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  • Kara Braxton
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  • Forward - Detroit Shock
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2008 Statistics

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Born: Feb 18, 1983
Height: 6-6 /  1,98
Weight: 210  lbs. / 95,3  kg.
College: Georgia
Years Pro: 3








Background

2005: Named to the WNBA All-Rookie Team . . . Ranked fourth among rookies in scoring (6.9), fifth in rebounding (3.0) and third in field goal percentage (97-of-210, .462) . . . Established a Shock rookie record by scoring 18 points in her first pro game vs. Connecticut on May 21 . . . Picked up the first start of her WNBA career on June 24 vs. Washington . . . Posted career highs in scoring (20) vs. Houston on July 5, and rebounding (9) at Washington on August 27 . . . Handed out a career-high two assists on three occasions – vs. Seattle on June 8, at Indiana on July 15 and at Houston on August 2 . . . Picked up a career-high five steals vs. Seattle on June 8 . . . Blocked a career-high two shots at Washington on August 27 . . . Scored 10 or more points on nine occasions . . . Averaged 8.4 points and connected on 52.2 percent of her field goal attempts in 17 home games and 5.3 points and 38.9 percent shooting in 16 road games . . . 2005 Playoffs Was Detroit’s leading scorer (7.5) and tied for the team’s leading rebounder (3.5) off the bench in their two-game sweep at the hands of the Connecticut Sun . . .

College: Averaged 13.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.25 blocks, 1.35 steals and 25.5 minutes while shooting 47.8% (108-226 FG) in 20 games in 2003-04, her junior season . . . Did not play during her senior season at Georgia due to pregnancy . . . Finished her three-year collegiate career at Georgia with averages of 15.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.93 blocks, 1.53 steals, and 24.3 minutes while shooting 52.6% (440-836 FG) in 71 games . . . In her sophomore season she was tabbed first-team pre-season All-SEC at the league’s media day . . . Posted double-doubles in seven of 21 games including back-to-back outing against No. 15 South Carolina and No. 18 Vanderbilt . . . As a freshman in 2002, named All-SEC First Team and SEC Freshman of the Year with averages of 16.3 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 24.5 minutes while shooting 54.0% (198-367 FG) from the field in 30 games.

Honors, Records & Awards: Named to the 2005 All-Rookie Team . . .

Injury History: Missed Detroit’s August 23 loss at Charlotte with an upper respiratory infection . . .


Personal

  • Full name is Kara Liana Braxton
  • Born in Tallahassee, FL, spent 12 years as a resident of Jackson, MI
  • Gave birth to son, Jelani, on January 15, 2005
  • Daughter to Christine Brown and Quentin Braxton
  • Father starred collegiately at Portland (Ore.) State and was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1975.

  • Career Transactions

    Selected by Detroit in the first round (seventh overall) of the WNBA Draft, April 16, 2005.

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