2008: Appeared in 33 games, including 10 starts, and averaged a career-high 8.9 points and 5.1 rebounds in 17.9 minutes per game (another career high)…In 10 games as a starter averaged 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game…Missed one game due to a league suspension, the Shock were 0-1 without her…Swatted away a career-high 24 blocks…Played in the 100th game of her career at Minnesota (5/18)…Scored a career-high 26 points vs. Atlanta (6/29)…Tied her career high in assists with four vs. Connecticut (7/8)…Registered her 50th career block vs. Washington (7/11)…Tied her career high in blocks with three at Washington (7/16)…Grabbed the 500th rebound of her career vs. Los Angeles (7/22)…Tied her season high in rebounds with nine and career high in minutes played with 35 vs. San Antonio (7/27). 2008 Playoffs: Appeared in all nine Shock playoff games (all starts) en route to her second WNBA championship…Averaged a career-high 8.6 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in a career-high 20.0 minutes per game… Scored her 200th career playoff point in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals (at San Antonio, 10/3)…Tied her career playoff high in assists (3) while tying her playoff high in steals (1) and blocks (1) at San Antonio (10/1)…Second on the team in rebounding with 4.9 rebounds per game…Her 26 minutes played vs. Indiana (9/21) set a career playoff-high in minutes played…Pulled down her 100th career playoff rebound at Indiana (9/19).

2007: Picked up her first double-double of the season with 17 pts and 12 rebounds at Phoenix on 6/22 (both were season highs)… Missed 2 games due to WNBA suspension, the Shock were 0-2 without her…Surpassed the 500-point mark with a 15-point outing vs. the Washington Mystics on July 28th. 2007 Playoffs: Tied her career playoff high in steals with 2 vs. Indiana…Scored the 100th point of her playoff career vs. Indiana…Picked up her first ever postseason double-double with playoff career highs in pts (19) and rebs (12) in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals vs. Phoenix…Also tied her career playoff high in blocks with 2 vs. Phoenix…Averaged 6 points and 3.7 rebounds during the 2007 postseason.

2006: Finished second on the team in scoring (4.3) and rebounding (3.4) off the bench . . . Led the team in scoring on one occasion and in rebounding three times . . . Connected on 47.8 percent of her field goal attempts in home games and 34.2 percent on the road. 2006 Playoffs: Was the Shock’s second leading scorer (5.0) and rebounder (2.8) off the bench in the postseason and in the WNBA Finals (5.8 and 2.6).

2005: 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 . . . 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 loss to 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 . . . 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.

Honors, Records & Awards:

WNBA Champion: 2006, 2008

2007 WNBA All-Star Game starter

Named to the 2005 All-Rookie Team

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.

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