Dallas (back)

2022 (Las Vegas—26-10, 1st Place)

  • Won the WNBA Championship
  • Named to the All-WNBA First Team
  • Named All-Star Game MVP
  • Named an All-Star
  • Named Western Conference Player of the Week on 2 occasions—June 6 and August 1
  • Finished 2nd in the league in scoring, 9th in assists, 4th in 3-point field goal percentage, 17th in free throw percentage, and 5th in minutes played
  • Scored 10 or more points 35 of 36 games, including 19 games of 20 or more points, and a career-high tying 32 vs. Dallas on June 5
  • Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds at Phoenix on May 6
  • Handed out 10 or more assists on 2 occasions, including a season-high 11 at Atlanta on May 13
  • Picked up a career-high 6 steals vs. Washington on June 25
  • Her 113 made 3-pointers are the second most made 3s in a season in WNBA history (Diana Taurasi 121 in 2006)
  • Tied a WNBA record by connecting on at least 3 three-pointers in 9 straight games (Diana Taurasi in 2016)

2021 (Las Vegas—24-8, 2nd Place)

  • Named WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year
  • Named Kia Western Conference Player of the Month for September
  • Named Western Conference Player of the Week on September 20
  • Established career single-season highs in scoring and free throw percentage
  • Finished 15th in the league in scoring, 14th in assists, 13th in 3-point field goal percentage, and first in free throw percentage
  • Led or tied for the team lead in scoring 9 times and in assists 7 times.
  • Scored 10 or more points 20 times, 20 or more points 8 times, and 30 or more points 2 times, including a career-high 32 points vs New York in June 15
  • Her 32 points off the bench on June 15 vs. New York tied the franchise record for points in a game by a reserve, and are the fifth highest total by a reserve in league history.
  • Became the second player in WNBA history to score 30 or more points as a reserve two times in the same season (Angel McCoughtry)
  • Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds on 2 occasions—at Los Angeles on June 30 and at Chicago on September 17
  • Handed out a season-high 8 assists on 2 occasions—at Atlanta on August 26 and vs. Atlanta on July 4
  • Picked up a career-high 5 steals vs. Chicago on September 2

2020 (Las Vegas—18-4, 1st Place)

  • Injured her left Achilles tendon in early June, and had successful surgery on June 11
  • Missed the 2020 season

2019 (Las Vegas—21-13, 4th Place)

  • Led or tied for the team lead in assists on 8 occasions, and in scoring 2 times
  • Scored 10 or more points on 17 occasions, and 20 or more points 2 times
  • Grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds vs. Los Angeles on June 29
  • Finished second on the team in assists (Jackie Young)

2018 (Las Vegas—14-20, 9th Place)

  • Missed the preseason and the first two games of the regular season while fulfilling her overseas playing commitments
  • Led or tied for the team lead in assists on 10 occasions, in scoring 2 times, and in rebounding 1 time
  • Scored 10 or more points on 14 occasions, and 20 or more points 4 times
  • Handed out 10 or more assists on 2 occasions
  • Recorded her first career double-double with 20 points and a career-high 13 assists at Atlanta on August 7
  • Grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds vs. Los Angeles on June 29
  • Recorded a career-high 4 steals at Phoenix on July 19

2017 (San Antonio—8-26, 12th Place)

  • Named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team
  • Scored a career-high 23 points vs. Seattle on August 5
  • Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds at Indiana on July 12
  • Handed out a season-high 12 assists vs. Washington on August 4
  • Recorded a season-high 3 steals vs. Connecticut on June 3

 

WNBA POSTSEASON CAREER

2023 (Las Vegas—2-0 vs. Chicago, 1st Round; 3-0 vs Dallas, Semifinals; 3-1 vs New York, Finals)

  • Averaged 21.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg and 4.0 apg in the Finals, including her top 2 playoff career-highs of 29 points on Oct. 15 and 26 points on Oct. 8
  • Scored 20 or more points in 4 of 9 playoff games, including 3 in the Finals
  • Dished out 8 assists in Game 2 of the Finals and 7 assists in Game 3 of the Semifinals
  • Averaged 13.0 ppg in the First Round sweep of the Chicago Sky

2022 (Las Vegas—2-0 vs. Phoenix, 1st Round; 3-1 vs. Seattle, Semifinals; 3-1 vs. Connecticut, Finals)

