Kelsey Plum
Kelsey Christine Plum (born August 24, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She has won back-to-back WNBA championships in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, she earned her first All-WNBA First Team selection and was named the WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) in her first WNBA All-Star Game. She also won the gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Plum with the Las Vegas Aces in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 – Las Vegas Aces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 24, 1994 Poway, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | La Jolla Country Day (La Jolla, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Washington (2013–2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2017: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by the San Antonio Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017–present | San Antonio Stars / Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | Arkansas (graduate assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She completed her high school education at La Jolla Country Day School in San Diego. Plum attended and played college basketball for the University of Washington. On February 25, 2017, Plum scored a career-high 57 points on senior night – making 19 of the 28 shots she took – to break the NCAA Division I women's basketball all-time scoring record with 3,397 points. On March 20, 2017, Plum broke the NCAA record for points in a single season with 1,080. She was selected out of UW with the first overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars. She was named the WNBA Sixth Player of the Year in 2021.