Kara Braxton #45 Forward/Center

Background

2010 WNBA SEASON
• Averaged a career-high 9.9 points per game
• Ranked sixth in the WNBA in field goal percentage shooting 51.6 percent from the field
• Single-handedly outscored the opponent’s entire bench twice while coming off the bench herself: Braxton 17 - San Antonio 16, Aug. 6; Braxton 16 - Los Angeles 4, Aug. 17
• Mercury home debut on July 29 vs. Minnesota: Season-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting, six rebounds and three assists in 18 minutes off the bench
• Mercury debut July 24 at Minnesota: Seven points and two rebounds in 15 minutes
• With Phoenix: 11.1 points on 54.4 percent shooting, 4.8 rebounds and 24 minutes in 13 games. With Tulsa: 9.3 points on 50 percent shooting, 4.6 rebounds and 16.8 minutes in 22 games
• Averaged 12.8 points and 4.0 rebounds in four games against the Mercury while playing for Tulsa
• Acquired from Tulsa on July 23 in exchange for Nicole Ohlde and a 2011 first round draft pick

2009 WNBA SEASON
• Appeared in 28 games for the Detroit Shock, starting twice
• Set new career highs averaging 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 18.0 minutes
• Shot a career-high 52.7 percent from the field
• Topped the 1,000-point mark for her WNBA career
• Ranked fifth on her team in scoring, third in rebounding and led the squad in field-goal percentage
• Grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds against Connecticut on July 11

2008 WNBA SEASON
• 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 (also a career high)
• In 10 games as a starter averaged 9.1 points and 6.1 rebounds in 19.4 minutes per game
• Recorded a career-high 24 blocks
• Played in the 100th game of her career at Minnesota May 18
• Scored a career-high 26 points vs. Atlanta June 29
• Tied her career high in assists with four vs. Connecticut July 8
• Registered her 50th career block vs. Washington July 11
• Grabbed the 500th rebound of her career vs. Los Angeles July 22

2007 WNBA SEASON
• Surpassed the 500-point mark with a 15-point outing vs. the Washington Mystics on July 28th

2006 WNBA SEASON
• 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

2005 WNBA SEASON
• 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
• Made her first WNBA start 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

COLLEGE CAREER
• 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

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TEAM
• Spent the 2010-11 offseason playing for Liaoning Hengye in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association
• Spent the 2009-10 offseason playing for Liaoning Hengye in the Women’s Chinese Basketball Association…won the league championship and was named league MVP
• Spent the 2008-09 offseason playing for Wisla Krako in Poland… won the league championship
• Spent the 2007-08 offseason playing for Besitas in Istanbul, Turkey
• Spent the 2006-07 offseason playing for Wisla Krako in Poland… won the league championship