  • Scored in double figures in 9 out of 10 games, including 20 or more points on 4 occasions, and a season playoff-high 22 on 2 occasions
  • Grabbed a season playoff-high 7 rebounds at Seattle on September 4
  • Handed out a season playoff-high 7 assists on 2 occasions
  • Recorded a season playoff-high 3 steals at Connecticut on September 18

2021 (Las Vegas—2-3 vs. Phoenix, Semifinals)

  • Led the team in scoring
  • Scored in double figures in 4 of 5 postseason games, including 4 games of 20 or more points.
  • Scored a career playoff-high 25 points vs. Phoenix on September 28 and September 30
  • Handed out a playoff season-high 6 assists at Phoenix on October 6

2020 (Las Vegas—3-2 vs. Connecticut, Semifinals; 0-3 vs. Seattle, Finals)

  • Injured and did not play (Achilles)

2019 (Las Vegas—1-0 vs. Chicago, 2nd Round; 1-3 vs. Washington, Semifinals)

  • Finished second on the team in the postseason in scoring (15.2), first in assists (7.8), fourth in rebounds (4.8), first in 3-point field goal percentage (.529) and fourth in field goal percentage (.492).
  • Scored in double figures in 4 of 5 postseason games.
  • Recorded her second career double-double with 19 points and 10 assists on September 19 in Game 2 of the WNBA Semifinals vs. Washington.
  • Grabbed a playoff career-high 7 rebounds on 2 occasions

 

KELSEY PLUM IN THE NEWS

 

OVERSEAS CAREER 

2021-22 [Galatasaray—Turkey (KBSL)] 

  • Team finished in 6th place during the regular season
  • Plum returned to the States before the playoffs began
  • Played in 6 of 26 regular season games
  • Boasted the highest scoring average in the team, the second highest assists per game average, and the best three-point field goal percentage.

2021-22 [Galatasaray—EuroLeague (EL)]

  • Joined the team late in the season, playing in 4 of 14 games
  • Team went 5-9 in Group B, finishing 7th out of 8 teams and missing the playoffs
  • Finished 4th on the team in scoring average, 3rd in rebounds per game and 3rd in assists per game

2021-22 [Galatasaray—EuroCup (EC)] 

  • Team was added to EuroCup playoff field following the Russian invasion of Urkaine
  • Team finished in 3rd place in the playoffs
  • Led the team in scoring average, assists per game, free throw percentage, and field goal percentage, while finishing second in rebounds per game

2018-19 [Fenerbahce—Turkey (KBSL)] 

  • Won the league championship after finishing as the runner-up during the regular season
  • Named KBSL Player of the Week for the Round of 15
  • Team won the Turkish Cup
  • Named to the First Team All-Turkish KBSL by Eurobasket.com
  • Named to the Turkish KBSL All-Imports Team by Eurobasket.com
  • Scored in double figures in 30 of 31 games, and 20 or more points 13 times, including a season-high 27 points on 3 occasions
  • Handed out a season-high 8 assists vs. Adana Basket on January 18
  • Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds vs OGM Orman on October 15
  • Picked up a season-high 5 steals vs. Cukurova on January 5

2018-19 [Fenerbahce—EuroLeague (EL)] 

  • Named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team
  • Fell to ZVVZ USK in the EuroLeague Quarterfinals
  • Scored in double figures in 15 of 16 games, and 20 or more points 3 times, including a season-high 24 vs. Flammes on February 20
  • Handed out a season-high 6 assists vs. TTT Riga on December 13
  • Grabbed a season-high 4 rebounds on 4 occasions
  • Picked up a season-high 3 steals on 2 occasions

2017-18 [Fenerbahce—Turkey (KBSL)] 

  • Won the league championship three games to one over Aces’ teammate Kayla McBride’s Yakin Dogu squad
  • Named Finals MVP
  • Named All-League Honorable Mention
  • Scored 10 or more points on 18 occasions, including 2 games of 20 or more points
  • Scored a season-high 23 points, grabbed a season-high 8 rebounds, and picked up a season-high 4 steals on January 27 vs. Bornova
  • Handed out a season-high 6 assists on 3 occasions

2017-18 [Fenerbahce—EuroLeague (EL)] 

  • Scored in double figures on 7 occasions, including a season-high 24 points vs. UMMC on January 10
  • Grabbed a season-high 5 rebounds vs. Nadezhda O. on October 11
  • Handed out a season-high 6 assists vs Avenida on January 17
  • Picked up a season-high 5 steals vs. Yakin Dogu on January 24

 

