WNBA Draft 2018

2018 Draft Prospect

KelseyMitchell

Kelsey Mitchell headshot

Draft’18

Career Stats

PPG
24.5
RPG
3.3
APG
3.9
FG%
43.8%

Prospect Info

Position
Guard
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Birthdate
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Birthplace
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High School
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College/Club
Ohio State
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Career Description

NCAA’s No. 2 all-time scorer with 3,402 career pts, surpassing J. Stiles and finishing behind only K. Plum. NCAA career record-holder for made 3s, surpassing K. Mosqueda-Lewis. 4x finalist for Wooden Award as nation’s top player and Staley Award as top guard. 2018 Staley winner. Buckeyes’ first 4-time All-American. Big Ten POY her last three seasons. 4-time All-Big Ten First-Team. Fastest in NCAA history to 2,000 pts (79 games vs. J. Stiles’ 83); fastest in Big Ten to 1,000 (41). Entered sr. year with 2 of then-top 3 seasons in NCAA history for made 3s. First frosh to lead D-I in scoring. Owns numerous Big Ten marks, inclu. career pts (surpassing R. Banham), made 3s; FTM in a game (19-of-20) vs. Stanford. OSU career marks include scoring avg.; total pts. (surpassing then No. 2 K. Smith and No. 1 J. Lavender) … All-America First Team by USBWA (2015, 2016, 2017), AP (2016), WBCA (2016, 2017, 2018), ESPNW (2016); Second Team by AP (2015, 2017, 2018), espnW (2015, 2017, 2018), USAT (2018); Third Team by espnW (2018) … 2017-18: Staley Award winner as D-I’s top guard. Semifinalist for Wooden, Naismith Awards; finalist for Lieberman Award. D-I leader in pts, ppg; tie 4th in 3PFGM  … 2016-17: Led Big Ten in scoring … 2015-16: Finalist for every major nat’l award; consensus All-America; led Big Ten (3rd, D-I) in ppg; had 4 40+ pt games … 2014-15: D-I’s top scorer; set 29 OSU season/game records; set NCAA season mark for made 3s, Big Ten season mark for pts … PREP: 2014 Ohio Gatorade POY … PERS/MISC: Father, Mark, is OSU asst. Twin sister, Chelsea; older twin brothers Cameron, Kevin.