| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1977-10-14)October 14, 1977 (age 48) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | |||||||||||||||
| College | UConn (1997–2001) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2001: 1st round, 14th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2001–2009 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | New York Liberty | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Detroit Shock | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Las Vegas Aces (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | New York Liberty (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Dallas Wings (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Kelly Schumacher (born October 14, 1977) is an American-born Canadian professionalbasketball player and professionalvolleyball player. She had been playing in theWNBA for theDetroit Shock, until her release 18 June 2009.[1]
After her junior season at theUniversity of Connecticut, she competed withUSA Basketball as a member of thegold medal-winningJones Cup Team that compiled a 4–0 record inTaipei.[2] In her professional career she plays in Spanish League in Arranz Burgos, Perfumerías Avenida and now in UB F.C.Barcelona. She is currently playing professional beach volleyball on the AVP Tour.[3]
Born inCincinnati, Ohio but raised inCanada She was a communications science major at theUniversity of Connecticut. She plays theviolin and lists her favorite on-court moment as winning the 2000NCAA National Championship. Her nickname is 'Schuey' or 'schu'.
At age 23, Schumacher was selected by theIndiana Fever in the first round (14th overall) of the WNBA draft on April 20, 2001.
Schumacher was named to the team representing the US in 2000 at theWilliam Jones Cup competition inTaipei, Taiwan. The USA team started strong with a 32-point win over the host team, the Republic of China National Team. They then beat South Korea easily and faced Japan in the third game. Japan started out strongly, and had an 18-point lead in the first half. The USA then out scored Japan 23–3 to take a small lead at the half. The USA built a ten-point lead, but Japan cut it back to three with under a minute to go. Kelly Schumacher grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to bring the lead back to five points and the team held on for the win. Schumacher had 24 points to help the USA team beat Japan 83–80. The final game was against Malaysia, but it wasn't close, with the USA winning 79–24, to secure a 4–0 record for the competition and the gold medal. Schumacher tied Camille Cooper for the team rebounding lead with 7.3 rebounds per game.[8]
After playing professional volleyball, Schumacher is returning to basketball, signing with the Spanish professional teamRivas Ecópolis[9]
| 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 season(s) in which Schumacher won aWNBA championship |
| * | Denotes season(s) in which Schumacher won anNCAA Championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Indiana | 28 | 5 | 13.6 | 49.5 | 60.0 | 85.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | Indiana | 31 | 1 | 11.4 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 69.2 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 2003 | Indiana | 34 | 1 | 14.1 | 47.9 | 44.4 | 85.2 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 5.6 |
| 2004 | Indiana | 32 | 7 | 18.8 | 46.9 | 38.5 | 77.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
| 2005 | Indiana | 34 | 14 | 15.2 | 42.0 | 18.2 | 81.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| 2006 | New York | 21 | 21 | 25.7 | 41.1 | 25.0 | 71.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 7.8 |
| 2007† | Phoenix | 34 | 0 | 16.0 | 45.6 | 42.9 | 73.9 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
| 2008† | Detroit | 7 | 0 | 12.7 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| 2009 | Detroit | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 9 years, 4 teams | 222 | 49 | 15.8 | 45.8 | 33.9 | 76.4 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 4.9 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Indiana | 3 | 0 | 17.3 | 65.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | Indiana | 4 | 0 | 10.5 | 47.4 | — | 100.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| 2007† | Phoenix | 9 | 0 | 13.1 | 16.1 | — | 50.0 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| 2008† | Detroit | 8 | 0 | 11.9 | 43.8 | 0.0 | — | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Career | 4 years, 3 teams | 24 | 0 | 12.8 | 39.5 | 50.0 | 58.3 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3.2 |
| Kelly Schumacher Statistics[11] at University of Connecticut | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | G | FG | FGA | PCT | 3FG | 3FGA | PCT | FT | FTA | PCT | REB | AVG | A | TO | B | S | MIN | PTS | AVG |
| 1997–98 | 35 | 70 | 117 | 0.598 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 37 | 70 | 0.529 | 103 | 2.9 | 19 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 408 | 177 | 5.1 |
| 1998–99 | 31 | 63 | 113 | 0.558 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 46 | 70 | 0.657 | 130 | 4.2 | 16 | 24 | 37 | 12 | 356 | 172 | 5.5 |
| 1999–00* | 37 | 80 | 144 | 0.556 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 26 | 38 | 0.684 | 141 | 3.8 | 27 | 27 | 65 | 21 | 577 | 186 | 5.0 |
| 2000–01 | 29 | 75 | 143 | 0.524 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 30 | 39 | 0.769 | 126 | 4.3 | 28 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 491 | 182 | 6.3 |
| Totals | 132 | 288 | 517 | 0.557 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 139 | 217 | 0.641 | 500 | 3.8 | 90 | 104 | 181 | 55 | 1832 | 717 | 5.4 |