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Kayla Pedersen

Position: Forward
Height: 6-4
Weight: 190
Date of Birth: April 14, 1989
College: Stanford ‘11
High School: Red Mountain High (Mesa, AZ)
Drafted: Selected by the Tulsa Shock in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2011 WNBA Draft on April 11, 2011
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Has played in 184 games with 52 starts over six seasons</li>
<li>Career totals include 620 points, 555 rebounds, 196 assists, 119 steals and 53 blocks</li>
<li>Smart veteran with variety of moves</li>
<li>Physical presence down low</li>
<li>Collected 500th career point during 2015 season</li>
</ul>
2017 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 26 games with no starts</li>
<li>Signed with the team on June 10th</li>
<li>Collected 500th career rebound at New York (6/23)</li>
<li>Scored 600th career point against Washington (7/8)</li>
<li>Had a season-high six rebounds (twice)</li>
<li>Played a season-high 22 minutes against Seattle (6/29)</li>
<li>Had a season-high four offensive rebounds against Washington (7/8)</li>
</ul>
2016 &#8211; Did not play in the WNBA
2015 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 33 games with one start</li>
<li>Missed one game with concussion</li>
<li>Had a season-high nine points twice</li>
<li>Scored 500th career point against Indiana (6/30)</li>
<li>Had season-high eight rebounds against Tulsa (8/12)</li>
</ul>
2014 HIGHLIGHTS WITH CONNECTICUT:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 31 games with one start</li>
<li>Pulled down 72 rebounds while scoring 45 points on the year</li>
<li>Had a season-high seven rebounds at New York (8/8)</li>
</ul>
2013 HIGHLIGHTS WITH TULSA:
<ul>
<li>Traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for second-round pick in the 2014 WNBA Draft on June 20, 2013</li>
<li>Appeared in all 34 games, nine with Tulsa and 25 with the Sun</li>
<li>Started five games with Tulsa</li>
<li>Averaged six points and 5.3 rebounds over last three games</li>
<li>Pulled down season-high eight rebounds at Atlanta (8/16)</li>
<li>Had 14 blocks, a new single-season high</li>
</ul>
2012 HIGHLIGHTS WITH TULSA:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 27 games with 25 starts for Tulsa</li>
<li>Set career highs for made free throws and attempts (7 of 7) at Connecticut (6/12)</li>
<li>Played career-high 40 minutes at Indiana (6/14)</li>
<li>Pulled down career-best 10 rebounds against Minnesota (6/9)</li>
<li>Ranked second on Shock in rebound average (4.4), a single-season career high</li>
</ul>
2011 HIGHLIGHTS WITH TULSA:
<ul>
<li>Appeared in 33 games with 20 starts for Tulsa</li>
<li>Enjoyed solid rookie season</li>
<li>Scored a single-season career high 6.8 points per game</li>
<li>Had a career-best 18 points against New York (6/23)</li>
<li>Had career-best three made threes against Los Angeles (7/15)</li>
<li>Had season-high nine rebounds against Phoenix (7/8)</li>
<li>Hit 22 threes on the season</li>
<li>Scored 10 or more points 11 times</li>
<li>Ranked fourth in scoring, third in rebounds and fifth in assists among rookies</li>
</ul>
OVERSEAS COMPETITION:
<ul>
<li>Spent 2011-12 season playing for Good Angels Kosice in Slovakia</li>
</ul>
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
<ul>
<li>Ended her Stanford career as the school&#8217;s and Pac-10&#8217;s all-time leader in rebounds (1,266)</li>
<li>Was Stanford career leader in games played (150) and started (150), and minutes played (4,762)</li>
<li>Left Stanford fourth all-time in school history with 8.4 rebounds per game and seventh with 1,941 points scored</li>
<li>Honorable mention Associated Press All-American and an All-Pac 10 performer in her senior season</li>
<li>Averaged 12.9 points, eight rebounds and 3.2 assists per game</li>
<li>Shot 47.3 percent from the field in her final year</li>
<li>Averaged 13 points and eight rebounds, shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc</li>
<li>Named Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, to All Pac-10 Third Team and to Pac-10 All-Freshman Team</li>
</ul>
PERSONAL:
<ul>
<li>Daughter of Gary and Kelli Pedersen</li>
<li>Father played basketball at St. Mary’s College</li>
<li>Has one younger brother, Kyle</li>
<li>Born in Flint, Michigan</li>
<li>Four-year letter-winner and three-time captain in basketball at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona</li>
<li>Named a McDonald&#8217;s All-American in 2007</li>
<li>Earned All-America nods from EA Sports, Parade, USA Today and the WBCA in 2007</li>
<li>Garnered All-American nods from EA Sports and Parade in 2006</li>
<li>Named Gatorade Player of the Year two consecutive years (2005-06 &amp; 2006-&#8217;07)</li>
<li>Named U.S. Marines Distinguished Athlete award in 2007</li>
<li>Two-time Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune Player of the Year</li>
<li>Four-time East Valley Region First Team selection</li>
<li>2005-06 East Valley Region MVP</li>
<li>2005 Arizona Republic First Team selection</li>
<li>Named to Arizona Republic Second Team in 2004</li>
<li>Helped lead team to 5A-DI state title as a senior</li>
<li>Established 5A scoring record with 2,611 career points</li>
<li>Set high school career records with 2,611 points, 1,444 rebounds, 434 assists and 304 blocks</li>
<li>Member of the Under-19 World Championships USA Basketball Team that won gold medal in 2007</li>
<li>Part of the gold medal-winning U18 USA National Basketball Team in 2006</li>
<li>Majored in communications and psychology at Stanford</li>
</ul>