Kara Braxton #45 Forward/Center

Background

• 2011 (Phoenix): Averaged 10.6 points and 4.9 rebounds.

• 2010 (Phoenix): Acquired from Tulsa on July 23 in exchange for Nicole Ohlde and a 2011 first round draft pick…Scored 7 points and 2 rebounds in debut for the Mercury (@MIN, 7/29)…Scored a season-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in 18 minutes off the bench in her Mercury home debut (PHE, 7/29)…Averaged 11.1 points on .544 percent shooting, 4.8 rebounds and 24 minutes in 13 games…Ranked sixth in the WNBA in field goal percentage shooting .516…Averaged a career-high 9.9 points per game.

• 2010 (Tulsa): Averaged 12.8 points and 4.0 rebounds in four games…Averaged 9.3 points on .500 percent shooting, 4.6 rebounds and 16.8 minutes in 22 game.

• 2005-2009 (Detroit): In 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 game (CON, 5/21), averaged 8.4 points and connected on .522 percent of her field goal attempts in 17 home games and 5.3 points and .389 percent shooting in 16 road games…In 2006 finished second on the team in scoring (4.3) and rebounding (3.4) off the bench and connected on .478 percent of her field goal attempts in home games and .342 percent on the road…In 2007 Surpassed the 500-point mark with a 15-point outing vs. the Mystics (WAS, 7/28)…In 2008 appeared in 33 games 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 (@MIN, 5/18), scored a career-high 26 points (ATL, 6/29), tied her career high in assists with four (CON, 7/8), registered her 50th career block (WAS, 7/11), grabbed the 500th rebound of her career (LA, 7/22)…In 2009 appeared in 28 games for the started twice…set new career highs averaging 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 18.0 minutes, shot a career-high .527 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 (@CON, 7/11).

• INTERNATIONAL (as of March 12): Spent the 2011-2012 offseason playing for Optimum TED in Turkey and averaged 13.4 points, 1.9 assists and 10.3 rebounds per game…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 and won the league championship while also named league MVP…Spent the 2008-09 offseason playing for Wisla Krako in Poland and 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 and won the league championship.

• AS A COLLEGIAN: Averaged 13.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.25 blocks, 1.35 steals and 25.5 minutes while shooting .478 (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 .526 (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 .540 (198-367 FG) from the field.