USA BASKETBALL

  • Is 63-4 in USA Basketball games played, including five-on-five and 3×3 competition and exhibition games.
  • Helped the USA to a 3-0 record and first place in the Belgium-hosted 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (the USA utilizes these qualifiers as training opportunities since FIBA requires the U.S. to participate, despite having already qualified for the Paris Olympic Games).
  • Led USA to gold medal at 2022 FIBA World Cup in 5×5 basketball; joined team for third game after winning WNBA title with Las Vegas.
  • Led U.S. to gold medal at 2020(1) Tokyo Olympics in 3×3 basketball after having led the USA to gold to secure its Olympic berth at the 2021 FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where she earned all-tournament team honors.
  • Attended the 2023 USA National Team’s February minicamp.
  • Participated in the 2022 USA National Team’s spring minicamp in Minneapolis.
  • Member of the 2022 USA World Cup Qualifying Team; named FIBA World Cup Qualifying All-Star Five after averaging 10.0 points and 4.0 assists in helping lead the USA to a 2-0 mark against Belgium and Puerto Rico in Washington, D.C.
  • Aided the 2019-20 USA National Team to a 6-1 record from Nov. 7, 2019, through Feb. 2, 2020, against college and international teams; averaged 6.4 ppg. and 2.6 apg.
  • Helped the USA 5×5 to the gold medal at the 2018 FIBA World Cup, was one of seven players on the team in 2018 with 10 or more assists in the tournament
  • At the 2018 USA World Cup exhibitions, led team in minutes played, assists, and made thr3ee-pointers while finishing second on the team in steals and fifth in scoring
  • Helped the USA to the silver at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada
  • Helped the USA to the gold at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup in Lithuania

USA BASKETBALL STATISTICS

3×3 TEAMS G 1PM-A PCT 2PM-3A PCT FTM-A PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG KAS DRV DNK BLK  BZR TO
2020 3×3 Oly 9 31-44 .705 10-45 .222 4-7 .571 13/ 1.4 56/ 6.2 9 17 3 1 7
2021 3×3 OQT 6 13-23 .565 8-25 .320 3-4 .750 11/ 1.8 32/ 5.3 12 8 0 0 0 5
2021 Big 12 Exh 7 *Statistics unavailable
Totals 22

 

5×5 TEAMS G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL
2022 World Cup
                            
2022 World Cup Qual.
                            
2020 WNT
 2/0 16.0 6-9 .667 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 6/ 3.0 14/ 7.0 8 1 0 4
2019 WNT 5/0 11.6 11-19 .579 5-8 .625 4-5 .800 8/ 1.6 31/ 6.2 10 4 0 5
2018 World Cup 6/0 13.5 4- 20 .200 2-13 .154 6-6 1.000 12/ 2.0 16/ 2.7 11 5 0 5
2018 World Cup exhib.
 5/1 25.4 16-34 .471 11-17 .647 4-6 .667 16/ 3.2 47/ 9.4 23 11 0 6
2015 Pan Am Games
 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 World Cup
 8/0 12.9 17-39 .436 6-21 .286 5-6 .833 14/ 1.8 45/ 5.6 14 6 0 8
2013 U19 WC exhib.
 3/0 15.7 5-15 .333 0-7 .000  0-0  .— 5/ 1.7 10/ 3.3 2 5 0 1
Totals 34/1 63-149 .423 29-78 .372 23-27 .852 68/ 2.0 171/ 5.0 74 41 0 30

 

COLLEGE

Career (Washington, 2013-17)

  • At the time of her graduation, was the NCAA’s career scoring leader
  • At the time of her graduation, held NCAA records for single season scoring, and career made free throws
  • At the time of her graduation, held Washington career records for scoring average, points, made field goals, field goal attempts, made 3-pointers, 3-point field goal attempts, made free throw, free throw attempts, and free throw percentage
  • At the time of her graduation, held Washington single-season records for points, scoring average, made field goals, field goal attempts, made 3-point field goals, 3-point field goal attempts, made free throws, free throw attempts, and free throw percentage
  • At the time of her graduation, held Washington single-game records for points, made field goals, field goal attempts

Senior (Washington, 2016-17)

