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| Born | (1979-05-07)May 7, 1979 (age 46) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Perry Meridian (Indianapolis, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Purdue (1997–2001) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2001: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Orlando Miracle | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–2014 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Shooting guard /small forward | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2001–2007 | Orlando Miracle /Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Ano Liosia Basketball | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | S.U. Glyfada Esperides Kyklos | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Lietuvos telekomas / TEO Vilnius | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Ros Casares Valencia | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Galatasaray | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Ros Casares Valencia | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Nadezhda Orenburg | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013[1] | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
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Kathryn Elizabeth Douglas (born May 7, 1979) is an American former professionalbasketball player. Her primary position wasshooting guard, her secondary wassmall forward. She was known league-wide as one of the most prominent two-way players for her long-range shooting and high scoring abilities on offense as well as her defensive abilities.
In the WNBA, she has been a multiple timeWNBA All-Star and has been a selection to both theAll-WNBA Team and WNBA All-Defensive First Team. She wonWNBA Championship with the Indiana Fever in2012. In 2023, she was inducted into theIndiana Basketball Hall of Fame.[2]
After attendingPerry Meridian High School in Indianapolis, Douglas attendedPurdue University and graduated in 2001 as acommunications major. She helped lead Purdue to anNCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1999 and was a two-time Kodak All-America in 2000 and 2001, as well as being named to the 1999 and 2001NCAA Women'sFinal Four All-Tournament Team. She sharedBig Ten ConferencePlayer of the Year honors in 2000 withHelen Darling, and in 2001 was the unanimous Big Ten Player of the Year and winner of theSilver Basketball from theChicago Tribune. Douglas also received the 2001Big Ten Conference Suzy Favor Award, which is given to the conference's female athlete of the year across all sports. Douglas played at Purdue for head coachesCarolyn Peck andKristy Curry.
Source[3]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Purdue | 33 | 285 | 44.9% | 25.0% | 75.4% | 4.3 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 8.6 |
| 1998-99 | Purdue | 35 | 493 | 46.5% | 34.9% | 81.8% | 6.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 14.1 |
| 1999-00 | Purdue | 30 | 613 | 42.5% | 32.4% | 82.8% | 6.5 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 20.4 |
| 2000-01 | Purdue | 37 | 574 | 44.7% | 35.8% | 77.6% | 4.7 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 15.5 |
| Career | Purdue | 135 | 1965 | 44.5% | 34.3% | 79.8% | 5.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.6 |
Douglas played on the team presenting the US at the 1999 World University Games held inPalma de Mallorca, Spain. The team had a 4–2 record and earned the silver medal. Douglas was the leading scorer on the USA team with 17.6 points per game.[4]
Douglas was selected the 10th overall pick by theOrlando Miracle in the2001 WNBA draft. She remained with the franchise even when the Miracle relocated toUncasville, Connecticut, and was renamed theConnecticut Sun prior to the 2003 season. Before becoming an all-star in the league, Douglas earned some WNBA Finals experience early in her career while the Connecticut Sun were championship contenders in both the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The Sun made it to the finals in both seasons but would lose both times to theSeattle Storm andSacramento Monarchs respectively. Following the 2005 WNBA season, Douglas had a breakout year in 2006, averaging 16.4 ppg and being voted as a WNBA all-star for the first time. Douglas was named to the WNBA All-Defensive First Team and received theMost Valuable Player award in the2006 WNBA All-Star Game.
In 2007, Douglas ranked 5th in the league in steals (65), 7th in scoring (577), and 12th in assists (125). Douglas was again selected for the WNBA All-Defensive First Team.
On February 19, 2008, the Connecticut Sun traded Douglas to her hometown team, theIndiana Fever forTamika Whitmore and the Fever's first round pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, she would play alongside superstar small forwardTamika Catchings.[5] She would have a solid season in her first year with the team by averaging 15.6 ppg, but unexpectedly struggled in the playoffs, averaging only 7.3 ppg. The Fever had gotten eliminated in the first round 2–1 by theDetroit Shock. In the 2009 season, Douglas would have the best season of her career, she had back-to-back 30+ point games, becoming the first player in franchise history to do so.[6] She also scored a career high and franchise record, 34 points in a regular season game win against theWashington Mystics and averaged a career-high 17.6 ppg. Douglas would be voted into the2009 WNBA All-Star Game. The Fever would make it to the finals that year, but lost 3–2 to thePhoenix Mercury. A few seasons later, Douglas would win her firstWNBA Championship with the Indiana Fever in2012 as they had beat theMinnesota Lynx 3–1. It was her fourth career WNBA Finals appearance, although she was sidelined for the series after sustaining an ankle injury during theEastern Conference Finals.[7] With a few seconds left in the final game of the series at home and the Fever with a comfortable lead, Douglas was subbed in while the crowd was giving a standing ovation.[8] En route to her first championship, Douglas had another great year during the 2012 season, averaging 16.5 ppg. In a regular season game win against theAtlanta Dream, Douglas scored 29 points along with a franchise-record 7 three-pointers.[9]
Douglas wouldn't see much playing time in the 2013 season, missing a huge bulk of the season due to a lower back injury and playing a total of only 4 games. The injury would also cause her to miss the playoffs.[10][11] This season would be Douglas's last season with the Fever as she became an unrestricted free agent.
On March 24, 2014, Douglas returned to theConnecticut Sun in free agency, signing a 2-year deal with a third-year option.[12][13][14] She had another productive season averaging 13.1 ppg and was voted into the WNBA all-star game for the fifth time in her career. Despite her stats, the Sun finished last place in the Eastern Conference.
