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2023 — Seattle Storm — Saw action in four games with the Storm, averaging 10.3 minutes per game and 1.3 points per game.  
2022 — Atlanta Dream — Signed a hardship contract with the Dream on 8/11 … played for two minutes in the Dream’s game against New York on 8/12. 
2021 — Connecticut Sun — Played in 30 games this season and started four (6/17, 6/19 and 6/27 vs Chicago and 6/22 vs Dallas) … finished the season with 129 points, 84 rebounds, 33 assists and 14 steals … scored in double-figures six times this season and had a season high of 15 points … has had 7 double-double performances in career during playoff competition….shot 45.7% from the floor on 59 attempts, 44% from long range on 9 attempts, and 77% from the free throw line on 9 attempts … played a total of 140 minutes across 4 games, averaging 35 minutes per game … became 4th all-time in playoff career rebounds with 144 and 5th all-time in defensive rebounding with 96 total … improved to 3rd all-time in blocked shots during playoff career, recording 21 total blocks. 
2020 —Connecticut Sun — Appeared in 21 of 22 regular season games and seven playoff games for the Sun and made seven regular season starts … recorded 113 points, 54 rebounds, 19 assists, 16 steals and seven blocks … averaged 5.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, shot 41.2 percent from the field and 71.0 from the foul line … tallied 28 total points in the post season and shot 100% from the free throw lines (8-8) … scored a regular season career high 16 points against Washington (8/30), a career-high six rebounds against New York (9/1) and played a career-high 34 minutes in an overtime game against Phoenix (9/9) … recorded a playoff career-high 13 points against Chicago (9/15) and a playoff career-high seven rebounds against Las Vegas (9/20). 
COLLEGE — Maryland — USBWA and AP Third Team All-American &#8230; one of just six players in program history in top 10 in points (1,984) and rebounds (930) … No. 6 in both &#8230; tied Alyssa Thomas&#8217; school record of 135 games started, which was every game of her career &#8230; scored in double figures in 23 of 32 games &#8230; team&#8217;s leading scorer and rebounder &#8230; AP All American (Honorable Mention, 2019; Third Team, 2020) … WBCA All-American (Honorable Mention, 2019, 2020) &#8230; USBWA All-American (Third Team, 2019, 2020) … WBCA All-Region (2018, 2019, 2020) … Senior CLASS Award candidate (2020) … Maryland Female Student Athlete of the Year (2020) … All-Big Ten First Team (2018, 19, 20) … All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2017) … All-Big Ten Tournament Team (2018, 19). 
PERSONAL — Parents are Walter and Ruperta Charles … mother ran track at Howard from 1980-84 and was inducted into Howard’s Hall of Fame in 2014 … mother also competed in the 1984 Olympic Games …has three older siblings – Darron, Afia and Akil … sister, Afia, ran track at UCF … brother, Akil, played basketball at St. Francis in Nova Scotia. 
HIGH SCHOOL — 2016 McDonald’s and WBCA All-American … named to the Jordan Brand Classic USA Today All-America Second Team … named Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year as a senior … scored 2,000 points in her career &#8230; averaged over 22.0 points and 9.0 rebounds with 13 double-doubles her senior year … the No. 25 overall player by both ESPN and the Collegiate Girls Report and No. 21 by the All Star Girls Report &#8230; helped lead Riverdale squad to Dicks High School Nationals championship game at Madison Square Garden her senior year … played first three years at Eleanor Roosevelt High School &#8230; averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds as a junior &#8230; helped lead Roosevelt team to 72-5 record in three years &#8230; named team MVP in all three years at Roosevelt &#8230; earned First Team All-Met honors by The Washington Post as a sophomore and junior &#8230; led team to 2014 and 2015 Class AAAA State Championships &#8230; named The Gazette Player of the Year &#8230; reached 1,000 career points as a junior … named Next Sports Phenom Player of the Month in February 2015. 
TRANSACTIONS — Drafted No. 23 overall by the Connecticut Sun in the 2020 WNBA Draft … waived by Connecticut in May 2022 … signed to a hardship contract by the New York Liberty in May … released on May 8 … signed a hardship contract with the Atlanta Dream in Aug. 2022 … signed a training camp contract with the Seattle Storm in Feb. 2023 … signed training camp contract with the Wings in Feb. 2025.

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Checkout the latest stats of Kaila Charles. Get info about her position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on WNBA.com

Season	PPG 6.4	RPG 4.3	APG 1.0
Career	PPG 5.2	RPG 3.2	APG 1.0

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