  • Broke the all-time NCAA scoring record
  • Broke the single-season NCAA scoring record
  • Broke NCAA career made free throw record
  • Named AP and espnW Player of the Year and unanimous All-America first team selection by AP and espnW
  • Named Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • Named WBCA All-American
  • Won the Dawn Staley, Ann Meyers Drysdale, and Nancy Lieberman awards, as well as the Naismith and Wade Trophies
  • Earned her fourth consecutive All-Pac-12 honor
  • “Top Three” finalist for Honda Cup
  • Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
  • Broke the all-time Pac-12 scoring record on Dec. 11, 11 games into the season
  • Became the first player in Pac-12 history, female or male, to score 3,000 career points
  • Became third player in NCAA history to score 1,000 points in a single season
  • Scored a Pac-12 record 57 points against Utah on February 25
  • Broke Washington’s career made 3-pointers record against Savannah State
  • Finalist for Senior CLASS Award
  • Was a six-time Pac-12 Player of the Week
  • Named preseason No. 6 player in nation by espnW
  • Led the nation in scoring
  • Became just second player in Pac-12 history to record 300 career 3-pointers
  • as a three-time espnW Player of the Week
  • Named the Naismith Trophy Player of the Week on January 9, and the Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Week on January 11
  • Scored 44 points on four occasions—at Seattle U, vs. Boise State, at Oregon and vs. Stanford
  • Drained a career-high seven 3-pointers against Stanford
  • Recorded her first career double-double vs. Oklahoma on March 20 with 38 points and 11 assists
  • Scored 21 or more points in all 35 games
  • Netted 17 games of 30 or more points, five of 40 or more and one of 50-plus
  • Led the team in assists per game

Junior (Washington, 2015-16)

  • Became the first WBCA All-American in program history
  • Named to the NCAA Lexington Region All-Tournament Team and the Pac-12 All-Tournament Team
  • Named a USWBA and Wooden Award All-American, espnW All-America second team and AP All-America third team
  • Named WBCA All-Region for the second straight season
  • Named All-Pac-12 for the third consecutive season
  • One of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith and Nancy Lieberman Awards
  • One of 15 finalists for the Wooden Award National Ballot
  • Named USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week, and Pac-12 Player of the Week for games played from January 11-17
  • Named CoSIDA Academic All-American second team as well as a CoSIDA Academic All-District award winner, and Academic All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • Led the Pac-12 and was fourth in the nation in scoring average
  • Led the nation in made free throws and free throws attempted
  • Ranked fifth in the nation in free throw percentage
  • Set school records for points, made field goals and made free throws
  • Scored in double figures in all 37 games, including 32 games of 30 or more points, and 10 games of 30 or more points
  • Became the fastest player in Pac-12 history, and seventh fastest in NCAA history, to score 2,000 points
  • Led the nation in minutes played

Sophomore (Washington, 2014-15)

  • Named a Wooden Top-15 Nominee
  • A member of the WBCA All-Region Team
  • Candidate for the Naismith, Wade, Lieberman, and Staley Awards
  • All-Pac 12 selection
  • Led the conference in scoring
  • Set school record scoring 45 points in the season opener at Oklahoma on November 14, after which she was named Pac-12 Player of the Week
  • Broker her own program single-season scoring record
  • Set what were then school records with seven games of 30 or more points and 21 games of 20 or more points
  • Broke the school record for made free throws
  • Set the Pac-12 record by making 35 consecutive free throws
  • Finished seventh in the nation in scoring, second in made free throws and 11th in free throw percentage
  • Led the conference in minutes played per game

Freshman (Washington, 2013-14)

  • Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, and All-Pac-12 First Team
  • Set program and Pac-12 freshman record for points
  • Named FullCourt.com Freshman All-American
  • Won seven Pac-12 Freshman of the Week awards
  • Set the program single-season record with 203 made free throws, which also led the conference
  • Finished fourth in the Pac-12 in scoring average, and second in free throw percentage
  • Tied for fourth in the conference in made 3-pointers
  • Set program freshman records for minutes played, made field goals, field goal attempts, made free throws, free throw attempts, made 3-pointers, 3-point field goal attempts, and free throw percentage
  • Scored in double figures in 33 games
  • Scored 20 or more points on 20 occasions, and 30 or more points 4 times
  • Scored a season-high and UW freshman record 38 points vs. Oregon on February 21
  • Made a program record 18 free throws against Colorado on January 19
  • Handed out a season-high 9 assists against Cal on February 7

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended La Jolla Country Day School in California, 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

 

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Katie and Jim Plum
  • Has one brother, Daniel, and two sisters, Kaitlyn and Lauren
  • Father played football and baseball at San Diego State, and her mother played volleyball at UC Davis
  • Sister Kaitlyn also played volleyball at UC Davis, and her sister Lauren played volleyball at Oregon and for the USA Volleyball Junior National Team
  • Majored in anthropology