On May 1, 2015, Douglas announced her retirement after 14 seasons in theWNBA.[15]
Among the WNBA all-time leaders, Douglas ranks 16th in regular season scoring, 6th in regular season 3-pointers made, 5th in regular season steals, 10th in playoff scoring, 4th in playoff 3-pointers made and 4th in playoff steals.[16][17][18][19][20][21]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| † | Denotes seasons in which Douglas won aWNBA championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Orlando | 22 | 0 | 20.0 | .362 | .316 | .723 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.00 | 7.0 |
| 2002 | Orlando | 32 | 30 | 25.9 | .449 | .367 | .866 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.31 | 8.5 |
| 2003 | Connecticut | 28 | 27 | 30.1 | .438 | .382 | .721 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.00 | 12.0 |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 34 | 34 | 32.9 | .389 | .346 | .792 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.53 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | Connecticut | 32 | 32 | 31.2 | .413 | .282 | .774 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.69 | 11.0 |
| 2006 | Connecticut | 32 | 32 | 31.3 | .443 | .422 | .839 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.28 | 16.4 |
| 2007 | Connecticut | 34 | 34 | 33.3 | .428 | .338 | .779 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.79 | 17.0 |
| 2008 | Indiana | 33 | 33 | 34.4 | .371 | .324 | .799 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 3.03 | 15.6 |
| 2009 | Indiana | 31 | 31 | 32.4 | .410 | .349 | .861 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.42 | 17.6 |
| 2010 | Indiana | 34 | 34 | 29.8 | .449 | .391 | .831 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.97 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | Indiana | 32 | 32 | 29.4 | .465 | .440 | .671 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.03 | 13.9 |
| 2012† | Indiana | 32 | 32 | 30.9 | .413 | .423 | .844 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.66 | 16.5 |
| 2013 | Indiana | 4 | 4 | 35.8 | .389 | .259 | 1.000 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.75 | 15.0 |
| 2014 | Connecticut | 32 | 32 | 32.5 | .358 | .356 | .848 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 2.22 | 13.1 |
| Career | 14 years, 3 teams | 412 | 387 | 30.7 | .415 | .367 | .805 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 2.05 | 13.5 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Connecticut | 4 | 4 | 31.5 | .333 | .250 | .857 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.25 | 7.3 |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 8 | 8 | 33.5 | .348 | .297 | .926 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.00 | 10.3 |
| 2005 | Connecticut | 8 | 8 | 34.8 | .463 | .395 | .655 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.00 | 12.0 |
| 2006 | Connecticut | 4 | 4 | 31.3 | .400 | .296 | .800 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.75 | 12.0 |
| 2007 | Connecticut | 3 | 3 | 38.0 | .346 | .286 | .889 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.3° | 0.0 | 5.00 | 17.3 |
| 2008 | Indiana | 3 | 3 | 31.0 | .318 | .125 | .700 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.33 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 36.1 | .362 | .310 | .814 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.90 | 15.5 |
| 2010 | Indiana | 3 | 3 | 31.7 | .458 | .333 | .833 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.00 | 11.7 |
| 2011 | Indiana | 6 | 6 | 33.5 | .426 | .436 | .840 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 2.17 | 19.7 |
| 2012† | Indiana | 7 | 6 | 24.6 | .455 | .355 | .750 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.57 | 13.3 |
| 2013 | Indiana | Did not play (season-ending injury) | |||||||||||
| Career | 10 years, 2 teams | 56 | 55 | 32.7 | .395 | .331 | .803 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.91 | 13.0 |
From her second year to her thirteenth year in the WNBA, Douglas played overseas every off-season. Douglas went toGreece to play for Ano Liosia Basketball in the 2002-03 off-season. Douglas played in Greece once again for S.U. Glyfada Esperides Kyklos the following off-season. From 2004 to 2007, Douglas played three off-seasons inLithuania forLietuvos telekomas / TEO Vilnius. In the 2007-08 off-season, Douglas played forRos Casares Valencia of theSpanish League. In the 2008-09 off-season, Douglas played forCSKA Moscow before the team folded the same year.[22] Douglas played forGalatasaray of theTurkish League during the 2009-10 off-season with then Indiana Fever teammate Tamika Catchings.[23] Douglas returned to Spain to play once again forRos Casares Valencia in the 2010-11 off-season. In the 2011-12 off-season, Douglas played forNadezhda Orenburg in theRussian League and finished off her overseas career playing inPoland forWBC Wisła Kraków in the 2012-13 off-season.
Douglas lost both her parents to cancer; her father in 1997 and her mother less than three years later in 2000. She was awarded the first-ever JimV Foundation Comeback of the Year Award in 2001 for her perseverance after a string of tragic, personal losses.[24]
One week after the 2005WNBA Finals loss to the Sacramento Monarchs, Douglas married Vasilis Giapalakis inAthens, Greece.[25] Giapalakis is asports agent who represents male and female basketball players. Douglas, who played for aLithuanian basketball team in the WNBA offseason, met Giapalakis when she was playing for aGreek club. The couple divorced a few years later.
In July 2015, just a couple months after her retirement, Douglas married Fred Poe, who is an owner of a fence company named K & K Fence Co.[26][27] Douglas and her husband have a second in home inFort Myers, Florida.[27]
In 2017, Douglas opened anOrangetheory Fitness franchise fitness center in Greenwood,Indiana.[28][29][30][31]
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