Korie Hlede

Personal information
Born	(1975-03-29)29 March 1975 (age 49) Zagreb,SR Croatia,Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Listed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Listed weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Career information
College	Duquesne (1994–1998)
WNBA draft	1998: 1st round, 4th overall pick
Selected by theDetroit Shock
Playing career	1993–2008
Position	Shooting guard
Career history
1993–1994	Montmontaža Zagreb
1998–1999	Detroit Shock
1999–2001	Utah Starzz
2000–2001	Slamanca
2001–2002	Guarulhos
2002	New York Liberty
2002–2003	Eregli
2003	Rivas Ecópolis
2004	Perfumerias
2004–2005	Pecs 2010
2006–2007	Hondarribia-Irun
2007–2008	Extremadura
Career highlights and awards
USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1995)
Stats atBasketball Reference
Medals Women'sbasketball Representing Croatia Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Team

Korie Hlede (bornKoraljka Hlede on 29 March 1975) is aCroatiansports administrator. She is a co-founder and leader of basketball development atFlow Basketball Academy (FBA) inChicago, Illinois. She played and coached professionally before starting her own training program KH Flow. In 2012, she teamed up withMargaret Stender (CEO of theChicago Sky) to create Flow Basketball Academy.

Hlede was a communications and psychology double major atDuquesne University, where she led theAtlantic 10 conference (A10) in scoring during all of her four years (1994–1998). In 1995, she was named A10 rookie of the year, and by her senior year, she had netted a total of 2,631 points, becoming the only Duquesne player (male or female) to score over 2,000 career points.^[1] Hlede holds a number of other school records: steals (334), assists (570), three-pointers made (162), three-point percentage (.356), as well as most points scored in a single game (42 points against University of Dayton on 11 February 1998). Some of her collegiate awards are: ESPN Academic All-American (1996, 1997, 1998),^[2] A10 Player of the year (1996, 1998), A10 first team All-Conference pick (1995–1998), Kodak District 2 All-American (1995–1998), and Kodak National honorable mention All-American (1995–1998). In 2003, she was inducted into the Duquesne University Sports Hall of Fame and was the first female athlete in university history to have her jersey (#25) retired.

From 2002 to 2008, Hlede competed in theEuropean League, spending time in the First Divisions in Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, and Brazil. She also competed in threeFIBA Cup championships, while reaching the final four of the Euro-league. Hlede led the Spanish and Turkish leagues in scoring during that span.

In the1998 WNBA draft Korie was acquired by theDetroit Shock (nowTulsa Shock), in the first round (fourth pick overall).^[3] In her rookie year, she led her team in three-point field goal percentage and was namedWNBA rookie of the year runner-up. In 1999 Korie was traded to theUtah Starzz, where she led the WNBA in three-point field goal percentage in 1999 and 2001. Over her five-year WNBA career, she has accumulated more than 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, 250 assists and 100 steals.

In 2003 Korie retired from theWNBA and joined the coaching staff of theDetroit Shock (head coach:Bill Laimbeer), where she helped them clinch the Shock's first national championship. After two years of coaching in theWNBA, she spent one year as assistant coach at theUniversity of Rhode Island. In 2010, she created her own basketball development program, KH Flow Training, which was based on her interests in sports psychology and the work of philosopher and psychologistMihaly Csikszentmihalyi. In 2012, she teamed up withMargaret Stender to create Flow Basketball Academy.

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