Kelsey Mitchell (basketball)

Kelsey Mitchell
	Mitchell in 2019
No. 0 – Indiana Fever
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	November 12, 1995; Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Listed weight	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High school	Princeton (Sharonville, Ohio)
College	Ohio State (2014–2018)
WNBA draft	2018: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by the Indiana Fever
Playing career	2018–present
Career history
2018–present	Indiana Fever
2019	Al Ahly
2021–2022	Elitzur Ramla
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA All-Star (2023); WNBA All-Rookie Team (2018); Dawn Staley Leadership Award (2023); Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2015); USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2015); 3× Big Ten Player of the Year (2015, 2017, 2018); 4× First-team All-Big Ten (2015–2018); First-team All-American (2016); 3x Second-team All-American (2015, 2017, 2018);

Kelsey Mitchell (born November 12, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Mitchell was the second overall pick in the 2018 WNBA draft. She completed her college career with the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2018. In February 2018, she was named the Big Ten women's basketball player of the year by the conference's coaches. She was a second-team All-American in 2015, 2017, and 2018, while notching first-team All-American in 2016.

As a college freshman in 2014–15, Mitchell finished the season with 873 total points, which were the second-most by a freshman in NCAA Division I history, behind Tina Hutchinson's 898 with San Diego State in 1983–84. During her senior season, Mitchell averaged 24.4 points per game on 46.1 percent shooting and 40.3 percent shooting from three. She also managed 4.1 assists per game and 3.2 rebounds per game. She finished the regular season of her final season with the third-most points in NCAA Division I history, and ultimately finished her career with 3,402 points, trailing only Kelsey Plum of Washington.

In 2019, Mitchell played for Egyptian club Al Ahly in the 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup.

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